St. John's head coach has some comments on how to approach the Syracuse zone.
Despite losing to St. John's 84-72 in December, Syracuse has bounced back to reach the NCAA Sweet Sixteen, where they will face the surging Gonzaga Bulldogs.
In that game, Chris Mullin's team - a squad that won only one of their next 24 games to end the season - opened up a can of buckets, going 12/24 from beyond the arc, playing good defense and winning despite shooting 60% from the free throw line.
Since the Johnnies were particularly vulnerable to man defenses, we can conclude that Mullin and his staff had a very good plan against that Syracuse zone.