Had this thought back in Oct and will acknowledge the jury is still out, but will share, as the true beginning of the conference season is nearing and three weeks away.
1. My theory was Indiana would/could be able to shoot 42% to 45% at home from three point land.
2. That Indiana would likely be around 10% less efficient shooting the three on the road in the B1G.
So very low 30's by percentage. Very worst case high 20's on average on the road in the B1G.
Why? You have 100% of Indiana's roster and HC completely new, with zero experience, playing in these foreign B1G arenas on the road.
Also, very very little experience in total across the roster playing in hostile big time conference game environments.
3. Thus the potential ceiling of the team being reached, and the path to 3,4,5,6 road wins, being contingent upon the three point shooting somehow reaching mid 30's in percentage on the road.
4. Minnesota at this point is a one game sample. Admit, I was so pissed off at that game play that I turned it off early and only looked at the box score this morning.
My gut watching during that game was IU had very little confidence shooting the ball in that gym.
Honestly, cant believe they got up 27 attempts, felt like all our guys were afraid to shoot and make buckets while watching live.
Here's to Bombing Away from three this weekend and dropping the IU Trident on the Cats heads.
One thought
foul trouble. I expect there will be games where we are in big enough foul trouble on the road that it will impact our three point shooting. In that Minnesota game Devries could have easily fouled out, and the announcers brought that up (the foul that was called a block, rather than a charge). Had that happened it would have removed a very hot shooter, and 3pt threat. If we get in front court foul trouble, the defense is really going to be able to extend out on the shooters.
Yeah, Rupp will tell us a lot about whether our shooters will adapt this year and grab some road wins or not.
I am hopeful, because our guys are experienced. Minnesota was not good. It better have been an anomaly.
Can't play scared. They're getting paid now ... time to shake that shit off
Some more three point shooting talk, mostly negative and long unfortunately.
Going by the eye test, as yesterdays game proved to be yet another vibe killer game, zapping much of my energy toward this team.
1. Our bigs can't or won't shoot threes at any level that opponents will respect. This condenses much of the spacing advantages the team is trying to create. Feels like they have 5/6 attempts on the season.
2. Conerway and Enright are who they are and just don't see them taking leaps in their shooting this season. It would be a huge win if they get above 30% in conference play.
This duo obviously not as bad as Carlyle and Rice, but would power rank Galloways shooting far above both thus far and that's saying something.
The hope was that good to great shooting would synergize to be contagious across the roster and thus making spacing and ball movement elite. Great in theory, not so in practice.
3.. When Conerway and Enright are on the court together as not big three point making threats, with a non shooting big, it's is not terribly difficult for opponents to guard the perimeter against Indiana's one or two outside threats.
4. Sisley. I expect he can and will get better from deep. He will be inconsistent all season though. I wonder what his shooting splits are right now between the good teams and the dog shit teams, suspecting that tells a story.
5. Dorn. I thought he was the bright side in the first half yesterday with his takes to the bucket. Felt like he didn't play much if at all in the second half when IU was offensively blundered.
He's shown he's a shot maker.
I want him to shoot more, stay aggressive, and the rest of the team to do a better job setting him up. Aggression as a role player but no hero ball deep shots.
6. Wilkerson and Devries. Not much to say, think we know what we have with these two. Hope they can step up in the bigger future games because it's obvious they are going to be taking a lot of shots.
Final take.
To me, you gotta have three players that are deep shot making threats on the court most of the time for the offense and spacing to work like it's intended.
The team 3 point shooting percentage after 12 games is 36.03% which is 88th in the NCAA as of the afternoon of December 22. For a team based on supposedly "elite" shooters the ranking is unacceptable. An offensive strategy primarily focused on three point shots is doomed with such performance.
2. Conerway and Enright are who they are and just don't see them taking leaps in their shooting this season. It would be a huge win if they get above 30% in conference play.
Enright as a soph at Drake shot 44% on 98 attempts and is a career 36% shooter. His percentage dropped as his attempts did. He needs to stop passing up open looks. Conerway needs to stop shooting unless off a catch and shoot in rhythm and then only if the clock is winding down. Shooting threes should be the last thing on his to do list. Passing the ball to better players and not over penetrating would be ideal...
The team 3 point shooting percentage after 12 games is 36.03% which is 88th in the NCAA as of the afternoon of December 22. For a team based on supposedly "elite" shooters the ranking is unacceptable. An offensive strategy primarily focused on three point shots is doomed with such performance.
When we just shot almost 50 threes in one game that is not going to cut it because in the big ten most three point shots will be defended.
When we just shot almost 50 threes in one game that is not going to cut it because in the big ten most three point shots will be defended.
Well the other part of that is we are supposed to be using spacing and movement to get open threes. Not contested ones. Easier said than done especially with a shot clock.
@ams66 Yes, the spacing and movement of the offense needs to improve and there also seems to be way too many attempts in the 30 foot range.
@arioznahoosier4554 The defenses in the Big 10 may make it difficult to even attempt 40+ shots from the 3 area in a game.
@arioznahoosier4554 The defenses in the Big 10 may make it difficult to even attempt 40+ shots from the 3 area in a game.
For most guys tucker will just chuck it up when he gets over the center line. LOL!
Some more three point shooting talk, mostly negative and long unfortunately.
Going by the eye test, as yesterdays game proved to be yet another vibe killer game, zapping much of my energy toward this team.
1. Our bigs can't or won't shoot threes at any level that opponents will respect. This condenses much of the spacing advantages the team is trying to create. Feels like they have 5/6 attempts on the season.
2. Conerway and Enright are who they are and just don't see them taking leaps in their shooting this season. It would be a huge win if they get above 30% in conference play.
This duo obviously not as bad as Carlyle and Rice, but would power rank Galloways shooting far above both thus far and that's saying something.
The hope was that good to great shooting would synergize to be contagious across the roster and thus making spacing and ball movement elite. Great in theory, not so in practice.
3.. When Conerway and Enright are on the court together as not big three point making threats, with a non shooting big, it's is not terribly difficult for opponents to guard the perimeter against Indiana's one or two outside threats.
4. Sisley. I expect he can and will get better from deep. He will be inconsistent all season though. I wonder what his shooting splits are right now between the good teams and the dog shit teams, suspecting that tells a story.
5. Dorn. I thought he was the bright side in the first half yesterday with his takes to the bucket. Felt like he didn't play much if at all in the second half when IU was offensively blundered.
He's shown he's a shot maker.
I want him to shoot more, stay aggressive, and the rest of the team to do a better job setting him up. Aggression as a role player but no hero ball deep shots.
6. Wilkerson and Devries. Not much to say, think we know what we have with these two. Hope they can step up in the bigger future games because it's obvious they are going to be taking a lot of shots.
Final take.
To me, you gotta have three players that are deep shot making threats on the court most of the time for the offense and spacing to work like it's intended.
I agree with all of this. Enright is a puzzler to me. Looked like he was a capable shooter two years ago, but had a shoulder injury last year. He is a kamikaze high energy guy, so I wonder of he's still hurt or it didn't heal right or he just lost confidence.
Seems like a solution might be to bring Conerway or Enright off the bench and limit their time together. Dorn has been playing well enough lately to be that third shooter.
Won't help the D, though.
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