UConn Basketball Plays: 2023 Half-Court Sets Frame by Frame

UConn basketball plays from the 2023 playbook: Delay, Horns, Spain, five-out continuity and zone sets, drawn frame by frame.

UConn basketball plays in this collection are fifteen half-court sets from UConn's 2023 playbook, and this guide draws every frame of every one with where all five players go.

UConn basketball plays in this collection come from UConn's 2023 playbook, a library of well over a hundred named sets. This page picks the clearest families: the Delay series, three Horns ball screen sets, Spain pick and roll, a five-out dribble continuity and two sets against a 2-3 zone. Most of them put a second action right on top of the first, so a ball screen comes with a back screen, a hand-off runs straight into a ball screen, or a flare screen turns into a slip. This page draws 15 sets across 45 frames. Every frame of the original is redrawn, and the text under it names where all five players go.

The screen is rarely the end of the action. The screener slips, pops, rolls or gets screened himself, so the defense has to guard two things at once.

UConn Basketball Plays at a Glance

Six sets share the Delay start with a big out at the top of the key, three start from Horns with two bigs above the elbows, two are built on Spain action, two run the five-out Strong dribble continuity, and two attack a 2-3 zone. Delay Backdoor and Slice Stagger Spain are marked in the source as after-timeout sets. The source names the sets but has no written notes, so every read on this page comes from the diagrams.

Play	Family	Frames	What it does
Delay	The Delay Series	1	The base Delay look: 5 steps out to the top for the first pass, and both corners come off pin-down screens toward the lane.
Delay 2 Man	The Delay Series	2	A two-man game up top: a pass and a dribble hand-off with 4, then 4 comes back with a ball screen.
Delay Backdoor	The Delay Series	2	An after-timeout set: 1 screens for 2, then comes off the wing on a backdoor cut that 5 feeds from the top.
Delay Flare	The Delay Series	4	2 flares 1 to the wing and slips, 5 follows his pass with a ball screen, and 4 dribbles into a hand-off for 2 to drive.
Delay Flare DHO	The Delay Series	4	The flare start, then a chain of dribble hand-offs that ends with a drive to the rim, a cut by 4 and a screen for 3.
Delay Pin	The Delay Series	3	1 pins down for 3, who cuts the baseline under the rim, then 5 follows the swing with a ball screen for 1.
Horns Ghost Flare	Horns Ball Screen Sets	2	3 fakes a ball screen and flares away off 5, then 5 sets the real ball screen and rolls while 4 and 3 trade on the left.
Horns Gut Elbow	Horns Ball Screen Sets	4	A Horns ball screen with a gut cut by the other big, a baseline screen into a hand-off, then a second hand-off read at the left elbow.
Horns Miami	Horns Ball Screen Sets	2	A pass to the popping big and a back cut by 1, then a dribble hand-off straight into a ball screen and roll, the Miami action.
Spain	Spain Pick and Roll	1	The Spain pick and roll: a ball screen at the top, and a back screen on the roller's defender by the player at the free-throw line.
Slice Stagger Spain	Spain Pick and Roll	3	An after-timeout set: a swing to the left wing, a slice cut and a stagger for 1, then Spain action at the top.
Strong Dribble Continuity	Strong Dribble Continuity (Five Out)	4	A five-out continuity: a stagger, a ball screen and dribble back, a second stagger, then a hand-off into a ball screen and roll.
Strong Dribble Back	Strong Dribble Continuity (Five Out)	5	The same five-out start as the continuity, but 5 stays home on the last ball screen and comes back with a screen for 3.
Zone Angle Flash	Sets Against a 2-3 Zone	4	Against a 2-3 zone: a swing, a baseline cut by 4, a hand-off on the left wing, then a screen on the top defender and a flash to the high post.
Zone Lob	Sets Against a 2-3 Zone	4	Against a 2-3 zone: a high post at the free-throw line, two swings, then two screens on the back of the zone and a lob to 4.

