NCAA Division 3 Set Plays by Wes Kosel

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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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July 16, 2014

NCAA Division 3 Set Plays by Wes Kosel

In this playbook you will find 4 set plays used at the NCAA Division 3 level. Three of the plays use a 3 out/2 in formation with either the posts both low or staggered one high/one low. The fourth play, Texas, uses a 2-3 formation with 3 players lined up across the baseline.

NCAA Division 3 Set Plays – Zelmo
In this play, 2 screens down for 5 who pops out to the wing. 1 passes to 5 then screens down for 2. 2 cuts up for a pass from 5. Once 2 has the ball, he dribbles left as both 1 and 5 cut off of a staggered screen from 3 and 4. 1 cuts to the corner as 5 cuts to the wing. If 5 doesn’t’ have a shot, 3 screens for 2 who cuts to the low post and 4 screens for 3. 5 looks to pass to 2 at the basket or to 3 for the lob.

NCAA Division 3 Set Plays – Reverse

This play starts in a similar fashion as Zelmo with 2 screening in for 5. 1 passes to 5 then 2 steps out to get the pass from 5. Once 2 has the ball he dribbles over as 3 moves in to the elbow and 1 moves out to the wing. 2 passes to 1 who looks for 5 curling into the lane off of a screen from 3.

NCAA Division 3 Set Plays – Texas

1 dribbles off of a ball-screen from 3 as 2 moves up from the corner to get the ball on a dribble hand-off. Once 2 has the ball, he dribbles off of a ball-screen from 3 as 4 screens for 5. 2 looks for 5 in the corner or to 4 stepping up after the screen.

NCAA Division 3 Set Plays – West

1 passes to 2 then cuts off of a screen from 5 to the low post. 5 then steps out to set a ball-screen for 2 as 1 cuts off of a double screen from 3 and 4. 2 looks for 1 in the corner or to 5 on the roll. If 1 gets the ball but doesn’t have a shot, 4 sets a ball-screen for 1 who drives into the lane.

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.