Virginia Cavaliers at Miami January 3, 2015 | Quick Hitter for a Three Point Shot

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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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January 6, 2015

Virginia Cavaliers at Miami January 3, 2015 | Quick Hitter for a Three Point Shot

The #3 team in the country the Virginia Cavaliers traveled to Coral Gables to take on conference foe the Miami Hurricanes this past weekend. Virginia came in to the contest undefeated at 12-0 and was looking to continue their perfect start against 10-3 Miami.

The game was a back and forth contest that was sent into Overtime after Virginia Cavaliers guard Justin Anderson fouled Angel Rodriguez behind the arc with .9 seconds left and Miami trailing by 3. Rodriguez calmly drilled all 3 free throws and Miami clung to a 3 point lead in the first Overtime with 19.5 seconds left on the clock. Virginia had possession and brought the ball up court.

London Perrantes, who already had 5 made 3’s on the day, dribbled the ball from left to right. Perrantes entered into a dribble handoff with Justin Anderson that Miami subsequently switched. Anderson came off the handoff towards the middle of the floor and into a ball middle ball screen with Mike Tobey. Tonye Jekiri was guarding Toby the screener and was positioned below the screen and unable to help on the ball handler. Rodriguez got hung up and Anderson was wide open for a game a tying 3 that forced double OT.

With 2:45 in Double OT the tables have turned and Miami was now down by 3 with possession of the basketball. After a time out, Miami inbounded the ball just behind half court. Sheldon McClellan inbounded the ball to Manu Lecomte and dribbled over the half-court stripe. Lecomte entered into a dribble handoff on the wing with McClellan and cut through baseline to the opposite corner. McClellan then reversed the ball to Rodriguez on the left side of the floor who just came off a down screen.

Jekiri came up to the perimeter so set a flare screen for McClellan who had the whole right side of the floor open. His defender Anderson did a good job going over the top and he had support on a curl to the basket from Tobey. As soon as McClellan got to the block he immediately turned towards Jekiri at the pinch post who turned and re-screened for Anderson who cut to the perimeter for a pass from Rodriguez. Anderson did a job trailing McClellan and forced a miss that ricocheted off the back rim. Virginia would get the defensive rebound that would propel them to a big road ACC win and one step closer to their dream of an undefeated season.

Coach Zall also has experience as an AAU Head Coach for the Boston Warriors. As Head Coach for the Warriors his team won the 2011 16U State Title and twice competed in AAU Nationals down in Orlando, FL. On top of being a student at Northeastern University, Zall was named Head Coach of the Men’s Club Basketball team for the 2012-13 season. During his lone season as Head Coach, Northeastern finished second in the Northeast Regional Tournament featuring colleges from throughout the East Coast. Coach Zall has also spent time as a Head Coach in the Bay State Games where his team won the Bronze Medal in 2012 and at various camps including: Five Star, Boston Celtics, NIKE, Franklin Pierce University, Hoop Group and The Elite 75.

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