re: The change in Will Wade is defense

I think you missed what I said in the post which is my fault because it was long enough already and I didn’t stress the details of what I meant about Vandy 2020. I didn’t say we played zone vs Vandy I said that was the point where our defense began to change. That was the first time he started using these strange matchups with Watford guarding ball handlers 25 feet away from the basket and Days playing in way too much space for him to guard effectively. You’re right Wade didn’t commit to the zone until this season. What you’re wrong about is how much zone we do play now. It’s just an estimation but I’m certain we haven’t played man to man for more than 30-40 possesions all year long. We were playing some man when we had Leblanc, Manning, Cook and Gaines on the floor at the same time but we’ve been in the 3-2 or 1-2-2 matchup zone 90-95% of the year which is basically the NBA zone and can be mistaken for man. And yea we have had 3-4 games where we’ve played well on D but for the overwhelming majority of the time we’ve been awful at it. We’ve had games that flew under the radar like Sam Houston and Tech because we won handily but the Sam Houston game was one of the worst defensive performances I’ve ever seen. The numbers don’t lie and we’ve regressed in every way since the defense has begun to change. Since Wade arrived the cut line for ppg allowed in SEC tournament teams has been around 73ppg. In our man to man we’ve given up 71ppg under Wade, since we’ve gone zone it’s climbed to 77ppg. He’s going to have to go back to it the only question is will it be too late when he realizes it.