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Message: [QUOTE="Jmsdawg, post: 3130423, member: 9243"] Vic said in his presser he was haunted by the final score in the Oregon game. He said he had never had his team score 84 points and lose. No doubt the MSST defense against Oregon was substandard for a Vic team but I contend that was more a matchup issue than a team defense issue. We simply did not match well with a team that had hot shooting from outside and quick guards able to drive to the basket. Many have said Vic should have employed a zone defense, that would have been effective against drives to the basket but if the outside shots continued to go in a zone would have been a disaster. Against most of the teams we faced our defense was an asset, against a team like Oregon, I am not sure any team would prevail if they continued to hit from outside. My opinion is that in the Oregon game we needed to take the chance Oregon would cool off from outside and concentrate on stopping the drives, that means I agree we should have employed a zone defense against Oregon. [/QUOTE]