Benefits of "The Box and 1"

1. It forces the defense to guard multiple actions in a short window of time.

2. It presents excellent scoring opportunties for multiple players-not just the scorer being face-guarded (The most important one!) 

3. It is effective against a Box +1, Triangle+2, man to man "Punch", or straight  man-to-man. 

4. If offers the chance to add wrinkles and counters that lead to easy baskets.