Buzz Williams Marquette Slob Play by Adam Short

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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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April 23, 2014

Buzz Williams Marquette Slob Play by Adam Short

I got this Buzz Williams Marquette Slob Play from watching Marquette play St. Johns on 3/2/2013. Marquette ran this play during the final seconds of the game that helped them get the victory in dramatic fashion. It is a simple SLOB play that really puts pressure on the defense. I am a big fan of screening for the ball screener because it takes away the possibility of the defender having a successful hedge on the ball screen. The play starts off with 4 setting a down screen for 2. 4 does not sprint to 2 to set the down screen, 2 runs his defender off of 4. 1 will hit 2. 1 will then sprint to the left corner. Once 2 catches the ball, 4 will sprint to screen for 5. 4 will clear out to the weak side short corner. 5 will sprint to set a ball screen for 2. 5’s angle is key with the ball screen. 5 wants 2’s defender shoulders to be in the middle of his chest. This will create an angle for 2 to attack downhill. Once 2 has the ball, he has to go make a play. Most likely as a coach, you are running this play with 8-10 seconds left on the clock. The Buzz Williams Marquette Slob Play is a great play for your players to remember so you can draw this play up on the huddle with the game on the line.

Adam Short just completed his first year as an assistant men’s basketball coach at Cowley College. Short grew up in Indiana and was a First-Team All-Conference selection as a senior at Lake Central High School. He went on to attend Joliet (Ill) Junior College and helped the team to a NJCAA Division III national runner-up finish, while being named First-Team All-Conference and a two-time Region 4 Player of the Week. After Joliet, Short spent his final two years of college basketball playing at NAIA school Avila University in Kansas City, MO. At Avila, he scored more than 1,000 points in his career and earned all-conference honors each year at the school. He graduated from Avila in 2011 with a Bachelor’s degree in English with an emphasis in writing. Short then served as a graduate assistant coach with the Avila men’s basketball team from 2011-2013, and earned a Masters degree in Organizational Development in 2013. He also spent the past two years working with MoKan Nike Elite Youth Basketball League out of Kansas City, MO. His job duties consisted of coaching, scouting, and breaking down film.