Comments on: Film Session: Marian University

By: Jethro Jones

Jethro Jones — Tue, 31 Oct 2017 14:59:00 +0000

when mcswain cut off the baseline drive leaving his man and morgan sunk to help cover mcswain’s man i think rojo should’ve been the one to sink down and morgan stay on his man. tougher pass to the top from block and rojo wouldve had time to recover. didnt really matter cuz they got the shot clock violation anyway.

By: Jethro Jones

Jethro Jones — Tue, 31 Oct 2017 14:50:00 +0000

Also, lets take a minute to compare this help defense vs. the film session done against GA Tech. They left the Tech man wide open for the jam. They hedged and recovered better on the screens vs Marian. But I only have a 9th grade basketball IQ so i could be wrong.

By: Jethro Jones

Jethro Jones — Tue, 31 Oct 2017 14:45:00 +0000

I like that out of bounds play. You can see the full progression. If Rojo’s man helps he kicks to him for three or he has newkirk coming off DD screen followed by Cujo coming off DD screen.

By: HoosierBballNut

HoosierBballNut — Tue, 31 Oct 2017 02:06:00 +0000

These articles make me a smarter basketball fan, and makes me appreciate the subtleties of the game a whole lot more !! Thank you Ryan 🙂

By: We'reAllForYou82

We'reAllForYou82 — Tue, 31 Oct 2017 00:00:00 +0000

In reply to VAHoosier. That’s a good observation and an interesting comment about CuJo. He is prob a weaker defender in a straight man scheme but his length and quickness are a packline asset. This defense plays to his strengths and covers his flaws

By: TomJameson

TomJameson — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 22:43:00 +0000

Ryan, really, I missed these film sessions! You haven’t skipped a beat, still awesome as usual. Thanks a million.

By: We'reAllForYou82

We'reAllForYou82 — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 22:27:00 +0000

In reply to inLinE6. Yes. Usu. over, occ. under, but no switching. The helpers give quick help and recover to their man, is my understanding. There are some switches but following an 80/20 rule, not typically. Also Freddie is athletic enough to do some great recovery in these clips. He looks like he is gaining some confidence in his role.

By: thrawnjan

thrawnjan — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 19:39:00 +0000

In reply to inLinE6. Would be an accomplishment to just repeat the point per possession after timeouts stats that Crean put up.

By: Kwang

Kwang — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 19:06:00 +0000

Man, I really missed these film sessions, I even found myself wishing Ryan would do some football, soccer, or baseball ones during the off season. Thanks, Mr Corazza!

By: iugradmark

iugradmark — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 16:43:00 +0000

In reply to Guest. Good comments. I think you also see that the defense is weakest against 3 point shooters. That is a lot of distance for Curtis to cover to get back to the corner shooter. With the exception of Josh, I like how all of the players are able to see their man and the ball and seem to be aware of where they need to be to help. In general, I would say not bad for a first outing with this defense. Not only do we get to enjoy some film study but the coaches can not break down some things with the players and refine.

By: inLinE6

inLinE6 — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 16:12:00 +0000

In reply to sarge. Looks like he still hasn't graduated from IU yet. :) I guess he's too busy with the broadcasting gig.

By: inLinE6

inLinE6 — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 16:10:00 +0000

In reply to SCHoosier. Looks like we don't have to worry too much about inbound passes now. Used to be a headache!

By: inLinE6

inLinE6 — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 16:09:00 +0000

Seems we’re going mostly under the screen now. Is it part of the packline defense?

By: Lance76

Lance76 — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 15:47:00 +0000

Marian’s offense in example #1 almost reminded me of the “weave of death”, but at the end there was shot clock violation instead of a three point heave.

By: sarge

sarge — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 14:44:00 +0000

In reply to Arch Puddington. Max, personally, is the best part of the broadcasts. I wonder if he does commentary for other schools in the big ten, like Michigan? He is good at it! I appreciate his insight, and he has a great personality like you mentioned.

By: Indiana_Banners

Indiana_Banners — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 14:28:00 +0000

I never get enough of film session, it’s the most informative regular article series I’ve seen on college basketball anywhere and what’s not to like about that?

By: Arch Puddington

Arch Puddington — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 14:18:00 +0000

In reply to sarge. Max does a nice job. He's a homer, of course, but he has a great upbeat demeanor and offers some nice insights. The broadcasts are pretty amateurish overall (literally and figuratively), but well worth it for the chance to see the Hoosiers early on.

By: HuntinHoosier86

HuntinHoosier86 — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 14:13:00 +0000

Soooo…..I’ve read just about every article that’s come out after the game on Saturday and I think all the writers have really understated the improvement on defense. GOOD. GRIEF! We look WAAAAYYYY better than past seasons. I get that it’s an NAIA team and all that jazz, but MAN! These guys actually look like they know what they’re doing and following a plan on defense. Looked to me like they knew their spots and when to help every time. This makes me VERY excited for the rest of the season!

By: SCHoosier

SCHoosier — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 14:08:00 +0000

Wait a minute..u mean Archie has plays that actually try to score on an inbounds pass from under the basket!! Unheard of!!:)

By: VAHoosier

VAHoosier — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 13:52:00 +0000

You see the pack-line at work in first sequence. Look at the 4th photo–even though the caption says that Morgan stops further penetration, it was actually Jones sagging into the extended lane area that stopped the drive. Jones has one foot on the edge of the lane, but he is in a great posture and is still able to recover to his man and prevent a 3-point attempt when it is kicked out. If well-executed, this can be an extremely effective defensive scheme (I live in UVA country, so I see plenty of it). IMO, Jones was the key to this play, and I think his defense was surprisingly good Saturday.