Why everybody is icing ball screens (HV+)
The ball screen coverage of choice to start the season.
Forcing the ball to the baseline by “icing” has been an increasingly popular method of ball screen defense at the highest levels of basketball in the past decade. It’s admittedly difficult to definitively pick up on the trends of a 353 team sport via the “eye-test”, but it certainly feels like ice is at an all-time high this season.
Texas Tech might have…