can shoot. Hands down, RU has to be the worst outside shooting team in D1. We seem to have cornered the market on brick layers. It's been that way since Quincy Douby's Junior year. Is it that hard to find a reliable, knock down shooter? Every team we have played seems to have at least 2-4 on their roster.
I understand the injuries to our front court as being a major reason for our terrible season, but you have to admit that we just cannot make shots consistently. If we could, we probably would have beaten Michigan, Ohio State and Indiana. Each of those games was winnable, even with our depleted roster.
Take a look at this article -- it does a nice job analyzing how poor our shooting is:
http://www.onthebanks.com/2016/1/24...ketball-shooting-the-three-is-a-major-problem
I hope next year is different. We need a couple of one dimensional type guys that Michigan, Indiana and Wisconsin seem to have on their rosters. Guys that are 6'6" or taller who hang around the 3 point line, can shoot over people and who actually make a high percentage of their open looks. We don't have anyone like that. When we take a 3, we pray that it will go in. The only halfway decent outside shooter on the team is Omari Grier. If only he was a bit more selective , he could be our go to guy.
Although you are considered a phenomenal outside shooter if your % approaches 50%, I am a great believer that if you take the right shot and have the right technical form - wide open, in rhythm, elbow in, etc.-- a great shooter will make 80% of those open shots. However, our shooters take more forced shots than open shots and when they have open shots they miss more of them than they make. It's as simple as that. Combine that with excessive turnovers and no rebounding and you get zero wins in your conference.
It's hard to keep rooting for this team, but I still do. I believe that we have a real chance to have a 500 season next year because Sanders and Laurent are the most talented freshman we have had in quite some time. If we add a knock down shooter to the returning big men, we will surprise a few pundits next year. Here's hoping we do... .
I understand the injuries to our front court as being a major reason for our terrible season, but you have to admit that we just cannot make shots consistently. If we could, we probably would have beaten Michigan, Ohio State and Indiana. Each of those games was winnable, even with our depleted roster.
Take a look at this article -- it does a nice job analyzing how poor our shooting is:
http://www.onthebanks.com/2016/1/24...ketball-shooting-the-three-is-a-major-problem
I hope next year is different. We need a couple of one dimensional type guys that Michigan, Indiana and Wisconsin seem to have on their rosters. Guys that are 6'6" or taller who hang around the 3 point line, can shoot over people and who actually make a high percentage of their open looks. We don't have anyone like that. When we take a 3, we pray that it will go in. The only halfway decent outside shooter on the team is Omari Grier. If only he was a bit more selective , he could be our go to guy.
Although you are considered a phenomenal outside shooter if your % approaches 50%, I am a great believer that if you take the right shot and have the right technical form - wide open, in rhythm, elbow in, etc.-- a great shooter will make 80% of those open shots. However, our shooters take more forced shots than open shots and when they have open shots they miss more of them than they make. It's as simple as that. Combine that with excessive turnovers and no rebounding and you get zero wins in your conference.
It's hard to keep rooting for this team, but I still do. I believe that we have a real chance to have a 500 season next year because Sanders and Laurent are the most talented freshman we have had in quite some time. If we add a knock down shooter to the returning big men, we will surprise a few pundits next year. Here's hoping we do... .
