It seems like years since we watched the NCAA Final Four, and everyone talks about UConn and Butler. At least in my country, not many coaches or fans appear to notice how well Virginia Commonwealth U. played during the March Madness...
I'd like to show you something I liked watching their games. It's their pick and roll game, and how they find the wide open guy, how they move the ball, how they have the right spacing on the floor.
In the video we see two P&R situations and how they manage to beat Butler's defensive rotations (there were many more, but these two will be fine to let you see them)
They run the ball screen, start moving the ball, and more important, they start moving without the ball. At the end, they manage to create a 2x1 situation and the defender must decide which player to defend. Then they give an extra pass and find the easy shot. As we can see in the first play, the ballhandler gives the pass to the wing, while the screener rolls and the other big pops. On the opposite side, another player fills the corner. Butler start their rotations but they arrive late and can't contest that shot from the corner.
Again in the second clip, they move the defense, and make one guy hesitate with a 2x1 situation, not allowing Butler to bother the shooter in the corner. Good spacing, sharing the ball and hitting the three.
Take a look...
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