{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F3e7e4047-a946-4908-a2e8-22e8dc3d977e","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Ben McCollum on Winning Basketball (EP182)","description":"Guest: Ben McCollum, Northwest Missouri State Head Coach\n\n \n\nNorthwest Missouri State head coach Ben McCollum joins the Basketball Podcast to share insights in his coaching, including how the defense will show you what to do and how love your player's strengths. McCollum is quite simply one of the most successful collegiate coaches of all-time.\n\n \n\nOver the past five seasons, McCollum has guided Northwest to a mark of 159-8 and three NCAA Division II national championships (2017, 2019, 2021). Over the past three seasons, Northwest has gone 97-3. McCollum has guided the Bearcats to eight straight MIAA regular season titles and five consecutive MIAA tournament crowns. In 12 seasons at Northwest, McCollum has an overall record of 300-78.\n\n \n\nNorthwest captured the program's third NCAA Division II national championship in the 2020-21 season. McCollum guided the Bearcat to a 28-2 overall record. Northwest set an NCAA Elite Eight record by winning its three games by a total of 78 points - the most ever by a Division II national champion. McCollum was named the MIAA Coach of the Year for the seventh time after he helped guide the Bearcats to an MIAA record 21 league victories.\n\n \n\n\u2022 Career record of 300-78 (183-55 MIAA)\n\n\u2022 2021 NABC Division II National Coach of the Year (4th time - most in NABC Div. II history)\n\n\u2022 2020 NABC Division II National Coach of the Year\n\n\u2022 2019 John McLendon National Coach of the Year (all divisions)\n\n\u2022 2019 NABC, Basketball Times, HoopDirt.com Division II National Coach of the Year\n\n\u2022 2019 Kansas City Sports Awards Coach of the Year\n\n\u2022 2017 NABC and DII Bulletin Division II National Coach of the Year\n\n\u2022 Nine MIAA Regular Season Titles (2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)\n\n\u2022 Five MIAA Tournament Titles (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)\n\n\u2022 23-5 NCAA Div. II Tournament Record (2017 NCAA National Champions, 2019 NCAA National Champions, 2021 NCAA National Champions)\n\n\u2022 Seven-Time MIAA Coach of the Year (2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021)\n\n \n\nBreakdown\n\n1:00 - How to Stay Motivated\n\n3:00 - Developing Competitiveness\n\n6:00 - Loving team's Strength\n\n12:00 - Hunt Matchup Relentlessly\n\n14:00 - Process of Cutting Off The Ball\n\n21:00 - Playing Pickup\n\n24:30 - Decision by the Screener\n\n27:00 - Philosophy on the Cutter Emptying\n\n30:00 - Compliment\n\n34:00 - Teaching Shooters on Ball Spacing\n\n36:00 - Scouting Report\n\n40:00 - Communicate to his Players\n\n45:30 - Attacking Switches\n\n48:30 - Drawback\n\n52:00 - Eliminating Unnecessary Progressions\n\n56:00 - Teaching\n\n1:01:00 - Talking Too Much in Practice\n\n1:04:00 - Process of Connecting the Game\n\n1:07:00 - Develop a Process Focus Team\n\n1:09:00 - Conclusion\n\n\n\n\nBen McCollum\u2019s Bio:\n\nBio: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_McCollum\n\nTwitter: https://twitter.com/coachmccollum\n\n \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\nBetOnline Website:\n\nWebsite: www.betonline.ag\n\n\n\n\nBest in the West Video Series\n\nBest in the West Website: http://bestinthewestclinic.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/aa882475-23b8-47e1-984a-ca95bc0dcf2c/135e2835370674a32c6c6235a6a3e54f4f6110ae3868283f018ade21bc307ab.jpeg"}