Donnie Tyndall Southern Mississippi Blobs by Mike Leafgreen

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March 30, 2014

Donnie Tyndall Southern Mississippi Blobs by Mike Leafgreen

Here are 2 baseline out of bounds sets from Coach Donnie Tyndall and the University of Southern Mississippi Eagles. They were run in the Eagles loss to Minnesota in the NIT Quarterfinals.

The Eagles have gone 27-10 and 29-7 in Coach Tyndall’s two years as head coach, and both years made it to the NIT Quarterfinals. They were also the regular season Conference USA champions this year, their first since 2001.

The Donnie Tyndall Southern Mississippi Blobs are both baseline out of bounds sets are run out of a box formation.

The first box set of the Donnie Tyndall Southern Mississippi Blobs was run out of a timeout. 4 starts with a dive down to the block to screen 5. 5 then receives a screen from 3 who is diving from the ball side elbow. 3 will then pop to the corner for the 3rd option in the set. If you need a three, the movement towards the basket might occupy the defense to where 3 popping to the corner is open. This was the shot Southern Miss had against Minnesota.
The second box set ends with a drive to the basket. 4 pops to the wing, 5 pops to the top of the key, then the ball is swung through 4 to 5. 2 pops to the wing opposite of 4. 4 then sets a down screen for 3, and 5 passes to 3 and immediately sprints into a side ball screen. After 4 sets the down screen, he then turns into a screen for 1 cutting to the corner. As 3 drives, he has options: get to the rim, pass to 4 at block, or pass to a shooter on the perimeter. In Southern Miss’ game, this ended with a layup from 3.

Mike Leafgreen is the assistant basketball coach at Rogers High School in Rogers, Arkansas. The previous nine years he was a high school coach in Oklahoma. Prior to that, Leafgreen spent four years as a graduate assistant at Southwestern Oklahoma State University, the first two under Hall of Fame Coach George Hauser. The Lawton, OK native spent several years in the business world before being hired as a graduate assistant at SWOSU. Leafgreen’s focus always starts with the process, not thinking about winning and losing, but instead on the daily activities that cause success.