Do you think Jaden Jones would know this inbound play or would he take 3 months to learn it?
.4 Seconds left. Throw the ball off the Purdue player?
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I didn't like that we had all our players down by where Caleb was throwing it. Give them 0% chance of calling a foul by getting Rutgers players away from it. Have one person there so they can touch it if Purdue all moves out of the way so it doesn't go out without being touched. That's it. No way they catch a pop fly by their own basket and throw it the length of the court in .4
Remember the length of the court wouldn’t matter. As long as the shot was released in time it can go in after the buzzer. But don’t think that was even possible with only .4
but did you notice when the actual sound went off? they waited until purdue was able to get the 2nd chance and not when it first touched any player.
It was a smart move by Pike to bring Reber in to defend the inbound play.
Edey might have thrown up a Herman Munster back to the rim over his head swish with 0.1 on the clock
In hindsight, I'm having the same thoughts as you guys (i.e. just hand it to Edey, inbound off his leg, etc.). But I think Bac has it right. We should have had three guys hovering by Purdue's basket while the 4th guy was nearby trying to get a clean inbound pass. Try to get it to the guy close by otherwise just loft into the backcourt and make sure you don't foul while trying to receive the ball.
It takes longer to load up and throw it that far
Furthermore, Purdue had the right strategy to have the eight foot guy guarding the in-bound. Caleb HAD to back up in order to heave it over his head.
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I realize that. The quote was not time enough to travel the length of the court. That would not matter IF it was released on time. Which as you say would almost be impossible.
Best strategy with all players except Edey in our frontcourt is a slow glancing throw off Edey’s leg in our backcourt which rolls away from him.
Any long pass has the potential for a full court catch and shoot, and even possibly a foul.
0.4 isn’t really 0.4. Human error. Can’t risk an extra tenth or two.
Any long pass has the potential for a full court catch and shoot, and even possibly a foul.
0.4 isn’t really 0.4. Human error. Can’t risk an extra tenth or two.
That's what I said last night - can't catch and shoot in 0.4 seconds.
It’s already been shown you need a minimum of 0.6 seconds to catch and shoor
Maybe.. Depends on when the ref starts and stops the clock... 0.3 seconds ran off the clock on this Sixers' play vs Raptors that some may remember. Game wasn't on the line though, so there was much less risk if the play was unsuccessful or if a foul was called. Defender got called for a kicked ball violation and Sixers got a reset shot clock...
Caleb moving his feet saved the game because there was a 100% chance the refs would have called a foul on us trying to catch the inbounds lob at the other end of the court resulting in 2 Purdue free throws
yes, but that's reviewable and would likely be overturned if it was shown the clock started 1/2 second late...
This.
It's not what you want to see but as Painter said in the post game presser, no one's trying to miss a FT (of course there is the exception of when they really are trying to miss in order to grab an OffReb to get an additional possession in an end-game situation).
I don't like the idea of throwing it high because Edey could reposition his body and try to tip the ball like a volleyball as a shot. I like the idea of handing the ball to him pointing low near the knees and away from the Purdue basket. No way he could gather, turn around and shoot in 0.4 seconds.
Am not sure the starting of the clock by a human hand after an inbound is reviewable (same as counting to 5 on inbounds passes). Getting a shot off in time is reviewable as the countdown is automated.
The frustrating thing about the inbound is Rutgers seems to be quite challenged by such plays late in the game with pressure on. Reminds me of the failed inbounds against ND in the NCAAs. Hopefully, team gets this figured out in next few weeks for going forward.
is a football style hand off to the RB legal?
Just shove it into Edeys gut (maybe even his Schvanz area). Would just stun him.
I think he’d have to toss the ball to Edey instead of hand it to him cuz I’m thinking if McConnell is touching the ball at the same time Edey is touching the ball, wouldn’t that be called out of bounds on Rutgers and no time would run off.
It is not unsportsmanlike to throw the ball at him, but handing him the ball is? Caleb could have even wished him good luck as he handed the ball to him, just so there are no hard feelings . . . 🤣🤣
Lol obviously
Exactly
No it wasn't. It's about the shot itself taking more to wind up and get enough power behind the shot. Can't be done in .4
'throwing at him' is the physically malicious example that is a technical foul. that's what I meant.
Caleb could have thrown the ball at him and no foul would be called, that is a good basketball play.
You would only get a technical if you threw it at his face. Throw it off his leg is fine. The reason you don’t throw it at him is the ball might ricochet back and hit the inbounding player. That is why I recommended handing him the basketball.
Throwing the ball at someone is not a technical foul lol unless you are trying to hurt them. People try to bounce the ball off people to make it be out off them all the time.
I don’t think anyone is suggesting to aim for his nuts. That would be bad strategy
You could, but the timekeeper may not start the clock. Just throw the ball over/around the defender far away from the Purdue basket or have a Rutgers player coming to the ball....any player just needs touch it....not enough time to set and shoot....just make sure someone touches the ball.
Really having Eddy on the ball is ONLY good for causing the kind of mental mistake that Caleb made since if he actually tips the inbound pass the clock will start. It’s really hard to lose with 0.4 seconds and the ball lol
Flip up and let him catch it. He can't turn around and shoot it in .4 secs. I still prefer throwing it toward the Purdue hoop.
with 0.4 seconds left and in-bounding, you would almost have to want to lose, to have it happen....lob the ball in towards the Purdue basket for example..... anything else you do should be successful
Or turn the ball over.
Watching the replay of Purdue’s inbound, I think they had enough time for an alley oop or a tip lay up. Lucky they did not have a time out to draw up either play.
