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   The Offseason Hoops Project

   While I’ve moved the basketball blog posts to BleacherReport, I have a special plan for this site here on tumblr. I have recently come across a girl, let’s call her Lisa, that doesn’t know a single thing about basketball. I mean nothing. Well wanting to spread the good news that is college hoops, I have decided to spend the next several months leading up to the 2010-2011 basketball season teaching Lisa about basketball. 

   This is going to be a lot of trial and a whole lot of error, but I’m going to chronicle this expedition and see how it goes. I have enlisted the help of a friend who is going to help me design the course curriculum, and if this turns out well we’re going to co-write the book version. 

   So far we’ve decided to set it up in 3 sections:

   Part 1: An Intro to Basketball

   - A brief history of the game itself

   - Historic teams, coaches, and locations that everyone needs to know

   - Trends in the games, and basic empirical things you should be watching for to impress your friends. (Example: “No way Steve, A&M is never going to win shooting less than 30% from 3.)

   Part 2: Talkin’ Hoops

   - An intro to trash talk, and what sort of trash talking separates the elite from the commoners

   - How to properly criticize officials (hint: no footlocker or buffalo wild wings references)

   - College basketball people, teams, and historic players that you have to have an opinion on (and what your options of those opinions are)

   - A usable guide for things you can and can not say when attending a live basketball game. 

   Part 3: Advanced Basketball; Parts of the game you should have an opinion on

   - Zone defense: how to identify it’s various types and how to decide if you like it or hate it. (another hint: if your team runs it, you should like it.)

   - Various Offenses: Special attention payed to motions, “dribble drives,” and isos

   - Basic Strategy: When to foul (or not), what shots you should shoot when, and why you can always blame everything on free throws. 

   So there’s our basic outline for the course. We’ll roll out more details as we get started. Be on the lookout for Lesson 1 - Peachbaskets. 

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