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Discussion on Taking Over a New basketball Program with Coach Dusty May Guest: Coach Dusty May, Head Men's Coach at Florida Atlantic University Episode 02 of the Basketball Podcast features Dusty May and a discussion on taking over a new basketball program. Coach May is the head men's coach at Florida Atlantic University. Previously, he was a long time assistant coach under Mike White at the University of Florida, and Louisiana Tech. Breakdown: 1:00 - First Action Item of a New Coach 2:00 - Current Roster Transition 3:30 - Improving the Roster 5:30 - Getting Better Players for the Program 6:30 - X and 0's 8:20 - Coaching Ideas and the Process 9:30 - Playing with a Fast Tempo Philosophy and Establishing that Identity as a Program 11:00 - Scouting Individual Strengths and Giving Trusts to the New Set of Players 13:00 - Scoring Percentages in the Half Court vs Transition 14:40 - "Was that a Good Shot?" 16:00 - Next Steps after Roster Transition 18:00 - Individual Skills vs Team Concept in Training 20:00 - "Beating the Best Team in the League" Philosophy 22:00 - Coach May's Basketball Coaching Philosophy and Applying other Coaching Philosophies 24:00 - Tweaking and Evaluating Offensive Plan 27:00 - Reading Books outside Basketball 29:30 - The Coaching Staff 31:00 - Empowering Players 32:00 - Seeking Feedback from Players 34:00 - Game Preparation for future Opponents 35:30 - Discussion on Western Conference Finals Game 7 40:00 - NBA Philosophies in the NCAA Game 41:00 - Building Chemistry Off the Court 44:00 - Recruiting Players who Love the Game Links: Dusty May Bio: http://www.fausports.com/sports/mbaskbl/mtt/dusty_may_1067926.html Twitter: https://twitter.com/CoachDustyMay Basketball Immersion Website: http://basketballimmersion.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/bballimmersion?lang=en YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/basketballimmersion Facebook: https://facebook.com/basketballimmersion