Tony Bennett Virginia Cavaliers ATO Play by Dana Beszczynski

Written by Dana Beszczynski

Coach Beszczynski brings over twenty years of basketball coaching experience to Men’s Basketball HoopScoop. To date, he has worked at all levels of basketball, from High School and from the Collegiate Ranks to the Professional level in Europe. As a leader, Coach Beszczynski emphasizes that his program is built on the principles of hard work, dedication, and no one person is more important than the team. Coach Beszczynski has a very diverse coaching background. He is known for his individual development of post players, scouting & film breakdown, motivation, and game preparation. At the present time, Coach Beszczynski is the 2nd Asst to the 1st team & U19 Head Coach.

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December 24, 2015

Tony Bennett Virginia Cavaliers ATO Play by Dana Beszczynski

Two nights ago, the Virginia Cavaliers were taken to the limit against the Golden Bears of Cal.

Tony Bennett designed three consecutive timeout plays each of which yielded a basket. This is the first of those timeout plays.

Run from the SLOB situation, the play is set-up by the elbow screen action which gave Brogdon a chance to either “read” and cut to the basket or come back off the “re-screen” action for a possible jumper.

Tony Bennett is known for his defensive strategies, but last night these timeout actions he ran with his Cavs only showed what a true mastermind of the game he is.

Tony Bennett Virginia Cavaliers ATO Play

The revitalization of Virginia basketball under Tony Bennett started with defense. The defensive efficiency ranking for te last two seasons have been very high and the Virginia Cavaliers have won 30 games an the ACC regular season title in consecutive seasons.

The proble for the Virginia Cavaliers has been offense. The Virginia Cavaliers has been trending upward on that side of the ball, finishing, No. 21 and No. 24 respectively in offensive efficiency the last two seasons, but still failed to break 60 points in NCAA Tournament losses to Michigan State in 2014 and 2015. For this season to be different, Virginia’s offense would have to follow the jump of the defense and go from good to great.

In it’s first 10 games, the Virigina Cavaliers are doing doing just that. The Cavaliers exploded for 1.43 points per possession in an 86-75 win over No. 12 Villanova on Saturday, scoring 53 second half points to seal the victory. One season after leading the country in defensive efficiency, Virginia is now leading the country in offensive efficiency

How are the Virginia Cavaliers getting better after losing Justin Anderson to the first round of the NBA draft and reigning ACC Defensive Player of the Year Darion Atkins to graduation. How’s Virginia doing it? It starts with a combination of a smart and experienced rotation, elite three-point shooting and a flexible offensive system that knows how to get its best players Somehow, Virginia has gotten even better after losing Justin Anderson to the first round of the NBA draft and reigning ACC Defensive Player of the Year Darion Atkins to graduation. How’s Virginia doing it? It starts with a combination of a smart and experienced rotation, elite three-point shooting and a flexible offensive system that knows how to get its best players good looks some good looks.

This Tony Bennett Virginia Cavaliers ATO Play is just aother example of how they are scoring these days and doing it easily.

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