Bo Ryan: Wisconsin Badgers

I must admit that I have really enjoyed watching Wisconsin play this year.  Coach Ryan has done a great job of adjusting to his team's strengths this year.  Wisconsin has always been known for their Swing offense and strong half-court defense.  I have been also impressed with the high inclusion of ball screen actions that have been built into their base offensive foundation.  Today, we are going to examine a variety of Wisconsin Basketball Resources.

Bo Ryan: Man-to-Man Defense
Bo Ryan: Swing Offense
Swing Sets
Swing Playbook

Offense For 3 Post Players

I have been reading some posts on some different discussion boards about what type of offenses you can run with 3 post players.  There are a number of different options you can go with. One of the most obvious is to run a triple post offense.  There are a number of coaches who you could reference for Triple Post.

Text Winter: Triple Post Triangle
Jerry Petitgoue: Triple Post Offense

Another option is to run the Swing offense which gives all of your post players opportunities to get post ups being that they come off flex cuts and UCLA cuts.

Bo Ryan: Swing Offense

Similarly to the Swing offense, the Flex offense also gets post players opportunities to get strong post ups.  There are a number of flex variations out there, but the Maryland flex, which was ran when Gary Williams was the head coach has 3 players running continuous flex actions.

Gary Williams: Maryland Flex

The last idea that you could think about using would be an open post motion.  This offense is primarily thought of for teams with small line-ups, which can be very effective.  However, it can also be used to get really good post up opportunities.  Here are some simple actions you can do to get post players into the post in the open post set.

1. Basket cut after a pass and open up to the ball as it gets reversed back to the top.  We get a ton of good top down feeds with this simple action. 
2. Set pin down screens for your players in the corners to curl to the rim, open up and post for a top down feed.
3. On wing entries, have your player at the key rub cut off of the post player's defender back while the post player dives to the ball side block. 

These are just 3 simple scoring actions that you can use out of the open set that will allow you to utilize strong post play.

Bo Ryan: Wisconsin Transition Defense

A few years ago, I heard Bo Ryan discuss his philosophy to transition defense.  It was absolutely great.  It was amazing how simple it was and logic behind it.  I broke down my notes and diagrams to show the basic concepts of his transition defense.

Wisconsin Transition Defense