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We are fortunate to have Colby Blaine back for this episode.

Blaine is the head men’s coach at the College of Idaho. He collected his second National Championship this past season with the Yotes.

The title — College of Idaho’s second in the last 3 seasons — capped a 35-2 record that included a 25-game winning streak to end the campaign.

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EPISODE BREAKDOWN

1:20 - Sustaining success at UofI

3:20 - Keys to connection in a program

4:50 - Overcoming challenges during a title run

6:30 - Strengths of 2-3 vs. other defenses

8:00 - Getting players to think conceptually on defense

9:30 - Placing players in a zone defense

11:30 - How defense factors into playing time

12:20 - Toughness & Communication in a zone

14:40 - Matching up against different formations

16:15 - Mixing zone with man defense

17:10 - Basic principles of the match-up zone

19:05 - More advanced concepts

20:00 - Handling cutters

21:00 - Skip Passes

21:25 - Flare Screens

22:30 - On-Ball Screens

24:40 - Allowing players to make decisions

25:15 - Harder to Guard: Post or Perimeter

26:36 - 1v1 at the high post

28:40 - Rebounding out of the zone

30:25 - Onboarding new players into the system

31:50 - Zone defense resources for coaches

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