The Michigan Basketball All-Stars defeated the Toronto All-Stars over the weekend. It was a boring game to watch — there was a lot of one on one with four players watching. Toronto started the game with a really cool PHX set. Yonas Berhle came off a high rub going to his right, looked to turn the corner, and kicked to Jessie Simmons for a wide open three. That was a really good read but it was all downhill from there.
Michigan killed Toronto with defence and rebounding. At times, Toronto was effective in transition; other times the ballhandler would jack a three with no rebounders in place or someone who shouldn’t have handled the ball on the break would receive a pass.
In the eyes of the post-secondary coaches, everyone looks best when the team players together and wins, irrespective of individual glory. Those slow one on one moves to get an off-balance jumper won’t work at the next level so it’s better to try a passing game set or something uptempo.