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Hi, what's the correct defensive tactic against the Princeton Offense? And what's the correct offensive tactic against the Full Court Press?

Thanks :)

Hi, I would suggest against Princeton to use man to man or full court press defense. And offensive tactis against full court press I suggest some slow tactic, like princeton, patiently or offense under the basket.(dont know if I wrote the tactics right,hope u understand)

I think that against a full court press you should play a fast offense, because it says in the tactics that a slower offense will cause more turnovers. If you go against full court press you will suffer some turnovers. But if you play a slow paced offense, you will increase your turnovers by a lot.
It's just my opinion.

Sorry, but where did you find that fact, I can't find it?

http://www.buzzerbeater.com/community/rules.aspx?nav=Tactics

Well, it makes sense.. if you take longer to take the shots, the opponnent will make you committ more Turnovers

From Game Manual: "A slower pace will often result in higher-quality shots, but occasionally will result in bad shots at the end of the shot clock".

I thought that is a fact (what you wrote).
Sorry but I must say, to me your post doesn't make much sense, you starting to interpret things in your way, like Shaq.


Forgot to say: this is a game, not real basketball, so many many things are different then in real basketball.

Last edited by DeonX at 1/1/2010 8:27:55 PM

I've heard it from some experienced players. But ask a GM, I am maybe wrong.
Plus, if you take longer to take shots, the 24 seconds could expire.

Last edited by pmfg10 at 1/2/2010 5:54:59 AM

can someone give a good advice? against full court press, just handle it like man to man but play your guards with best handling and passing. basically play to your strength and if you can attack his weakness. even if he play full court press, he is either weaker outside or inside. attack that, if your strength doesnt match up to that then all you can do is play your game. look inside and other slower pace tactics works well against full court press.

for princeton, play a 1-3-1 (dont play this unless your inside man is way better than him at rebounding) so 3-2 should do the trick and play your best defensive big man on his PF using the defensive matchup thingo. you can even play a guard with good inside defense on his PF, otherwise stick with your own game. like always if your unsure and you are confident you can beat him every where then go man to man. but seriously dont play princeton unless you have great shooters with specialized big men with high passing+handling. and you dont turn the ball over with a slow paced offense, in fact a slow pace offense is designed for you to keep possession. its just that if your guys dont score till very late (with few seconds left), they might throw the ball away or shooting from very long range. with a fast pace offense, you have a greater chance to turn over the ball.

btw, why the shaq guy still posting false stuff?

Last edited by SplitJ at 1/2/2010 6:17:14 AM

GMs do not necessarily have any sort of information that's not available to the average user who reads stuff and participates actively in forum discussions. Most of our GMs fit that description, so they'll generally provide good advice.

In this particular case, in slow-paced tactics your players make more passes before they get to a shot that they deem good enough to take, therefore they have more chances to turn the ball over. On the other hand, after someof the recent GE chances, your players have been made a little bit more likely to carelessly throw the ball away. I don't have any clear-cut evidence about which is likely to produce more turnovers on average, but then again, I've never looked at the issue in detail.

Oh, ok.. thanks.