The South Region of the 2016 NCAA Tournament is packed with teams rich in tournament tradition, pro-level talent and some rich X’s and O’s. Top Four Seeds #1 Kansas Jayhawks – Bill Self’s crew is the overall number one seed in the field – and deservedly so. The Jayhawks claimed an unfathomable 12th straight Big…
NCAA Tournament – West Region Preview
NCAA Tournament – West Region Preview The Teams This region has been brought up in many sports radio shows and discussions about being a “weak” region. I don’t see it… I can understand the South and East being arguably stronger, but this region is full of capable teams. The West Region may be the most…
NCAA Tournament – Midwest Region Preview
The Midwest region is loaded with some great #XsOs and great coaches. Michigan State, Virginia, and Iowa State are all top 10 efficient offenses, and add Purdue, Gonzaga, Butler, Utah & Texas Tech and you have half of the teams in the top 30 in half court efficiency (KenPom Rankings). The fascinating part is that every team…
NCAA Tournament – East Region Preview
The Teams Make no mistake about it, the East Region is one of the strongest regions in this year’s NCAA tournament. From top to bottom, there is no other bracket featuring this caliber of teams. From a coach’s perspective, the East Region seems as if it was hand-picked for a basketball junkies enjoyment. Upon first…
First Four – Wichita State Drag Screens
The Wichita State Shockers (#11 seed, South Region) face the Vanderbilt Commodores (#11 seed, South Region) in “First Four” action from Dayton, Ohio. The match up features teams that had expectations coming into the season but find themselves in the play-in game with the right to face #6 Arizona on the line. The veteran backcourt duo…
Michigan State Down Screens
Michigan State (#2 seed, Midwest Region) is making their customary push into March led by player-of-the year candidate Denzel Valentine. But Valentine is not the only weapon Tom Izzo has at his disposal. Sharpshooting guard Bryn Forbes (14.4 ppg, .484 3P%) has been scorching the nets of late. The Spartans often set down screens to free…
BBALLBREAKDOWN – Elbow Get
Coach Nick got on the court to demonstrate some of FastModel’s most popular sets. This is what the Houston Rockets ran against the Mavericks that got them so many lobs and dunks between Josh Smith and Dwight Howard in the 2015 NBA Playoffs. Mike D’Antoni introduced it to the NBA with Amare Stoudemire and Boris…
#FastModelFriday – Brad Stevens End of Game Playbook
Brad Stevens is my favorite coach in the NBA, and he is an elite leader at getting the most out of his players on a nightly basis. Perhaps his strongest suit as an X’s & O’s guy is his end of game sets and specials to win and keep his team in basketball games. His…
Hammer Shooting with Dr. Dish
Many think that basketball shooting machines are only for off-season training. But, it’s critical to make sure that every player is getting plenty of repetitions during the season as well with basketball shooting drills. Even more importantly, it’s essential that players are getting up game-like shots! Coach Nick of BBALLBREAKDOWN got on the court to demonstrate…
FastModel Friday: Top 5 NBA Sets
The NBA has reached the All-Star break and there has been a ton of great sets in the “first half” of the season. Looking through and finding the top five was extremely hard, mostly because I wanted all of them to be from Brad Stevens. The Boston Celtics head coach is one of my favorite…