How to Read These Diagrams

Every play is drawn frame by frame, one diagram for each frame of the original, and the text under each diagram says where every player starts and where he goes. The basket is at the bottom of each diagram. Sides are named as a player sees them facing the basket, so the left wing is on the right side of the picture. A solid arrow is a cut, a dashed arrow is a pass, a wavy line is a dribble and a line ending in a short bar is a screen. The diagram guide covers the symbols in full. No offensive player starts a frame standing in the lane. Where a source frame had someone there, he is drawn on the nearest lane line or block.

The Delay Series

Delay

The base Delay look: 5 steps out to the top for the first pass, and both corners come off pin-down screens toward the lane.

Delay, frame 1: 5 at the top and the two pin-down curls.

Frame 1. 1 brings the ball up the right side, 2 is in the left corner, 3 in the right corner, 4 on the left wing and 5 just above the free-throw line in the middle. 1 dribbles to the right wing while 5 steps out to the top of the key, and 1 passes to 5. 1 then screens down for 3, and 3 curls off it from the right corner toward the right side of the lane. On the other side 4 screens down for 2, and 2 curls off it from the left corner toward the left side of the lane. 5 can pass to either curler.

Delay 2 Man

A two-man game up top: a pass and a dribble hand-off with 4, then 4 comes back with a ball screen.

Delay 2 Man, frame 1: the pass and the hand-off up top.

Frame 1. 1 has the ball high in the left slot, 4 is at the top of the key, 2 in the left corner, 3 in the right corner and 5 on the right block. 1 passes to 4 and runs around behind him, takes the ball back on a hand-off and dribbles toward the right slot. 2, 3 and 5 hold their spots.

Delay 2 Man, frame 2: 4 ball-screens and rolls.

Frame 2. 1 has the ball in the right slot, 4 is at the top of the key, 5 on the right block, 2 in the left corner and 3 in the right corner. 4 steps over and sets a ball screen for 1. 1 dribbles left off it toward the top of the lane on the left side, and 4 rolls toward the right elbow.

Delay Backdoor

An after-timeout set: 1 screens for 2, then comes off the wing on a backdoor cut that 5 feeds from the top.

Delay Backdoor, frame 1: the pass to the top and 1's screen for 2.

Frame 1. 1 brings the ball up deep on the right side, 2 is on the right wing, 3 in the left corner, 4 on the left wing and 5 at the top of the key. 1 dribbles up to the right slot and passes to 5. 1 then screens for 2. 2 steps toward the right corner to set his man up, then comes back off the screen and runs along the arc to the left slot.

Delay Backdoor, frame 2: the backdoor cut.

Frame 2. 5 has the ball at the top of the key, 1 is on the right wing where he screened, 2 in the left slot, 3 in the left corner and 4 on the left wing. 1 steps out as if to catch, then cuts backdoor to the right side of the rim. 5 takes a dribble toward the right slot and passes to 1 on the cut.

Delay Flare

2 flares 1 to the wing and slips, 5 follows his pass with a ball screen, and 4 dribbles into a hand-off for 2 to drive.

Delay Flare, frame 1: the flare for 1 and 2's slip.

Frame 1. 1 has the ball high on the right wing, 2 is in the right corner, 3 in the left corner, 4 high on the left wing and 5 at the top of the key. 1 passes to 5. 2 comes up out of the right corner and sets a flare screen for 1. 1 steps in, then fades off the screen to the low right wing, and 2 slips the screen to the front of the rim.

Delay Flare, frame 2: the pass to the wing and the follow ball screen.

Frame 2. 5 has the ball at the top of the key, 1 is on the right wing after his flare, 2 low on the right side of the lane after his slip, 3 in the left corner and 4 high on the left wing. 5 passes to 1 and follows his pass to set a ball screen for him, just inside the right slot.

