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<blockquote data-quote="john1952" data-source="post: 1853376" data-attributes="member: 749056"><p><a href="https://www.illinoisloyalty.com/goto/post?id=1853227" target="_blank">FloridaMan said:</a></p><p><strong>Bill Self used to call the 3's "fool's gold." He is right. </strong>You hit a couple here and there - either in a game, or in our case early in the season - and fall in love with it and forget about playing good offense. We are not a good 3 point shooting team, and excel with feeding DD down low and driving to the hoop. But we don't do those things nearly enough. Let the threes come as a result of doing those things and it's fine. Standing around then firing a closely contested one up at the end of the shot clock is not. But solid win hopefully to build momentum back.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It's 'fools goal" if your not a very good miner</p><p>5/28 shots for 17.9 percent is extremely poor shooting. At that rate there is not much difference between a 3 point shot and a turnover.</p><p>On the opposite side of the coin Ohio State hits three or four more three's and its a different ball game</p><p>Watching Henson's "Flying Illini vs Michigan on Big Ten Classic, I would be surprised if they EVER put up 28 three's</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="john1952, post: 1853376, member: 749056"] [URL='https://www.illinoisloyalty.com/goto/post?id=1853227']FloridaMan said:[/URL] [B]Bill Self used to call the 3's "fool's gold." He is right. [/B]You hit a couple here and there - either in a game, or in our case early in the season - and fall in love with it and forget about playing good offense. We are not a good 3 point shooting team, and excel with feeding DD down low and driving to the hoop. But we don't do those things nearly enough. Let the threes come as a result of doing those things and it's fine. Standing around then firing a closely contested one up at the end of the shot clock is not. But solid win hopefully to build momentum back. It's 'fools goal" if your not a very good miner 5/28 shots for 17.9 percent is extremely poor shooting. At that rate there is not much difference between a 3 point shot and a turnover. On the opposite side of the coin Ohio State hits three or four more three's and its a different ball game Watching Henson's "Flying Illini vs Michigan on Big Ten Classic, I would be surprised if they EVER put up 28 three's [/QUOTE]
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