Came across these notes the other day looking for some good defensive scheme information. Most of y'all have a good combo defense in your back pocket to go to, be it a Box and 1, Triangle and 2, etc... I'm mostly a M2M halfcourt guy, but I think having a good change-up defense is good [...]
For you basketball only players and coaches, some motivation to get you through to the start of the season in November. Chris Paul of the New Orleans Hornets and Brandon Roy of the Portland Trailblazers putting in the time to get better: Brandon Roy "The best players in the league work the hardest. That's in [...]
Just wanted to take a little time out for some shameless self-promotion (it's my blog so I guess I can write about whatever I want). I had the tremendous opportunity to be a part of Eric Angevine's team in producing this year's Jayhawk Tip-off Preseason magazine, previewing the Kansas Jayhawks (whom Dick Vitale has as [...]
With the college basketball season just around the corner, one of the first teams I always look for on the TV schedule is when UCLA will be playing. I love the way UCLA plays defense under Ben Howland. Up until last year, they were consistently a top 5 defensive team every single year since Howland [...]
Going through more notes this week, and came across a good explanation for an early offense to use from Oregon's Ernie Kent called the Open Early Offense. The offense is meant to played fast with the purpose of getting easy baskets but also to tire the other team out. It's simple to use and its [...]