John Calipari Kentucky Wildcats Chop Play by Kevin Bruinsma
I have spent the past few days going thru the three 2015 Final Four games looking for the best plays, actions, defenses, individual moves, and strategy by arguably the four best teams in College Basketball. Over the next few weeks will take a look at some of the things the Kentucky Wildcats did in their game against Wisconsin to have success on the offensive end of the floor. The first play will take a look at what is the most popular late game set which is used in the flow of the game (Normally after FT’s when fouling). It is the action that Kansas used when Mario Chalmers hit the three against Memphis to send the National Championship to Overtime in which Kansas wound up winning.
The action is known as, “Chop” and gives multiple options in which a switching or straight up man to man defense will have a difficult time dealing with. You’ll see in the clips provided the two times, the Kentucky Wildcats ran “Chop” they scored on an And 1 and then got fouled and sent to the line in huge situations.
The 1 sprints the ball up the floor and uses a dribble handoff with a wing, the trail post sets a ball screen and rolls into setting a down screen for the 1 who had set the DHO. On the back side a flare screen is set so the wing coming off the handoff has multiple options. In the first video clip Harrison gets all the way to the rim off the hand-off and is able to score while being fouled. In the second clip the ball is entered to the post where the big is fouled and goes to the line to shoot free throws with the Kentucky Wildcats being in the bonus.
This action is so effective in late games even though the majority of teams in the country all have it in their play books. If you don’t have it in yours you should strongly consider adding it for end of the quarter, half, game, or 2 for 1 situations.
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Short Bio:
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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