Muffet McGraw Notre Dame Fighting Irish Basketball Triangle Offense by Wes Kosel
Here are 4 plays out of Coach Muffet McGraw’s triangle offense. McGraw is the head coach for women’s basketball at Notre Dame where she has held the position since 1987. She has been a head coach for 32 years (5 at Lehigh, 27 at Notre Dame) and has won over 750 games. Even more impressive, she has only had 1 losing season in those 32 years. McGraw’s Fighting Irish have been to 6 Final Fours and 4 championship games. She led Notre Dame to a NCAA National Championship in 2000-2001. During the last four years, McGraw and the Fighting Irish have won at least 30 games in each season and have only lost 4 total conference games in that span. In these plays, McGraw shows how she gets her team aligned into the triangle offense and provides several ways to score out of the set.
Muffet McGraw Notre Dame Fighting Irish Basketball Triangle Offense – Corner PNR
In this option, the play starts with 3 guards out and the 2 post players inside. 1 passes to 2 on the wing then cuts through to the corner. 3 moves from the left wing to the top of the key to replace 1. 2 passes to 1 in the corner, and now the triangle is set up with 2, 5, and 1. 5 sets a back-screen for 2 who cuts to the basket looking for the pass from 1. If 2 isn’t open, she clears out as 5 sets a ball-screen for 1 in the corner.
Muffet McGraw Notre Dame Fighting Irish Basketball Triangle Offense – Hand-Off
This option starts the same as the first, but 2 passes inside to 5 posting up instead of passing to 1 in the corner. Once 5 has the ball, both 2 and 1 cut around 5 to the basket. 5 looks to dump the ball off to either one or she can pass back out to 3 on the wing. Once 3 has the ball, 4 flashes to the high post and looks to get the pass from 3. 4 looks hi/lo to 5 or can dribble across to hand the ball off to 2 at the opposite elbow.
Muffet McGraw Notre Dame Fighting Irish Basketball Triangle Offense – Flex #1
This option starts in a box set with 4 screening down for 3 who cuts to the wing. 1 passes to 3. 3 then looks to pass to 5 curling to the basket. 3, 4, and 5 now make the triangle. If 5 isn’t open, 3 passes to 2 cutting up from the low post. 2 passes to 1 and 4 runs a flex cut off of 5.
Muffet McGraw Notre Dame Fighting Irish Basketball Triangle Offense – Flex #2
The last option starts where Flex #1 ends. 2 starts with the ball on the right wing as 4 makes a flex cut and 3 cuts a
cross to the corner. 2, 3, and 4 now make the triangle. If 2 passes to 5 at the top, 5 passes to 1 then moves down to set a double screen with 2 for 3 to cut to the top of the key for a shot.
Wes Kosel is an assistant coach for men’s basketball under Head Coach Doug Novak at Bethel University in St. Paul, Minnesota. Kosel joined the staff at Bethel after serving two seasons at Texas Lutheran University and one season at Haskell Indian Nations University. Kosel has an undergraduate degree in Exercise Science from the University of Kansas, and is pursuing a Master’s degree in Physical Education from the University of Houston. The Bartlesville, OK native is also a NSCA Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist (CSCS), and taught weight training and aerobic fitness courses while coaching at Texas Lutheran. He has coached AAU programs, volunteered with elementary and middle school basketball teams, and has worked basketball camps for various programs including the Houston Rockets, University of Houston, Texas State, and Texas A&M Corpus Christi.
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