Michigan Loop, Handoff and Flare vs. Maryland
Special Situations

Michigan Loop, Handoff and Flare vs. Maryland

Watch Michigan’s baseline loop, handoff and flare against Maryland, follow each screen, and download the editable play.

By · Published October 15, 2026 · 3 min read

The inbounder follows the pass for a handoff, then finds 4 coming off a flare screen.

Watch the inbounder follow the first pass. Michigan turns the short-corner catch into a handoff, then passes across the court to the flare against Maryland.

Watch Michigan vs. Maryland

Game footage, narrated PlayDraw animation, then the possession again. Use the player controls to pause or replay a movement.

Michigan vs. Maryland, February 16, 2019. Numbers in the animation identify roles. Court spacing and timing are schematic.

Starting positions

1 has the baseline inbound. 2 starts across the lane from the screens by 4 and 5. 3 spaces the far side.

Order of the action

  1. 2 loops around the lane screens. 4 clears high as the loop finishes.
  2. 5 pops to the short corner and receives the inbound pass from 1.
  3. 1 follows in and takes the handoff from 5, then dribbles out.
  4. 3 lifts to set the flare facing the left sideline. 4 cuts off the top of 3 toward the right wing. 5 sets the exit screen, and 2 cuts underneath 5 on the baseline side to the opposite corner.
  5. 1 passes across to 4 for the three-point attempt. The clip ends before the result.

The source ends during the three-point attempt. A make or miss is not shown.

The download is a PlayDraw JSON file for an editor that supports that format. The web drawing tool opens a blank court for drawing your own version.

Match the numbers to the film

The animation uses teaching numbers 1 to 5. The jerseys in the game use different numbers.

1 jersey 3. 2 jersey 2. 3 jersey 1. 4 jersey 13. 5 jersey 15.

Match the route, screener and pass recipient when comparing the diagram with the possession. The animation ends at the receiving position. The footage shows the shot attempt.

Read the narration

Watch Michigan's loop, handoff and flare. Four and five hold the screens. Two loops around them toward the rim. Four clears high. Five pops to the short corner. One inbounds to five. One follows the pass into the corner. Five hands it back. One dribbles out as three and five screen. Four flares while two cuts to the opposite corner. One throws across to four. Four takes the three. Watch it again.

Official Michigan game record.

More baseline plays on film

Compare the starting shapes in baseline out of bounds plays. The inbound plays guide covers baseline and sideline sets, and Special Situations collects the full section.

For the actions inside these plays, see basketball screens, dribble handoffs and pick and roll.