Princeton play
Princeton: Point Entry (Wave and Brush)
- Court
- Half court
- Length
- 8 steps
About this play
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 guard is waved through by the ball handler; he cuts through the elbow and brushes the post's defender on the way to the corner, the post flashes up to the elbow behind the brush, and the handler dribbles to the top and enters the post (Hooper University, DeForest, Thomaidis's brush screen). The offense is now in a one-guard front with the ball in the hub's hands, which is where Away, Over, and Under start. Counter shown: the scouted post defender jumps above the elbow to deny the entry, so the post back cuts for the lob, because a center denied at the elbow is the Carril rule everyone forgets (Coach's Clipboard's center back door, HoopTactics' post back cut). The post must own the elbow: he does whatever it takes to be open there, and if he cannot be, he is open at the rim. The wave, the brush, and the center's back cut come from Hooper University's Point breakdown, Coach Lee DeForest's Point set, Lisa Thomaidis's playbook, and Carril's notes on Coach's Clipboard; any of them will take you deeper.
