Film Room is an X’s and O’s breakdown of Michigan basketball. Gibson Pyper diagrams Michigan’s offensive and defensive sets and provides and in-depth schematic look at Michigan’s opponents.
Pyper runs The Basketball Playbook, a website dedicated to the finer details of how teams execute and run both offense and defenses. He has extensive experience diagramming and breaking down how college and professional offenses work.
Today’s Film Room breaks down the X’s and O’s behind Michigan’s matchup with Villanova. Pyper breaks down the basics of Villanova’s offense and defense before outlining the primary ways that Michigan might counter.
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In this breakdown
- The Basics
- Spacing
- Slot Pick & Roll
- Side Ballscreens
- Defense
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