Floppy
Formation: Shooter (usually Off-Screen Shooter or Movement Shooter) starts on the baseline under the rim and reads two screens (one on each side), choosing which way to come off, then scores off the action.
Team Offense
Princeton
Formation: Continuous screen actions, emphasizing screening and ball movement over penetration.
Direct answer
What is Princeton?
Formation: Continuous screen actions, emphasizing screening and ball movement over penetration.
Quick facts
| Category | Team Offense |
|---|---|
| Source volume | Basketball Knowledge Vault/vol4_ncaa_systems_archetypes_scouting.md |
What it is
- Formation: Continuous screen actions, emphasizing screening and ball movement over penetration.
How it works
- Structure: Four or five screening actions per possession (average)
- Structure: High-post playmaking (usually a big at elbow)
- Structure: Constant movement (no stagnation, constantly screening)
- Structure: Emphasis on efficient shot selection (screens create open looks)
- Core Actions: Initial screen: Entry pass to side, immediate screen away
Bilingual terms
| English | Princeton |
|---|---|
| Simplified Chinese | Princeton 进攻 |
| Traditional Chinese | Princeton |
Related concepts
Floppy Action (NCAA)
Setup: One big (screener) is positioned on wing.
Continuity Offenses
A continuity offense is one that doesn't end; it resets itself.
Shuffle Offense (Detailed Expansion)
Formation: High-post big (screener), perimeter players relocating.
Swing Offense (Detailed Expansion)
Formation: Perimeter players on wings and corners.
Cross-System Principles
These principles appear across every system covered above — they are the irreducible rules of basketball offense