RE: Valpo Game

[Michael Ryan]

I know that Huggins specifically studied the Syracuse style of zone
defense before last season. 


Mike Ryan


-----Original Message-----
From: Keith Wedinger [mailto:address@hidden 
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 1:04 PM
To: address@hidden
Subject: RE: [UC Basketball] Valpo Game


When UC goes into the Big East, they'll get to play one of the best zone

defenses in the country at least once a year.  Syracuse almost
exclusively 
uses a 2 - 3 zone defense which gave teams fits last season in the NCAA 
tournament.


> From: Brad Holdheide <address@hidden>
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> To: "'address@hidden'" <address@hidden>
> Subject: RE: [UC Basketball] Valpo Game
> Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 12:59:44 -0500
>
> <snip> " I hope so, too, but I think it takes more than that.  There 
> are specific techniques for attacking a zone (overload low, overload 
> high, skip passes, ...) that I don't recall seeing UC use much."
>
> I don't recall UC EVER doing any of this in Huggins tenure.
>
> <snip> " They tend to pass it around the perimeter and occasionally try

> a normal post-up and inside-out pass. "
>
> That to me sounds like the typical UC attack of the zone.  If Huggins 
> has one weak point, it's coaching our offense against zone defenses.  
> This has been our downfall as long as I can remember.  98/99 - Lost 4 
> games that year including the tourney all to zone defenses. 99/00 - 
> Kenyons senior year, lost to Temples (at home) and Xaviers zone 
> defense.
>
> UC will simply need shooters (Bobbitt/Williams) or slashers 
> (White/Kirk) to beat the zone cause I don't think we'll coach our way 
> past the zone.