Hey guys
Everyone knows that I think this is OUR year in men’s basketball . I’ll be a little elusive for now on what exactly thsr is until I throw down my “official prediction “
Whether or not you think that’s the case ...I have identified 7 keys to this season for this to be OUR year in hoops.
#3: Improved three point shooting
This one is obvious ...we have been talking about it for years...”Rutgers lacks 3 point shooting “
Well...can it be inproved ?
Some comments
1.) Geo, Ron, Caleb and Paul have each had a season where they hit 35-39% from three. And then mutiple seasons where they were below that. The one common denominator I found was that each of the better years was when they were under the radar (Geo his frosh year playing with Corey; Caleb as a frosh, Paul last year hanging in the corner , and Ron as a soph )
2.) pike has said this is a very good passing team . I can’t stress enough how important ball movement and getting a good pass on time to the open perimeter makes the difference on the quality of the release and the shooting percentage
3.) these four guys are healthy ...and that matters
4.) jaden looks like he can stroke it from the perimeter ...and adding a 5th and 6th guy who can shoot the three ...helps. Hyatt ans mag can shoot it as well
5.) I loved Myles ...but because he was a zero threat on the high pick and roll to catch and shoot ...I can’t tell you how much that hurt the guys on top from getting a clean look when he set a ball screen .everyone over played the ball screen and gambled that They could get rotation in case myles slid to the hoop for the alley oop...and it made getting a cleaner look from the top more difficult. I have a lot of hope that cliff , being a potential credible threat to catch and shoot off the screen and roll ...will force a more honest respect
To the screen and create more looks on top
6.). My single biggest beef with Montez and Jacob was when they went to the hole, there was very little chance they would pass it out to often wide open guys on the perimeter . They would pass to a cutter ...but never opposite to ther perimeter ...and there were plenty of guys open because they attracted attention when they drove ...Way too much head down on the hoop. I am hoping more drives with the intention to kick with this group will get more clean looks. The unselfish talk, if true, will go a long way with this
So ...even without “senioritis” from Geo , or 4th year players Ron and Caleb, I think the ingredients are there to just be a more solid three point shooting team
Target number : 35% as a team (which nationally was 112th....)
Think it can be done
Everyone knows that I think this is OUR year in men’s basketball . I’ll be a little elusive for now on what exactly thsr is until I throw down my “official prediction “
Whether or not you think that’s the case ...I have identified 7 keys to this season for this to be OUR year in hoops.
#3: Improved three point shooting
This one is obvious ...we have been talking about it for years...”Rutgers lacks 3 point shooting “
Well...can it be inproved ?
Some comments
1.) Geo, Ron, Caleb and Paul have each had a season where they hit 35-39% from three. And then mutiple seasons where they were below that. The one common denominator I found was that each of the better years was when they were under the radar (Geo his frosh year playing with Corey; Caleb as a frosh, Paul last year hanging in the corner , and Ron as a soph )
2.) pike has said this is a very good passing team . I can’t stress enough how important ball movement and getting a good pass on time to the open perimeter makes the difference on the quality of the release and the shooting percentage
3.) these four guys are healthy ...and that matters
4.) jaden looks like he can stroke it from the perimeter ...and adding a 5th and 6th guy who can shoot the three ...helps. Hyatt ans mag can shoot it as well
5.) I loved Myles ...but because he was a zero threat on the high pick and roll to catch and shoot ...I can’t tell you how much that hurt the guys on top from getting a clean look when he set a ball screen .everyone over played the ball screen and gambled that They could get rotation in case myles slid to the hoop for the alley oop...and it made getting a cleaner look from the top more difficult. I have a lot of hope that cliff , being a potential credible threat to catch and shoot off the screen and roll ...will force a more honest respect
To the screen and create more looks on top
6.). My single biggest beef with Montez and Jacob was when they went to the hole, there was very little chance they would pass it out to often wide open guys on the perimeter . They would pass to a cutter ...but never opposite to ther perimeter ...and there were plenty of guys open because they attracted attention when they drove ...Way too much head down on the hoop. I am hoping more drives with the intention to kick with this group will get more clean looks. The unselfish talk, if true, will go a long way with this
So ...even without “senioritis” from Geo , or 4th year players Ron and Caleb, I think the ingredients are there to just be a more solid three point shooting team
Target number : 35% as a team (which nationally was 112th....)
Think it can be done
