As a high school basketball coach who runs the Syracuse defense, I was surprised that we did not attack the zone from the short corner more, or utilize other proven tactics.
Yes, ways of attacking the 2-3 zone include passing the ball to the middle and finding open shooters or going high-low, which we did to our big man for some explosive dunks..... But, we did not overload the zone by putting a shooter in the corner, nor did we attack the baseline enough through the short corner.
Also, by pushing the ball in transition offense to attack before the zone can be set up works, as well as crashing the offense glass. Zones do not rebound well because you don't have a man to box out.
Yes, Syracuse is long and athletic, and we really don't have the shooters, size and athleticism yet to be effective versus a zone like theirs, but we can at least attempt to bust the zone with proven strategies.
Passing the ball back and forth 5 feet above the 3-point line, slowing down in transition instead of attacking, having Brown shoot long jump shots, and forcing the ball middle every possession to a non-play maker will get you beat every time.
Yes, ways of attacking the 2-3 zone include passing the ball to the middle and finding open shooters or going high-low, which we did to our big man for some explosive dunks..... But, we did not overload the zone by putting a shooter in the corner, nor did we attack the baseline enough through the short corner.
Also, by pushing the ball in transition offense to attack before the zone can be set up works, as well as crashing the offense glass. Zones do not rebound well because you don't have a man to box out.
Yes, Syracuse is long and athletic, and we really don't have the shooters, size and athleticism yet to be effective versus a zone like theirs, but we can at least attempt to bust the zone with proven strategies.
Passing the ball back and forth 5 feet above the 3-point line, slowing down in transition instead of attacking, having Brown shoot long jump shots, and forcing the ball middle every possession to a non-play maker will get you beat every time.
