Fred Hoiberg Iowa State Cyclones Early Offense

Written by Coach Peterman

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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March 15, 2015

Fred Hoiberg Iowa State Cyclones Early Offense

Fred Hoiberg watches more NBA basketball than he does college basketball. You can tell how the NBA influence once you watch the Iowa State Cyclones and how they play. Their offensive sets are intricate, high motion actions that allow the players to read and react. The sets are free flowing and unlike most NCAA coaches, Fred Hoiberg isn’t shouting out commands about where to be and what to do. He doesn’t micro manage his Iowa State Cyclones. Today we present a great Iowa State Cyclones Early Offense Play.

The Cyclones play an exciting brand of basketball that is fast paced and built around high efficiency shots at the rim and beyond the arc. Coach Fred Hoiberg believes in the layup and the three point shot and nothing in between. Coach Hoiberg embraces the use of analytics and it has helped form the basis of his offensive and defensive schemes.

I was able to watch the Iowa State Cyclones play the University of Oklahoma and Kansas as they ran through the Big 12 Tournament. Coach Fred Hoiberg is known as a X’s and O’s coach, but he builds relationships with his players. Royce White is a prime example of a kid that has had trouble at the University of Minnesota, but had a highly productive year with the Cyclones. Royce White once said that he would follow Coach Hoiberg into a volcano with airplanes shooting out of it.

I think that you will enjoy a small portion of the the early offense that the Iowa State Cylones use in their offense. I believe that you will see the Iowa State Cyclones make a run in the NCAA Tournament.

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