Oklahoma State Cowboys Backscreen continuity offense Because the scouting report is that Phil Forte is a great shooter and cannot be left, Travis Ford use him as a screener and he backscreens for Le’Bryan Nash. There is flex and screen-the-screener action in the offense.
NCAA Tournament – X’s & O’s – Wichita State
Leading 76-74 with 53.5 seconds remaining, Wichita State ran this set after a timeout to push the lead to four points. They “screen their way into” a horns set, set a backscreen for the point guard who screens for 3 in Flex action. 5 got it in to 3 to put the Shockers up by…
NCAA Tournament X’s & O’s – Belmont
Opening set from Belmont to begin the second half. Horns set to get a pindown screen for your best shooter to come off in space. This time Virginia had 2 defenders go with the shooter and left an open big man for a layup.
NCAA Tournament – X’s & O’s – West Virginia
WVU used this set to start their Round 2 game against Buffalo. The Mountaineers came out and jumped to a 3-0 lead using this quick hitter. Huggins is known for his 5 out motion offense but the use of this quick hitter caught the Bulls help side defenders in poor positioning. The cross followed by…
NCAA Tournament X’s & O’s – Belmont
Belmont runs good action out of their transition attacking. Typically using a Drag screen to free up the PG. In this set, the PG looks to come off a Drag screen and kick to the wing. On the kick both 4 & 5 set a Double HI Ballscreen and look to slip it and 1/3…
NCAA Tournament X’s & O’s – Belmont
Belmont has incredible Baseline Out of Bounds plays. In this set they get a quick look for their best 3 point shooter to have the option to come off of 2 screens for a 3.
NCAA Tournament – X’s & O’s – Northern Iowa
Northern Iowa used this box set to quiet a Wyoming run. The set has two primary looks: 5 on the post up coming off the downscreen into the post and 2 with a catch and shoot opportunity coming off the STS action. 2 is a better screening target if he sets a great backscreen. If…
NCAA Tournament X’s & O’s – Belmont
Belmont ran Pindown DHO action to open the game for the first couple of sets. On the first set, it was a quick shot. The next set they ran it into a high ballscreen, but because of Belmont’s great 3 point shooting at almost every position the floor was spread. The player setting the high…
NCAA Tournament – X’s & O’s – West Virginia
WVU quick hitter used late in the 1st half against Buffalo. WVU was 3/9 from 3 in the first half and used this set to assert themselves in the paint. This quick hitter uses a guard cross followed by a dive and back screen. Buffalo eventually went to 2-3 zone in the first half to…
NCAA Tournament X’s & O’s – Northern Iowa
Northern Iowa has been running some great sets in the game against Wyoming. In this play, UNI gets to an overload out of a high stack set. The point guard dribbles left as 4 cuts down into the low post. The initial scoring look is to try to hit 4 on the cut or posting…