Lucas: Multiple Defense, Multiple Options
Posted Apr 3, 2008
In the week leading up to the 2005 Final Four, virtually all of the chatter was about UNC's defense. But not just any defense. Man-to-man defense. Displeased with his team's efforts against Wisconsin and Villanova in the East regionals, Roy Williams famously removed the rims from the Smith Center baskets in order to force his team to focus on man-to-man principles. Suitably inspired, the Tar Heels then went out and won the national championship by...playing zone.
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