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Author Topic: How do we avoid anemic starts?  (Read 4410 times)

Milkshakes

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Re: How do we avoid anemic starts?
« Reply #25 on: December 01, 2021, 08:17:43 PM »
Just to amend that.  If we had great 3 point shooters.  Fine. 3 first then drive. However, we don’t. So let’s drive
To open the 3?

MUfan12

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Re: How do we avoid anemic starts?
« Reply #26 on: December 01, 2021, 10:13:50 PM »
Just to amend that.  If we had great 3 point shooters.  Fine. 3 first then drive. However, we don’t. So let’s drive
To open the 3?

Harder when they're sitting back and daring them to shoot the three.

BM1090

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Re: How do we avoid anemic starts?
« Reply #27 on: December 01, 2021, 10:19:44 PM »
Harder when they're sitting back and daring them to shoot the three.

This. Have to make threes to open up some driving lanes. Our best run of play vs. Ole Miss and WVU came immediately after we knocked down some shots. Defenders started closing harder and biting on fakes.

MU82

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Re: How do we avoid anemic starts?
« Reply #28 on: December 01, 2021, 10:32:10 PM »
We have had 3 games in which we made more than 30% of our 3's: Ole Miss 41% ... WVa 46% ... JaxSt 38%.

So that's 5 games in which we've shot 30% or worse, which is incredibly bad. (Understatement of the year.)

We have only 2 guys hitting at better than a 33% clip: Elliott (.500), who has taken only 4 and seems to be deep in Shaka's doghouse; and Morsell (.438), who started out unbelievably hot but is 2-for-11 in the last 4 games and was a .267 career 3-point shooter in 4 years at Maryland. In other words, we have no proven 3-point shooters at the college level.

So we certainly can hope our 3-point shooting will get us going, but counting on it is another story.

Markus, Novak, DJO and Rowsey ain't walkin' through that door.
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Re: How do we avoid anemic starts?
« Reply #29 on: December 01, 2021, 10:39:43 PM »
We have had 3 games in which we made more than 30% of our 3's: Ole Miss 41% ... WVa 46% ... JaxSt 38%.

So that's 5 games in which we've shot 30% or worse, which is incredibly bad. (Understatement of the year.)

We have only 2 guys hitting at better than a 33% clip: Elliott (.500), who has taken only 4 and seems to be deep in Shaka's doghouse; and Morsell (.438), who started out unbelievably hot but is 2-for-11 in the last 4 games and was a .267 career 3-point shooter in 4 years at Maryland. In other words, we have no proven 3-point shooters at the college level.

So we certainly can hope our 3-point shooting will get us going, but counting on it is another story.

Markus, Novak, DJO and Rowsey ain't walkin' through that door.

I assume everyone remembers I was concerned with 3pt shooting before the year started.  My hope is that we diversify our attack.  We really need Kolek and Morsell to step up on Saturday.

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Re: How do we avoid anemic starts?
« Reply #30 on: December 01, 2021, 10:41:12 PM »
Iron supplements would usually be the first step.

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Re: How do we avoid anemic starts?
« Reply #31 on: December 01, 2021, 10:55:15 PM »
I assume everyone remembers I was concerned with 3pt shooting before the year started.  My hope is that we diversify our attack.  We really need Kolek and Morsell to step up on Saturday.

Was a huge concern of mine, too, and for a few other Scoopers as well. In today's college hoops, if you have a 15-point or 21-point or more deficit in 3-point shooting, it's tough to win.

We don't beat Ole Miss and WVa without having our two best 3-point games of the season. Maybe we'll have another Saturday.
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Re: How do we avoid anemic starts?
« Reply #32 on: December 02, 2021, 06:13:32 AM »
They have to start rebounding better and do it quickly.

And defend the basket better during the whole game.

And make free throws.

And for sure make threes.


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Re: How do we avoid anemic starts?
« Reply #33 on: December 04, 2021, 03:18:38 PM »
Hey, at least the start wasn't anemic.   
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Re: How do we avoid anemic starts?
« Reply #34 on: December 04, 2021, 04:46:50 PM »
We played like too many teams of old, we were young boys playing older men. We couldn't shoot, rebound or defend and our coach seemed clueless.