Aztecs look to break Syracuse's suffocating 2-3 zone defense

[ASFN Admin]

San Diego State has lost big to Syracuse on both coasts, first in the spacious Carrier Dome in upstate New York and then on the flight deck of a decommissioned aircraft carrier on San Diego’s waterfront, where the wind blowing off the nearby Pacific Ocean altered the course of the 3-pointers the Aztecs launched futilely over the Orange’s shutdown 2-3 zone defense. Now the Aztecs, the No. 6 seed in the Midwest Region, will face the 11th-seeded Orange in the heartland in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday night. Coach Brian Dutcher thinks the setting in historic Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis will be much kinder to the Aztecs against the relentless defense favored by Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim.

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