The premise behind this defense is that by having four players within the pack line, it discourages the opposition from penetrating and getting inside the paint and forces them to beat you with well executed offense and great outside shooting. The only exception is if the offensive player picks up the dribble and it becomes a ‘dead ball’, then all players can go out and deny looking for the steal. In traditional man-to-man defense the players are denying the pass one pass away.Īt all times there must be one defender pressuring the player with the basketball, and four defenders in gap/help positions. When in Pack Line defense all players are inside the shaded yellow area protecting against penetration. You can see the differences in positioning in the diagrams below… The biggest difference between the two is that instead of the off-ball defenders being out pressuring their player and denying the pass, everyone except the player guarding the ball must be inside an imaginary line 16 feet from the rim. The ‘Pack Line’ defense is a variation of man-to-man defense.
The word was brought to the attention of Bennett by a person at a marketing company after convincing Bennett to create a DVD on his new defensive system. It is now commonly used in some form by many coaches including Tom Izzo at Michigan State, Sean Miller and Chris Mack at Xavier, Tony Bennett at Virginia, and Steve Alford at UCLA.įor a bit of history, the term ‘Pack Line’ wasn’t coined or even thought of by Bennett. The ‘Pack Line defense’ was created by Dick Bennett of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Wisconsin-Green Bay, University of Wisconsin, and Washington State.
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