Great job going zone in the 2nd half Coach Painter

[boilerzz]

That 2-3 zone we threw at them in the 2nd half was money. We held the 5th most efficient offense in the country to 29 second half points.

 

[BoilerBiker]

 

[BBG]

 

[Purdue Grad in Texas]

Good Gawd Almighty!

 

[02Boilermaker]

It's almost as if you can change your defense while still staying man-2-man. Imagine the ND 2-man game is working extremely well plus they are killing you when you rotate off your man to try and help. What if you stay in man-2-man, but you change the personnel and philosophy to stick with your guy instead of being so quick to help?

Farrell & Colson in 1st half: 22 pts on 9 made FGs
Farrell & Colson in 2nd half: 23 pts on 10 made FGs

Everyone else on ND:
1st half: 30pts on 11 made FGs (starters: Beachem - 10pts, Vasturia - 3pts, Geben - 9pts)
2nd half: 6pts on 3 made FGs (starters: Beachem - 0pts, Vasturia - 0pts, Geben - 0pts)

 

[tjreese]

It's almost as if you can change your defense while still staying man-2-man. Imagine the ND 2-man game is working extremely well plus they are killing you when you rotate off your man to try and help. What if you stay in man-2-man, but you change the personnel and philosophy to stick with your guy instead of being so quick to help?

Farrell & Colson in 1st half: 22 pts on 9 made FGs
Farrell & Colson in 2nd half: 23 pts on 10 made FGs

Everyone else on ND:
1st half: 30pts on 11 made FGs (starters: Beachem - 10pts, Vasturia - 3pts, Geben - 9pts)
2nd half: 6pts on 3 made FGs (starters: Beachem - 0pts, Vasturia - 0pts, Geben - 0pts)

you are saying that m2m is flexible and can adjust to a variety of situations..amazing! Butler went 2-3 in final seconds that I wasn't opposed to as an attempt to force organization and use some clock and IU still scored quickly..a 3 ball

 

[atmafola]

Carsen's on-ball defense on Farrel was the key. I always knew that given his athleticism, he can easily become a great one-on-one defender if he just commits to it. Team defense on the other hand takes some time getting used to, is more mental, knowing what to do and where to be and relies less on athleticism.

 

[tjreese]

Carsen's on-ball defense on Farrel was the key. I always knew that given his athleticism, he can easily become a great one-on-one defender if he just commits to it. Team defense on the other hand takes some time getting used to, is more mental, knowing what to do and where to be and relies less on athleticism.

Carsen is much better on the ball and away than what I thought he would be this early. Yes, athleticism is the edge to be good on D adn he has that, but his mental understanding is farther than what I tought it would be since he was such a scorer in high school. I remember watching Woody Austin at Logansport in an intrasquad game before his freshman year and thinking how did he get through high school playing D so poorly...

 

[BoiledSteel]

But wait zone is supposed to fix everything! Had we gone zone we would of won by 100!