Delay Flare, frame 3: the dribble off the ball screen and the swing to 4.

Frame 3. 1 has the ball on the right wing, 5 is beside him with the ball screen, 2 low on the right side of the lane, 3 in the left corner and 4 high on the left wing. 1 dribbles left off 5's screen toward the top of the key and passes to 4. 2 cuts across the lane to the left block. 3 comes up out of the left corner and sets a screen inside the arc on the left side.

Delay Flare, frame 4: the hand-off and the drive.

Frame 4. 4 has the ball high on the left wing, 2 is on the left block, 3 inside the arc on the left side with his screen, 5 on the right wing and 1 in the right slot. 2 comes off 3's screen and out to the left wing. 4 dribbles at him and hands him the ball. 2 drives across the top of the key and into the lane to the rim.

Delay Flare DHO

The flare start, then a chain of dribble hand-offs that ends with a drive to the rim, a cut by 4 and a screen for 3.

Delay Flare DHO, frame 1: the flare for 1.

Frame 1. 1 has the ball high on the right wing, 3 is in the right corner, 2 in the left corner, 4 on the left wing and 5 at the top of the key. 1 passes to 5. 3 comes up out of the right corner and sets a flare screen for 1. 1 steps in, then fades off the screen toward the right corner. 5 takes a dribble toward the right slot and can pass to 1 on the flare. Here he keeps the ball, as the next frame shows.

Delay Flare DHO, frame 2: the first hand-off.

Frame 2. 5 still has the ball at the top of the key. 1 is low on the right side near the corner, 3 inside the arc on the right side where he screened, 2 in the left corner and 4 on the left wing. 5 dribbles at 3, and 3 comes up to take the hand-off high on the right wing. 1 cuts along the baseline under the rim to the left block. 2 lifts from the left corner to the low left wing.

Delay Flare DHO, frame 3: the swing and the second hand-off.

Frame 3. 3 has the ball high on the right wing, 4 is high on the left wing, 2 low on the left wing, 1 low on the left side just outside the lane and 5 just outside the right elbow. 3 dribbles to the top of the key and passes to 4. 2 screens for 1, and 1 comes off it out to the left wing. 4 dribbles down toward him for the next hand-off.

Delay Flare DHO, frame 4: the drive, the cut and the screen for 3.

Frame 4. 4 has the ball on the left side just inside the arc, 1 is beside him, 2 in the left short corner, 5 below the right elbow extended and 3 in the right slot. 4 hands the ball to 1, and 1 drives along the top of the key and into the lane to the rim. 4 cuts to the rim on the left side. 2 steps out to the low left wing. 5 screens for 3, and 3 runs off it to the right corner.

Delay Pin

1 pins down for 3, who cuts the baseline under the rim, then 5 follows the swing with a ball screen for 1.

Delay Pin, frame 1: the pin-down for 3.

Frame 1. 1 has the ball high on the right wing, 3 is in the right corner, 2 in the left corner, 4 on the left wing and 5 at the top of the key. 1 passes to 5 and goes down to set a pin-down screen for 3. 3 takes a step up, then cuts along the baseline to the right side of the rim. 1 pops back out to the right wing.

Delay Pin, frame 2: the swing and the baseline cut.

Frame 2. 5 has the ball at the top of the key, 1 is on the right wing, 3 on the right block, 2 in the left corner and 4 high on the left wing. 5 passes to 1. 3 runs the baseline under the rim to the left corner, and 2 lifts from the left corner to the left wing.

Delay Pin, frame 3: the ball screen and roll.

Frame 3. 1 has the ball on the right wing, 5 is at the top of the key, 3 in the left corner, 2 low on the left wing and 4 high on the left wing. 5 runs over and sets a ball screen for 1 on the right wing. 1 dribbles off it toward the middle and into the lane, and 5 rolls to the right side of the rim.

