Bill Self Kansas University “22 Drive” Set Play

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I have coached at the NCAA Division 2 (Southwestern Oklahoma State University), NAIA (USAO), and JUCO Levels (Blinn College and Carl Albert State College) as well as high school. I just felt that fellow coaches especially young coaches need to constantly work on their “game”. Just like the basketball players that we coach. We as coaches need to improve ourselves. That is my story and why I do this blog.

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February 23, 2015

Bill Self Kansas University “22 Drive” Set Play

Bill Self and his Kansas Jayhawks are (22-5, 11-3) in the Big 12 and they depend on their guards for most of their scoring. They made 10 of 21 threes against the Iowa State Cyclones and are now shooting 39.6 percent for deep on the season. They are even better in conference play, making 40.1 percent. Those are numbers that would make any coach happy, but there is an uncertainty that comes with relying on shots that far out.

Coaches are creatures of habit. They love control. They love to be in control. And nothing has made Bill Self feel more in charge of his own destiny than an offense that has for years generated easy shots close to the basket.

KU has accomplished this year after year by playing through its big men. The Kansas Jayhawks create angles with great ball movement, their big men seal, and the guards feed the machine.

Get easy shots. Make easy shots. And you produce these kinds of shooting numbers.

The Hi-Low Post Offense was something that Bill Self has used for years. They have scraped that offense for this team.

They are not a great execution team so that run a couple plays and keep it very simple. This set play is one of them that allows them to execute in offense and get great attempts.

Coach Bill Self had to figure out a way to win another way. He isn’t going to be Fred Hoiberg in his use of the three point shot, but part of the reason the Kansas Jayhawks shoot so well from deep is that they are selective in the shots they do take. That part of Coach Bill Self and his offense are going to change much.

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