UCF- Swing Power (Zone Offense)
Under the direction of head coach Donnie Jones, UCF ran this quick hitting zone offense action last night in their win over South Florida. As a fellow member of the Billy Donovan coaching tree, Donni...
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Kentucky Wildcats – “5”
John Calipari’s Kentucky Wildcats ran this half-court set during the 2014 Men’s Final Four. At the high school level typically players do a terrible job defending backscreens so I love that both...
Oklahoma City Thunder – Elbow Out Thru
The Oklahoma City Thunder ran this flare/elevator action last night vs the Cleveland Cavaliers. Many times the elevator in this alignment is set up with pick & roll. I really like this flare actio...
Vanderbilt Commodores – Early Offense
Vanderbilt ran this Early Offense quick hitter last night in the Maui Invitational Championship game vs Kansas. 3 lifting his arm, acting as he was setting a backscreen, really set up this play to all...
Duke Blue Devils – Elbow Away
Duke ran this half-court elbow set yesterday in their win over Georgetown. This is a set very common in the NBA and the Blue Devils do an excellent job with the execution. Grayson Allen has been the t...
Michigan State Spartans – Baseline Cross
Michigan State ran this quick hitting action last night to put the Spartans ahead and eventually overcome Kansas. This is a simple action that because of the speed of the cuts and the congestion, the ...
Michigan State Spartans – 13 Special
’13 Special’ is a zone offense quick hitter from Tom Izzo. The goal of this action is to get 4 screening the outside of the zone as 1 comes back out; allowing for a hard duck-in on the mid...
Kentucky Wildcats – UCLA Go
John Calipari’s Kentucky Wildcats ran this UCLA action into two pick & rolls during the 2014 Men’s Final Four. I love the movement of 3 over top of 4 before the 2nd ballscreen to creat...
Golden State Warriors – Swing Elevator
Last month a shared an Early Offense action, Swing Quick, that the Golden State Warriors frequented in the 2014-2015 season. Last night they ran a variation of this set to get Klay Thompson through an...
NBA Horns Series
The NBA has popularized the ‘Horns’ series over the past decade to be one of the most popular formations in basketball. ‘Horns’ originated and was coined “V” by the...