At any level of basketball, there are great advantages that come from instead of expanding the playbook, growing an offense that consists of 3 or 4 players who all have a wide variety of off-ball scoring actions. Even the most average playmaker, if given a spaced floor paired with screens both on and off the …
Ed Cooley is one of college basketball’s most underrated x and o coaches. His skill for drawing up after timeout sets was on full display this past weekend against a very good Marquette team. With 10.3 seconds left in the half and up 8, Providence had the ball underneath their own hoop and needed to …
This is something we have been working towards for a looooong time. In fact, this project started 3 years ago. Our first version had some good points and some that were a little clunky. Even though plenty of coaches saw it for the great resource it was, we knew it lacked a little something. …
The Basketball Coaching Library “ribbon-cutting” is finally here! Read More »
In the modern age of basketball, with the amount of three’s we see go up from night to night. One thing that is often barely even brushed upon is how important scoring the ball 5 feet and in can be. Being with the two solid ways, layups created various ways which you may hear …
7:51 left in the 3rd quarter- Lakers 71- Warriors 57. Lebron James gets injured and leaves the game. No Lebron? No problem for the Warriors who looked lackadaisical and trailed the whole game. The response to James leaving…an immediate 19-7 run by the Warriors to cut the score to 78-76 Lakers with 2:48 left in …
What is Wrong with the Warriors? by Chris Filios Read More »
Earlier this year, a Golden State Warrior broke another record. Klay Thompson who had been in struggling to make shots so far this year, set a new NBA single-game record with 14 3-pointers en route to 52 points. And whose record did he break? His teammate, Steph Curry. Curry previously held the record with 13 3’s. …
Team Chemistry: Being a good teamate by Chris Filios Read More »
Zone Attack When NC State took on Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt employed a couple of different kinds of zone. NC State ran a great out of timeout zone set, enabling the guard on top to attack down the middle of the zone and setting up an easy lob at the rim. Finding the right zone attack can …
Kevin Keatts NC State Wolfpack Zone Attack by Chris Filios Read More »
Penn Quakers Villanova, defending national champions, winners of 2 of the last 3 national championships, and winners of 25 straight Big 5 games came into their matchup at the famed Palestra ranked 14th in the country…what they left with was a 78-75 loss to the Penn Quakers. It had been recent domination by Villanova in …
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