If shooting earlier produces a better shot which produces a higher shooting percentage, I'm for that. Unfortunately, some of our guys routinely miss wide open shots.
24% from 3pt land won't win you many games... Had just two more gone in, that is a win.... Or a few more foul calls.
You make a good point, IMHO. Iowa several times a game has WIDE open shots from three or in the lane, but it's early in the shot clock, and they are almost NEVER even considering shooting. They pass out of the wide open shot at least 90% of the time. Then, quite often, Iowa ends up with a horrible shot late in the clock. That's too predictable, as you say. So sometimes, when you really have a good shot early, TAKE it. Surprise the defense. I'm surprised Ben doesn't seem to see things that way. But I definitely wish he'd give guys more of green light to shoot great shots no matter where they are in the shot clock.
24% from 3pt land won't win you many games... Had just two more gone in, that is a win.... Or a few more foul calls.
Iowa hits just ONE more shot, and Michigan misses just one more shot, and that's a four-, five-, or six-point swing. Iowa wins in each of those situations. And if one or two calls were made correctly, Iowa wins. Man, that's what makes that great effort last night so damn infuriating. So, so, so close . . .24% from 3pt land won't win you many games... Had just two more gone in, that is a win.... Or a few more foul calls.
Agreed. Plus, to a point this is the way basketball is going. It's just that our 3 and D guys are really D and sometimes 3 guys. I'd love to push it more, but I understand why we aren't taking a ton of risks with turnovers considering our talent deficit. Keep it close against better teams and hope you get some bounces. It's the KF strat but on hardwood.
I don’t understand why we can’t just adjust our strategy based on the competition….we should have just went full throttle at Maryland and PSU….no need to play stall ball with those clown teams…
Iowa is really bad on the fastbreak, it feels like they rarely convert those opportunities. Howard missed an easy dunk on one for crying out loud.
I get the vibe Beb wants to fast break more on steals and obvious opportunities. He doesn't quite have the athletes to do that at this point. So things do look akward at times. The key obviously lies in recruiting at this point. And then balance between making the defense work to taking advantage of obvious scoring opportunities.
Same with Nebbie!?! That was some serious homecookin'?!? The game shouldn't have went to OT. Not even close.
If the guys have a good quality open look early in the clock, then they should take it. Ben wants to control tempo by limiting possessions and defending. On offense, getting a score on an "Action" is what he wants, and if that fails, get to the next "Action". If they don't get that, the offense stalls and ends up with a late shot clock force. If it's there early on, then by all means take it. Also, better off ball movement helps get you to the next "Action" IMHO.
