Iowa's Trap

[hawk-i bob]

maybe this has already been mentioned....but thought it deserved its own thread.

Fran's mid court trap has been really effective & is fun to watch. Even if it doesn't always result in turnovers ..it certainly runs some seconds off the opponents' shot clock. It was a major factor in turning a 19 point deficit around at Purdue.

Also like that he doesn't throw it on all the time..picks his spots.

Maybe its me but it seems there are not a lot of B1G teams running this...

 

[ZumaHawk]

I like it too. He also put a twist in the trap as he used to let them get the ball inbounds and now he is starting to deny the ball coming in. Nice little twist to it.

 

[Herky T Hawk]

One of the announcers a couple of games ago mentioned this about the 1-2-2 trap. It starts loose on the inbounds pass in a way that almost lulls the offense to sleep. Then as the ball approaches mid-court the press tightens. By the time the ball is near the timeline they usually have two guys right on top of the ball handler trapped against the sideline with a third guy playing the cross court pass.

Our guys really do a great job of ratcheting up the pressure as the ball gets to mid-court and forcing the ball handler to the sideline to create an effective trap. We typically see at least one or two "interceptions" on the cross court pass per game because of this.

 

[whatsup13579er]

I like it when they run the 3/4 court press just for the simple fact that it usually takes 10 seconds or more for them to get into their offense. That leaves about 20 seconds on the shot clock that Iowa needs to defend in the half court. Often teams are forced into a bad shot because of it.

 

[StormHawk42]

It's been applied very well this year in regards to timing and how long it's used. The shorter shot clock also makes it more effective.

 

[icwesthawk]

Good teams are going to attack it and we need to be ready for that. It's been good at upsetting what teams want to do but we will give up easy buckets to really good teams. Need to switch defenses a lot to make it work and work effectively.

 

[hawkeyemike23]

We communicate really well on defense which allows Fran to switch defenses so often. There was one possession in the second half last night where we got really cross matched coming out of the press but they did a great job of making sure everyone was matched up with someone then switching to appropriate people when they had a chance.

 

[hawkifann]

It's been applied very well this year in regards to timing and how long it's used. The shorter shot clock also makes it more effective.

Very much so. I think this has been a key point in stopping opponent runs. Someone already mentioned that it was a big part of the Purdue comeback, but even beyond that, it's been used very well when an opponent starts getting some momentum going. Steals are a minor part of it....the biggest impact is that by the time the opponent gets over mid-court and gets through the trap on that side, they're often down to 15-20 seconds on the shot clock to start running their sets. That basically cuts in half the amount of time the opposition can fish for mismatches or spring the hot hand.

 

[MNHawk]

The Hawks ran a similar trapping 3/4 court defense under Tom Davis, but I think it was a 1-2-1-1 instead of a 1-2-2 because I remember when a good team would beat Tom's press they'd have a layup against 1 deep defender. Bill Jones, Roy Marble, and Ray Thompson were all REALLY good at being the first line of defense at the three quarter court free throw line when the other team brought the ball up, anticipating the cross-court passes and getting lots of turnovers.

 

[hexumhawk]

I thought the thread was going to be about this place.