{"id":20803,"date":"2015-03-12T11:00:58","date_gmt":"2015-03-12T16:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mensbasketballhoopscoop.com\/?p=20803"},"modified":"2015-03-11T22:42:21","modified_gmt":"2015-03-12T03:42:21","slug":"john-wooden-ucla-kentucky-set-play-by-adam-spinella","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mensbasketballhoopscoop.com\/john-wooden-ucla-kentucky-set-play-by-adam-spinella\/","title":{"rendered":"John Wooden UCLA Kentucky Set Play by Adam Spinella"},"content":{"rendered":"

John Wooden UCLA Kentucky Set Play by Adam Spinella<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n

After examining two plays that Wooden runs to get layups or post touches, Wooden needed a way to attack teams that would sag into the lane and dare his team to shoot elbow jumpers. While Wooden didn’t coach in an era of the three-point shot, the use of the outside or mid-range shot was crucial because it would open up the lane further. Wooden ran this play, called “Kentucky”, to open up a shot on the wing for one of his guards coming off a double screen.<\/p>\n

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Out of the 2-3 High formation, 1 swings the ball to 2 and 2 to 4. As 2 comes over the top looking for the handoff, he doesn’t get it and curls to the mid-range just above the block. 4 passes the ball back to 1 at the top of the key, and comes off a curl cut around 5 at the high post.<\/p>\n

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With all eyes on the cutter 4, 3 sneaks low and cuts beneath him on the baseline. 5, after setting the back screen for 4, curls around to the outside of the lane and sets a double screen with 2. 3, hoping his defender stays in the lane to help on the cut by 4, darts off the double screen and looks for the shot.<\/p>\n

Coach Adam Spinella is entering his first season as an Assistant Coach at Culver Academies in Culver, IN. Spinella spent the three years prior as a Student Assistant Coach at Division III Dickinson College. The Dickinson Men\u2019s Team advanced to two NCAA Tournaments and accumulated an overall record of 59-26 (.694) during the three-year span, with the 2013-2014 season ending in the Division III Elite Eight. A native of Bow, New Hampshire, Spinella has a keen interest in X\u2019s and O\u2019s, particularly in professional basketball, and skill development.<\/p>\n

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