John Beilein Michigan Set Play for Trey Burke
-The past few nights I have been studying Michigan’s game film from last season. The first thing that impressed me is their floor spacing. Their floor spacing allowed Trey Burke to get into the lane and allowed him to do what he does best. The play I am presenting to you is based off their main offense. The play starts off by Burke hitting Robinson on the wing. Hardaway cuts to the ball side corner. Burke fakes a basket cut and pops back up to get the ball from Robinson. Option one: Morgan is sprinting to set a down screen for Stauskas, Stauskas is reading his man. If his man is hugged up on him, he will curl the down screen. Burke will hit him; Stauskas is looking to make a play. Option two: Morgan sprints to set a down screen for Stauskas and his defender is playing up the line. Stauskas will basket cut. Morgan will then sprint up to set a ball screen for Burke. Trey Burke is looking to get to the basket. Option three: Morgan sprints to set a down screen for Stauskas and his defender is playing up the line. Stauskas will basket cut. Morgan will pop to the elbow. Trey Burke will hit Morgan, Burke will run off of Morgan for a handoff; Trey Burke is looking to make a play. I love this play. I think you can use this as a set play. You have to have smart players to make the different reads. It puts the 2 man’s defender in a tough position. If he is hugged up on the 2 man; the man 2 will curl the screen. This will force the 5 man’s defender to help on the curl, leaving the 5 man open for a drop off from the 2. If 2’s defender is playing up the line, 2 will basket cut. This will force 5’s defender to help for a second on the basket cut. This will make it impossible for the 5’s defender to help on the ball screen or the handoff on the elbow.
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Adam Short begins his first year as an assistant men’s basketball coach at Cowley College. Short grew up in Indiana and was a First-Team All-Conference selection as a senior at Lake Central High School. He went on to attend Joliet (Ill) Junior College and helped the team to a NJCAA Division III national runner-up finish, while being named First-Team All-Conference and a two-time Region 4 Player of the Week. After Joliet, Short spent his final two years of college basketball playing at NAIA school Avila University in Kansas City, MO. At Avila, he scored more than 1,000 points in his career and earned all-conference honors each year at the school. He graduated from Avila in 2011 with a Bachelor’s degree in English with an emphasis in writing. Short then served as a graduate assistant coach with the Avila men’s basketball team from 2011-2013, and earned a Masters degree in Organizational Development in 2013. He also spent the past two years working with MoKan Nike Elite Youth Basketball League out of Kansas City, MO. His job duties consisted of coaching, scouting, and breaking down film.
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