Mt Pleasant vs. Concord
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It was a defensive battle, that was for sure. What impressed me about Mount is how deep they can go. Coach Sullivan can put 10 kids on the floor in any variety of combination and they'll get the job done. Concord's bigs kinda surprised me with how much they stayed on the perimeter despite having a slight size advantage. But Mount's guards are the best I've seen so far. Burnett, Myrick, Caldwell, Taylor, those four are like greyhounds.
not lot of scoring slow paced game. Concord box and 1 the Burnett kid all night face guarded him 94feet... they acutually did a good job on him he didn't touch the ball much concord just couldn't score. I like the Rivera kid for concord. Mount D was just too tough, they and very athletic and deep Caldwell can play and he jumps out of the gym, watching him warm up he was looking down in the rim and opened the game with a big two hand flush. I think mount is too deep for burnett too see a box and 1 all year I wonder how often they'll see it. I think if burnett just brings the ball up its not effective.
Question fellas: why do we not see box and 1 on the college or pro level but often in highschool?
Question fellas: why do we not see box and 1 on the college or pro level but often in highschool?
Pro level too much talent, required man to man, better shooters, experience, iq, better use of screens, spacing & angles. College u can pull it off but not against very talented teams with great shooters. The know how to space the floor with shooters, and the level of top to bottom talent makes it difficult to just isolate 1 guy without paying a price.
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Ok ok makes alot of since. How would you attack it on the high school level? Would you run sets to try and force your best player the ball or mainly use him as a decoy? If you put him in the corner on tge baseline it almost makes the box and 1 look like a 2-3 zone @delawaresportsjunkie
U attack it by using the middle off the floor & screens otherwise u run the risk of running that player tired trying to get open, which eventually affects performance. Hit that guy in the middle and now that defender is face guarding with back to the ball u can either pass it back then back screen that 1 defender from the middle or send a back screen from the baseline for a back door. The goal is to free that player without wearing him down. U figure they are going to try and deny that direct pass if they are playing good box and 1. They are also going to put their best defender on that kid so the screen also helps get him off and force coverage from a weaker defender. I see players running all over the place trying to get open but this only plays into the defense hands because it wears u down and we all know that the more u wear down the concentration to make shots suffers. Since basketball is a game of moving triangles the middle keeps everyone honest defensively & creates imbalances especially if that player is good of the dribble and can set up teammates. The key to is good spacing, movement & the ability of teammates to exploit overplay situation and make shots. Coaches have to learn to appreciate kids that force these types of scenarios & exploit it, which is the reason I got on the sallies coach last week. I welcome this and double teams because they create immediate opportunities to exploit problems with defensive rotations. I say all this but the personnel on the team will dictate the strategy.
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