Down 1, shoot a 3. Why does this continue to happen?

[JP4CY]

Discuss the end of game hero ball.

 

[Deleted member 8507]

Well, if your last name is Herro you have no choice but to play that kind of ball.

 

[jpete24]

Well, if your last name is Herro you have no choice but to play that kind of ball.

This checks out.

 

[IASTATE07]

Seems so rare to actually run something. Mostly it's give it to your best player and let him make something happen. Most of the time they take the shot that's given to them.

 

[Scott34]

I would assume people have the tendency to want to be the hero and be up by 2 instead of just 1.

 

[tim_redd]

Cause it looks cool.

 

[JP4CY]

Tied game tonight and plenty of time to setup a play and it happened again.

 

[isutrevman]

Tied game tonight and plenty of time to setup a play and it happened again.

Especially considering Culver hasn't made anything from the outside tonight. That's a good shot if its Morretti, Francis or Mooney. Not Culver.

 

[BCClone]

Especially considering Culver hasn't made anything from the outside tonight. That's a good shot if its Morretti, Francis or Mooney. Not Culver.

Has been driving and doing well, instead he jacks it up.

 

[tyler24]

Especially considering Culver hasn't made anything from the outside tonight. That's a good shot if its Morretti, Francis or Mooney. Not Culver.

Culver looks like Talley trying to shoot threes. If he learns to shoot he will be unstoppable. Luckily for us, he will be learning to shoot in the NBA.

 

[jsb]

It could be defense. I doubt it’s someone who wants to be a hero. Players panic s bit.

 

[Prone2Clone]

Chicks dig the three-ball.

 

[Clonefan32]

He had De'Andre Hunter on him, who is probably one of, if not the, best on ball defenders in America. He had gotten very little going to the rim. So while it sounds nice to say "just go around him" it doesn't work out quite that easily.

 

[Frak]

That was a classic foul or defend situation and it came back to bite TT.

 

[Cycsk]

 

[CySmurf]

Chicks love the 3 ball.

(....my God, what did I just say?)

 

[Kurttr]

Chicks love the 3 ball.

(....my God, what did I just say?)

This is a huge pet peeve of mine, shooting the three when you don't need it - I think it's the sexiness of the three, when getting to the lane/hoop would be much more successful. It runs rampant in college.

Look at the last several possessions, Culver had success by getting into the lane, even with Hunter on him (btw, how did Hunter learn to shoot in one day?!). You also might get fouled doing that. I believe he went, left, Guy came up to double, but if Culver would have juked, I think he could have flown by Guy and had a free path down to the lane or a shorter pull-up. Can't stand the willingness to take the three in that situation.

 

[HFCS]

Tech's vaunted defense collapsing to defend the paint when they were up 3 at the end of the game made me more upset than the 3 point heave when they were down 1.

Forget coaching, how does every player individually and instinctively not know to just swarm the 3 point line and play matador defense if a guy tries to drive past it?

 

[somecyguy]

My biggest irritation was the lack of any play by tech in regulation. 2 full timeouts to draw up something and the best they could think of was a baseline fade away with a guy in his face.

No curls or screens or even a lob towards the hoop.

 

[HFCS]

My biggest irritation was the lack of any play by tech in regulation. 2 full timeouts to draw up something and the best they could think of was a baseline fade away with a guy in his face.

No curls or screens or even a lob towards the hoop.

I hesitated all year to say they had a good offense. They have some good shooters and a great offensive player but they never really had a great offense.

That's not to say they weren't a great team and if we replayed the conference again there's a likely chance they win it outright as opposed to sharing.