OU basketball: Zone defense effective in short stretches
First-year Oklahoma coach Lon Kruger builds teams around a gritty man-to-man defense. Sam Grooms , a junior college transfer, sensed Kruger's passion when full-scale sessions began in October.
“In practice it's as if he wants to get out there and do it with us. He's chopping his feet,” Grooms said. “But to go to zone in spurts has helped us a lot, sort of caught teams off guard. It's a great wrinkle.”<...
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