X’s & O’s of Basketball

Last week I had the opportunity to attend our Superconference during our Pro-D day and the keynote speaker was Mike Jones, the head coach of...

Here are some recent notes that I downloaded from a talk that Chris Mack, coach of Xavier University did on his ball-screening offense varie...

From the other night, the Czar, Mike Fratello, breaking down a little of the Lakers offense, which we all know is the triangle offense . One...

I've been watching the NBA Playoffs lately but with teaching and Spring football I just haven't had time to breakdown any games. Of ...

I just read these today after going through the links of the day. They are from Zak Boisvert, who is a Student Manager for the men's bas...

From earlier in the week between Kansas and Colorado, I caught the tail end of the game in the Overtime period where the Jayhawks were able ...

Going through some taped stuff from over the weekend. I've been trying to catch as many Gonzaga games as possible this year because a co...

Trying to catch as many games as possible these days. From a couple of nights ago, the Villanova Wildcats won a thriller over the always tou...

Halloween all of a sudden becomes a big deal again once you're back in schools teaching. From late last week, I was browsing through som...

When I think of talent equalizers in basketball, I think of 2 things, tough hard-nosed defense and 3-point shooting. If I were to develop a ...

Although I'm mostly a University of Washington Huskies fan, over the past decade or so, I've enjoyed watching plenty of Oregon baske...

Huge game for the Cavs against the Magic tonight. In watching the first four games of this series, I can't help but note the remarkably ...

The Lakers continued their inconsistent play last night, falling behind big, coming back to almost tie, then falling flat in the 4th quarter...

I didn't get to see much of Game 1 between the Boston Celtics and the Orlando Magic, but I watched some of it on the recorder and the Ma...

Of all the first-round playoff matchups, the one upset that probably won't surprise many people is the Dallas Mavericks over the third-s...

Most of the games today were blowouts, the most surprising was Arizona and Louisville. Arizona had the talent, athleticism, and skill to bea...

Went through some recorded NBA games from over the weekend. From the Lakers versus Mavs game, I liked this one play because I think every te...

I've been following the NBA off and on in between college and high school games and took in my first full game in a while tonight betwee...

In between college games I decided to take in some NBA action. The playoff races in the east and the west are going to be really interesting...