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1 Hazing Is Not Dead Give It Your Full Attention TO StoP IT BASKETBALL COACH WEEKLY January 14, 2016 Issue 120 $5.99 Embrace Rivalries, Don t Abandon Them Transition Drill Fours Fuels Competitive Fires When Legs Get Tired, Limit The Actions In Your Sets < Wayne Selden, Jr., scored the most important baskets in triple OT vs. Oklahoma Learn From The Game Of The Year Use These 2 Bill Self Sets In Your Program High Ball Screen Gives Weak-Side Curler Space To Score

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2 < Wayne selden, Jr., Scored the most important baskets in triple ot vs. oklahoma Contents Embrace Rivalries, Don t Abandon Them BASKETBALL COACH Hazing is not DeaD Give it Your Full Attention to StoP it embrace rivalries, Don t AbAnDon them TransiTion DriLL Fours Fuels Competitive Fires When Legs get tired, LimiT The actions in YoUr sets HigH Ball screen gives Weak-siDe curler space to score Basketball Coach Weekly Issue 120 Basketball Coach Weekly 9325 SW Iowa Drive Tualatin, OR Editor-in-chief Michael Austin michael.austin@ basketballcoachweekly.com Contributors: Loree Payne Illustrations Mike Renwick Pictures Action Images Design Andy Shore Publisher Kevin Barrow kevin.barrow@greenstarmedia.net Customer Services Duncan Heard duncanh@ basketballcoachweekly.com Managing Director Andrew Griffiths WEEKLY January 14, 2016 issue 120 $5.99 Learn From The Game of The Year Use These 2 BiLL self sets in YoUr ProGram (c) Green Star Media Ltd. All rights reserved. Click here to read the full disclaimer. To subscribe to Basketball Coach Weekly please contact Duncan Heard at Green Star Media Ltd, Meadow View, Tannery Lane, Bramley, Guildford GU5 0AB, UK. You can contact Duncan via Skype at basketballcoachweekly or via at duncanh@ basketballcoachweekly.com For the first time since 1944 and for only the second time in 100 years, the BYU and Utah men s basketball teams will not play each other next season. Utah head coach, Larry Krystkowiak, decided to call for a cooling-off period for the rivalry after recent incidents between the schools on the basketball court and football field most recently when BYU s Nick Emery punched Utah s Brandon Taylor near the end of Utah s basketball victory last month. The majority of fans and students are levelheaded treat them as such This is a horrible, short-sighted decision. Rivalries fuel basketball. Sure, you can pack more people into a football stadium, but give me an overcrowded gym with standing-room only on an evening when a rival is in town. Basketball players are exposed. They re performing without helmets or face guards. You can see their emotions. Fans from both sides clearly can hear each other in the close quarters. I ve covered a lot of sports in my day and the most tense, exciting venues always have been basketball gymnasiums. I do understand Krystkowiak s stated concern. Player safety always QUICK HITTER Rules against hazing seem to be a part of almost every basketball program s handbook these days. But, you need to do more. You can t reasonably expect to dissuade hazing simply by having players read a handbook page and sign it. The most recent hazing incident, this time in Ooltewah High School in Tennessee, has resulted in the canceling is your top priority. But, truly, has this rivalry reached a point where the potential for violence has become inevitable? You don t see Duke and North Carolina calling off their games. Earlier this season I watched an epic Iowa/Iowa State game that came down to the final shot. Kansas and Oklahoma are bordering Big 12 rivals and played the game of the year this season by all accounts with Kansas emerging victorious in triple overtime (see pages 3-5 for play breakdowns from this game). And guess what? Some Kansas fans actually stayed in the building to wait for Oklahoma s Buddy Hield to wrap up a post-game interview not to harm him but so they could applaud for him. We can t just do away with rivalries when they become too heated. As a coach, part of your responsibility is to be the face of your program and talk to players, fans and supporters when tensions begin to flare. If he was truly that worried about player safety, Krystkowiak needed to reach out to BYU head coach Dave Rose and have a conversation about it. He needed to address his fan base and players to instruct them to maintain composure no matter the situation. Sure, we re talking about controlling 18- to 22-year-olds and no head coach has the ability to stop a few people who only want to fight from doing so. But, the majority of fans and students are level-headed treat them as such. Most of them are going to encounter strife, high emotions and volatile environments in their lives, as Michael Austin Editor-in-chief In this issue... 3Learn From The Game Of The Year Kansas Bill Self perfectly utilized his dynamic junior guard, Wayne Selden, Jr., in a triple-overtime epic against Oklahoma 4Run A Simple Screen & Space When legs are tired, use fewer actions to get your shooters open, such as the ones found in this set 5Handoff, Ball Screen & Curl A high ball screen allows the ball handler to get deeper into the set, which opens up the lane for a curling weak-side player 6 Fours Fuels Competitive Fires Work on scoring with a numbers advantage, defensive communication, hustling back on defense and competitiveness in this drill Hazing Still Needs Your Attention of the entire basketball season and, much worse, three players charged with raping a teammate. While it s not an easy topic to bring up to your players, use this story as launching point for a productive discussion with your team. Go beyond simply saying you won t stand for this behavior. Explain how hazing now has deeply impacted the lives of many Utah s Larry Krystkowiak decided to pull the plug on his program s rivalry with BYU a coach it s your job to teach them how to manage these situations rather than simply walk away and hide. players at Ooltewah, and to a much lesser degree, has taken the game of basketball away from everyone, even those not involved in the alleged criminal act. Players listen to you. They respect you. If you take time out of a practice to address this, they will understand the severity of hazing and hopefully think twice before subjecting innocent players to idiotic rituals. Issue 120 BASKETBALL COACH WEEKLY 2

