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Jordan Sperber

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Somewhere between a basketball coach and a data scientist. Hoop Vision Plus premium newsletter:

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Jordan Sperber
4 years
Two years ago, I left my job and started a college basketball media business. I wrote about how it’s been going
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12 passes, 0 dribbles, and a dunk for South Dakota State:
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There is a right way of doing things in college basketball...
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Bellarmine blind pig backdoor set for a layup
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1 year
Here's the set play the Indiana men's staff borrowed from the women's staff
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Mike Woodson says his assistant coaches saw a play the women's team ran during a game "the other day". The assistant came to Woody and showed him. #iubb It was the first play of the game against Michigan. The possession ended in a TJD dunk.
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Marcus Garrett anticipating the euro step in transition is art
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Wichita State overload slip set
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Saint Peter's twist backdoor set
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My all-time favorite zone quick hitter
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The Pistons broke out the old St. Bonaventure lob play to start out their Summer League game
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5 years
It turns out running a program is actually very simple:
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4 years
Lakers hard double teams against Harden and the Rockets
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Michigan State horns rub, an Izzo staple
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Buzz Williams zone set to occupy the bottom three defenders:
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Xavier running my favorite zone quick hitter from last season
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Spurs (2014) motion weak progression
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1 minute of Gabbie Marshall stealing outlet passes in the backcourt
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Saint Mary's thru backdoors for Jordan Ford
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10 years of Kentucky dribble drive motion under John Calipari:
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7 other times Kansas scored off their circle lob out of bounds play that Bill Self went to tonight for the game-winner
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3 months
I'm convinced there's not an action with a higher success rate than the fake ball reversal into a UCLA screen
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2 years
How to win the press conference, a tutorial
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A pretty filthy way to get into a post split
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5 years
Sources confirm 2019-20 will be the fastest season in the history of basketball:
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Wichita State UCLA series from Gregg Marshall: - UCLA - UCLA ball screen slip - UCLA reverse backdoor - UCLA reverse slice
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4 years
Murray State Exit Series Progression: - Exit Post Sneak - Exit Slice - Exit Pin - Exit Pin Duck-in
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Belmont game-winning backdoor set to punch their ticket to the tourney:
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Wichita State secondary break, DHO and rip:
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Baylor no-middle defensive rotations from last night
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Virginia's 2nd half adjustment last night to put Jerome in the high post and dribble Chukwu out to the perimeter:
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4 years
The most aesthetically pleasing ball screen set in the country strikes again:
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Oral Roberts pick and pops immediately into a dribble-at backdoor
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Indiana pack line defensive rotations from last night
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Butler Chin Progression: - Chin - Chin Ricky - Chin Flare - Chin Stagger - Chin Double Stagger
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2 years
Purdue scored 1.36 pts per poss last night -- the most Florida State has given up in 15 years. Breakdown of how the Boilermakers exploited FSU's aggressive "up-the-line" defense with seals and slips. (sound on 🔊)
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In both of Purdue's last two games, they successfully executed the "2-for-1 Killer" — a clever clock management strategy that shuts down an opponent's chance at a 2-for-1 Video breaking down the strategy (sound on 🔊)
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The BLOB coverage LeBron and JJ were talking about
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4 years
Mississippi State inbound defenders aggressively switching out to the corner in BLOB defense
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Kentucky hi-lo stack set:
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The Jokic passing clinic from last night
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It was evident yesterday that Beilein and Painter have coached against each other 22 times in the last 12 years. Awesome chess match:
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Winthrop quick hitter to sneak behind the 2-3 zone
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4 years
One Shining Moment!... but it's different teams all scoring off of Continuity Ball Screen
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One Shining Moment!... but it's different teams all scoring off of 5-Out offense
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10 years of Michigan State chin series
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2 years
Few things are more terrifying for a defense this season than when Purdue starts dribble weaving. Misdirection is coming shortly thereafter...
