Senior shooting

[DoctorV]

Just brutal the last few years

David Joplin went from 40% to 36% to 32% from 3

Kam Jones went from 40% to 31% from 3

Ben Gold from 37% to 24% from 3

Chase Ross from 37% to 25% from 3

I'm not going to look up the 2P% stats but Kam and Chase certainly got worse around the rim as well.

What gives? Extra pressure of being the senior leader? The TyKo effect?
Kolek was a wizard and made all 4 of the above better, got them all great looks and much easier buckets.

Either way, the above is extremely disheartening, and a major part of why Marquette had an awful 2025 and current season.

PS- Tyler ain't walking back thru that door.
So, Coach Shaka, imo it might be time to take a deeper look into the offensive philosophy and results the offensive guru on staff brings to the table

[SchnitzelBoy]

Chase, Ben, and Sean have been absolutely ravaged by injuries during their time at MU. I can't remember a cohort with such rotten luck.

Last year was just fatigue, injuries, and depth issues.

[wadesworld]

Didn't Chase injure his shoulder at some point in his career? Was that last year? Would be interested to see his shooting percentages before and after that injury if it was last year.

[lake]

Didn't Chase injure his shoulder at some point in his career? Was that last year? Would be interested to see his shooting percentages before and after that injury if it was last year.

Think that was his soph year

[DoctorV]

Not injury related

Kam and Jop were fine last season
Ben and Chase are fine this season

Health wise that is...

[Markusquette]

Kolek lead and commanded on court whereas last year we replaced a true point by sliding Kam in at the 1. He played very well all things considered, but his shooting took a hit not being able to play off ball and shoot in more of a rhythm like he was used to for 3 years. They were gassed as conference play went on.

Mechanically Ben's shot is just bad. Way too flat. Kind of makes sense that his shooting % would drop based on that alone.

This year the talent and leadership is down and obviously the team is struggling. James is awesome...as a frosh he's still finding his way to be a leader and facilitator. Seems more scoring-minded out of necessity. Ross does not have any PG instincts and has mostly been the other lead guard by default. He's been tasked with too much and forcing the issue. They're playing tighter and there isn't much flow. Shots always seem to fall more when the team is in rhythm and winning.

[#UnleashJosh]

Chase, Ben, and Sean have been absolutely ravaged by injuries during their time at MU. I can't remember a cohort with such rotten luck.

Last year was just fatigue, injuries, and depth issues.

We should hang a banner.

[MuggsyB]

This tean doesn't have anyone that is a consistent 3pt threat.  The Frosh may get there, but if you look at our other guys it's frankly incomprehensible they could be this bad.  And the ones we missed today were WIDE OPEN.  They're the shots coaches want.  We cqn analyze why certain guys have regressed but we have seen this prob even fron the really good Shaka teams.  Remember Mich St. and NC State?

So does that mean we have a philosophical issue?  I don't know.  Whaf I do know is we're as bad a shooting team as I can ever recall.  Regardless of tweaks in strategy this needs to immediately change. 

[79Warrior]

This tean doesn't have anyone that is a consistent 3pt threat.  The Frosh may get there, but if you look at our other guys it's frankly incomprehensible they could be this bad.  And the ones we missed today were WIDE OPEN.  They're the shots coaches want.  We cqn analyze why certain guys have regressed but we have seen this prob even fron the really good Shaka teams.  Remember Mich St. and NC State?

So does that mean we have a philosophical issue?  I don't know.  Whaf I do know is we're as bad a shooting team as I can ever recall.  Regardless of tweaks in strategy this needs to immediately change. 

Nothing is changing immediately. This season is cooked. Maybe 10 wins. Worst 3 point shooting in a very long time.

[MuggsyB]

Nothing is changing immediately. This season is cooked. Maybe 10 wins. Worst 3 point shooting in a very long time.

Fair.  I'm basically  talking about next season. 

[muwarrior69]

Just brutal the last few years

David Joplin went from 40% to 36% to 32% from 3

Kam Jones went from 40% to 31% from 3

Ben Gold from 37% to 24% from 3

Chase Ross from 37% to 25% from 3

I'm not going to look up the 2P% stats but Kam and Chase certainly got worse around the rim as well.

What gives? Extra pressure of being the senior leader? The TyKo effect?
Kolek was a wizard and made all 4 of the above better, got them all great looks and much easier buckets.

Either way, the above is extremely disheartening, and a major part of why Marquette had an awful 2025 and current season.

PS- Tyler ain't walking back thru that door.
So, Coach Shaka, imo it might be time to take a deeper look into the offensive philosophy and results the offensive guru on staff brings to the table

Relationships A-, Growth F, Victory F  This is regression not Growth and Victories are far and few between. If this holds we can expect our current freshman to be worse next year. 

The off season cannot come soon enough to see where the program is headed.

[BCHoopster]

This team will not improve unless they pick a presence in the middle.  Sheek I am sure is better than the two stiffs.  Not sold on Clark, hope I am wrong, not great instincts, to soft, to young.  If he is let go, I would not be disappointed. So you like at the small forwards next year, not sure there is anyone that excites me.  Phillips would be smart to take a redshirt year, to skinny.  Militec who knows.  DO, so skinny, great athlete, poor defensive player.  Then Alex, hope he can play, not like a freshman, but a solid starter.  What do you guys think?

[We R Final Four]

Clark is not being "let go".......I assure you. Shaka took a flyer......very low expectations. So, in that regard, he is not disappointed.

[Vander Blue Man Group]

This team will not improve unless they pick a presence in the middle.  Sheek I am sure is better than the two stiffs.  Not sold on Clark, hope I am wrong, not great instincts, to soft, to young.  If he is let go, I would not be disappointed. So you like at the small forwards next year, not sure there is anyone that excites me.  Phillips would be smart to take a redshirt year, to skinny.  Militec who knows.  DO, so skinny, great athlete, poor defensive player.  Then Alex, hope he can play, not like a freshman, but a solid starter.  What do you guys think?

Phillips is not "to" skinny and could be a guy to take a leap next season. We need shooting and he'll be one of our better options to provide it as of now.

I'd expect Johnston to RS and would be surprised if Phillips did.

DO is also not skinny.

[WolfganghisKhan]

It's much harder when you're the #1 or #2 versus being a role player.

[jfp61]

Who cares about shooting. We have only had one worse defensive team this in the 21st century. And that team was top 10 in offense.

[Jay Bee]

Phillips is not "to" skinny and could be a guy to take a leap next season. We need shooting and he'll be one of our better options to provide it as of now.

I'd expect Johnston to RS and would be surprised if Phillips did.

DO is also not skinny.

Bless your soul for actually reading a BC post. I know it's not easy.

[BM1090]

I think Kam's shooting regression were somewhat easy to predict. I didn't think it would drop as much as it did, but being the focal point of the offense takes a much different physical toll and mental approach.

Jop became a pretty good defender largely due to increased effort and focus on that end, which the team desperately needed from him. Again, not surprised it dropped.

Chase and Ben are harder to explain. Ben's responsibilities have increased a lot, so there's that. But he's largely shooting the same spot up threes he's taken his whole career. A few percent drop wouldn't surprise me. 13% is shocking. Probably mental at this point.

Chase's defense has also fell off a cliff and his offensive responsibilities have decreased since conference play started. So I've got nothing there.

[BCHoopster]

Phillips is not "to" skinny and could be a guy to take a leap next season. We need shooting and he'll be one of our better options to provide it as of now.

I'd expect Johnston to RS and would be surprised if Phillips did.

DO is also not skinny.
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