Need to guard the three point line. Last year we had a time of trouble with switches, fighting through high ball screens and stopping penetration and kick out threes. There were a lot of career games against us. It's a new year, hoping it's not the same issues.
After only 2 games, it's hard to have a good read on this one.
Regarding the IL offense, I tried to look at our season stats so far. I also looked after adding the KU game, since it was played like it counted and the competition was very good. (I didn't count Ottawa though.)
Since TSJ and CH both played well in the KU game, adding that game obviously helped them. They were #1 and #2 percentagewise on 3s so far this season (done in that way), so it's hard not to continue to give CH the green light on open 3s, despite him not hitting a single one in an official game this season.
What else stands out? DGL is killing it on 2s so far. He's shooting 5 for 7 (71%) on these and has the highest pts per shot (when he shoots a 2) on the team. Second is TSJ on 3s (again, including the KU game where he was so hot from 3).
Negatives, so far, include MD on 3s. He's 3-14, if you include the KU game. That 21%. His 2pt and FT percentages are much better though (60% and 75%), so he is surviving on those for now.
We have 3 players who score higher per shot from 3 than they do from 2 (TSJ, CH, and LG). Everybody else would be better off trying to score near the basket. (Obviously, everybody should still be taking open layups and dunks, which is true for the whole world, so I'm just talking about "good" shots in transition or within our offense here.) Oh, I purposely didn't count Hansberry's 1-3 on 3s, since we all know where he is best, and I hope he does, or Underwood is going to yell at him again.