Why I no longer follow men's basketball.

[UcMiami]

This thread has nothing to do with me. At no point did I explicitly say, implicitly indicate, or otherwise intimate that I hate women basketball.

Other than the two sports calling themselves, basketball, I don't think they have much else to do with one another. I think the womens game is generally based in a more fundemental style and that the mens game can disguise its relative lack of fundementals with athletic superiority. If I were coaching a team of 6th graders, other than the designed plays, I would definitely show them a tape of UConn women. However, when you get a mens team that can combine superior athleticism AND fundementals (Duke, Georgetown (especially), UConn on occassion, Marquette, Michigan, Butler, Gonzaga, etc.) the mens game is far more athestically pleasing. It's an opinion. nothing else...

I am a fan of UConn mainly because I am an Alum (The winning isn't bad either). Calhoun's later teams drove me nuts because it always seemed they had no half court offense - including the 2011 NC team - and could only score off a miss or steal. It was great fun watching Princeton beat defending champions UCLA because (1) the underdog factor, and (2) the fundemental style of play. Because of that, I love watching the Georgetown (JTIII was on Carril and Carmody's staff.).

Husky25 - sorry if I implied in any way that you hate women's basketball - that was not my intention at all. The reference to you was just because a post on another thread by you got me thinking about the men's game and why I stopped really following it. And I do not despise mens basketball - but 10-15 years ago I was watching maybe 30 or 40 games during the regular season and that is no longer the case. I was trying to articulate some of the reason I think that happened.
I agree about Princeton - before the shot clock they were ever teams worst nightmare first round match-up in the NCAAs and they still are no picnic. And the team I have liked the most in the NBA over the last 5 years is probably the Spurs - never the most talent but they play a interesting style of ball. And I loved the DT/Okafor period at Uconn when both teams were brilliant.
Anyway - sorry if I dragged you into something.

 

[hthusky74]

zone defense has been legal in the NBA for over 10 years. nothing more annoying than the people who dont watch the NBA complaining about it

Sorry you find it annoying. However, the NBA only has a partial zone defense. It actually prohibits one of the key attributes of a packed in zone: "no zone defense may feature an unguarded defender inside the free-throw lane (a violation of that results in a defensive three-second violation, which is a technical foul)."