Tony Bennett Virginia Cavaliers Slice Cut into Staggered Screen

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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 22, 2015

Tony Bennett Virginia Cavaliers Slice Cut into Staggered Screen

Tony Bennett came to the University of Virginia in 2009 and has installed his father’s infamous mover-blocker offense. During the past two seasons, Virginia has won an unfathomable 51 out of their past 58 games. They’ve only lost 5 ACC conference games in the past 2 seasons. Virginia has also won back-back ACC Regular Season Championships and won the 2014 ACC Tournament after trouncing Jabari Parker and Duke in the final. The Virginia Cavaliers scored at a rate of almost 111 points-per-possession during this past season. That number would of been good enough to lead the NBA in offensive efficiency last season.

Below is a set play from the 2013-14 season that they used to run for current Cleveland Cavalier Joe Harris. The Tony Bennett Virginia Cavaliers play starts with Harris on left block who then slice cuts over both forwards positioned at the pinch posts. Once he’s at the right wing the point guard dribbles at him and turns and reverses the ball to one of the forwards who elevated to the perimeter.

The ball gets reversed again to another guard on the opposite wing. Once the pass is sent, both the point guard and the forward go and set a staggered screen for Joe Harris to the top of the key. Harris has great footwork when he uses screens and always stays balanced when he’s elevating for his shot.

The Tony Bennett Virginia Cavaliers play is run so Harris is coming off to the shooter’s left. According to Synergy Sports, Harris is a much better player when he’s coming off to his left as opposed to his right. His shot attempts are almost split 50-50 coming off to either side but he’s shooting 43% coming off to his left and scores a whopping 47% of the time.

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Coach John Zall just completed his first season as an Assistant Coach at Division II Franklin Pierce University in Rindge, NH. This past season Franklin Pierce University won 20 games and advanced to the 2nd round of the NCAA Tournament. Zall arrived at Franklin Pierce after spending the past 3 seasons as the Associate Head Coach/Head JV Coach at O’Bryant High school in Roxbury, MA. During his tenure at O’Bryant the program improved from 4 wins to 12 wins and qualified for the MIAA State Tournament twice.

Coach Zall also has experience as an AAU Head Coach for the Boston Warriors. As Head Coach for the Warriors his team won the 2011 16U State Title and twice competed in AAU Nationals down in Orlando, FL. On top of being a student at Northeastern University, Zall was named Head Coach of the Men’s Club Basketball team for the 2012-13 season. During his lone season as Head Coach, Northeastern finished second in the Northeast Regional Tournament featuring colleges from throughout the East Coast. Coach Zall has also spent time as a Head Coach in the Bay State Games where his team won the Bronze Medal in 2012 and at various camps including: Five Star, Boston Celtics, NIKE, Franklin Pierce University, Hoop Group and The Elite 75.

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