That's right! Just another tool in the toolbox. Pull it out when you need to change things up.
Oh? But that’s what ppl were calling for last time we played northwestern and Nebraska …both teams were shooting 50% and we tried to tell ppl the same thing you just said
I can't help it that others are not as smart about such things as you and I.
I like that we showed it. It doesn’t mean we need to use it all the time. But yeah agreed, doesn’t mean it’ll work. Just like plugging in Colvin for Loyer 😂 but let’s nkt get started on thatI can't help it that others are not as smart about such things as you and I.
Zone defense does not slow down a strong outside shooting team who has 4 players capable (a were repeatedly doing so) of knocking down the outside shot.
I suspect some of those people did not recognize that Purdue was playing zone.
1/3. They brought it in specifically to contain Buie's inside play. I'm not sure it worked and I don't think we'll see it again.
We may Chi! We just may!!
It happened too quick to tell if they were in zone or sag man. It seems the second time they did it Mason was on top and Fletcher was on baseline. Nobody would play them that way in a zone. I need to see the first look, but they matched more clearly so quickly I never got to see the whole alignment.
They were lights out behind the arc. They would be more open in a zone unless they relaxed so much being more open they started missing
Read on. I need to see both times because the second time I thought I caught Mason on top and Fletcher down low and if what I saw was true nobody playing a pure zone has Mason out on top and Fletcher down low.
No one was clamoring for Colvin in a tight game like this one. In a blowout? Different situation.
If it was last possession and 10 to 20 seconds say, I might stick him in the corner for a potential jumper if really open. There he doesn't have to mesh with the O and any D issues shouldn't surface. That said without the specific instance I mentioned you are correct in that he typically does not get minutes in real close games
The story is not only has Lance been huge for Purdue, but that guards after 4 years at smaller schools can get to be really good players through that experience...particularly when they are matched up against youth in the tourney. Those good but smaller schools get in the tourney normally when they are older and under the right circumstances and rarely every four years...particularly against bigger schools youth sometimes pose a problem.
Painter mentioned a breakdown on 2 of the 3 possessions.
I don’t get warm fuzzies observing Colvin’s body language. He appears flat in comparison with teammates…not excited or terribly engaged. Could just be his personality I guess. The transfer portal has fans worrying and questioning coaching decisions. Hope to see plenty of Myles minutes next year but I can’t say I am overly optimistic.
If you have it recorded or if it shows up on youtube. I just listed an additional 4 things under the catch the last 1:30 that happened post. I list the times for review and you can see what I wrote as to what happened. Purdue D tried to steal a possession or so, but cost 6pts in about 10-20 seconds of play. Neat out of bounds D by Purdue as a result of scouting. I could see it live opposite of my end and knew it involved Ethan and Braden, but happened so quick I couldn't digest the others. The adjustment of the 4 man dive that resulted in Cam's dunk and last what I think was a mental mistake by Boo. If particulars that are of an interest, I think you might find those times and comments of interest. Even though I show my wife some things, I know she doesn't have as much interest to really understand why.
That is one epic troll. Getting message boards worked up for over a decade only to spring a zone late in the season of a close game.
Fans ALWAYS question coaches and their decisions and it will continue until the end of time.
I'd be shocked if he goes anywhere and do expect him to see minutes next year and although I try not to be a glass half full OR half empty...just that the glass is twice the size needed. I have no informed opinion, but think he and the family know as hard as it is where he needs to improve as well as all of them knowing this Purdue team is just not any team in the nation.
Ugh, you might want to review the times I listed in the last 1:30 left post and see the alignments and results. I wouldn't really know how to describe what they were doing or what they were suppose to be doing, but it cost 6 pts in open 3s over the course of 10-20 seconds they were in play. What I did like on D was how well scouted Purdue was on one of their out of bounds plays...and of course what I consider a mental error by Boo in the final seconds. Purdue won and Wisconsin loss. HUGE game Sunday with pressure on Wisconsin
Not going to be good at something you don't practice....
No question something will not be good if you don't practice it and maybe not good if you do practice it somewhat dependent on player attributes. Nobody wants Trey in a zone up high with Braden with Lance and Fletch down low. This was some specialty alignment to stop some action around the FT line to the arc it appears. Part of that 60% was 2 for 2 behind the arc. If you review the times I listed you will see some really odd alignments that wouldn't be used in a pure zone and yet for a player that was hot and not directly defended I can't say it was man with a sag either and just not covering a player (you can see Matt yelling at Braden to retreat some to get closer to Berry. This was for Northwestern only I'm guessing trying to steal a possession unless there is some generic approach to defend the mid range a bit different than pure drop by zach as he followed their five man in it. I encourage everyone that has an interest to see the video times , the location of Purdue players, and the movement and such. It was certainly different.
I’d assume (totally speculating) that it’s for when teams try to go ISO and get a switch on the player they want (loyer) and then we can counter with a diff look and make them waste a few seconds or two and get them to think a bit more. It would be cool to see what Maryland did to us and switch from a zone to man at a certain point In the shot clock. That’s tough to do and not sure how efficient it really is.
Actually it is not unusual to put in a twist against certain teams. You would also want to believe that if it was something not for NW he would have practiced it better before using it as you previously said they never practiced it much. It wasn't the way you would play a zone and it wasn't man as typically played either. That is why I'm leaning to a certain action and yet I see two initial alignments very different and the same signal by Matt for both. Who has the same signal for two different alignments? I also see Matt only signaling it when either Fletcher's man or Braden's heading up to the top at 15:40 I think it was and so some signs point to player specific actions or anticipated actions based upon locations...
