Defensive Matchups Buzzerbeater coaches are changing the way they manage their defensive schemes. Rather than matching up defensively position by position, coaches are experimenting with swapping around the defensive positions of the lineup relative to the offensive positions. For example the offensive point guard could play defense as a power forward, while the power forward play defense as the point guard, simulating a so called "point forward" type player. You can now pass on your instructions to the coach on the tactics page (under the allstar setting) as to how you would like them to setup their defense. Note you must submit a valid permutation of positions, with no positions left blank or appearing twice. If you don't the coach will simply ignore all of your suggestions and play defense straight up, so make sure you submit a proper lineup.Coaches are going to follow these instructions at all times during the game, so in the example given, no matter who is playing point guard, they shall play defense at the power forward position. This will apply to both zone and man-to-man defenses, so if you specify that your point guard should play defense as a center, and play a 2-3 zone, your point guard will stand in the middle of the paint and will defend shots taken around the basket. We have noticed that player development is linked to what position they play on the offensive side of the ball, no matter what skill they are working on. Coaches are in part making this change, in hopes of making it easier to train multi-skilled players. They will continue to monitor how successful this new strategy is, and might make further changes to their training methods if it appears necessary.As announced previously this will be available first only for scrimmages, and will be made available for all games at the start of next season.In other news, the league office has noticed an odd pattern amongst Buzzerbeater officials. It seems that the average BB official thinks that if a shot went in, there is no way that the shooter could have been fouled on the play, unless there are signs of blood on the floor. We've informed them that in cases where the bleeding is merely internal, they can go ahead and call a foul anyway. We expect this will lead to a greater frequency of "and-one" plays on the Buzzerbeater court.