fluoxetine said:

I mean.

We did have a counter. We got 36 open three point looks. And missed 26 of them. Wtf is the coach supposed to do about that?

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Exactly.

The common sense counter to a constant double team is to get the ball to the open guy for a clean look.

And then those open guys to make their shots at a decent clip.

We had tons of those opportunities and everyone with the exception of Davis/Acuff couldn’t hit a shot to save their life all game.

It’s almost impossible to win any game with shooting like that, along with the inability to capitalize on all of our second chance opportunities from the offensive rebounds.

This isn’t the game to blame the coaches imo.

it’s disgusting that we’re 11-11

Looks like this got lumped in with the NBA thread.... might pull my more recent posts out into a separate thread, since they aren't really NBA-related.

fluoxetine said:

It’s five games, you guys really need to learn like basic arithmetic and shit.

Oooo oooo now do his weekday vs weekend splits! All his 30 point games have been during the week, so weird, inexplicable, etc, maybe he should practice more at playing at the weekend

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Looking at his 20+ pts games (and their NET):

39 pts / 8 rb - @Indiana (65)
37 pts / 6 rb - @Northwestern (57)
30 pts / 7 rb - @PSU (53)
24 pts / 11 rb - @Nebraska (55)
24 pts / 10 rb - (n)Texas A&M (14)
24 pts / 8 rb - Columbia (227)
23 pts / 10 rb - Merrimack (177)
22 pts / 4 rb - (n)Alabama (6)
21 pts / 7 rb - Seton Hall (193)
20 pts / 10 rb - UCLA (28)

Even if it's just random variance... it's at least a bit coincidental that he's had his best performances away from the RAC.

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lion1983 said:

Categorize this is the inexplicable, but Bailey's home vs road splits are ... ridiculous, and make no sense ... even understanding it is a relatively small sample size:

Big 10 Home (6 games, including the Michigan State game at MSG, technically a home game):

14.8 ppg, 9 rpg, 1.3 blocks., 31% FG, 23.5% 3-point FG, 35.7% 2-point FG, 73.5% FT

Big 10 Home (5 games, EXCLUDING the Michigan State game at MSG, because not at the RAC):

14.2 ppg, 9 rpg, 1.6 blocks/g, 32.5% FG, 20.7% 3-point FG, 40.9% 2-point FG, 65% FT

Big 10 Road Games (5 games):

28.6 ppg, 7.8 rpg, 2.1 blocks/g, 58.3% FG, 58.6% 3-point FG, 58.2% 2-point FG, 65% FT

I have no explanation ... totally strange and weird ... and inexplicable.

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I blame the Grease Trucks

Jersey Al64 said:

Maybe the home games were against better teams.

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This is also true.

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jtung230 said:

We had open looks. Just couldn’t hit the side of the barn yesterday.

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Your whole offensive philosophy cannot be a 5 out 3pt hoisting offense. You MUST be able to score 15Ft & in

I can't remember the last time that I went into town on a Sunday morning and came home without the Star Ledger.
I'll definitely miss it.

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Maybe the home games were against better teams.

RutgersChow said:

Had some nice plays? Let it go. He was Rutgers best player by far yesterday. As I said before - he is now shooting 29% from three. Baker shot about 31% from three FOR HIS CAREER, and some consider him a top Rutgers player ever.

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Baker's yearly averages:
2017-18: .361
2018-19: .341
(3 point line extended)
2019-20: .280
2020-21: .303
2021-22: .321
Career: .326 (over 727 total attempts)

Baker averaged .351 as a freshman/sophomore before the line was moved back.

In the first year of the new line, he struggled early and then suffered a thumb injury (missing 3 games)... but then in the back third of the season, he shot .354 over the last 12 games.

In 2020-21, he sprained his ankle in the season opener and missed several games... he shot .222 in his first month back from injury, then .341 the rest of the season (ending with a season average of .303).

Davis is riding high after a strong 4/7 performance and is up to .294, raising his career average to .254 (over 70 total attempts) - he's not in the same conversation with Baker.

Shelby65 said:

Makes no sense. Completely different sport. That’s like saying college DBs would be good basketball players. Homerism at its worst again. Stop.

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It's more about the size difference between the NBAand NFL.
NBA basically has a height requirement.

6'0 PG has little NBA potential.
Doesn't matter how fast you are.
You literally have to be one of the most skilled players ever at that size.

However, a fast atheltic 6'0" football player has much more opportunities to develop into a NFL player.

I think anyone arguing Geo was a good shooter is a little off-base. He was definitely a particularly clutch shooter in that 19-20 season, but his best attribute was his playmaking skillset. Also, Geo Baker had a much higher usage rate and was forced into a number of terrible shots at the end of the shot clock, while the majority of JMikes 3s are uncontested catch and shoot.

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goru7 said:

Those are not random noise. If the splits were 50% like only 7/14 versus 3/15 okay but they were 90% along with 100% from 3 and 100% from the line versus 3/15 or 4/17. Those are drastic splits.

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It’s five games, you guys really need to learn like basic arithmetic and shit.

Oooo oooo now do his weekday vs weekend splits! All his 30 point games have been during the week, so weird, inexplicable, etc, maybe he should practice more at playing at the weekend

The dumb outcoaching comments are why the message boards cannot advance beyond 3rd to 5th grade basketball discussion.....

A) If May outcoached Pike, why was the game so close??

B) If players make wide open 3s and RU wins by 6 to 10 points, what was May and Michigan's counter to doubling Ace...?

C) Michigan had 17 turnovers and should have been 20+, if normal traveling calls are made. Is that good coaching??

D) Let's assume Ogbole was available to get in Goldens way or to play him 1 on 1....would he have scored just as easily as he did when Martini was asked at 6'6" to guard him?? If that is slowed down, where else was Michigan going to get points from??

There's a lot of cliche and fans talk that literally makes no sense. Michigan has better players when you remove Ogbole from the post defense, consistently missed wide open 3s from RU and Dylan Harper in a walking boot.

With all of that said, if Michigan was well coached, they'd probably had won the game by 12 to 15 points....considering the lack of productivity from Ace, Martini, Grant and JWill playing 9 minutes and to win by 3, is more of an indictment on coaching that compliments.

Golden should have had 20 to 24 points with reasonable coaching by Michigan IMO....but carry on with the compliments about everyone else's coaching staffs....LMAO

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CollegeFBfan said:

Bo Bassett announcing his commitment this week. Let’s go!

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record setting NIL deal, I do not think we are doing that.