The best rivalry in sports is back as well as the Carolina break! Two of the college basketball’s most storied programs, Duke v Carolina (round 1) tipped off on Wednesday night in Cameron Indoor Stadium. The game was well-hyped as Duke, with all of its young talents,...
Basketball season is coming to a close. That means playoffs- win or go home. The competition will be intense and games will come down to the end of the game where one possession may make the difference between winning and losing. Is your team prepared for Late Game...
One of the most popular late game actions run by teams is the Hammer action. It has become prevalent amongst many NBA teams and is run across all of Europe. It is probably most associated with the San Antonio Spurs. Hammer action is a simple action. Teams have become...
One of my favorite podcasts to listen to is Finding Mastery: Conversations with Michael Gervais. He has some amazing guests from a wide variety of fields- from business to sport to military and more. Every one of his podcasts that I have listened to I have thoroughly...
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...
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...
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...
One key element in playing basketball, no matter what level, no matter what gender, is the reality that chaos exists between the lines. Coaches can try to organize the chaos out of the game, but the truth is most teams will scout your offense, they’ve seen your...
In game #1 of the 2018 Champions Classic, we saw the Kansas Jayhawks hold off the Michigan State Spartans. The #1 Jayhawks led by 14 at halftime and led most of the game by double digits before a late surge by Michigan State, which cut the lead down to one possession...
