I don't disagree with anything you just said. I think it more has to do with how it sometimes goes for a freshman. I would definitely like to see him play more and shoot more, as well as Grill. I think we have to get those two more looks when they come into the games because I honestly believe both of those guys are the best true shooters on the court. Hopefully that starts happening!
I agree. We have to find a way to get Grill and Jackson 3-4 three attempts per game.
Three point shooting is contagious. See one go in and it could snowball effect onto everyone else. That's why I think things will start to get better. Not tremendously better because I just don't think we're going to be a great shooting team, but I think it will improve. Getting those guys looks would definitely help.
One part coach's adapting another part players buying in. Looks to me the team is still trying to run the same offense when it had 3 NBA players. Can't tell if that's what the coaches want or if that's the players doing what they want.
I mean this is a little bit of a knee jerk reaction considering the guys on the post game show, including Seth Greenberg, said he believed both Michigan and ISU would be tournament teams. We shot awful today, didn't play good defense, and we were still very much in the game until the last 45 seconds or so.
The shooting awful isn't just this game. It is now 33-124, which is 26.6%. Take out the first game, and it becomes 20-89, which is 22.5%.
It will improve because a team would almost have to try to shoot as poorly from 3 as we have. I think we could improve the percentage significantly by taking more off drive and kicks and dumping down low and passing back out when the D collapses. Passing around the perimeter until there’s 5 on the shot clock and tossing one up with a defender in good position just isn’t going to work consistently. Maybe I’m wrong and we just don’t have shooters like some people seem convinced of but I really don’t buy that.
Obviously we are not shooting very well, and again I don't think we'll be as good of a 3 point shooting team as last year's, but through our first 4 games last season which included the game against Arizona, we were shooting 29% from the 3. Take out our best game from that first 4 games and we would've been at 26%. We shot 16.7% against Arizona last season.
If they were 30% and everything else stayed the same it (and Oregon St) would be wins.
Definitely will agree with that. However we also win both of these games with better defensive play. I think we'll meet in the middle with all of this. Get better defensively because I do think we could be really tough playing like we do, and improve the 3 point percentage. That doesn't mean we have to jack more to make more, because I don't think that'll help at all. Take quality shots within the offense.
I agree on this and also not taking a few three pointers in transition when you're not completely wide open. There were a few times today where we took some threes where they were way too early in the possession to take them, especially when you've been struggling in that area.
I was hoping a change in venues would show some positive results. Though as Hines wrote, each game that goes along with the same shooting results makes more of a norm and less of an outlier. A few more of these performances in a row will justify the push of the panic button.
Yeah I've always believed you don't want guys getting gun shy and overthinking but you also have to get away from what isn't working. It's a fine line for sure. I really think our bread and butter this year and what will set up the rest of our offense is Haliburton and Bolton driving. Good things happen when those two go at the rim.
Why wait? Plenty of our fans hit the damn thing before the season even started. I can see how this season could be a rough one but I'm skeptically optimistic and looking forward to watching it play out.
