Big Ten Gift Ideas

With the holiday season here, I gave a gift to all 18 Big Ten teams in this weekly newsletter. It also includes a weekly schedule, and updated power rating for the Big Ten

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Pindown for Leach occupies weakside defense a bit, allows Barnhizer to drive. Plays 2 on 1 from there, reading Nicholson's defender

Another example of Northwestern not making as quick of rotations as usual. Empty PnR, Northwestern puts 2 on the ball. Kickout from there and they can't rotate out to the corner in time

When in the clutch, give the ball to Barnhizer and just let him go to work

Great initial defense from Northwestern with off ball switching, but then Mullins gets caught digging in on the ball. Domino effect from there as his guy gets downhill. Now Northwestern has to rotate and can't get around the pin in screen

With Barnhizer off the floor, the offense didn't flow as well. Ty Berry being able to make these shots is big. Gives Northwestern a bailout if Martinelli can't create

Barnhizer gets into the post off of the screen. With his facilitating skills, this allows Martinelli to be a cutter and someone that can play off of Barnhizer

Montana State playing 5 out at times drew Nicholson out. Gets beat off the dribble here and Mullins can't help as he is caught on the post

Northwestern is a team that relies on heavy defensive rotations and closeouts to take away the paint. It felt like a theme all night though that there would be a mess up in rotation somewhere that resulted in an open 3 for Montana St

Northwestern had 20 2nd chance points. That is 28% of their points coming off of 2nd chance looks

Northwestern vs Montana State Film Thread🧵

Northwestern held on in Barnhizer's first game back. Let's look at how they did

Starting with the first clip, Martinelli is the one posting. With Barnhizer being one pass away, he is the one that can be the decision maker on a kickout