3 Bill Self/Kansas Sets Bill Self perfectly used Wayne Selden, Jr., in triple overtime to help his No. 1 Jayhawks upend No. 2 Oklahoma, Learn From The Game Of The Year The game lived up to its billing, so now it s time to pick up some coaching pointers from Kansas triple-overtime victory over Oklahoma Brent Musberger s voice continued to paint the perfect picture to what all of us were witnessing as Dick Vitale added in extra levels of excitement with each passing bucket. Everyone expected the No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchup to be a good one but it ended up being even better. Playing in front of a raucous home crowd, No. 1 Kansas trailed by as many as 10 points in the second half, roared all the way back against No. 2 Oklahoma and outlasted the Sooners in triple overtime Jan. 4. As most of us sat in awe of this instant classic, I also was amazed with how each coach Bill Self and Lon Kruger masterfully managed his team. Dealing with foul trouble, tired legs and complete exhaustion as each overtime period led to the next, these two coaches essentially put on a clinic in the throws of the best game of the year. This week I am focusing on how Bill Self utilized Wayne Selden, Jr., in the third overtime period. The 6-foot-5 junior guard scored 21 points in the game but was Self s go-to when it mattered most. It was clear that as the third overtime session started, the players were running on fumes. Self smartly ran a set requiring not a lot of movements in creating an open jump shot. You knew this was exactly the play he wanted because you can see him pointing to Devonte Graham to dribble the ball to a specific spot just in front of the Kansas bench for the play call. Selden comes off an off-ball screen for a simple catch-and-shoot opportunity, which he converts into a 3-pointer to give Kansas a lead. Coming out of a timeout with 1:15 remaining and Kansas down , Self was at it again. He drew up the perfect play, which had Selden coming from the far corner off a screen, but this time Selden kept the curl tight into the lane, received a pass and continued toward the hoop for a layup to regain the lead. And, as most great teams do, the Jayhawks converted five of six free throws after the Selden layup to close out the victory. Both of these sets are broken down on the next two pages. They are efficient yet effective and perfect for you to run as you notice players starting to tire near the end of a grueling game. Words by: Michael Austin Issue 120 BASKETBALL COACH WEEKLY 3

4 Bill Self/Kansas Sets Run A Simple Screen & Space A successful set doesn t always require endless screens and constant movements as Kansas proved with this quick hitter to start triple overtime vs. Oklahoma WHY USE IT Quick-hitting plays are perfect when your players need to create open scoring chances without exerting too much energy. When No. 1 Kansas faced No. 2 Oklahoma recently, the Jayhawks opened triple overtime with this set, which simply brought Wayne Selden, Jr., out of the corner and to the wing for an open 3-pointer. SET UP The point guard is dribbling on the left side of the court. Kansas coach Bill Self is pointing to this side of the court directly in front of the Jayhawk bench, when making this play call. Your shooter (Selden in this case) is in the left corner. Space another guard to the opposite corner with a post on the opposite block. Place a screener at the top. HOW TO PLAY 1 takes a dribble or two to the left, then comes back toward the top off a ball screen from 4. 4 then starts moving toward the left corner [1]. 4 now goes low and screens for 3. 3 curls around the perimeter off the screen and receives a cross-court pass from 1 [2]. 3 catches and shoots as 4 and 5 box out [3]. TECHNIQUE 4 s defender sags into the lane on the corner screen to help on 5 posting up, so be sure 5 is working to get good position. This play requires just a few movements so you get a longdistance shot without putting any extra wear on already-tired legs. Bill Self made a great call to start the triple-overtime period and it led to his Jayhawks winning the game of the year. 1Here is your shooter Kansas used Wayne Selden, Jr., in this spot start this person in the corner away from the action at the top 34 sets the initial ball screen, then immediately heads to the corner and screens for the shooter 53 catches and shoots before the defense recovers if the defense jumps the perimeter, look for 2 moving into a shooting window or 1 can cut into the lane for a pass 2Take a dribble or two toward the shooter to set up the ball screen to dribble in the other direction 41 fires a cross-court pass to 3, who is curling around the perimeter and remains behind the 3-point line Player movement Ball movement Dribble Shot Issue 120 BASKETBALL COACH WEEKLY 4