Horns Ball Screen Sets

Horns Ghost Flare

3 fakes a ball screen and flares away off 5, then 5 sets the real ball screen and rolls while 4 and 3 trade on the left.

Horns Ghost Flare, frame 1: the ghost screen and the flare.

Frame 1. Horns: 5 is just above the left elbow and 3 just above the right elbow. 1 has the ball deep at the top of the key, 4 is in the left corner and 2 in the right corner. 1 dribbles toward the right slot. 3 runs at 1 as if to set a ball screen, then leaves it early. 5 sets a flare screen for 3 at the top of the key, and 3 fades off it to the left wing.

Horns Ghost Flare, frame 2: the ball screen and roll.

Frame 2. 1 has the ball high in the right slot, 5 is above the left elbow, 3 on the left wing, 4 in the left corner and 2 in the right corner. 5 sets a ball screen for 1 at the top of the key. 1 dribbles left off it and into the lane, and 5 rolls to the right side of the rim. 4 comes up and screens for 3, and 3 cuts off it down to the left corner. 2 lifts from the right corner to the right wing.

Horns Gut Elbow

A Horns ball screen with a gut cut by the other big, a baseline screen into a hand-off, then a second hand-off read at the left elbow.

Horns Gut Elbow, frame 1: the ball screen and the gut cut.

Frame 1. Horns: 5 is just above the left elbow and 4 just above the right elbow. 1 has the ball at the top of the key, 2 is in the left corner and 3 in the right corner. 5 sets a ball screen for 1, and 1 dribbles left off it toward the left elbow. 4 cuts from the right elbow through the lane, the gut cut, to the left block. 5 pops out to the right slot and 1 passes back to him.

Horns Gut Elbow, frame 2: the baseline screen into the hand-off.

Frame 2. 5 has the ball in the right slot, 2 is in the left corner, 4 on the left block, 1 high on the left wing and 3 in the right corner. 4 sets a baseline screen for 2. 2 runs off it along the baseline, under the rim and up the right side to 5 for a hand-off in the right slot.

Horns Gut Elbow, frame 3: the hand-off and the elbow catch.

Frame 3. 5 has the ball in the right slot with 2 beside him, 4 is on the left block, 1 high on the left wing and 3 in the right corner. 5 hands the ball to 2 and rolls toward the right block. 2 dribbles back to the top of the key. 4 comes up from the left block to the left elbow and 2 passes to him. 1 cuts down to the left corner.

Horns Gut Elbow, frame 4: two reads at the left elbow.

Frame 4. 4 has the ball at the left elbow, 2 is at the top of the key, 1 in the left corner, 3 in the right corner and 5 on the right side, just below the elbow extended. 2 cuts around 4 to the left wing for a hand-off. 5 screens for 3, and 3 steps in from the right corner, then comes up off the screen to the right side, level with the elbow. 4 can hand off to 2 or pass to 3.

Horns Miami

A pass to the popping big and a back cut by 1, then a dribble hand-off straight into a ball screen and roll, the Miami action.

Horns Miami, frame 1: the pass to 4 and 1's cut to the rim.

Frame 1. Horns: 4 is just above the left elbow and 5 just above the right elbow. 1 has the ball deep at the top of the key, 2 is in the left corner and 3 in the right corner. 4 pops out to the left slot and 1 passes to him. 5 sets a screen for 1 near the top of the key, and 1 cuts off it to the right side of the rim.

Horns Miami, frame 2: the hand-off into the ball screen.

Frame 2. 4 has the ball on the left side above the elbow extended, 2 is in the left corner, 1 on the right side of the lane after his cut, 3 in the right corner and 5 in the right slot. 4 dribbles at 2, and 2 comes up from the corner to take the hand-off on the left wing. 5 sets a ball screen for 2, and 2 dribbles off it back across the top of the key. 5 rolls to the left side of the rim. 1 clears out to the right corner and 3 lifts from the right corner to the right wing.

