Basketball Plays - "Loyola" Plays

From the Coach’s Clipboard Basketball Playbook, @ http://www.coachesclipboard.net

"Loyola" We call this "Loyola" because the "L" in Loyola stands for the left seam that we want our point guard, O1, to take off the dribble. This play is designed to get our O1 to attack the left seam, especially if the defense is overplaying the right side. We use this against man-to-man defenses. Start in our "Big" setup (Diagram A), but O4 does not cut through. You can run this out of a 1-3-1 set, 3-out, 2-in set with one post player high, or a 4-out set. Notice how the left seam really opens up for our point guard (O1) when O5 and O4 move to the right block and elbow, and O3 drops down to the corner.

O1 dribbles left and attacks the left seam, looking to score a layup as the first option (Diagram B), while O5 backscreens for O4 and then backscreens for O2. O4 moves to the block and O2 moves out on top as our safety. If O3's defender slides down and stops O1, O1 passes out to O3 in the corner (Diagram C) and then O1 screens for O4. O4 cuts to the ball-side block. O3 could shoot or pass inside to O4 posting up.

If O3 takes the corner shot, O5 should get rebounding position on the backside for the long rebound.

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"Loyola-2"

This play is similar to the "Loyola" play above in that both posts move to the right side of the lane (Diagram A below), O3 slides down to the corner, and O1 takes the left seam. In this play however, O1 passes to O3 in the corner and then turns and back-screens for O4. O4 cuts around the screen for the possible pass from O3 and the lay-up. After screening, O1 moves back out on top.

We also try to get O2 open on the opposite side. If O2's defender is in help-side in the paint, O5 just steps over and back-screens O2's defender (Diagrams A and B). If the X2 defender is outside on O2 and the ball reverses back to O1, O2 can curl-cut around O5 to get open for the pass from O1, and possible 3-point shot.