He switched the Cougars to a 2-3 zone defense, and the move was masterful. "The big thing was we knew how good Fredericktown ...

The 2-3 zone defense is a formation where two players play near the top of the key and three others play lower in the defensive end. Two of the lower three push out towards the corners and play on the ...

Then everything changed. Indiana outscored Louisville for the rest of the game 19-6. Hoosier Head Coach Mike Woodson switched from a man-to-man defense to a 2-3 zone defense. It led to Hoosier stops ...

He had three driving layups (made 2, missed 1) and drawn a pair of free throws. As you can see above, going to a zone got Houston to speed up, and instead of looking to feed Sengun inside or on ...

Jim Boeheim, who recently retired after 47 seasons as the men’s basketball coach at Syracuse University, was so renowned for his 2-3 zone defense that he became synonymous with it. But in his ...

Before 2001, NBA defense as we know it today was impossible ... to the Rockets’ five-man defensive unit, the double-big 2-3 zone has limited the Warriors to a paltry 94 points per 100 ...