What has to change with hoops.

[KurtRambis4]

Conference games, only, we are:

12th in FG%, 14th in 3P%, 12th in FT%, and 11th in A.

This is ridiculous, with the talent that we have.

If there is a bright spot, we are in the top 1/3 in many defensive categories...

 

[maroonmania]

From this point forward I think after ANY game where we attempt more than 15 3 pointers, Howland should run the team until their tongues fall out the next day for punishment. 5-29 on 3 pointers last night and we just keep jacking them up. STOP THE INSANITY PLEASE!!

 

[patdog]

It is ridiculous. I question whether our supposed talent is really as talented as we think they are and/or they were hyped up to be. I also question whether our coach is coasting while picking up a paycheck like the last successful coach from Los Angeles we hired did.

 

[She Mate Me]

This definitely has to change, but I see no hope of that right now. It's shockingly bad really and now I understand the Delta Devil thing...

Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage

333	UConn	19	115	379	30.3
334	Delaware St.	22	120	396	30.3
335	Saint Louis	21	111	367	30.2
336	Rutgers	21	97	322	30.1
337	CSU Bakersfield	20	124	412	30.1
338	N.C. A&T	21	129	437	29.5
339	Harvard	17	118	400	29.5
340	Chicago St.	22	114	387	29.5
341	Mississippi Val.	20	101	343	29.4
342	Mississippi St.	20	134	456	29.4
343	Savannah St.	21	247	846	29.2
344	Memphis	20	111	381	29.1
345	Maine	21	156	536	29.1
346	Coppin St.	21	163	563	29.0
347	UMES	22	149	517	28.8
348	Fordham	19	136	483	28.2
349	East Carolina	19	95	345	27.5
350	Sacred Heart	21	110	403	27.3

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[Go Budaw]

After last night, if I were Howland I’d tell the whole damn team that if you attempt a 3, you damn sure better make it, or you are sitting for the rest of the game. I don’t care if we have to play 2 on 5 with just Datcher and Ado out there trying to guard everybody for the last 10 minutes. A point needs to be made.

 

[FlotownDawg]

Good God, Savannah State has attempted 846 threes in 21 games? And I thought we shot a lot. That's like 1990 Loyola Marymount territory. Except LMU could make them. If we made 29% of our three pointers while attempting 40 per game, I think I would swear off MSU basketball for fear of going insane.

 

[Jeffreauxdawg]

Damn. Fordham must be missing JoMo and Breiner more than we thought.

 

[She Mate Me]

Good God, Savannah State has attempted 846 threes in 21 games? And I thought we shot a lot. That's like 1990 Loyola Marymount territory. Except LMU could make them. If we made 29% of our three pointers while attempting 40 per game, I think I would swear off MSU basketball for fear of going insane.

What's pathetic is they obviously just jack it at will, and they're shooting the same % as MSU.

 

[Philly Dawg]

It’s a Catch-22. This is a guard oriented team that was built to shoot from the outside. Normally, the teams that shoot fewer than ten threes per game are long and athletic like UK. Assuming you don’t have shot blockers, all you have to do to stop us from driving to the basket is play zone. If you have shot blockers, then even that isn’t necessary.

 

[Seinfeld]

That it is. Using last night as a perfect example, I believe we were 5-29. If you remove just 10 of those meaningless bombs and have our guys taking more manageable shots instead, we probably would have had a ballgame down the stretch. Maybe the refs still 17 us in the end, but we wouldn’t have lost by 13.

For me, the most frustrating thing is not shot selection. It is trying to understand why Howland is allowing it. It has quite possibly already cost us multiple wins this season, and there just doesn’t seem to be any desire to fix the problem

 

[BulldogBlitz]

You know . if they change the seating assignments the shots would start dropping.****************

 

[DAWG61]

Good God, Savannah State has attempted 846 threes in 21 games