Ohio State cliff notes game plan
Playing North Carolina is a lot like going against a Michigan State coached team in Big Ten play. Carolina likes to push the ball up the court before you notice. Oh, and if you do, there’s the secondary break it’ll take advantage of as a second wave of players coming down the court will make you pay if you fall asleep.
#7 Coby White – North Carolina to Chicago
Ball screen splits against hedging bigs while running the Carolina secondary break pic.twitter.com/wRW2nMrT4j
— Jordan Sperber (@hoopvision68) June 21, 2019
The Buckeyes have to go deep into the bench on this one and be very aware and intentional at sprinting back on defense, even after made baskets. It has to be man-to-man aggressive defense so that everyone knows their assignments, but be willing to help out on ball-screens and defensive rotations.
On offense, though the Buckeyes have enough athleticism to hang in a full-court game, that’s not their style. The ‘Heels would love to get into the 80s in this thing and turn this into their brand of ball. Ohio State can’t abandon the fast break, but will probably look to be more deliberate in offensive sets than what we’ve seen so far. You have to limit possessions, get good shots and then block out like crazy to keep Carolina off the boards.
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