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...

Michigan State Spartans BLOB – 1 Back Double

Early in the 1st half of today’s game between Michigan and Michigan State, the Spartans ran this baseline out-of-bounds play to get an isolation in the post and score. After 1 fed 5 in the post,...

Michigan State Spartans Rhody Again

Tom Izzo’s Spartans ran this play Sunday night in their game vs Oakland. What I love about this plays is that there is a scoring option for all five players within the sequence. Options: 2 is ab...

Michigan State Spartans Late Game “Wizard”

I got this play from one of Tom Izzo’s Championship Production videos. This is a action to run late game with the ball going length of the court on the sideline. As I preach often, have differen...

Michigan State Spartans 2 Go Back

This is a play from Tom Izzo’s Michigan State teams. Dribble hand-offs into a side pick & roll are excellent actions help bigs set side ballscreens....

Quick Double : Michigan State Spartans

Michigan State also ran this great half-court action Thursday night vs Wisconsin. Tom Izzo does a great job using different motions to get numerous results out of his plays. What I love about this pla...

Motion Go Duck In : Michigan State Spartans

Tom Izzo’s Spartans are known for running some of the best offensive actions in all of basketball. On Thursday night, Michigan State showed why running their offense to perfection! They ran this...

Michigan State 32/33

This is a great set I got from a Tom Izzo DVD. The second number of the 32/33 is the player receiving the screening. So with 32, 2 is the receiving the screen…and 33, 3 is receiving the screen....