The Villanova Philosophy: When 5 of your top 6 players shoot 39% or better from 3, you run as many stagger screens and pin down screens as possible to get those shooters open from deep. And if the defender shows on the second screen in the stagger, the 5 man slips to the bucket for an easy bucket. Final Four Breakdown: Villanova Wildcats - XsOs Behind the Dominance See More
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Kansas State set up this lob play by setting a pindown screen for the point guard in the middle of the floor. When 1 receives the ball, 5 sets a back screen for 3 to cut to the rim. 4 sets a flare screen for 2 to occupy the other defenders as 1 makes a lob pass to 3 at the rim. See More
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This is a set UMBC ran against Virginia in their upset victory in the NCAA Tournament. I love the action because the guard that screens for the big to set a ball screen then comes off a 5 man screen to the corner. His man should be in the hole to defend the pick and roll, and when he recovers he has to ellude a screen. NCAA Tournament: XsOs Behind the Upsets See More
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Great action Buffalo ran to get its best player coming off two screens with an isolated side occupied only by a shooter in the corner. See More
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Buffalo attacked Arizona's big front court by playing small and spacing them out on the perimeter. This isolation action is great for teams with an undersized 4 to take advantage of a bigger/slower defender. NCAA Tournament - XsOs Behind the Upsets See More
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This is a great set out of the Michigan Two Guard offense that could result in a wide open layup, a guard post up (Marcus Smart mismatch action), or a screen-the-screener 3pt point look. Final Four Breakdown: Michigan Wolverines - Find, Use, Create Philosophy See More
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Don't be fooled but the lack of "success" of these set plays in the video clip below. The coaching staffs in post-season play are so well scouted and the teams are elite in preperation that oftentimes the desired shot is not available. Nonetheles, the analytics surrounding side changes and paint touches remains true, as they break the defense down with each action. This set presents several shot opportunities, and the spacing is so phenoenal that however the defense plays it, there will be scoring options with the advantage created. See More
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Buffalo ran this action in its NCAA Tournament win vs Arizona. The Bulls added a little twist to the traditional back screen, ball screen action by using a PG to back screen for 4. This gives the lob an option and makes a bigger defender cover more ground. It also flows right into roll and replace action. NCAA Tournament - XsOs Behind the Upsets See More
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The Toronto Raptors have revitalized their offense in the 2017-18 season, but not without keeping some old favourite set plays from previous seasons. This play is a repurposed crunch-time special, as it use to be a staple of close games in the 4th quarter more than 5 years ago. Over the years, this set's usage has ebbed and flowed. This year, the Raptors are using it outside of a late-game setting and are introducing it into their After Timeout specials. See More
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This is a set to run vs a Match-up Zone Defense. "Smash Down" is the counter to "Smash" and looks to take advantage of the middle defender of the zone staying low and anticipating getting sealed. Blog Post: Keys to Attacking a Match-up Zone See More
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"Smash" is a set to run vs a Match-up Zone Defense. The key to this play is to make bottom defender of zone commit to either the dribble or wing shooter coming to the corner. The goal is to seal off the middle of the zone and bring the other post player low for a layup. Blog Post: Keys to Attacking a Match-up Zone See More
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"Mercer" is a set to run vs a Match-up Zone. Start in a 1-2-2 alignment with post players on the blocks and guards on the wings. Blog Post: Keys to Attacking a Match-up Zone See More
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"Flood C" is a set to run vs a Match-up Zone Defense. It is the counter to "Flood" and is run to get a 3pt shot from the corner. The play begins the same way as flood and the action stays the same. Where this play differs from Flood is that instead of throwing back to the 1 after the drag dribble, 2 throws it right back to the 4. 5 sets a screen on the bottom of the zone and 3 comes back ball side looking to catch and shoot behind 5's screen. Blog Post: Keys to Attacking a Match-up Zone See More
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"Flood" is a set to run vs a Match-up Zone. Initial setup is a 1-3-1 alignment with post players at high post and low post. Blog Post: Keys to Attacking a Match-Up Zone See More
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"Cutters" is a set to run vs a Match-up Zone. It starts in a 1-3-1 alignment and we like to start with a dribble push to distort the zone and drag off the top part of the zone. Blog Post: Keys to Attacking a Match-up Zone See More
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