UW Basketball - Scoring is up. Efficiency is up. But why? Sure personnel and development help but that's not the only thing that is different this year.
UW is running continuity ballscreen offense.
Here's a great video explaining continuity ballscreen offense
Continuity isn't new
It's heavily featured in college and euro ball.
It can be run as a primary offense or in end of shot clock scenarios
Everyone knows Continuity. If you run it as your main offense and have consistent reads it can become easy to scout. If you have a bunch of actions that counter initial actions and your team really dive into the intricacies...it can be very difficult to defend.
What's interesting is the personnel. Bigs that have another skill (perimeter shooting or ability to drive) really do well in this offense. The offense is known for producing a high rate of open 3s. But that isn't how UW uses it because we aren't taking a ton of 3s.
Reading between the tea leaves - I think Kirk Penney has really been influential in the use of Continuity. We adopted it this summer. He arrived this summer. Kirk has played a ton internationally and that's where the offense was really developed.
It will be interesting to see how teams defend it. Nebraska was awful. Doubling the post on continuity doesn't seem like a great idea...that didn't stop them from trying/failing. It will also be interesting to see the tweaks UW uses as teams try to stop it.
UW is running continuity ballscreen offense.
Here's a great video explaining continuity ballscreen offense
Continuity isn't new
It's heavily featured in college and euro ball.
It can be run as a primary offense or in end of shot clock scenarios
Everyone knows Continuity. If you run it as your main offense and have consistent reads it can become easy to scout. If you have a bunch of actions that counter initial actions and your team really dive into the intricacies...it can be very difficult to defend.
What's interesting is the personnel. Bigs that have another skill (perimeter shooting or ability to drive) really do well in this offense. The offense is known for producing a high rate of open 3s. But that isn't how UW uses it because we aren't taking a ton of 3s.
Reading between the tea leaves - I think Kirk Penney has really been influential in the use of Continuity. We adopted it this summer. He arrived this summer. Kirk has played a ton internationally and that's where the offense was really developed.
It will be interesting to see how teams defend it. Nebraska was awful. Doubling the post on continuity doesn't seem like a great idea...that didn't stop them from trying/failing. It will also be interesting to see the tweaks UW uses as teams try to stop it.
