2014 MBCA Fall Clinic Notes featured Frank Martin, Tom Crean, and etc
The 2014 MBCA Fall Clinic Notes feature Tom Crean who is undergoing an Indiana Hoosier Turnaround. The Tom Crean Hoosier’s Offense was good, but the lack of defensive effort, intensity, and execution stumbled out of the game at 5-3. Through eight games, the Hoosiers had faced four top-100 KenPom opponents and against them, IU allowed 78.2 points per game and went 1-3 in one stretch. Lapses in communication became the norm, the Hoosier fans started to get a little restless.
Since Dec 2, against Duke, Indiana has ripped off nine wins in a row and they have done it with defense. In those nine contests, the Hoosiers are allowing a stingy 64.5 points per night while maintaining their usual functionality on offense. So what gives?
What did Tom Crean do? He simplified the scheme. Instead of getting too tricky with defense, they just started playing hard man defense. They had started getting stops in the the middle of the possessions. The communication and trust between the players is only getting better.
The Tom Crean Hoosiers are playing a more conservative scheme that is right up ex-NBA coach Tom Thibodeau’s alley – have the big man patrol the paint to seal off drives as opposed to blitzing ball-handlers well beyond the 3-point line. As a result, the Hoosiers are surrendering open mid-range shots as opposed to 3’s and layups. That’s a good thing.
The 2014 MBCA Fall Clinic Notes also feature Frank Martin. Frank Martin could see his first loss coming. He worried that the Alabama winning the college football national championship and the fact that both teams are close. He thought that that the Crimson tide might be pumped going up against a undefeated team
Frank Martin’s #19 Gamecocks are now 15-1 and lost their first game in ugly fashion. They shot 35.8 percent from the field, including a paltry 3-of-18 from long distance, and turned the ball over 18 times. South Carolina never led in the game and senior forward Michael Carrera had a hard time describing what happened in Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Basically, they just played bad offensively and defensively. All they can do is go back to work and try to get better. Well, It basically happened that way on saturday. That No. 18 South Carolina’s 81-72 win over Missouri was ugly hardly bothered Gamecocks coach Frank Martin.
Check out the 2014 MBCA Fall Clinic Notes and gather some of the ways that Frank Martin runs his pressure defense.
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