Princeton

The pressure release the whole offense rests on, and the first thing to install: when a guard is denied the reversal, the wing dribbles straight at his defender…

The base continuity and the first set most coaches install, run from the two-guard front whenever the post is already high. The ball goes guard to guard and…

The other half of the drift read, run from the same Chin sequence. Why it exists: once a defense has been burned by the fade to the top, the guard's defender…

What the offense runs when the first pass from the two-guard front goes to the same-side wing instead of guard to guard. Why it is its own phase: with no…

How the ball gets to the elbow when the defense denies the reversal, which is the Point phase's front door. Why the wave: a guard who cannot catch guard to…

The most common Point action: the top player enters the post at the elbow and screens away at the opposite elbow for the weak-side wing. Why the screen is often…

The second Point route: the passer cuts over the top of the post and sets a wide pin-down for the strong-side corner, who comes off it and takes a dribble…

The third Point route: the passer cuts under the post looking for a handoff, and when there is none he continues to the rim for the return pass, then clears…

The Low phase: the ball goes to the wing and into the post on the block, and the passer has three choices the moment it arrives: slide to the corner, Laker cut…

The play Carril called in the timeout with seven seconds left against UCLA in the 1996 NCAA tournament, 41-41, his last win: center-forward back door. Steve…

Carril's own high-post offense from the 2-3 high set, the version he ran without a dominant post: guards in the slots, forwards at the free-throw line extended…

The 1-2-2 the offense lands in when the post has stepped out to the top, usually after a teammate curled the drift screen, and the bridge from Carril's offense…