Spain Pick and Roll

Spain

The Spain pick and roll: a ball screen at the top, and a back screen on the roller's defender by the player at the free-throw line.

Spain, frame 1: the ball screen, the back screen and two passes.

Frame 1. 1 has the ball deep at the top of the key, 5 is just inside the arc to his right, 2 at the free-throw line, 3 in the left corner and 4 in the right corner. 5 sets a ball screen for 1 at the top of the key. 1 dribbles right off it toward the right elbow, and 5 rolls toward the rim on the left side of the lane. 2 steps up and sets a back screen on the roller's defender, then pops back out to the top of the key, left of the middle. 1 can throw over the top to 5 on the roll or pass to 2 on the pop.

Slice Stagger Spain

An after-timeout set: a swing to the left wing, a slice cut and a stagger for 1, then Spain action at the top.

Slice Stagger Spain, frame 1: the swing to the left wing.

Frame 1. 1 has the ball deep in the right slot, 2 is on the left side just outside the lane, 3 on the right wing, 4 just above the left elbow and 5 just outside the right elbow. 1 passes to 3 and cuts to the right corner. 4 lifts to the top of the key and 3 passes to him. 2 pops out to the left wing and 4 swings the ball to him. 5 dives to the right block.

Slice Stagger Spain, frame 2: the slice cut and the stagger for 1.

Frame 2. 2 has the ball on the left wing, 1 is in the right corner, 5 low on the right side outside the lane, 3 on the right wing and 4 at the top of the key. 5 first screens for 3, and 3 cuts off it to the rim, the slice cut. Then 5 and 4 set a stagger screen for 1. 1 steps toward the lane, then runs up off both screens to the top of the key, where 2 passes to him.

Slice Stagger Spain, frame 3: Spain action at the top.

Frame 3. 1 has the ball at the top of the key, left of the middle, 4 is just outside the right elbow, 5 low on the right side, 3 in the lane after his slice cut and 2 on the left wing. 4 screens for 5, and 5 comes off it to set a ball screen for 1 at the top of the key. 4 pops out to the right corner. 1 dribbles right off 5's screen and attacks the right side of the lane. 5 rolls to the left side of the rim, and 3 steps up to the free-throw line to set a back screen on the roller's defender, then pops back out to the top of the key.

Strong Dribble Continuity (Five Out)

Strong Dribble Continuity

A five-out continuity: a stagger, a ball screen and dribble back, a second stagger, then a hand-off into a ball screen and roll.

Strong Dribble Continuity, frame 1: the stagger for 2.

Frame 1. Five out. 1 has the ball high on the right side, 2 is in the left corner, 3 in the right corner, 4 low on the left side inside the arc and 5 just above the left elbow. 4 and 5 set a stagger screen for 2. 2 runs up out of the left corner off both screens and curls across to the top of the key, just right of the middle.

Strong Dribble Continuity, frame 2: the ball screen and the dribble back.

Frame 2. Between frames, with no arrow drawn, 4 slides from low on the left side down to the left corner. 1 has the ball high on the right side, 2 is above the right elbow, 5 just outside the left elbow, 4 in the left corner and 3 in the right corner. 5 comes out and sets a ball screen at the top of the key. 1 dribbles left off it across the top to the left slot. 2 cuts down from above the right elbow to the right short corner.

Strong Dribble Continuity, frame 3: the stagger for 3.

Frame 3. Between frames, with no arrows drawn, 5 moves from his ball screen to just above the right elbow and 2 lifts a step from the right short corner, still inside the arc. 1 has the ball in the left slot, 4 is in the left corner and 3 in the right corner. 2 and 5 set a stagger screen for 3 on the right side. 3 runs up out of the right corner off both screens to the top of the key, just right of the middle, and 1 passes to him.

Strong Dribble Continuity, frame 4: the hand-off into the ball screen and roll.

