Kansas 2-3 Zone Offense Animation

The 2-3 zone defense is the most commonly used zone defense, designed to stop the inside game. Good outside shooting can beat this zone, but you still need to get the ball inside, especially late in the game, or when your shooters are not hitting. Bill Self, Kansas head coach, uses this 2-3 zone offense.

Coach Self has been head men's coach at the University of Kansas since 2003, after coaching at Oral Roberts, Tulsa, and Illinois. His 2008 Kansas team won the NCAA National Championship and he was named coach of the year. Along with his many other accolades, his Kansas teams have been in the NCAA Final Four and Elite Eight a number of times.

Coach Self starts with a 3-out, 2-in set with both post players low (diagram A). He discusses two main types of zone offense: (1) the "stationary" zone offense and the (2) "motion" zone offense. One common thing is that most good shots will come on or after the second or third "side" (ball-reversal) - not usually the first pass to the wing. You have to get the ball moving and make the zone move and shift.

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