The Starting Five: Offensive Trends (HV+)

Some of the most popular actions and concepts being used so far this season.

College basketball is back — and so is The Starting Five newsletter!

Every week, we’ll highlight some film/stats/observations we noticed from the previous week of games.

This week, the newsletter is all about offensive trends — the most popular actions and concepts being used so far this season.

Before we get into it, I did publish my first voiceover video of the season on Saturday. The short video highlights Tommy Lloyd and Arizona's decision to switch Oumar Ballo onto Mark Mitchell during the second half of the game at Cameron Indoor Stadium.

By making the change, Arizona was able to switch ball screens and keep Ballo in the paint to protect the rim.

Now, onto the offensive trends…