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Re: Game 3: at Ball State 11/17
DIR By: Chairman of the Board
Date: November 18, 2017, 10:52 am
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true, but we've missed 54 attempts in three games. that's 18
possessions where we likely lose the ball, unless warney is in
the paint grabbing those boards for a second chance.
would you like to have, let's say, even four back per game?
five? what could we do in close games we lost over the years
with ONE more possession. remember peter hooley?
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Re: Game 3: at Ball State 11/17
DIR By: guest282
Date: November 18, 2017, 12:04 pm
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Unless Ochefu changes things I don't see where all the scoring
on the inside is coming from (plus a lot of SB's turnovers come
from trying to get the ball to the post). As someone mentioned
it might be more efficient to live by the three. The good news
is that SB seems to have four or more players capable of
shooting over 35%.
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Re: Game 3: at Ball State 11/17
DIR By: Moveitfred
Date: November 18, 2017, 12:32 pm
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Nice updates on this game.
My armchair assessment of the 3 ball for SBU and many teams
right now is it's simply part of the culture and comes down to
stats. As OldSeawolf correctly notes, SBU's current 3-pt stats
equal better than 50% shooting from 2 at the end of the day. The
assumption arguing against so many 3's is that a team would
shoot better from 2 in those instances. Obviously the closer one
gets to the basket the greater tendency that the shot will be
contested by one or two opposing players, plus have you seen
pretty much ANY college/pro "shooter" these days who can hit a
mid-range jumper? Especially curling off a screen or pulling up
off a dribble? How about using the glass on a short 12-footer
from an angle? Sorry, just ain't happening any more. Young kids
watch Curry and want to be that, and this has been going on for
a long time.
So should a coach buck years of habit and culture and spend
hours during the season with his shooters working to get them
close to 50% from 2, or just try to do all you can to free them
up for what they are probably more comfortable shooting already
and leave it at that 30/35% success rate?
Painfully obvious, too, among mid/lower major college teams is
while they might hit a couple of 3's and go on a nice run,
that's usually followed by a lot of misses. Timing can be brutal
in a lot of cases because of this (UConn for example).
Re Sturdy, who is obviously a subject when it comes to 3's this
year, at about 38% at the moment he's shooting pretty well from
3. In the previous 3 years I never thought he had much of an
inside game (he has some funky arm release that seems to send
the ball spinning sideways on his close shots and free throws,
yet oddly doesn't seem as pronounced when he shoots from
distance). I'd say he pretty much is what he is from inside and
with free throws, and the 3 ball this year adds a significant
dimension to his game.
I think Yeboah and perhaps at some point Ochefu are our inside
guys (and in a limited role, Petras) and I do hope Sturdy
develops a more confident inside/outside game, and I think
that's simply what Boals has to work with this year. As many
have stated, hopefully all manner of things improve gradually
heading into conference. Gazing into my tremendously obvious
crystal ball, they realistically have a shot at one home playoff
game and then just see where things go from there.
PS, I didn't see this game, but related to all of this I do
think Chairman's point about critical possessions came into play
at UConn where SBU had a real shot at winning IF they had been a
bit better down the stretch perhaps shifting a little away from
the 3. Hindsight 20/20 as they say, and my feeling was that a
combination of UConn talent and SBU inexperience simply turned
the tide. Have to assume that "experience" element will get
better in the months ahead for SBU.
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