Georgia Bulldogs Scoring Actions Against Kentucky’s Defense
Coach Mark Fox has led the Georgia Bulldogs to a pretty solid season. They finished the regular season and conference tournament with a 21-11 record and they lost in the semi-finals of the conference tournament to a good Arkansas Razorback team. They have a balanced scoring attack with 5 guys averaging at least 9.8 points.
The Georgia Bulldogs have played Kentucky relatively tough in both of their games this season. On March 9th at Georgia, the Bulldogs had a second half lead and their chances to win the game at home. The game was tied at the half, and Georgia held on to an 11 point lead with about 9 minutes left. Kentucky had to play very well late to overcome that 2nd half deficit and to get out of Athens with a win and their undefeated record still intact with a 72-64 win.
Kentucky has one of the top ranked defenses in the country, as they have NBA size and athleticism at every position. Kentucky is 3rd in the country in points per game allowed, giving up only 54 a night, and they are second in blocks per game at just under 7. Georgia had some success against Kentucky by spreading them out and making their bigs guard on the perimeter. By bring their bigs to the high post and wings, the Georgia Bulldogs were able to attack the rim without the presence of Kentucky’s shot blocking bigs.
I have links and diagrams of two actions that Georgia used several times against the Wildcats.
In the clip below, the Georgia Bulldogs brought either forward Marcus Thornton or forward Nemanja Djurisic to the high post to run the offense through them. The point guard sets a pin down for the wing who’s first option is to come off a hand off. On a switch, the wing curls to the basket, and the point guard can either receive a hand off or a ball screen. If neither is open after cutting off the big, the big has an iso option. Their bigs have the freedom to pick and pop off the balls screen/handoff, and they can knock down the three or get to the basket when their defender has a long closeout.
In the following clip, the Georgia Bulldogs use a shuffle cut to get a couple of open layups and a big on small switch.
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