They key to that Iowa state post trap seems to be the primary defender getting really high to force the ballhandler baseline. This cuts off passes towards the middle of the court and provides a brief window of time for the second defender to come over from the weak side and double the ball. Meanwhile, a secondary weakside defender (whoever's guarding the corner guy) has to rotate over and cover the lane against either a big or a cutter.
I know we'll probably look to space things out and have our weakside corner person elevate to look for a kickout/skip. But Iowa State is probably okay with allowing that and trying to pick it off in the middle.
One thing I'd be interested to see is use of a back screen in this situation. I'll try to describe what I mean.
Say you've got MD in iso trying to start some bootyball action on the right side after a handoff. That'd leave the hander-offer (say, TSJ) up top, 2 more perimeter shooters (CoHawk weakside wing, Quincy/Harmon/Goode in the corner), and someone (Ty/Dain) on the weakside block.
As soon as Marcus starts to post up, Ty/Dain's man is going to come over to double, and Quincy/Harmon/Goode's man will rotate over.
Instead of letting the rotation happen, have Ty/Dain turn around and set a backdoor screen. Marcus's man will be playing high, the double will still be in transit, and if you can execute, you'll have QG or someone emerging into an open lane.
From what I've seen, Iowa State covers the paint at all costs - so TSJ or CoHawk's defender would probably slide down to try to cut this off. In that case, you've got secondary actions. If the pass to QG isn't there at all, Marcus should still have a better angle to kick it out to TSJ or CoHawk instead of having to look for a skip to the corner. If the pass does get to QG, but he's covered too quickly to shoot, he has those same kickout options OR can try to drop it off to Ty/Dain, who has lots of options.
Thoughts from anyone who actually knows ball? Is this dumb, obvious, neither?