Frame 4. Between frames, with no arrow drawn, 2 drops from inside the arc to the right corner. 3 has the ball at the top of the key, 1 is in the left slot, 5 just outside the right elbow, 2 in the right corner and 4 in the left corner. 1 cuts across to 3 and takes a hand-off. 5 sets a ball screen for 1, and 1 dribbles off it down the right side, inside the arc. 5 rolls to the left side of the rim. The floor is spread again for the next stagger.

Strong Dribble Back

The same five-out start as the continuity, but 5 stays home on the last ball screen and comes back with a screen for 3.

Strong Dribble Back, frame 1: the stagger for 2.

Frame 1. The same start as Strong Dribble Continuity. Five out: 1 has the ball high on the right side, 2 is in the left corner, 3 in the right corner, 4 low on the left side inside the arc and 5 just above the left elbow. 4 and 5 set a stagger screen for 2, and 2 runs up out of the left corner off both screens and curls across to the top of the key, just right of the middle.

Strong Dribble Back, frame 2: the ball screen and the dribble back.

Frame 2. The same second frame as Strong Dribble Continuity. 4 has slid from low on the left side to the left corner with no arrow drawn. 5 comes out and sets a ball screen at the top of the key, 1 dribbles left off it across the top to the left slot, and 2 cuts down from above the right elbow to the right short corner. 3 stays in the right corner.

Strong Dribble Back, frame 3: the stagger for 3.

Frame 3. The same third frame as Strong Dribble Continuity. 5 has moved to just above the right elbow and 2 has lifted a step inside the arc with no arrows drawn. 1 has the ball in the left slot and 4 is in the left corner. 2 and 5 set a stagger screen for 3, 3 runs up out of the right corner off both screens to the top of the key, and 1 passes to him.

Strong Dribble Back, frame 4: the hand-off and the ball screen, no roll.

Strong Dribble Back, frame 5: 5 screens for 3.

Frame 5. Between frames, with no arrows drawn, 3 moves from the top of the key to just outside the left elbow and 5 steps up to the top of the key, right of the middle. 1 has the ball on the right side just inside the arc, 4 is in the left corner and 2 in the right corner. 5 sets a screen for 3, and 3 comes off it across the top of the key to the right slot. 1 passes back to 3.

Sets Against a 2-3 Zone

Zone Angle Flash

Against a 2-3 zone: a swing, a baseline cut by 4, a hand-off on the left wing, then a screen on the top defender and a flash to the high post.

Zone Angle Flash, frame 1: the pass out and back.

Frame 1. Against a 2-3 zone. 1 has the ball deep at the top of the key, 2 is on the left wing, 4 high on the right wing, 3 in the left low post and 5 in the right low post, both just outside the lane. The two top defenders are just above the free-throw line extended, and the back three cover the lane and both low wings. 1 passes to 4 and 4 passes it back.

Zone Angle Flash, frame 2: the swing and 4's baseline cut.

Frame 2. 1 has the ball at the top of the key, 2 is on the left wing, 3 in the left low post, 5 in the right low post and 4 high on the right wing. 1 passes to 2. 4 cuts down the right side behind the zone to the right side of the rim.

Zone Angle Flash, frame 3: the hand-off on the left wing.

Frame 3. 2 has the ball on the left wing, 1 is at the top of the key, 3 in the left low post, 4 on the right block after his cut and 5 in the right low post just above him. 1 cuts behind 2 and takes a hand-off on the left wing. 2 then cuts across the top of the key to the right wing. 3 steps up from the left low post toward the left elbow.

Zone Angle Flash, frame 4: the screen on the top defender and the angle flash.

Frame 4. 1 has the ball on the left wing, 3 is below the left elbow, 4 on the right block, 5 in the right low post and 2 on the right wing. The top defender on the left side has come out to 1. 3 screens that defender and 1 dribbles off the screen toward the top of the key. 4 flashes on an angle from the right block to the middle of the free-throw line, and 1 passes to him.