Bill Self/Kansas Sets Handoff, Ball Screen & Curl Another high ball screen creates a scoring opportunity this time it s for the scorer to come behind the ball screen, receive a screen, curl toward

5 Bill Self/Kansas Sets Handoff, Ball Screen & Curl Another high ball screen creates a scoring opportunity this time it s for the scorer to come behind the ball screen, receive a screen, curl toward the lane and finish at the rim WHY USE IT When the initial ball handler relocates to the corner after a handoff, the defensive attention focuses elsewhere. Bring this player off a weakside screen for a curl-and-catch opportunity moving toward the rim for a layup. Bill Self ran this play for Wayne Selden, Jr., with 1:15 remaining in triple overtime against Oklahoma. SET UP Start in a 1-4 low with the player you want to score handling the ball at the top. Have your point guard begin in the left corner as he or she eventually receives the ball and makes the final pass. HOW TO PLAY 3 dribbles left toward 1 as 1 comes high out of the corner. 3 hands off the ball to 1, then 3 continues to the corner. 4 comes high toward the middle of the free-throw line [1]. 1 dribbles across the top and receives a ball screen from 4. 1 uses the screen to come free on the right side inside the 3-point line. 4 then moves lower and screens for 3 coming out of the corner [2]. 3 curls around the screen, catches a pass from 1 near the middle of the free-throw line, then dribbles hard and attacks the rim for a layup [3]. TECHNIQUE There is a chance 1 has a clear path to the rim coming off the ball screen, depending on how the opposition defends handoffs and ball screens. Instruct 1 to go to the hoop if there is an opening. 1Execute a handoff here between 3 and 1 as 1 uses the momentum to start dribbling toward the top of the set 24 moves high to set the initial ball screen, then immediately runs toward 3 to set the second screen 43 runs a tight curl around 4 s screen so 3 is inside the 3-point line when making the catch of 1 s pass now 1 only needs a dribble or two to get to the rim 31 dribbles inside the 3-point line for better spacing and has the option to attack the rim if the defense is a step slow 53 must go strong to the hoop as 5 s defender most likely is going to challenge the shot Player movement Ball movement Dribble Shot Issue 120 BASKETBALL COACH WEEKLY 5

6 Transition Competition Drill Fours Fuels Competitive Fires This drill does it all works on scoring with a numbers advantage, defensive communication, hustling back on defense, matching up and digging deep to beat teammates WHY USE IT A level of competition should be a part of everything you do in practice. This drill pits three groups of four players against each other. SET UP Divide players into three groups of four. Place four minutes on the clock. Give one group (in this example, it s the white jerseys) a ball and position them behind half-court in position to attack an awaiting defensive unit (red jerseys). The defenders have two players on the floor and two waiting to get into play. The final group (blue) is positioned behind white to play defense. 1The waiting defenders cannot enter play until the ball crosses mid-court, then once they do communication becomes vital in matching up with the offense 3Attack with the numbers advantage to create highpercentage shots the offense cannot allow two players to guard four 2The third team waits patiently at the opposite end and talks about their plan to slow the transition to buy time for the other defenders 4If the defense does allow a basket, they don t have to take the ball out of bounds before attacking at the other end HOW TO PLAY The first group (white) attacks 4-on-2. As soon as the ball crosses half-court, the remaining two defenders sprint to touch part of the center circle, then hustle back on defense. Also, the offense has 10 seconds to shoot once the ball crosses mid-court [1]. Once white scores or red rebounds (or forces a turnover), red heads in the opposite direction to attack blue with a 4-on-2 advantage [2]. The same actions continue with red against blue 10-second shot clock and the addition of two defenders once the ball crosses mid-court [3]. TECHNIQUE If a team scores, the defenders don t have to take the ball out of bounds. Play for four minutes and whichever teams scores the most wins the drill. Defensive communication is critical for the two players entering the floor players must match up quickly to slow the offense. 5The new transition offensive players fill lanes and utilize spacing to force the two defenders into difficult positions By Loree Payne, head women's coach, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Wash Player movement Ball movement Dribble Shot Issue 120 BASKETBALL COACH WEEKLY 6

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