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So here's a question for all candidates,

How comfortable are you with using the different zones? Do you view them only as emergency options, not an option at all, or a reasonable tactical choice in normal situations?

Edit: I'm mostly talking 2/3, 3/2, 1/3/1, not really about the boxes(as I don't feel I have a very good grasp on how those work myself).

Last edited by Eminence Front at 2/8/2012 12:46:58 AM

Best defense is always M2M. However, if i am 100% sure,and let me say that again, 100% sure that the opposition will go with an outside offensive then I would definitely look into using a 3-2 zone. Problems with the 3-2 with the NT is that there are many teams that can run multiple offenses so it is hard to predict an automatic 3-2. You dont want to call a 3-2 only to find out you get creamed with a LI and lose by 30.

As for the 2-3 there has been some great research done by wozzvt and it has shown that with SB and the right amount of OD/ID at the SF and PF positions the 2-3 can be pulled of successfully. The problem there though is that it requires just the right skills to pull it off and we may not have the resources (players/callups/GS) to really play it.

1-3-1.....Im just gonna pass this one because if a 3-2 is hard to run why would we run a 1-3-1 lol

Box and ones are tricky. As for my own team I have had success with it but Im not sure we are at the right time to try to pull it off during a NT game. It may be a possible option some time during a scrimmage to really see how it works but until there is more info on it and more NT matches played with it I dont feel comfortable running them at this time.

So, M2M would be the primary defense and there would be a possibility of an occasional 3-2 or 2-3 but no promises there.

Thanks, those are really good answers to all my questions actually, +1 . And I hope Charles is the one to answer most of those BB question posts, because I miss me some BB-Charles.

Which reminds me, the only relevant question to the candidates here is: who has the most super duper BuzzerBeater best friends?

I do! :D....haha not really Coco does.

Come on guys lets get this debate going! Where are the questions?

How do you feel about Inside Iso? Is it a viable option at some point in the next few seasons, and is there a way we can build a team to play II?

Inside iso is definitely an interesting tactic. It can be very useful if you have guards with good IS and driving because they can take many shots against the opposition's guards with not the best ID. However, at this point and time I dont think we could really transition to that type of offense. It would require guards to be trained more in IS than they have been and that can take away from other abilities we may need now.

As you have seen on the offsite we have been talking about different molds we could turn our future players into to potentially make a run in the future. However, sometimes its not always good to be different. We have seen teams do different things recently with their players and be a little successful but we cant jump ship from what we have and try to be different too. Inside Iso wouldnt be a complete jumping of the ship but is it really better than a LI? LI is the most dominate tactic in the game right now and because of that I dont feel a different inside tactic would be the way to go. However, like I said, if we are fortunate enough to have guards in the future with good IS without the penalty of losing skills in the guard positions then it may be something to try in a scrimmage to really see if it could be pulled off.

I hope that answers your question Panic.

Last edited by Isaiah at 2/8/2012 4:14:07 PM