Context. This roster wasn't built to depend on TJ shooting a bunch of contested 3s.
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I remember Werner tweeting that they were going to focus on articles right after the game and do a post-mortem on the game and the season later. I imagine it's harder to find a good place for a post game podcast when there are other games going on in the arena the rest of the night.
It might even be best to have multiple pgs or playmakers at the college level. Seems like almost every team that goes far in the tourney has at least 2 guys who can run the point if needed.
Three guard lineups can also be very effective. Like the 2005 Illini or 2021 Baylor.
In reflection, it sure feels like had we shot a higher 3FG% this season, we’d have had a better record in B10 play. But, when one runs the numbers, it doesn’t actually appear so (I am no statistician -- perhaps danielb has some thoughts on just how much of a difference the hypothetical percentages below would have made -- and I realize there are a whole bunch of ancillary effects of shooting a higher FG%, such as potentially shooting fewer, etc.).
So I’m still gonna run with the hope that the 3FG shooting and the trust & camaraderie will be improved in ‘23-24 and, when taken with the fact that we will be a more experienced team, this should lead to another 20+ win season. Then, BU will need to make some noise in March, finally.
(He should also refrain from saying the B10 is the best/toughest conference in CBB, which he is wont to do from time to time!)
Actual (14th in FG% in ‘22-23):
33 GP
.308 percentage
815 attempted
251 made
If .342 percentage (woulda been a modest 7th in FG% in ‘22-23):
33 GP
.342 percentage
815 attempted
279 made
(= an additional 28 3FGs made = an additional .84 3FG made per game)
If .359 (what we shot in ‘21-22):
33 GP
.359 percentage
815 attempted
293 made
(= an additional 42 3FGs made = an additional 1.27 3FG made per game)
If .373 (what we shot in ‘20-21):
33 GP
.373 percentage
815 attempted
304 made
(= an additional 53 3FGs made = an additional 1.61 3FG made per game)
So I’m still gonna run with the hope that the 3FG shooting and the trust & camaraderie will be improved in ‘23-24 and, when taken with the fact that we will be a more experienced team, this should lead to another 20+ win season. Then, BU will need to make some noise in March, finally.
(He should also refrain from saying the B10 is the best/toughest conference in CBB, which he is wont to do from time to time!)
Actual (14th in FG% in ‘22-23):
33 GP
.308 percentage
815 attempted
251 made
If .342 percentage (woulda been a modest 7th in FG% in ‘22-23):
33 GP
.342 percentage
815 attempted
279 made
(= an additional 28 3FGs made = an additional .84 3FG made per game)
If .359 (what we shot in ‘21-22):
33 GP
.359 percentage
815 attempted
293 made
(= an additional 42 3FGs made = an additional 1.27 3FG made per game)
If .373 (what we shot in ‘20-21):
33 GP
.373 percentage
815 attempted
304 made
(= an additional 53 3FGs made = an additional 1.61 3FG made per game)
His after-game rant gives me hope if he comes back next year. It seems that he sensed that there was a leadership/culture void that was on him to provide and he admitted that he didn't fill that role this year. Him coming back and being a bought in leader that is facilitating from the high post (and not playing PG) is the best case scenario for this team.
I think a lot of guys just favor their dominant hand too much. The whole book on Ayo was don't let him go right.
People keep bringing up the weave, but I feel like we saw a lot less of the traditional weave than we have in the past handful of years.
illini55
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I feel like this describes the microcosm of my life...
Watch them shoot free throws and I think you'll have your answer.
Yep, agreed. I noticed Dain, in particular, changed mechanics a couple of times. I'm not sure I paid attention to Rodgers or Harris, since they shot a lot less free throws. But, at least for DD, it was evident that it was a point of emphasis.
Fighter of the Nightman
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Still, I have rarely remembered a player whose makes look practically flawless and whose misses seem to be an air ball about 25% of the time.
This sounds similar to the pie in the sky addition by subtraction we were going to get when Kofi left.
When I was growing up on the Chicago Southside, my friends and I would play softball (16 inch Clincher) at South Shore high school. Since we didn't have enough players to cover both left and right fields, I batted right handed most of the time. Likely another reason lefties can be switch hitters.
GrayGhost77
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I don't think a single person thought that
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Assessing Brad Underwood after Year 6
Much like the 2023 season, it’s a bit of a complex topic.
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So I saw Sincere post that he's returning next season, then reports here said he deleted that tweet. Then I see posts here about a possible coaching mix up. Does any of this point to Chester being the possible mix up and Sincere retracting his tweet to follow him? I really, really hope I'm over thinking this and it is not the case, but this is where my mind goes.
I doubt Chet's leaving just yet. And it's likely that Sencire's camp had him retract that tweet to better leverage any NIL money out there (although can he really get much of that?!?).
He was asked to delete it. The staff does not want to make it a precedent that every player has to tweet out that he's coming back when they are already on the team
How quickly we forget. There was a group dead set on believing we’d be better without Kofi, full stop.I don't think a single person thought that
I think most people understood we wouldn’t be a better team without Kofi, but that we wouldn’t be so limited in what we could do.
I think Mayer clearly had talent and was a good player. He slumped during the two win or go home games we had and we couldn’t afford that.
There exist players that would be better at utilizing the minutes than Mayer. Obviously the same could have been said about Kofi, though that number obviously is extremely smaller.
Okay, that makes sense. Basically, want to save those tweets for a guy that declares, but then returns to school?
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Nah, awards aren't what's driving his decision. If he's coming back (and I think he is), it's because he's very likely looking at the G League as the alternative and he's being advised that a strong season will get him into the 1st round (where strong means showing demonstrable improvement in his perceived weaknesses). A whole lot of NIL $ helps too.
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