I have never seen a team get so many wide open

[79Warrior]

3 point shots. i get we might be tired, but this is unbelievable.

[MUBurrow]

its really just the corners. it almost seems like we are daring them to hit em from that spot.

[NersEllenson]

Welcome back 1979 with something you can complain about!!  Missed you these last 2 days.  NOT.

[79Warrior]

Welcome back 1979 with something you can complain about!!  Missed you these last 2 days.  NOT.

Grow up. what are you, 12?

[NersEllenson]

Grow up. what are you, 12?

Okay.  I'll see what I can do.  Now if you would - please refrain from your continued negativity on this board and Scout.  Why be a fan of a team that you have so many complaints and issues about? 

Most mature people (non 12-year olds), tend to spend their free time involved in hobbies, interests and activities they enjoy.  Subjecting oneself to something that causes one misery seems really immature?  Just my 2 cents.

[robmufan]

3 point shots. i get we might be tired, but this is unbelievable.

I was questioning this also last night.  I agreed that they were tired, but when O'tule would hedge, it would leave crowder or butler to rotate to cover the penetration and the wing was left wide open.

I assume this is why they started going to the 2-3 zone, but LOU was just hitting their shots, there wasn't much we could do...

[Marquette84]

O'tule

Was the added apostrophe intended to remind us of the season? 

Perhaps we can extend this to DJ-O'dom for the tournament as well.

[ChicosBailBonds]

Welcome back 1979 with something you can complain about!!  Missed you these last 2 days.  NOT.

Did he say anything that was not true?

Is it any wonder why teams get 3 point religion when they play us?

[79Warrior]

Okay.  I'll see what I can do.  Now if you would - please refrain from your continued negativity on this board and Scout.  Why be a fan of a team that you have so many complaints and issues about? 

Most mature people (non 12-year olds), tend to spend their free time involved in hobbies, interests and activities they enjoy.  Subjecting oneself to something that causes one misery seems really immature?  Just my 2 cents.

Why don't you refrain from knocking any opinion you disagree with.  You are
  no more a fan than anone else who posts on the boards.   If you cannot accept the fact our 3 point D sucks, tough.

[ErickJD08]

Honestly, it must be the strategy.  I vaguely remember us not doing well on 3 point D last year.

[cheebs09]

I think a lot of it last year was having Lazar be our center basically. We needed to collapse inside and that left some guys open for three pointers. This year, I don't think the staff expected Otule to be as good defensively as he has been. Also, we get beat off the dribble pretty easily. This means we are constantly helping and rotating, which leaves a lot of guys open around the three point line.

[ChicosBailBonds]

Honestly, it must be the strategy.  I vaguely remember us not doing well on 3 point D last year.

We were decent at 3 point defense last year as it related to all other teams last year.  86th in the nation.

This year, in comparison to all other teams in the 2010-11 season, we're 273rd

Buzz's first year...199th

Prior to that

2008   9th in the nation relative to other teams that year
2007  160th
2006  98th
2005  99th
2004  168th
2004  74th
   

[NersEllenson]

Why don't you refrain from knocking any opinion you disagree with.  You are
  no more a fan than anone else who posts on the boards.   If you cannot accept the fact our 3 point D sucks, tough.

Will do.  In exchange, do you think it would be possible for you to becomplimentary of our team, coaching or program at least 10% of your posts??  No problem with criticism of the team and program, but when one poster has a legacy of 95% negativity - it gets old.  Do you find reasons to complain about everything else you love in your life??

[El Duderino]

I know that this team is built to get out in transition offense and thus a pressure defense which creates turnovers can help getting out on the fast break, but i just wish Buzz tried playing a bit softer form of defense to lessen the amount of times our guards got beat off dribble penetration which causes our defense to break down so much.