Zone defense or our Cellophane defense?
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In 1960 McCracken's IU team of Bellamy, Radovich, Wilkinson, Lee and Hall lost their first 3 B1G games, one a game that was given away in Bloomington to Ohio State. Branch then switched to a zone and won out (11-3), finishing second to Lucas and company at Ohio State (13-1). That team also blew out Ohio State in Columbus.
Given that IU has truly bad defenders (JBJ, Troy, Zeisloft) and mediocre defenders (Yogi, Bryant), I would hope that the coaching staff would make the best of available talent and use the zone as the base defense. I know that going zone is giving up on playing the best defense, but when you are dealt lemons, make lemonade.
Given that IU has truly bad defenders (JBJ, Troy, Zeisloft) and mediocre defenders (Yogi, Bryant), I would hope that the coaching staff would make the best of available talent and use the zone as the base defense. I know that going zone is giving up on playing the best defense, but when you are dealt lemons, make lemonade.
