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Winning Revitalizes Baylor Athletics
USA Today, Jeff Millerhttp://tucsoncitizen.com/usa-today-news/2012/01/04/spirits-finally-soaring-for-baylor-athletics/That “dear old Baylor spirit,” from the school song, has been tested mightily for decades. Losing was so pervasive among...

With lockout nearing end, basketball back in focus
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BKN_NBA_LABOR?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-11-30-22-57-18NEW YORK (AP) -- These are the kinds of negotiations NBA fans have been waiting for.Teams began talking to agents Wednes...

Basketball: Shaka Smart’s three best inbound plays
DIAGRAM 1: Inbound Play 1 (A). From a box set, 5 screens for 4. 4 heads toward the ball-side corner. 5 then receives a backscreen from 2. 5 rolls to the hoop while 3 shifts for a possible outlet pass. DIAGRAM ...

Basketball: Two plays to create mismatches
'Toronto' DIAGRAM 1: 'Toronto' (A). 1 dribbles into the set and receives a screen from 4. 5 pops out. 1 passes to 5. 1 moves to the opposite wing. 2 and 3 pop to the corners. DIAGRAM 2: 'Toronto' (B). 4 sets a ba...

Basketball: Tom Crean’s full-court play
Coaches, especially young ones, often don’t spend enough time game planning for specific situations. You need to be ready for anything when you are on the basketball court, which is an important lesson I learned from studying the likes of Morgan Wo...

Basketball: Get running off opponent’s missed free throws
In keeping with my coaching theory for controlling tempo and placing constant pressure on opposing defense's, I devised a defensive free-throw alignment that would accomplish this. Our teams have had a lot of success with this foul-line formation ove...

Basketball: The 1-2-2 zone defense
Changing your defenses during the course of a game can be very effective. I have found a 1-2-2 zone can be modified on the fly by making calls from the bench. It also can be adjusted to fit your personnel. The first step is to learn the basic rule...

Drills for inbounding the basketball
Probably the most rewarding part of coaching basketball is breaking down the game to eliminate mistakes. The most successful coaches have the ability to see the little things that win or lose games. One of those simple "little things" has to be th...

Try this aggressive half-court defense
There aren’t a lot of secrets in basketball anymore. There’s too much exposure. The key is how hard are you willing to work to get your players to implement your game plan day-in and day-out in both practice and in games. If you have a team...

Basketball: Kevin Sutton’s favorite set plays vs. zone defense
Running set plays against zone defenses gives your offense an advantage in a few ways: The coach and the players know who is going to shoot. The coach and the players know where the shot is going to be taken, giving your team a better opportu...