If teams are going to slough off to double / front Devin, then our guards, and I'm sure BC will make this adjustment eventually, need to drive on their sloughing man and find a seam for a pull-up jumper in the soft middle or draw the defender off DT or hopefully for a weak side flash. Another reason to play more JC. Have no doubt in my mind that Collins already understands and will do this where as Dinos is often floating on the perimeter anyway.
Again, I'm a firm proponent, especially early this season without CMM (and to a lesser extent Crab) that we should have been working on getting these guys prepared to play an aggressive, long-armed, extended 3-2 or 1-3-1 with Collins at the point of this zone. Utilize his athleticism along with G-Mc's to play this defensive role and let Dinos and DT/DM camp out on the low blocks / baseline. Ya we might be vulnerable in the corners or on the wings with good ball movement, but I think having Collins, BC and eventually CMM and Hudson at the top of an aggressive zone would do wonders for this team. Then you can play more of your best 5 at a time and cause more T/O's and easy buckets. Although rebounding might suffer a bit.
Why not work on something like this knowing you don't have CMM and Hudson, get these kids ready to play something other than M2M or a lazy 2-3. Hate a 2-3 zone, doesn't make sense in the current college landscape unless you have really long, quick guards playing the top part of that zone.