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Jordan Sperber
5 years
Updated NCAA Tournament wins by coach since Calipari took the Kentucky job:
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4 years
Villanova lob play against 2-3 zone
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Extreme pack line principles for Bellarmine last night vs Louisville - 3 on the ball on middle drives - Post traps - Ball screen hedges with the 5-man 54% of Louisville shot attempts were from 3
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Alabama-Houston was a chess match between Alabama's spread ball screens and Houston's "2-on-the ball" defense Breakdown of how Nate Oats and Bama exploited Houston's coverage during crunch time with a set play for back-to-back Jaden Shackelford threes (sound on 🔊)
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5 years
7 times Kentucky has won the opening tip and scored off the ivo lob play under Calipari:
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UCLA free throw x-outs The two players in the paint cross each other towards the opposite blocks
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Stanford right into their flare UCLA action after an inbound pass
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Arizona tip play Caleb Love setting the back screen on Kyle Filipowski to get Oumar Ballo rim running to the basket
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America's favorite zone play:
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Michigan State's off-ball positional defense looked way ahead of schedule for an early season exhibition. Lock-and-trail pin downs, blow up handoffs, stunt 1 pass away, three quarters in the post:
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FAU, Baylor, and Arizona have now all gotten dunks off the back screen tip play in the last week
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3 years
Bellarmine Iverson rip set for a lob
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2 years
5 actions to flow from 5-out into an empty ball screen: 1. Pistol 2. Rub 3. Slot/45 cut 4. Split 5. Stagger away
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Texas Tech "ice-to-switch" ball screen coverage:
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Four actions used after (or during) zoom action 1. Rip 2. Elevator 3. Baseline runner 4. Flare
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Bellarmine early offense, DHO and flex
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Of all of Self's sets with false motion to occupy and change the tag man during the eventual ball screen, this zipper DHO is my favorite:
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Saint Peter's horns pin circle
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Creighton is the best team I've seen at incorporating random ghost screens in their offensive flow
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Michigan State's UCLA series through the years
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JJ Redick and Duncan Robinson discussing shot selection and being "programmed" to take the side step 3 instead of the step in 2
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Wake Forest scored 8 (!!) layups/dunks off this same forwards out backdoor action in 11 non-conference games
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Winthrop wheel series - wheel - wheel, slice, screen-the-screener - wheel, fake slice, pin - wheel, fake slice, fake pin, stagger
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Yale thru backdoor set
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Dayton overload set for back-to-back corner threes vs Belmont's 2-3 zone
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West Virginia floppy flex. Huggins' go-to set to start a half:
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In 2008, Loyola MD made national news by doubling Steph Curry for an ENTIRE game (holding him scoreless but losing by 30). Somehow, no film of it existed on the internet I tracked down the film & examined (one of) the most extreme gameplans in CBB history
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Elbow backdoor plays off baseline out of bounds:
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8 times Wichita State has won the opening tip and then scored off their rip set
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Ball screen elevator zone lob from Kansas and Grand Canyon:
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Nate Oats overload misdirection iso set:
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Murray State Continuity Ball Screen Series Progression: - CBS - CBS Cross - CBS Cross Screen-the-Screener - CBS Twist - CBS Twist Drive
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Hook series options from Michigan State over the years
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St. Thomas chin series - chin cut - chin to slice - chin to slice reject - chin to slice to UCLA
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Wichita State empty Spain lobs
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New Orleans blind pig flare elevator They've scored 14 times (at least) off of it in 13 games
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Yves Pons blocked this shot
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UConn overload step-up set vs 2-3 zone
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Number of 20-point wins against top 50 kenpom teams - Ohio State: 3 - Rest of the country: Also 3
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Michigan thru action into a step-up
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Creighton set for a panic backdoor:
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Here's the intro from yesterday's video explaining the mathematical reason for why drop coverage is so popular... and how Houston does the exact opposite
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Not entirely sure what to call this but it's a pretty good representation of Creighton's offense this season
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The football press break
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10 years of Bill Self post seals:
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Elevator action for shooters on BLOB plays by: Creighton, Kansas, Cal State Fullerton, Florida, Lafayette, and Presbyterian
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Wisconsin swing offense cuts
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10+ years of Gonzaga scoring off the same exact BLOB stagger play (including last night)
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The difference in defensive gameplans for Purdue's last two NCAA tournament losses was... stark
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Well, that Purdue play where they play hot potato for 5 seconds and then the roller emerges wide open is back this season:
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Northeastern horns rub series:
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St. Bonaventure set for false action into a dribble at backdoor cut
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Alabama, Creighton, and Nebraska hand backs
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Marcus Garrett pickpockets:
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Wins per season by coach in the kenpom era:
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Purdue weave series progression - Weave cross screen - Weave cross reject - Weave cross misdirect stagger - Weave fake cross pin
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