NCAA Tournament 2000 - Oregon playbook: Quack attack

Oregon playbook: Quack attack
From Coach's Edge

Oregon has one of the toughest home courts in college basketball, and the Ducks have used it to carry themselves to the Big Dance.

A.D. Smith and Alex Scales give the Ducks a solid 1-2 punch. Scales does it inside and out, while Smith handles the inside game. Both are solid rebounders as well as scorers, and their versatility creates problems for opposing defenders.

ANIMATE THIS PLAY DIAGRAM WITH SHOCKWAVE
(A) Alex Scales (33) and A.D. Smith (00) have the brunt of the load on their shoulders, but they're equal to the task. The Ducks will move them around a lot to keep defenses off balance.
(B) Perimeter passing and quick ball movement help the Ducks get the defense out of position and create open scoring lanes.

(C) Flo Hartenstein (54) likes to set screens, and does it well. Scales (33), uses Flo's second screen to perfection losing his defender in the lane.
(D) He wears No. 33, and he likes to hit the 3-pointer. If Scales can get it going, he can carry Oregon on his back.


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