I'm looking into a school with 10 open 'ships...they currently run Motion-Press. I guess I feel most comfortable with man....zone, eh...what would you all run/like to run? Is press really magic, and if I run press, what cats should I focus on?

Thank you all in advance. Take care.

Press is not magic, run what you want. At D3 I love fastbreak-zone.

Most successful for me has been motion-man, but that is kinda boring.

Quote: Originally Posted By reinsel on 5/19/2010Press is not magic, run what you want. At D3 I love fastbreak-zone

This is D2 fwiw, I guess I should mention that. Ironically enough, the D3 school I'm at right now, I run Fastbreak-Zone lol

I like either motion/press or triangle/man

In my opinion, M2M is the best all-around defense if you can recruit the players for it. That doesn't mean just DE (BLK, ATH, SPD, and RB are also important), but the DE rating is very important.

Press has the big advantage of stressing speed over other ratings, which is also one of the most important factors on offense. By maximizing SPD instead of DE, you get an advantage on both sides of the court.

Zone can be great, but can also drive you nuts. I've had great success with it at lower levels, but I suspect it is hurting me some at the highest D1 level. IMO, It seems to be the most inconsistent of the 3 defenses - completely shutting someone down one game, then getting lit up.

I run a Motion M2M/Press

Love it

My personal favorite is Flex/M2M.

tri/press for me

Triangle/press and Motion/Press are my two favorites.

I center around ATH/SPD/PASS/ST (at both DIII and DII), but I also focus on REB/LP/PER/BH depending on the position (and I like to have one scorer on my team, i.e. a guard with high BH and PER, who might have a lower PASS rating).

DUR, DEF and BLK are least important to me, and when running a press, if I can have a player who will be 80+ in ATH and/or 80+ in SPD, I'm usually willing to sign him, even if he has a single digit DEF rating.

you should run memphis attack and box and 1

I run motion/m2m for both my teams.