Pitt ballscreens
 | 1 Jamie Dixon Pitt guards ballscreens four different ways. a) Roll and replace 1 picks a side, the opposite big comes up to pick and roll in the slot, the other big will replace. |
 | 2 X4 hedges hard on the same plane as the screener, foot to foot, then takes one slide out to stop the dribbler. X1 forces 1 into the screen (don't let him go the other way) then goes over the top but under X4. As 4 rolls to the basket, X5 meets him at the foul line. Weakside defenders are key, X2 is the helper, X3 on the strongside can't help as much. |
 | 3 X4 takes 5 replacing 4 (X4 and X5 switch). |
 | 4 b) Head-on ballscreen Go weak. X1 forces 1 to his weak hand, X5 hedges, X1 goes through (over the screen, under X5). It's sometimes hard to use the head-on ballscreen, X1 should be able to angle 1 away from the screen. |
 | 5 c) Staggered ballscreen X5 fakes the first hedge so 1 can't split, then stays with 5 on the roll. X4 hedges hard on the second screen, will then recover to 4 popping. X2 helps. |
 | 6 d) Double ballscreen X4 takes whichever attacker rolls to the basket, X5 hedges hard and takes the attacker who pops. If they know the double screen is coming, smaller X4 will be the hedge guy. |
 | 7 e) Dribble hand-off Like ballscreens, Pitt will defend hand-offs different ways. Pitt will generally switch 1-2-3 hand-offs but hedge with a big in the hand-off. From an inverted box set, 1 passes to 4 and cuts to the ballside wing, 5 downscreens for 2, 4 dribble hand-offs to 2. |
 | 8 X4 hedges, X2 goes over top but under X4 to stay with 2. |
 | 9 On a dribble-weave (1-2-3) hand-off, switch under and switch to the gaps so the dribbler can't crossover and attack. When he switches, X2 does not hug 1 spacing away from the hand-off. |
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