Ron Hunter Georgia State Zone Offense by Wes Kosel

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March 24, 2015

Ron Hunter Georgia State Zone Offense by Wes Kosel

Here are two zone plays from Georgia State head coach Ron Hunter from Georgia State’s win over Baylor in the NCAA Tournament. Hunter is in his 4th season at Georgia State and 21st year as a head coach. Before taking over at Georgia State in 2011, Hunter was the head coach at IUPUI for 17 years. Hunter coached IUPUI through the transition from NAIA to Division 1. While there, Hunter compiled a 274-219 record. At Georgia State, he has now won 2 straight Sun Belt Conference regular season championships. In the round of 64 game against Baylor, the Panthers kept chipping away against Scott Drew’s zone. The Panthers shot only 31.3% from 3-point range, but hit the most important shot of the game when R.J. Hunter, Ron’s son, hit the game winner. At that point in the game, R.J. was only 1 of 6 from deep, but still had the confidence to take the last shot. Here is a look at a couple of ways that Georgia State attacked the zone.

Ron Hunter Georgia State Zone Offense – Zone Horns
1 dribbles off of a double ball-screen from 5 and 4 at the top of the key. As 1 clears the screen, 5 dives down to the block and 4 pops out to the perimeter. 1 passes to 4 who passes to 3 cutting from the corner inside to the lane and back out to the wing. Once 3 has the ball, 5 screens for 2 in the lane. 3 looks to pass to 2 in the corner for a shot or to 4 diving down the lane line.

Ron Hunter Georgia State Zone Offense – Zone Overload
1 passes to 2 away from the overload. 5 flashes to the elbow and 3 cuts to the ball-side block. 2 then reverses the ball to 1 who passes to 3 in the corner. 4 screens for 5 at the elbow. 3 looks to shoot in the corner or pass to 5 cutting to the basket.

Wes Kosel is an assistant coach for men’s basketball under Head Coach Andy Partee at Colorado College in Colorado Springs, CO. Kosel joined the staff at Colorado College after serving two seasons as an assistant coach 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), a certified personal trainer (NSCA-CPT), 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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