Coaching Clinic: Strategy and Psychology from the NCAA Title Game

Every sports website will have multiple game stories recapping Monday night's Kansas-Memphis overtime thriller.  I haven't read any of them.  Yet.  Instead, this column will take you inside the game -- from a coach's mindset.  As an assistant high school basketball coach, I spent last night fixated on the decisions and moves that ultimately decided the national championship -- some you may have heard about or noticed, some you may have not.  As a big-time coach like Bill Self or John Calipari, the strategy and psychology never stops (even after the game), and this article lists what a young coach can learn from the NCAA title game (about moves you should make...or not make!) One of the reasons I believe coaching played such a huge role in this game is how close the two teams were on paper.  80 points a game...allowing 61...so forth and so on.  The Jayhawks and Tigers are almost mirror images of each other...and so without the benefit of hindsight (which we ... (link)