How the Princeton Offense Fits Into Today's Basketball

[@joshmcdonald1141]

I absolutely love listening to coaches like this. The way they apply 60s concepts to 80s/90s bball is so interesting and makes you think what 2000s/2010s concepts can we try and apply to the 2020s. Love your vids

[@jonhardersen7047]

Great Video! Class was in session. Learning terminology for the actions alone was invaluable. Floppy, chin, point, twirl, freeze, forwards out, hands back, split action. Love it!

[@peterwilkerson4321]

Really enjoyed this video. I used to work for Kevin Carroll, a John Mooney guy, at Maryville University. The best thing about working with Princeton guys is how they teach the offense. Their approach is so simple yet so different than the ways other guys teach offense. Great video, also as a former d3 guy great shoutout to NWW!

[@QankoIvanov]

does d3 mean you played for fun ?

[@SlappinGlass]

Great breakdown. Seeing a lot of these actions across of lot of programs. Nebraska Wesleyan runs this really well and won the national championship with it a couple years ago.

[@marcuswiegert]

You may have the best basketball KZbin channel out here. Nice work!

[@deandrepage1048]

Ability to make DEEP jumpshots is the key. 😀😀😀 Defenders will back-off if you can't make DEEP jumpshots. If the defense backs-off, that kills passing lanes for backdoor cuts.

[@ShareefusMaximus]

This is so good! How did I not know about this channel?

[@bryandorneman2191]

My high school team runs the Princeton offense. We run many of these sets but have modernized some of them but we run the “chin series” as we call high, we run point and have variations off of it like point down the middle and point screen away. As well, we run forwards out. I really liked seeing this with these details and the history

[@grandepapi9390]

We ran this offense at the college I played at. Was super hard to understand at first just because of all the different possibilities but it works

[@deandrepage1048]

Boston Celtics " Post feed & Screen Away." Now that's beautiful basketball.

[@jeremywoods1408]

Rest In Peace Pete.

[@jeong-hojoo6145]

First Bill Russell, the Pete Carril, who implemented the tactic the Celtics used to dominate.

[@EazyBucketz]

Was not expecting to see Nebraska Wesleyan in this. Met their coach one time. Cool dude.

[@bb157522]

This video is beautiful. You are amazing. played against northwestern and Denver in 2013. got destroyed in the season. Then upset Denver in the conference tournament by switching everything and staying underneath off ball with break neck ball pressure. I just wish I could watch those games from somebody's synergy...

[@terencewinters2154]

When you have a smart but slow team the tiger offense is a good action you work more clock as you are patient and tire the opponent forcing them to play defense longer. But as he said it's looking for the best open look.

[@terencewinters2154]

Loyola chicago uses a lot of these counters. But if you dont have players who can read defenses overplay and sloughing you are wasting your time. Inverting guards and forwards can lead to mismatches when for example your forwards are undersized but better good ball handlers but your guards are bigger than an opponents . Size being positionally relative. The splits are meant to create mismatches . Either quickness against length or vice versa caused by forcing switches.

[@johnpaul8938]

It’s sad that Pete couldn’t see how successful this is now on his team(Sacramento Kings)

[@deandrepage1048]

DHO (Dribble Hand-off) is the best way to start off. 😀😀😀 Gives you a taller player cutting to the basket off the backscreen for a potential Lob Dunk, before passing to the wing. NBA teams only use the quick return pass to the point guard (initial passer). 😀😀😀

[@terencewinters2154]

This ball, player movement , spacing is similar to knights motion offense also called the passing game which is less pattern specific bound only by rules of movement and limits on dribbling. Its lack of a set form say a two guard or 1 guard front make it difficult to scout. Some players get lost in its lack of structure and will not hunt for that good shot becoming ball stoppers because they dont follow the two or 3 dribble rule. Ie dribble with a purpose to penetrate to the basket or create a passing angle instead they go into a marques haynes routine going nowhere.

[@deandrepage1048]

Nebraska Wesclyn uses the DHO (Dribble Hand-Off) with MANDATORY weakside Pindown Screen/Exchange. 😀😀😀 My favorite.

[@deandrepage1048]

Golden State Warriors borrowed the Low Post feed & SCREEN AWAY. 😂😂😂 They call it Split Action.

[@zane631]

I like these video's so much! Good job sir!

[@deandrepage1048]

Dribble Hand-off is my favorite. 🤣🤣🤣 Get the ball out of the point guard's hand IMMEDIATELY !!!

[@luisalcazar15]

Great breakdown and great video...

[@deandrepage1048]

A point guard that is reliable at 3-pointers is a gold mine. 😀😀😀 The defender is constantly in chase position.

[@rakhunuhepptaylor2135]

Could you please do one of these deep dive x's and o's breakdown of Golden States' offense and defense . Pretty Please?!?

[@rakhunuhepptaylor2135]

@Travis Hanks The three elements of offensive basketball are 1] ball movement via a] passing the ball or b] by dribbling the ball or c] carrying the ball with obvious limitations of rules and parameters, 2] Player movement a] without the ball and with the ball b] with the ball , 3] spacing [ A common that is something true of most team sports and even tennis. ] Most offenses lean in the direction of two of these elements and make less use of the third. a good coach makes use of what is at hand to win. same thing is true of an organization and the specific gifts and highly developed skills of a teams go to players. really tall people are not a dime a dozen in the world. Often times the average coach will find himself in a situation where he is lacking size on his basketball team simply because of the fact average people are not the ideal physical makeup to be stars in basketball. in this case one has to adjust to use methhods that are not as commonplace or that make use of something else. steve kerr happened upon a team with a skill set with which he was highly familiar with and leaned in the direction of Ball movement and player movement to create space. If you have Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson then that is what you do. Notice the smartest decision would have been to draft Lamelo Ball for them but they drafted a Big Man, James Wiseman, and their big free agent signing of recent years have been fo Big Men. they are moving back to a much more physical brand of basketball slowly but surely.

