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Alabama-Huntsville head coach Lennie Acuff uses back screens, down screens, and up screens (what many people call flare screens) in his motion offense.

Alabama-Birmingham head coach Murrey Bartow uses the following versions of four-on-four shell: jump to the ball, wing drive, front the cutter, and screen on the ball.

VMI head coach Bart Bellairs teaches his men the following responsibilities on the pass out of a trap against his press: the trapper nearest the receiver will chase after the ball, one man will pressure the receiver, and the other three will sprint to the paint and form a triangle.

Tennessee women’s head coach Pat Summitt believes you win with talented, loyal, dedicated people.

To get his players to be strong with the ball, LSU head coach John Brady runs something he calls the boss drill. Two players work together as the man with the ball will ball spin, jump stop, and face the hoop (transferring the ball from one side to the other).

If the other team scores with six to eight seconds left in the game, former NBA coach Hubie Brown suggests running your sideline break and not calling a timeout.

To work on fast-break jumpers, West Virginia head coach John Bielien will have his players take two dribbles from mid-court and pull up.

In defensive transition, Murrey Bartow does not want anyone to get behind the first man back. He must protect the basket.

Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim will not let getting screened be an excuse in his zone defense. He tells his player they will sit if they get screened and give up baskets.

Memphis head coach John Calipari says that if something is important to your program “be there and be aware.”

Pete Strickland, Coastal Carolina head coach, will go zone and then go man on a non-penetrating pass from the corner.

John Bielien will allow the rebounder to follow misses in some of his shooting drills.

Pat Summitt says that recruiting is of supreme importance because, “you don’t take donkeys to the Kentucky Derby.”

Against an odd front zone, Notre Dame head coach Mike Brey places two guards out top to control the three top defenders. If the guards can do this, he playing three-on-two in the lane area.

Spacing and shot selection are the two most important things to Pat Summitt when running the triple post offense.