Lon Kruger Oklahoma Sooners After Time Out Play versus University of Dayton

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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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March 23, 2015

Lon Kruger Oklahoma Sooners After Time Out Play versus University of Dayton

Coach Lon Kruger called a very simple basketball play at the 13:36 2nd half versus the University of Dayton. The Oklahoma Sooners were down six points at the time and they didn’t even score on this time-out. Ryan Spangler of the Oklahoma Sooners will blow the lay-up, but the set play is something so simple, but sometimes we as coaches will over think our set plays. At first, I didn’t think much about this Hi-Low Set Play as I was watching the Oklahoma Sooners. I live in Norman, Oklahoma and have followed Coach Lon Kruger for the last couple of years. I was able to watch them play the University of Texas at Norman. I had no clue how they could beat the University of Texas.

I am telling you that Rick Barnes has a ton of talent on that University of Texas team. That reason is why I decided to look at the video tonight. Attention to detail is something that I think coaches forget a lot of times. Coach Kruger spent time in the NBA and a lot of my friends that coach in the NBA will tell you that “Attention to detail” is what will win you games. The Oklahoma Sooners were down six points with 13:31 left in the 2nd half and they ran this simple after time out play.

The Oklahoma Sooners attention to detail is what I admire in this set play. Number 2 in the diagram is Buddy Hield who is the best shooter in this play. They put him on the same side of the post player that they wanted to get the lay-up for. Lon Kruger became the first coach in NCAA history to win an NCAA tournament game at five different schools when he won friday night. Here is a perfect reason. Coach Kruger will have his (4) Ryan Spangler set the ball screen and then turn and screen the underneath of X4. When the point guard passes to his 5, Ryan Spangler (4) set his team up for success. I don’t care that he missed the lay-up. The attention to detail is the reason that Coach Lon Kruger and the Oklahoma Sooners won the game versus the University of Dayton.

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