Quote Originally Posted by tcdog70 View Post
It is pretty well known that Jim Boeheim is the master of the 2-3 zone. That is the only defense he has ever played. But it is a 2-3 matchup
Pretty sure he was exclusively man-to-man until right before 1996. When he went to the Final 4, he did an interview where he talked about a year or two before he was running man and nobody thought he could coach. He switched to 2-3 because of personnel and everybody thought he was a genius. He obviously figured out he was a much better 2-3 zone coach sine he's stuck with it, but I think he was basically anti-zone before he moved to it. I think that may be why it gives people so much trouble because in addition to recruiting to it, he also incorporates some man principles that make it more aggressive.