Play of the Day – Purdue ATO Magic This set is one of the best sets I have seen from the 2015-16 NCAA season. It has so many layers and options to it and is forcing the defense to guard for the entire possession. It has screen the screener action, double cross screen into roll…
Top Sets from the NCAA Tournament’s Top Seeds
March Madness is upon us, the best time of the year for college basketball fans and coaches alike. This also means some of the best X’s & O’s of the year, as it is now do or die for college basketball’s best teams. We will take a look at some of the best sets from…
FastDraw #PlayOTD – Baylor Flare Iso
Baylor – Flare Iso FastDraw Diagram: Baylor ran this designed isolation after a flare screen for Taurean Prince in their 75-61 Big 12 Quarterfinal victory over Texas.
FastDraw #PlayOTD – Yale Floppy UCLA
Yale – Floppy UCLA Entry FastDraw Diagram:
#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…
Splitting the Pick & Roll
This week for FastModel Friday we are going to analyze a pick and roll read that I think is very important: the Split. Splitting the pick and roll is an underused read but can be very effective in certain situations when you can catch the defense off guard. For this breakdown we are going to…
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…
FastModel Friday: Fred Hoiberg Sets for Jimmy Butler
Something that has always fascinated me and I have been curious about is set plays for star players or big time scorers. Whether it is LeBron James, Kobe Bryant or Dirk Nowitzki, the plays that are designed and drawn up will always be a little bit different. That is the exact situation Fred Hoiberg and…
FastDraw #PlayOTD – Old Dominion Slice RAV
Old Dominion – Slice RAV FastDraw Diagram:
FastModel Friday: Top 10 NCAA Sets of January
FastModel Friday is back again and we are looking at the best sets in the month of January. I did a video of the best sets from November and December (you can view that here) and I am continuing this idea with a breakdown of January’s best sets that college basketball has to offer. I…