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Richmond Princeton Offense

not sure i would want to diagram my philosophy and basics for my competition to study, would rather make them figure it out, unless, of course, that is not what i am running any longer. sure there are nuances and details not included but just saying.
 
Web, I think this is more of just what happened on 4 specific times down the court as opposed to an illustration of a set offense we run. we don't really run a set offense. it's more read & react, with principles of what we do rather than saying player A always runs to spot B, etc ...
Anyone can do what is done on this site by watching video of the UR/Kansas game.
 
It's all execution these days. There was an article in SI I believe about a year ago, discussing the lower scoring and less pleasing look of college hoops. One of the biggest factors as I recall was use of software that shows a team's offense and tendencies, breaks down offensive players and what they do in certain situations on the court. Basic gist was that there was so much detailed information on each team that defenses were getting better and better at taking away offense.
 
recall guys like lombardi at green bay and mckay at southern cal who ran the same play over and over again, the other team knew what was coming and it got down to who executed the best. coaches watch so much tape and know the opponent, particularly in conference, so well, it does come down to execution night in and night out.
 
These are the basic routine sets. And what the article does not mention is that almost all of Mooney's sets and the classic Princeton offense is predicated off of reacting to what the defense does. In this system - you don't just run back door all the time because the play says so. If the defense slouches off, you might "react" and get a handoff and pop behind to shoot a 3. Same as with if a team starts playing aggressive and looking for the dribble hand off, you go back door.
 
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