Ep 2045 Are You Scouting Your Opener, or Just Guarding Ghosts?

Basketball Coach Unplugged (A Basketball Coaching Podcast) · Oct 17, 2026 · 18m

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Why the best game one scouting report fits on an index card, and what to do when last year's film lies to you.

The best scouting report Coach Steve Collins ever handed a team fit on an index card. The worst one was eleven pages long, stapled by hand, and built on film of three starters who were not even on the floor that night. His team spent the first quarter guarding ghosts and lost by nineteen.

That loss changed how he thought about game one. The opener is the hardest scout of the entire season. Rosters have turned over, your own rotation is still a guess, and last…