Ohio State ran this play with 7 minutes remaining in the second half of their game against VCU. Timing is crucial for this play to be successful. The play becomes hard to guard because of simultaneous actions. See More
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3/1 Live (Part of Motion Offense Forum Drill Progressions) Objective: To use motion offense concepts to free the cutter for a basket. In this drill there are two screeners and one cutter (2) in each offensive group. The cutter is defended by X2. Diagrammed below are two of the nearly endless options that could come into play. There is now way to completely diagram all of the screens, cuts, reads and actions possible in this drill. The screeners' objective is to free the cutter (2) for a basket using motion offense concepts and maintianing top-side-side alignment. This is live and competiive drill. Drill Restrictions: Only the cutter can score. Offense must complete two passes BEFORE the cutter gets a touch. (This puts emphasis on second cutters!) The score must come from the screening action, not one-on-one play Competiive Ideas: On a 12-player roster, divide your team into four three-player groups. Set 8:00 (or a time of your choosing) on the clock. If your cutter scores with screening action, that team gets a point and stays on offense. A defender comes from the next team to guard the groups cutter. If that defender can force a stop and get the rebound, his/her team rotates to offense and now has opportunity to score points. Track each team's points. Variations: Start the ball on the wing instead of the top of the circle. Use shallow cuts to start the drill. Allow the offense to pass it to a coach at any time in the drill. can introduce staggers, baseline double, or dual screens to the drill. Side note: Have an assitant coach the defender! The defender will literally encounter dozens of defensive stances, close outs, denials and scenarios in each possession. See More
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Coming out of halftime to start the 2nd half, the Albany Great Danes were down 9 to the Oklahoma Sooners in the 2nd round of the NCAA Tournament. Coach Will Brown called a Horns Backdoor set to start the half that would give one of their top scorers, Peter Hooley (#12) an easy scoring opportunity. Earlier in the 1st half, Albany ran numerous plays from the horns set, which you can tell by how the defender was expecting Hooley to come off the dribble handoff. Making a quick in game adjustment, Hooley sets the defender up for a backdoor and finishes the play. See More
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Cincinnati ran this set multiple times against Purdue. Cincinnati ran this down by 4 with 8:58 remaining in the second half, their point guard penetrated off the side ball screen and pitched to the shooting guard for a catch and shoot rhythm 3 pointer. Cincinnati ended up winning this game to advance to the third round. See More
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Down 22-25 to Purdue with minutes remaining in the first half, Cincinnati ran this SLOB play after a time out for a dump-off dunk. Cincinnati ended up winning this game to advance to the third round. See More
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Michigan State ran this play early against Virginia in the NCAA round of 32. MSU runs this Forwards Out look, which is very similar to NBA Chin action but with the guards and forwards inverted, and can run many different options out of it. The Wide option is designed to put x5 in multiple help situations, and here x5 overhelped on the wide pin down, resulting in a slip to the basket for an easy dunk. See More
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UCLA ran a really nice Elevator set at the end of the first half in today's matchup with UAB. They get some action before the final screen, and allow a shooter to get open to hit a 3 after a timeout. See More
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Wisconsin used this set in the 1st half of their win over Coastal Carolina in Round 2 action. The Badgers ran this UCLA style offense multiple times throughout the night using different screens and 2 man game options. In this particular set the play is designed to get a shooter coming off of a stagger screen. Although the play was successful, the Badgers were unable to convert on the open jump shot. See More
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Iowa used this set to get an open 3 in their Round 2 matchup with Davidson. The last action of the play netted Iowa a 3 from the top of the key. This horns action from the Hawkeyes is a 4 movement set with a ball screen, back screen, and two down screens for shooters. Iowa used this multiple times during the game hitting earlier options in the set. See More
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Gonzaga runs this set for a HI PNR for their shooting guard. I like this set and it works because it keeps the defense moving, and has a stretch 4 spread the floor after freezing his man. Kevin Pangos being an elite 3 point threat is on the wing to prevent any weakside help, and having 3 shooters spacing the floor allows the PNR to be effective. See More
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Here is a quick hitter from Oregon used in the second half against Oklahoma State. The offense starts in a 2-3 high formation with all of the players above the free-throw line. 1 passes to 2 on the wing and then makes a shallow cut to the corner. 2 sets a down-screen for 5 inside. This is a great play if you have a big man who can shoot the 3. See More
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Davidson is one of the best perimeter shooting teams in the NCAA Tournament. The do a great job of screen for the 3 and then putting pressure on the basket at the same time by using cuts away from the ball and slipping screens. Here is a little action they use in the first half against Iowa to get a easy lay-up and decent perimeter looks. See More
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Robert Morris runs a nice set to get action into a backdoor opportunity, and resulting in an isolation for one of their better players to create. See More
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Robert Morris needed a basket against duke midway through the first half. They run Horns into a Pindown DHO/Curl option except this time after 1 comes back for a DHO he catches his man overplaying and cuts backdoor for a layup. See More
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Oklahoma State Cowboys Backscreen continuity offense Because the scouting report is that Phil Forte is a great shooter and cannot be left, Travis Ford use him as a screener and he backscreens for Le'Bryan Nash. There is flex and screen-the-screener action in the offense. See More
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