{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F2fbdd58d-1309-4426-b3fe-9b27f597b201","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"<iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px;\" title=\"Episode 186: Molly Miller, Full-Court Pressure and Playing Uptempo\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"clipboard-write\" seamless src=\"http://player.captivate.fm/episode/2fbdd58d-1309-4426-b3fe-9b27f597b201\"></iframe>","title":"Episode 186: Molly Miller, Full-Court Pressure and Playing Uptempo","description":"Guest: Molly Miller, Grand Canyon University Head Coach\n\n\u00a0\n\nGrand Canyon University head coach Molly Miller joins the Basketball Podcast to discuss full-court pressure and playing uptempo.\n\n\u00a0\n\nMiller holds the highest career winning percentage (.892) of any NCAA men's or women's basketball coach at Division I, II or III levels with at least five years of experience. The two-time Division II Coach of the Year ended her Drury career with the DII national runner-up in 2019 and an undefeated, top-ranked 2020 team when the national tournament was canceled because of COVID-19.\n\n\u00a0\n\nMiller made an immediate impact at GCU by guiding her Lopes to the program's first WAC Tournament championship game appearance. She did it by instituting her style of full-court pressure defense and uptempo offense.\n\n\u00a0\n\nIn 2020-21, GCU ranked second nationally for steals (13.4 per game) and turnover margin (plus-8.4 per game) while also coming in fourth for turnovers forced (23.3 per game).\n\n\u00a0\n\nMiller maintained Drury's tradition upon becoming head coach at age 28 and she ascended the program to reach the 2019 Division II Final Four and post a 32-0 record in 2019-20, when the Panthers were ranked No. 1 every week in the Division II poll. If an undefeated mark does not state Drury\u2019s dominance under Miller enough, the Panthers also led Division II in scoring margin for her last two seasons there. Drury won by 27.9 points per game in 2018-19 and 28.5 per game in 2019-20.\n\n\u00a0\n\nBreakdown\n\n1:00 - Buy-In\n\n5:00 - Starting with Defense\n\n8:00 - Building Up Drills\n\n12:00 - Getting the Ball Over Halfway\n\n14:00 - Full Court Pressure Preference\n\n17:00 - Run Jump\n\n20:00 - Randomness\n\n21:00 - Using Different Terminologies\n\n24:00 - The Tagging Concept\n\n26:00 - Attacking the Weak Side\n\n29:00 - Tools for Better Switching\n\n32:00 - Managing Substitution\n\n35:00 - Analytics that She Valued\n\n37:00 - Unorthodox Approach in Recruiting\n\n39:00 - Defense is the Priority\n\n42:00 - Unstructured Offensive Possessions\n\n47:00 - Scouting Reports\n\n50:00 - Inbound Set Plays\n\n54:00 - Conclusion\n\n\n\n\nMolly Miller\u2019s Bio:\n\nBio: https://gculopes.com/staff-directory/molly-miller/573\n\nTwitter: https://twitter.com/MollyMiller33\n\n\u00a0\n\nBasketball Immersion\n\nWebsite: http://basketballimmersion.com/\n\nTwitter: https://twitter.com/bballimmersion?lang=en\n\nYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/basketballimmersion\n\nFacebook: https://facebook.com/basketballimmersion\n\n\n\n\nImmersion Videos\n\nCheck out all our all-access practice and specialty clinics: https://www.immersionvideos.com/\n\nSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/a0c8b901-4ead-4d5e-a772-b0fff2f1e2c8/135e2835370674a32c6c6235a6a3e54f4f6110ae3868283f018ade21bc307ab.jpeg"}