There has been a request that I talk about our delay game first. As you know, our delay game is called the FOUR CORNERS DELAY GAME. This offense has been good to us. It is a good equalizer. It makes a team match up defensively against you. There is no way that someone can zone the four corners. It is an equalizer in rebounds because you are only taking layups, so you won't need rebounders. Since 1966, when we first began to use it, we have run it 141 times and have won 139 of those games. As I have said, it has been good to us.

This offense is not a stall, but a delay game. We try to score from it. It teases the defense until the defense makes a mistake and then we try to score. No one ever plays a zone against it. It would be nice if you could have three ball handlers. Most teams don't have that many, however, so we will go with one or two. The (1) man is your middle man and should be your best ball handler. All men who play this spot should be told to get rid of the ball before the double team occurs. In practice we will give our team an eight point lead and try to keep the lead or lengthen it. There are certain scoring opportunities which will occur against the man to man that it forces the opponent to play.

Another offense which I have been asked to talk about is our PASSING GAME. If I were asked to describe the passing game, I would say that it is a free lance, man to man or zone offense. It is a high-low post passing game. In our camp we teach the kids the passing game. You aren't teaching pattern basketball, but you are teaching good basketball. We don't like a solid pattern offense. I believe that you should have both a free lance and a set offense. When we first started thinking about it, I felt the free lance would hurt our rebounding, but the opposite is true. We really believe in the free lance. We think that the free lance makes you better players. I must admit that when we score off of a play I have devised, I cheer.

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