re: Gameplan against zone defense

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LSU played against zone all season long. I would say at least half the games this season some type of zone was played against LSU

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Probably more that half. Once it was noticed we struggled against it, just about every team mixed it in a little.

That said, I don't expect Michigan State to play much of it. I'm sure they will mix it in a little. There isn't some magic formula for beating it (like sticking a PG in the middle of it), but it will be nothing we haven't seen over and over again all season.

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LSU played against zone all season long. I would say at least half the games this season some type of zone was played against LSU

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Yea. We've seen it before. Our problem has been that for some reason we fall in love with jacking up 3's many of which are not open and we aren't good at anyway.

We don't need to shoot over the zone. We have a superior ball handler (Waters) and a great slasher (Smart) that can break a zone off the dribble. Then our bigs can crash the glass to clean up like they have been doing all year.

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People are freaking out WAY too much about a zone defense.

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I am aware they faced zone defenses multiple times this year. It is something that has given us issues so wanted to present an alternate way to beat it because we have mostly used Naz in the high post because of his passing abilities for somebody his size

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People are freaking out WAY too much about a zone defense. It really shows that most people are just watching March Madness, which is fine. LSU played against zone all season long. I would say at least half the games this season some type of zone was played against LSU

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yes and they struggled with a zone D that was active.
i.e. Florida.

ball movement dies sometimes w Naz when he chooses to put it on the floor.

Also, other teams are figuring out that he brings the ball to THEIR level a lot of times.