Monday, November 11, 2013

Exciting zone offense?

The NCAA's all-wise pontiffs decided that basketball needed "more freedom of movement," so they brought in the new rules on fouls. They forgot, of course, that every opposing coach does NOT want the offense to have more freedom of movement. So how do they stop it? They switch to zone. The old rule of thumb is that against a zone you don't dribble, you pass. Is the "freedom of movement" they were wanting freedom of passing? I don't think so. They wanted freedom of dribble/drive. So coaches take away that freedom by switching to zone, and we get to watch games of passing around the perimeter and then taking 3-point shots. Spine-tingling!

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