[@markdwighttadina7655]

And it's still effective today as Princeton upsets Arizona in the 2023 March Madness First Round

[@herbertlewis8442]

So much can be created using this as a base set

[@deandrepage1048]

Forwards Out with a Double Pindown Screen at Top of Key, beautiful. 😀😀😀

[@GermanShephard123]

Can you please do a video on what VCU runs? Live your videos!!

[@ThaSupernova]

Super informative. Well done.

[@eliasfresquez4658]

Wow you coaches at nmsu I’m New Mexico that unm game at the pit is something special I would think maybe you can talk about that

[@zane631]

I have a question for anyone: Is there an offence that incorporates 2 man game without a ball of who cuts to the basket with flair/splitscreens like in this video in combination with screen the screener actions from the flex offfense? It would be nice if an offense like this exsisted because then all the actions would not revolve around ballscreens. It would teach teamplay to U18 women, screening, spideysenses for cutting/backdoors and (lob)passing to cutters. I know the swing offense exists but that does not have these flair/splitscreens mechanics of who cuts in it.

[@deandrepage1048]

DHO & automatic weakside "Exchange." 😀😀😀 Brilliant because the shorter point guard is executing the Dribble Handoff (DHO) to a taller player for the Lob Pass.

[@joseloya3043]

Great video coach! I’m interested in getting your email for some more info and tips from you experience at NMSU.

[@deandrepage1048]

TWIRL gets the ball back into the hands of the initial ballhandler = Pass & Corner Cut.

[@deandrepage1048]

Double ballscreen (Double Drag) into a Double-Staggered Pindown Screen for your best 3-point shooter. 😀😀😀 That I would prefer over Princeton.

[@mogsonglay1557]

Where do you get your clips from?

[@ryanowens5535]

my high school still runs chin as a continuity

[@scottabittner]

Great Stuff

[@deandrepage1048]

Richmond's CENTER-BASED reminds me of Denver Nuggets Point-Center, Nikola Jokic. 😂😂

[@anthonykouma4866]

Nebraska weselyn runs the Princeton but they have a high pace and high scoring so you don’t always have to go slow

[@deandrepage1048]

1-Guard Front is ARROGANCE. 😋🤣🤣🤣 A kid wanting to shout to the world, "Coach chose me as the point guard. "

[@rakhunuhepptaylor2135]

Also a X's and O's for the triangle offense ,please.

[@casualfandestroyer2503]

Beautiful basketball! Bill Russell the goat!

[@yuriemedia5424]

I go to new mexico state ! go Aggies !

[@dannid.8115]

13:22

[@deandrepage1048]

Forwards Out = DHO with MANDATORY weak-side exchange (Pindown Screen). 😂😂😂

[@deandrepage1048]

Fairfield = NBA-style

[@tomorowstech2day324]

Rip Coachie

[@fartfruit1157]

New Mexico State? you might know my friend EntoZeta

[@travisolson9413]

5:43 .......makes me want to go check out UCLA's offense instead.

[@deandrepage1048]

Golden State Warriors adoption of Princeton Offense's Split Cut is classic. 😀😀😀 Fans think GSW or San Antonio Spurs invented it.

[@kostaskoukos3932]

Basically the split cut originates back in the 60s but the triangle offense was that used it a lot and made it famous.

[@deandrepage1048]

@@kostaskoukos3932 I am a former basketball coach and part historian . I saw the interview where Princeton head coach Pete Carill said he got his Offense from the 1960's Boston Celtics. 😅😅😅

[@deandrepage1048]

Point guard needs to be a reliable 3-point shooter. 😀😀😀

[@deandrepage1048]

Chin survives because of 3-pointers

[@terencewinters2154]

Gobble gobble

[@deandrepage1048]

Lane line to lane line pass across the top is about as far as NBA teams go with Princeton's "Chin Offense." 😀😀😀 They don't pass to the wing, EXCEPT WITH A 1-GUARD FRONT.

[@deandrepage1048]

You need a lot of 3-point shooters on your team in 2019. 😂😂😂 Even your bigs.

[@deandrepage1048]

NBA teams have become smarter than College teams. 😀😀😀 They use a TRAILING BIG up top as their 2-Guard Front. Usually a Stretch-4 Player as the INBOUNDER to lag behind the point guard in Transition Offense.

[@deandrepage1048]

Pick & Roll has killed beautiful basketball. 😞😞😞 It has turned into ISO-BALL with a screener = give your best athlete the ball and let him dribble the shot clock away.

[@samarthbhatnagar347]

If 5 guys can do that you have good basketball player with skills

[@sabin97]

ball pressure, denial, backdoors......sounds weird.....

[@deandrepage1048]

Multiple NBA teams use CHIN OFFENSE. 😂😂😂 They like the Lob Dunk off the back-screen !!!

[@sugarnads]

Gods that music is annoying mate. Im tryna learn something not get earwigged.

[@noitallmanaz]

this is awful and represents the problem with basketball. The fact that there is only basically one action and everyone standing around watching is not the princeton offense AT ALL. This is garbage offense.