NEWSLETTER #46 - 2007-08 FOUR-ON-FOUR DEFNSIVE …

Xavier University - Men's Basketball - 3800 Victory Parkway - Cintas Center - Cincinnati, OH 45207 - (513) 745-3417 - (887) WE ARE XU

FOUR-ON-FOUR DEFNSIVE TRANSITION DRILL1. The drill begins with live four on four action taking place at a basket. On the shot by the offense or the command of "change" by a coach, a conversion takes place. If a shot is taken two forwards or bigs attack the offensive glass while the two guards get back on the shot. A coach is assigned the offensive rebounders and a second coach is assigned the two guards "getting back."

2. On the conversion, all four defenders must cross the halfcourt line in 2.5 seconds or the drill stops and the four converting defenders will run. As the drill continues the defense gets set and live four on four action takes place at the other end. Once again, on a shot by the offense or the command of "change" by a coach, a conversion takes place. There is no out of bounds. This action takes place for several minutes. The coaches are paying particular attention to offensive rebounding, getting the guards back on the shot and making sure all four defenders cross halfcourt in 2.5 seconds or less.

3. To ensure more shot attempts the shotclock can be shortened for the offense promoting more rebounding opportunities and more conversions.

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FOUR-ON-THREE OFFENSIVE MOVEMENT DRILL1. The drill begins with a coach having the ball on the baseline under the basket. Three defensive players are facing the coach. There are four offensive players surrounding the three point line.

2. The coach passes the ball to one of the four offensive players. On the catch by an offensive player the offense can move anywhere in the halfcourt. Each offensive player is allowed two dribbles.

3. The three defenders closeout on each catch by the offense and begin to work together. One of the three defensive players must be guarding the basketball at all times. On a shot by the offense it is a four on three rebounding advantage. The defense must find a way to rebound the ball.


MEMPHIS BASKETBALL CLINIC INVITATIONOur friends at University of Memphis Basketball have asked us to pass along this invitation to their upcoming coaches clinic.

Dear Coach,

We would like to invite you, your staff, and other coaches in your area to the 1st annual Adidas Mid South Basketball Coaches Clinic, hosted by the University of Memphis and Adidas. The clinic will be held September 14-16, 2007 at the Grand Casino Resort in Tunica Mississippi. All rooms and the clinic will be held on the resort property. We believe this will be the first ever all inclusive clinic and will consist of two packages.

1. The Full Court Package will consist of a Hotel room (2 double beds) for a 2 night stay, 1 buffet per coach and your clinic fee. This package will cost $200 per coach with a maximum of 3 coaches per room.

2. The One on One Package is for the coach that wants his/her own room. This package will consist of a Hotel room for a 2 night stay (1 double bed), 1 buffet pass and your clinic fee. This package will cost $270 per coach

We will accept the first 400 coaches who register and pay in full.

The clinic will feature Memphis Head Coach John Calipari and Pepperdine Head Coach Vance Walberg explaining the much talked about Dribble Drive Motion Offense on Saturday morning. Coach Calipari and Coach Walberg will discuss their defensive philosophies and how their defense ties directly into their dribble drive motion offense on Sunday morning to conclude the clinic.

On Friday night and all day Saturday, Division I coaches from across the country will cover different topics that will range from offense, defense, special situations, zone offense, zone defense ect.

More information will be made available in the near future. You may check for updates regarding the clinic on Coach Calipari's web page at www.coachcalipari.com., as well as register for the clinic beginning on July 1.

Thanks,Andy AllisonUniversity of Memphis - Director of Basketball Operations(901) 678-2346 - [email protected]

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HE'S BOOKEDRICHARDSON ROLLS TO XAVIERSome say Emmanuel (Book) Richardson is too nice; they say he tries to make everyone happy.

Richardson, the outgoing director of the New York Gauchos, admits he often acts like a big brother to some players, and gives several second chances to others. It's a fault Richardson recognizes, but one he says he doesn't plan to change anytime soon.

The only thing that will change is his home address. Richardson last Monday took a flight from New York to Cincinnati, where he'll begin his new gig as an assistant coach at Xavier University.

