Set Plays to Get Your Post Player the Ball

Set Plays to Get Your Post Player the Ball

Have a post player that can score the ball? Looking for ways to get him/her the ball? Take a look at this series of set plays run by various NBA & NCAA teams to get the ball inside to a post scorer. Download: Set Plays to Get Your Post Player the Ball

How Does Butler Run Their Offense?

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Take a look at this in depth series of plays run by the Butler Bulldogs during their 2011 magical final four run. Find out how Coach Stevens teaches his team to score off the pick & roll, gets his team into offense through a box set as well as starts his offense with his bigs […]

X’s and O’s Coaches Corner: Ohio University Set Plays

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As we near the midpoint of the NCAA Basketball season, one of the teams that has really caught our eye is the Ohio University Bobcats. Led by one of the more underrated point guards in the the country in the dimunitive (5’11″, 165 lbs.) DJ Cooper, John Groce’s squad is off to an 11-0 start. […]

X & O Coaches Corner: How To Get Your Shooter An Open Look

How to get your shooter open looks

X & O Coaches Corner Having taken a look at every 3-pointer made by the top 10 shooters in the NCAA during the 2010-2011 college season, Hoop Group staffer Zak Boisvert put together this packet of set plays, the teams used to get their elite shooters open looks. From what Ohio State’s Thad Matta drew […]

Juan’ya Green Hoop Group College Alum of the Week

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Congratulations to Juan’ya Green on being the Hoop Group Alum of the Week after averaging 23.5 points per game for the Niagara Purple Eagles. Green, who currently leads the all Division I freshmen in scoring at 19.9 points per game, first showed his knack to put the ball in the basket at Providence Jam Fest […]

Spring Jam Fest Dates Set

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The recent adjustments to the NCAA recruiting calendar creates a tremendous opportunity for aspiring college prospects to catch the eye of prospective schools. With the “opening” of the last two weekends of April to Division I coaching staff, the Hoop Group is thrilled to announce our Spring Jam Fest schedule for the 2012 year: It […]

Hoop Group Alum Mitch McGary Chooses Michigan

Mitch McGary at the 2011 Pittsburgh Hoop Group Jam Fest

The Hoop Group would like to congratulate Mitch McGary on his recent commitment to the University of Michigan. McGary starred in both the 2010 & 2011 Hoop Group Pittsburgh Jam Fest events with his SYF Players AAU squad under coach Wayne Brumm. In fact, it was at that very 2011 Pitt Jam Fest that McGary […]