How to break a zone???

[jnj3225]

Buzz didnt learn his lesson from watching Indiana go down.
How do you beat a zone defense?  USE YOUR BEST 3 POINT SHOOTER!!!!!!!!
What a waste.He never adjusted. The middle opens up when they have to
guard against your 3 pointer!! At least let Thomas take a few shots.

[marquette09]

Buzz didnt learn his lesson from watching Indiana go down.
How do you beat a zone defense?  USE YOUR BEST 3 POINT SHOOTER!!!!!!!!
What a waste.He never adjusted. The middle opens up when they have to
guard against your 3 pointer!! At least let Thomas take a few shots.

really?

[setyoursightsnorth]

Buzz didnt learn his lesson from watching Indiana go down.
How do you beat a zone defense?  USE YOUR BEST 3 POINT SHOOTER!!!!!!!!
What a waste.He never adjusted. The middle opens up when they have to
guard against your 3 pointer!! At least let Thomas take a few shots.

I don't think that applies when we are a team that doesn't shoot threes. Jamil is our best three point shooter. Missed the first couple he took. How much more threes do you think we could have taken? Granted, the last 5 or so were prayer for chucking's sake. He did the best he could. You can't become something you are not over halftime; Buzz cannot just turn this team into a 3 point shooting beast. Did the best he could with the team that he had.

[classof70]

MU doesn't have a 3 point shooter.  I thought Buzz adjusted well when he went to high low.   Players make shots, not the coach.

[muwarrior97]

Attack the zone, see last few mins of first half w/foul line action by Ox.... This team "settled" for 3-ball which I don't think was Buzz' gameplan

[Sunbelt15]

Jake Thomas got the ball and chose not to shoot. How is that Buzz fault?

[jnj3225]

He touched the ball 2 times in the second half.

[Sunbelt15]

He touched the ball 2 times in the second half.

All you need is 1 touch to put it up.

[jnj3225]

Doesnt work that way.Set up the 3.

[Blackhat]

Get a traditional. A Matt Thomas type would have been good today.

[NickelDimer]

This thread is hilarious...thanks

[Sunbelt15]

Doesnt work that way.Set up the 3.

Not if you're a great 3 point shooter like you claim JT is. You think he should of stayed in the game until he got a great look. You think he's that good?

[jnj3225]

He is a very good 3 point shooter.

[🏀]

He is a very good 3 point shooter.

Not playing high D1 basketball he isn't.

[BCHoopster]

MU's best 3 point shooter was Jamil Wilson, he stunk today.  The game was over when MU had about 10 shots when the score was 25-21, Jamil had a perfect wide open shot from the
top of the key, not even close, game over.  The game changes if they had made that shot.    3 for 25, pathetic.

[MU_LOL]

hi-low

[NickelDimer]

MU's best 3 point shooter was Jamil Wilson, he stunk today.  The game was over when MU had about 10 shots when the score was 25-21, Jamil had a perfect wide open shot from the
top of the key, not even close, game over.  The game changes if they had made that shot.    3 for 25, pathetic.

This.  That's when I knew it wasn't our day.

[brewcity77]

Buzz didnt learn his lesson from watching Indiana go down.
How do you beat a zone defense?  USE YOUR BEST 3 POINT SHOOTER!!!!!!!!
What a waste.He never adjusted. The middle opens up when they have to
guard against your 3 pointer!! At least let Thomas take a few shots.

I remember the first time I posted on a message board.

[dinger]

Buzz didnt learn his lesson from watching Indiana go down.
How do you beat a zone defense?  USE YOUR BEST 3 POINT SHOOTER!!!!!!!!
What a waste.He never adjusted. The middle opens up when they have to
guard against your 3 pointer!! At least let Thomas take a few shots.

Eff man.

They just didn't fall. Sometimes that happens in basketball.

Credit Cuse for that. Consider that we probably get 4 out of 10 on those guys on a neutral court at best. This wasn't one of them.

I'm pissed too but it's nothing to be ashamed of.

[JakeBarnes]

I remember the first time I posted on a message board.

I like complaining about things too.  I mean, what's with airline food. I mean COME ON!!!

[only a warrior]

I remember the first time I posted on a message board.

Tell us about it Grandpa!

[GGGG]

Buzz didnt learn his lesson from watching Indiana go down.
How do you beat a zone defense?  USE YOUR BEST 3 POINT SHOOTER!!!!!!!!
What a waste.He never adjusted. The middle opens up when they have to
guard against your 3 pointer!! At least let Thomas take a few shots.

Jake Thomas isn't MU's best three point shooter.

[CTWarrior]

Still working and still waiting to watch the game, but the way we've been successful in the past against Syracuse's zone is to swing the ball rapidly and penetrate the seams against the defense as it rotates.  Sure sounds like we did not do that.  One thing's for sure.  Having our roster hoist threes and not a recipe for success.

[kira67]

How to break a zone? Bring back Steve Novak.

[GGGG]

Still working and still waiting to watch the game, but the way we've been successful in the past against Syracuse's zone is to swing the ball rapidly and penetrate the seams against the defense as it rotates.  Sure sounds like we did not do that.  One thing's for sure.  Having our roster hoist threes and not a recipe for success.

They packed it in.  Rarely did we have driving or passing lanes available.  Many of the 3 point shots were well within the flow of the offense, but they didn't fall.  If we could have had even one decent shooter for them to respect, things could have been different.