(This is Day 30 of a 35 day camp tour. Check out the first week of the tour here) The campers were awoken at the earliest time of the week, today at 7:15. With the weather not being great, we dismissed the campers by hallway to the cafeteria for breakfast. The goal was to get…
NCAA Tournament – X’s & O’s – VCU
VCU ran this BLOB set late in the 2nd half against Ohio State who was playing man defense. VCU got a wide open layup from their 5 that was missed. In the set 2/3 use a double screen from 4/5. The first man through (2) goes to the corners immediately followed by the second cut…
NCAA Tournament – X’s & O’s – VCU
VCU used these secondary break actions successfully in their NCAA matchup with Ohio State. Defending actions requires great awareness and communication by all five defenders, and the Rams were able to catch OSU sleeping to hit a early 3.
NCAA Tournament – X’s & O’s – VCU
Shaka Smart used this spread look that he called “5” from the sidelines against Ohio State when they went to a 2-3 zone in the 2nd half have of their Round 2 matchup. At this point in the game VCU was playing with no true post against the OSU zone. Utilizing a high ball screen…
NCAA Tournament – X’s & O’s – VCU
Early offense from the VCU Rams during 1st half action vs. Ohio State. VCU used the action successfully on 5+ occasions during the 1st half. This set has multiple options but was used by the Rams to occupy help side defenders during the ball screen action. Ohio State had issues defending this with VCU getting…