THOUGHTS AND CONCEPTS FROM BILLY DONOVAN

1. Teams that are hardest to press are the ones that just play by breaking the
press and scoring off of the press without having to take the ball out to half
court and set something up.

2. At the end of the game I’m putting my 5 best scorers in the game.

3. To play depth – you must have guys who can play offense.

4. I do not want players who do not have a keen desire to win and do not play
hard and aggressively to accomplish that objective.

5. If you can score you have a much better chance to win.

6. If you let guys play tired and coast it will cost you in the long run [unless
you have no depth].

7. Stunting is an important untrained defensive skill – drill it daily .

8. In the 1st half we want the opponent to not reach the bonus.

9. Giving up control to have freedom is one of the most difficult things to do as
a coach.

10. Never can get away with fouls on the road like at home.

11. 3FG% is a very important defensive statistic.

-- (Thanks to Creighton Burns via Heath Millar)