Bo Ryan Wisconsin Badgers On Flare Screen Play
Staying with the 2015 Final Four Series I looked at the other side of the Kentucky/Wisconsin Match-up in the first National Semi-Final. Wisconsin is known for running their swing offense to generate their offense but with the amount of talent they had on this team Coach Ryan gave them some basic quick hitter actions to get the ball to play makers in space. In this specific, Bo Ryan Wisconsin Badgers On Flare Screen Play, they made a modification to the common roll & replace ball screen set in which the 4/5 set a ball screen then roll to the rim while the other big lifts to the top of the key replacing him. This makes it tough for the defense to keep somebody in the hole to defend the roll guy.
In this Bo Ryan Wisconsin Badgers On Flare Screen Play after Frank Kaminsky sets the ball screen and begins to roll, the 4 man Nigel Hayes screens in for Kaminsky who flares to the wing. With Kaminsky’s man defending the ball screen and retreating quickly to get back to him, Hayes’ defender is in help side to pick up the rolling Kaminsky. Hayes is able to create a deep screening angle to pin Kaminsky’s defender in freeing him up for a wide open jump shot. This small variation was very effective as Kentucky’s bigs were more used to covering the traditional roll and replace action with Kaminsky rolling to the rim, and Hayes replacing him.
One of the important things of note in this action is that Nigel Hayes held the screen, he didn’t set the screen and look for the ball. He screened Kaminsky’s defender until the defender beat the screen and then he went towards the basket for a post up or rebounding position. A solid screen makes it very difficult for the defender as he is trying to cover three different things in a very short period of time. First covering the ball screen, then getting back to his man, then beating a flare screen, then closing out. It forces a post defender to do a few things he may not be very comfortable doing.
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Kevin Bruinsma is entering his third year as the Men’s Director of Basketball Operations at Youngstown State University. Before joining the staff at YSU in 2013-2014, Bruinsma spent the 2012-2013 season as the Director of Basketball Technology at the University of Portland. Prior to heading out west to Portland, Bruinsma served as the Graduate Manager/Video Coordinator at Cleveland State University from 2009-2012. During his time at CSU the Vikings won the Horizon League Regular Season Championship, participated in two Post-Season NIT’s, and had a first round NBA draft pick. While working at Cleveland State he received his Graduate degree in Sports Management. His first video experience was in the Summer of 2008 as Bruinsma served as a video & scouting intern for the Orlando Magic throughout the NBA summer leagues. After his experience with the Magic, he applied those skills as an Advanced Scout for Albion College during the 2008-2009 campaign. Along with multiple years of video, and scouting experience Bruinsma has also been a Head Coach at the High School level serving as the JV Boy’s Head Basketball Coach at Concord High School from 2007-2009. Bruinsma graduated from Spring Arbor University where he played Basketball, and Soccer. As a basketball player SAU won the 2005 NCCAA National Championship, while on the Soccer field he was a two-time All-Region Selection, and Team MVP.
Bruinsma runs his own coaching website: https://bruinsmablog.wordpress.com and is a contributor to Fast Model Sports.
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