Richardson was the Phil Jackson of the AAU circuit this summer, coaching the 17-and-under Gauchos to four tournament titles and leading a team of U.S. players to a gold medal in the USA Youth Development Festival in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Under Richardson's watch, three Gauchos guards committed to Big East Schools and another four players will likely land at Division I programs by the end of the school year.

He's served as the Gauchos director for the past three years and coached one of the most successful teams in the storied program's history, but Book is ready to turn the page on his notable run.

Under Musketeers coach Sean Miller, Richardson will serve dual roles. He will be responsible for recruiting and providing individual instruction to Xavier guards.

It's a role reversal for Richardson, who served as a point man for college coaches who recruited Gauchos guards Kemba Walker (Connecticut) Darryl Bryant (West Virginia) and Jordan Theodore (Seton Hall) over the summer. But it's one that he's well equipped for.

"I bring them someone that can get players," said Richardson, who is 34.

While his team emerged as one of the best AAU programs in the country - and Gauchos history - and ended the summer on a 17-game winning streak, Richardson emerged as a hot college coaching prospect. The summer circuit offered Richardson an opportunity to show college coaches that he could run a program.


xavier basketball"Coaches will come up to me after the games and say, 'We came to see the kids, but we really like how you run things,'" Richardson said at the King James Classic, an AAU tournament in Akron, Ohio, last April. At the time, Richardson said that he wanted to get back to college coaching.

Before he joined the Gauchos, Richardson worked at Marist College as an assistant under Matt Brady in 2004-05. Last year he was close to getting an assistant job at Providence, but another candidate was selected at the last minute. Xavier came calling this summer, after Richardson coached the USA Red squad to the gold medal at Colorado Springs in late June.

"I feel like you're on stage all the time, you're always performing because you never know who's watching," Richardson said.

Richardson, who grew up in the South Bronx and Harlem and played ball for Riverside Church and under Gary DeCesare at St. Raymond's high school, has been a showman all his life.

Just ask University of Pittsburgh assistant Orlando Antigua, Richardson's former teammate at St. Ray's.

Antigua recalls playing at a holiday tournament in Hawaii when he and Richardson were at St. Raymond's. The team went on a between-games boat ride, Antigua said, and when an entertainer asked for volunteers, Richardson naturally offered his services.

"Next thing I know, Book is dressed as one of the Beatles performing on the boat," Antigua said. "Typical Book, always hamming it up."

But Richardson's coaching ability is no act, Antigua added. He brings a wealth of knowledge from his playing days at Florida Atlantic, University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown and Monroe College in the Bronx.

In addition to Marist, Richardson has served as an associate head coach at Pittsburgh-Johnstown, an assistant at Monroe and St. Raymond's.

"He's got a great basketball mind," Antigua said. "They already had a great staff (at Xavier), but by adding Book, they have one of the best in the country."

Before he left the Bronx, Richardson spent a half hour in the Gauchos gym last Thursday, working out with Weyinmi Efejuku, a Providence College junior guard who played for the Guachos and Rice HS and grew up in Queens. He put Efejuku through shooting and dribbling drills before hopping back in his blue Escalade to run errands with his girlfriend, Erin McBean (whom he calls "The Boss"), and E.J., his 6-year-old son.

Richardson had been away from his phone for about an hour, but he had 13 messages when he picked it up in the car.

The missed calls were from coaches from some of the top college programs in the country. There was a message from a Georgetown assistant, and a missed call from a Florida assistant. Urgent messages from coaches at UConn, Cincinnati, USC and West Virginia.

Apparently, these guys didn't get the message that Richardson was headed to Xavier.


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But it didn't bother Book.

The guy who grew up in a single-parent household, who recalls that he "had to worry about my next meal," is now signed up for an $84,000-per-year job, preparing to move McBean, E.J. and 15-year-old daughter Seke to Ohio, to what he believes is a better place to raise his family.

"It's something that I've always wanted to do," he said.

Perhaps Richardson can recruit the player that boosts Xavier to the upper echelon of college hoops, but he said his job will involve more than just finding the next great guard or big man.

Richardson eventually wants to work in the NBA. He sees his job at Xavier as another opportunity to mentor young men with a mix of tough love and laughs. It's the same tough-love approach he took with Walker, Bryant, Theodore and many other Gauchos.

"I just think about all the people that could have given up on me and didn't," Richardson said. "I could never do that to a kid."

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