We can play zone today...

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Gohawks123

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Minnesota only shoots 33% from 3 pt range...so I would at least try some zone today to see how it works out. However there are two things I don't want to see going forward.

1. Staying in the zone when it is clearly not working and not even giving M2M a shot.
2. Playing zone at all against good shooting teams like Illinois, NW, and Ohio State.

My faith in the coaching staff has decreased exponentially after seeing the game plan the last 2 games. Hopefully its just an anomaly.
 
Don't know if that's a good idea. Hoffarber would go for 40.

Maybe a box and one?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Iowa put on a little 1-2-2 trapping defense early in the season? I thought that worked a bit for them. Did they go away from it or what?
 
I would at least like to see M2M at the start. It's pretty obvious this team isn't ready to handle the responsibilities of a zone defense. Iowa needs to pressure for TO's. That is the only way I see Iowa gets a win today. They need to turn over MN 20 times and have no more than 9-12 themselves.

I don't like going out trying to win by having the other team beat themselves by not shooting well.
 
CyChamp said:
Don't know if that's a good idea. Hoffarber would go for 40.

Maybe a box and one?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Iowa put on a little 1-2-2 trapping defense early in the season? I thought that worked a bit for them. Did they go away from it or what?
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He'll go for 40 no matter what Iowa does...over the past decade it seems as though Iowa has become quite good at leaving the other team's best 3 ball shooter wide open all night...
 
The problem with zone vs. Minny is that 1) Hoffarber will go nuts and 2) you can't get a body on Mbakwe, one of the Big Ten's best O rebounders.

I expect Iowa to come out in man to man.
 
I would prefer man as well...just saying that my head won't explode if we try some zone today.
 
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