Zone Lob

Against a 2-3 zone: a high post at the free-throw line, two swings, then two screens on the back of the zone and a lob to 4.

Zone Lob, frame 1: the first pass to the wing.

Frame 1. Against a 2-3 zone. 1 has the ball at the top of the key, 3 is on the left wing, 2 at the high post just above the free-throw line, 5 in the right low post and 4 on the right wing. The two top defenders sit just above the free-throw line extended and the back three cover the lane and both low wings. 1 passes to 3.

Zone Lob, frame 2: the pass back and 3's cut.

Frame 2. 3 has the ball on the left wing, 1 is at the top of the key, 2 at the high post, 5 in the right low post and 4 on the right wing. 3 passes back to 1, then cuts in behind the zone to the low left side, just outside the lane.

Zone Lob, frame 3: 1 dribbles to the wing and 2 steps out.

Frame 3. 1 has the ball in the left slot, 3 is low on the left side outside the lane, 5 in the right low post, 2 at the high post and 4 on the right wing. 1 dribbles to the left wing. 2 steps out from the high post to the top of the key and 1 passes to him.

Zone Lob, frame 4: the two screens and the lob.

Frame 4. 2 has the ball at the top of the key, 1 is on the left wing, 3 low on the left side outside the lane, 5 in the right low post and 4 on the right wing. 2 passes to 1. 3 runs across the lane and screens the back defender on the right side, and 5 screens the middle defender. 4 cuts from the right wing in behind both screens to the rim, and 1 throws the lob over the top to him.

Ideas That Repeat

The Delay sets all begin with the ball going to the top of the key, then the passer screens or gets screened right away.
A flare screen is often a decoy. In Delay Flare the screener slips to the rim, and in Horns Ghost Flare the cutter fakes a ball screen first.
Dribble hand-offs lead straight into ball screens in Horns Miami and Strong Dribble Continuity.
Spain action puts a back screen on the roller's defender, so the help defender gets screened while he is helping.
The five-out continuity keeps every corner filled, so each stagger and ball screen has open driving lanes.
Against the zone, the cutters go behind the back line and the screens are set on defenders, not on the ball.

The actions are covered in more depth in Spain pick and roll, pick and roll, flare screen basketball, dribble hand-off, stagger screens from the corner and Horns sets. The backdoor read ties into backdoor triggers, the five-out spacing into five-out motion, and the zone sets into attacking a 2-3 zone and zone quick hitters. For timeouts, see after timeout plays and how to run quick hitters. UConn is one of the programs on the college basketball plays page under the Offense hub. Install one family at a time and rep the first action until the second one comes without a call.

Questions Coaches Ask About UConn Basketball Plays

Which UConn sets are on this page?

Fifteen sets: Delay, Delay 2 Man, Delay Backdoor, Delay Flare, Delay Flare DHO, Delay Pin, Horns Ghost Flare, Horns Gut Elbow, Horns Miami, Spain, Slice Stagger Spain, Strong Dribble Continuity, Strong Dribble Back, Zone Angle Flash and Zone Lob.

What is the Delay set?

A big starts just above the free-throw line and steps out to the top of the key for the first pass (5 in most of the Delay sets, 4 in Delay 2 Man). The guards and wings then screen for each other off that pass, with a flare, a pin-down, a hand-off or a backdoor cut as the next action.

What is Spain pick and roll?

A ball screen at the top of the key with a third player at the free-throw line. As the screener rolls, that player sets a back screen on the roller's defender and then pops out for a pass.

What does Ghost mean in Horns Ghost Flare?

The player at the elbow runs at the ball handler as if to set a ball screen, then leaves before he sets it and fades off a flare screen to the wing.

What is the Strong Dribble Continuity?

A five-out pattern: a stagger screen, a ball screen and a dribble back to the other side, a second stagger, then a hand-off into a ball screen and roll. The floor is spread again at the end, so it can run again.

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