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Hello everybody,

What is the real meaning of offensive tactics Princeton? I know that has a decreased pace but what about its real focus?


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Princeton: outside/inside focus (fewer 2 point jump shots, regarded as outside by GDP), decreased pace.

Definitely more three's.

Hello everybody,

What is the real meaning of offensive tactics Princeton? I know that has a decreased pace but what about its real focus?


Thanks in advance

The way it seems to work in game, there will be a lot of three point shots, and a lot of drive attempts. You will almost certainly have a stretch where you score 2 or fewer points over six minutes, and you may have stretches where you put up close to 20 in six minutes. Frequently your SG will shoot far worse than his PP100 would predict, often ridiculously so, but on occasion he'll go on a ridiculous hot streak as well.

Your PF and C will need to be able to shoot the three and to pass well. If you have poor handlers or passers anywhere, you'll almost certainly have a lot of turnovers, and a lot of desperation shots because they can't find someone better.

If you have players with stamina of 7 or higher, there's a good chance they'll play well above 40 minutes, especially if you have the handling and passing and don't foul a lot, since there are stretches often of several minutes where there's nothing that causes a substitution opportunity (because rebounds out of bounds don't, for some reason, and you'll see a lot of those).

If you were being paid to advertise Princeton, they'd ask for their money back ;)

If you were being paid to advertise Princeton, they'd ask for their money back ;)

I know! And the funny thing is that I actually like the offense, but it's also one that will absolutely fail miserably if the team isn't set up properly to run it (with the added bonus of being outside based, which allows for even more failure).

I understand that you will need strong passers (at all positions), drivers (probably from 1-3) and good shooters. Does everyone need a good amount of JR with this offense?

I understand that you will need strong passers (at all positions), drivers (probably from 1-3) and good shooters. Does everyone need a good amount of JR with this offense?

Yes, at least for it to be as effective as it is likely to be. Especially at PF and C, you want to have at least 8-9 JR, since those are the positions that will actually shoot a decent percentage from beyond the arc if you do.

Could you say the Princeton offense looks like the Houston Rockets offense? It's either a drive inside the paint or a three. No mid-range jumpers.

Well, almost. You'd also need a guard that turns that ball over a lot and a big who sucks at FTs.

So do people go with LI partly because they can create that mismatch with a guard or whomever shooting or driving over a big?

In pertaining to your first point, does it matter if the player getting trained is a guard? Couldn't be maybe a 3 with decent enough outside skills?