Syracuse is terrible

[billybud]

The Zone is now a ACC defense option...and blame it on the Big East...

“Here’s a stat for you,” Larranaga, a data maven, says to confirm the recent ACC trend toward zones. “In 2012-13, the year we won the ACC championship, in league play only, we did not face zone more than 10 possessions in the entire 18-game schedule.”

Then Notre Dame, Pittsburgh and Syracuse joined the conference, and thinking shifted. “Last year we faced zone from almost every team, including Clemson and Florida State, teams that never zone,” Larranaga says. “The only teams that didn’t zone were Virginia and Duke, and now Duke is zoning.”

 

[Jaker]

WVU actually did a good job of attacking the zone in the second half, but they missed a bunch of bunnies when they could have opened up a lead

 

[ebucklewis]

This is the Syracuse formula:

• mediocre conference performance against teams who know them
• get a generous and undeserved bid
• prosper against teams who aren't familiar with their gimmick defense

yeah, no!

Big East All Time Won Loss Record (orangehoops.org)

 

[August_West]

yeah, no!

Big East All Time Won Loss Record (orangehoops.org)

4>1

 

[polycom]

yeah, no!

Big East All Time Won Loss Record (orangehoops.org)

Now do ACC.

 

[BlueDogs]

Huggins team choking at the end of games has become a thing.

Let’s not get ahead of ourselves on teams unable to close out close games..

 

[CTBasketball]

The zone is hard to prepare for with 1 day of prep.

 

[UConnSwag11]

The Zone is now a ACC defense option...and blame it on the Big East...

“Here’s a stat for you,” Larranaga, a data maven, says to confirm the recent ACC trend toward zones. “In 2012-13, the year we won the ACC championship, in league play only, we did not face zone more than 10 possessions in the entire 18-game schedule.”

Then Notre Dame, Pittsburgh and Syracuse joined the conference, and thinking shifted. “Last year we faced zone from almost every team, including Clemson and Florida State, teams that never zone,” Larranaga says. “The only teams that didn’t zone were Virginia and Duke, and now Duke is zoning.”

More than half of the acc are Big East teams

 

[BigTenFan]

Wish we looked at terrible as Cuse.

If terrible is Sweet 16- sign me up

 

[billybud]

More than half of the acc are Big East teams

were...you do not want to awake the grammarian.

Gosh...But I had forgotten that fact...thanks.

 

[djct1999]

Did you ask this three weeks ago

thats the point of the post. If you have two shooters you can win games regardless of limited the rest if the players are

Three weeks ago the Syracuse board was imploding and wanted Boeheim fired. Goes to show how fickle both fan bases can be at times.

 

[Improviser]

Maybe why we should have a zone defense we can throw at select teams for 5-10 min a game?

Syracuse has it down to an art with an extended zone, and plays it the whole game. And, to my knowledge they have taller and long-armed guards as defenders. Not sure it makes much difference if used for a few minutes a game, unless it confuses the opponent.

Calhoun rigorously prepared for SU. To break the zone, you need outside shooters to get to the seams in the zone, a good shooter at the 4 hole, and one at the corners, both places where there is a gap in the zone. No shooters, it is a problem.

I am not sure, but I think a good driver from the 4 hole can break the zone with a good drive to the basket.

 

[SeattleHoop]

Good= average. Thanks for making my point

I see average as a C and good as a B. And i would give Hurley a B on the season. Have a good night

 

[August_West]

Syracuse has it down to an art with an extended zone, and plays it the whole game. And, to my knowledge they have taller and long-armed guards as defenders. Not sure it makes much difference if used for a few minutes a game, unless it confuses the opponent.

Calhoun rigorously prepared for SU. To break the zone, you need outside shooters to get to the seams in the zone, a good shooter at the 4 hole, and one at the corners, both places where there is a gap in the zone. No shooters, it is a problem.

I am not sure, but I think a good driver from the 4 hole can break the zone with a good drive to the basket.

Calhoun used to kill them by running baseline angles from foul line entries. His team’s rarely got suckered into 3 chucking

 

[August_West]

I see average as a C and good as a B. And i would give Hurley a B on the season. Have a good night

Can you give B to a team that beat not one team above them? I dunno. Sounds to me like a C

 

[UConnSwag11]

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[UConnSwag11]

Yup

 

[Palatine]

First round - Lower or middle seed that has rarely if ever played against the zone.
Second round - One day to prepare for the zone.
Third round - Good team that has had time to prepare for the zone.

 

[gtcam]

I see average as a C and good as a B. And i would give Hurley a B on the season. Have a good night

Marking with a generous curve???????

 

[UConnSwag11]

Bump

 

[UConnSwag11]

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