HELL YEAH SYRACUSE!!!

[cclarkblues]

I just hope that those that thought that Syracuse was the second coming of Wooden era UCLA can get some therapy for their Stockholm Syndrom and get back to their lives. The Patty Hearsts (or do you want to be called "Tanya") among you need to come back to reality. Syracuse was a good team, not a great team. I don't think there are any great teams in the tourney this year. We should never get monkey-stomped like that by ANYONE. If I were Tinkle, I would make players wear a patch with "47" on it though all practices and games next year.

 

[MissoulaMarinerFan]

Mich looked great and their big freshman looked even more impressive than i expected. In fact, they seemed to have leap frogged L'ville as the team to beat.
I thought it was very creative the way they beat 'Cuse. The Mich coach does not get enuf credit. I loved that he attacked their zone with a double-high post. It worked brilliantly, especially the first half. They didn't seem to do it as much in the second half. It worked so well and seemed so simple, it is amazing nobody else thought of it. But the big boy made it look easy with his passing ability.

I'm pretty sure that's how Georgetown(?) and Louisville (?) beat them earlier in the season, with the double high post.

 

[garizzalies]

It was the first time i'd ever seen it (double-high post vs. zone).
On paper, to me it seems like a dumb idea (as 2 guys are basically in the same spot of the zone) but it worked well.
Now it seems so obvious, kinda like a magic trick once you've uncovered the secret.
Maybe Boeheim will now rethink his 30+ year old defensive scheme (yeah right).

 

[MissoulaMarinerFan]

It was the first time i'd ever seen it (double-high post vs. zone).
On paper, to me it seems like a dumb idea (as 2 guys are basically in the same spot of the zone) but it worked well.
Now it seems so obvious, kinda like a magic trick once you've uncovered the secret.
Maybe Boeheim will now rethink his 30+ year old defensive scheme (yeah right).

Oh yeah, garizzlies - the only reason I knew about it is because I saw it posted somewhere else. The tricky thing about that (double high post) is you need to have the right players to do it effectively. Not all college teams have that. If the zone aint broke, don't fix it. I wasn't trying to poke fun of you or anything, was just mentioning that was a strategy a couple of teams used sucessfully to beat them this year.

 

[garizzalies]

No problemo, Mariner; i read ya.
I'm no b-ball expert but it seems weird to me that i've never seen the double-high post vs zone prior to Saturday night. Like i said, now that i've seen it, it seems so obvious, what took so long? the single-high post attack has been around forever. Seems like the double-high works because it forces the ball into the high-post while keeping all the guards off the baseline. In my mind, it pulls the D away from the bucket to create better lanes.

 

[MissoulaMarinerFan]

No problemo, Mariner; i read ya.
I'm no b-ball expert but it seems weird to me that i've never seen the double-high post vs zone prior to Saturday night. Like i said, now that i've seen it, it seems so obvious, what took so long? the single-high post attack has been around forever. Seems like the double-high works because it forces the ball into the high-post while keeping all the guards off the baseline. In my mind, it pulls the D away from the bucket to create better lanes.

Totally agree. Thing is though, your two bigs need to be able to hit that shot automatic (to give a reason to draw the D), and be good passers as well. Tough to get the personel to do that. For example, if the Griz had Ward and Selvig, they may have been able to employ some of that. Only problem though, I don't think Selvig would be strong enough with the ball to be able to be effective in that configuration.