What to Watch for Coaches | Saturday Men's Sweet 16 Analysis
Mar 27, 2021 9:47 pm
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This is the best time of year for Basketball Coaches with College Basketball crowning national champions. On the men’s side, we will be down to the final four on March 30. How are your brackets doing?
Here is a breakdown we put together of the Sweet 16 games on March 27th.
Loyola Chicago vs. Oregon State
Loyola Chicago coming of the big win over in-state # 1 seed Illinois is a well balanced team they have a phenomenal defense and Coach Proser Chin Actions on offense are tough to stop with Cameron Krutwig scoring ability, passing ability in the High Post or Low block.
Loyola Spain Pick and Roll play. They hit the back screener for a 3 pointer. The Spain pick and roll is a very popular action to run and very difficult to guard.
Sergio Scariolo Assistant Coach Toronto Raptors Clinic on the Spain Pick and Roll
Oregon State is one of 4 teams from the Pac 12 in the sweet 16. Coach Trenkle teams execute on a high level with innovative sets and their flow style ball screen offense. He will mix it up on the defensive side of the ball.
Two great coaches going head to head for an elite 8 berth. This game will come down to who out executes who.
Oregon State out of their flow ball screen offense. Reject the ball screen into a pin down fill behind.
Baylor vs. Villanova
Baylor has gotten back to its form since they were hit with the Covid bug. They are looking every bit like they did early on in the season when everyone was saying Gonzaga and Baylor are on a collision course for the National Championship.
The guards for Baylor are very skilled and they have post players that can get the job done. Baylor always plays tough pressure no middle defense.
For those in the know Associate Head Coach, Jerome Tang is key in Baylor’s success on defense. In the clip below Coach Tang goes over a few drills they use to go over their spacing on the perimeter and communication. These drills help with their unselfishness
Coach Tang discussed in the previous clip.
One of their main teaching point for the perimeter players is to “pop the bubble” and “play off two” Coach Tang describes in this video clip
Great Resources on the Baylor Basketball Program
Villanova led by Jay Wright, are always one of the toughest teams, their footwork and fundamentals are second to none. Look for Coach Wright to throw out multiple defenses to slow down the Baylor Bears and advance to the Elite 8.
Jay Wright breaking down the 1-2-2 press of Villanova
Arkansas vs. Oral Roberts
Arkansas and Eric Musselman advanced to the Sweet 16 with a hard-fought victory over Texas Tech. Arkansas likes to play uptempo and play pressure defense. Coach Musselman uses a lot of pro-style concepts in his offense.
Musselman breaking down the family of plays and making your team tough to scout.
Oral Roberts the Cinderella of this year’s tournament knocking off number 2 seed Ohio State and # 7 seed Florida. This is the 2nd time they will be facing Arkansas this year. They gave Arkansas all they could handle the first time. On offense, they like to run Euro Ball Screen Offense and Dribble Drive Motion concepts
Both teams can score the basketball. Arkansas is the nation’s #7 offense (82.0 ppg) and Oral Roberts is 12th overall (81.5 ppg).
Oral Roberts Baseline OB play where they isolate and create a triple gap attack
Syracuse vs. Houston
Can Buddy Boeheim and the rest of the Syracuse Orangemen stay hot from the 3 point line?
The Orangemen have been scorching the nets from 3 point land so far in this tournament.
Syracuse will play their 2-3 zone defense. Houston will know what they will be facing. There is no secret there as Syracuse plays 95 percent zone.
Syracuse uses simple actions to get Buddy Boheim 3 point looks off single pindowns and double staggers. Here is Sideline OB play they use to get him a 3 pointer.
Great resources for you on Baseline OB’s, Sideline OB’s and After Time Out Situations
Houston will counter this with one of the top defenses in the country led by Kelvin Sampson
The Cougars allow just 57.9 points per game. Both teams will continue to rely on their Hot 3 point shooting.
Coach Sampson shares the 3 T’s of coaching success in the clip below.
Enjoy the games!
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