On the season Simpson is making 42% of twos and 23% of threes. Buie as a freshman shot 44% and 28%. Northwestern being bad necessitated a higher volume but it's not the worst comparison. The thing is we haven't seen Simpson drive much from the top of the key. His attacks at the basket are in transition or from the baseline.
Northwestern vs Indiana
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NW took a total of 90 shots from the field (57+33) while Indiana only managed 56 (45+11.) Amazing disparity in a game.
Northwestern is a small private university playing in the B1G Ten against large universities.They have high academic standards which makes recruiting more dificult.In many ways Northwestern is similar to Duke except they had Coack K .Collins should be the obvious Coach of the Year in the B1G Ten and maybe for the NCAA.Northwestern has two difference maker guards which are needed at crunch time and during tournament games.
Buie was a chucker out of necessity for some bad teams (similar to Hyatt). If he takes only wide open threes near the line like Paul he is easily 50%
Simpson can't get into the paint from the top of the key because he gets taken off his line easily by stronger defenders. He can't get where he wants to go when defenders are in front of him and set.
It seems like that's been the case with him vs better comp because he takes that mid-range pullup a lot once he encounters resistance. That mid-range pull-up off the dribble is a tough shot.
He’s shooting 22.7% from 3 and his field goal percentage is 36.5% on the year. I’m high on him, but his shot can use improvement.
He has made some big shots this year (Indiana, and MSU) but please don’t bring up a Nebraska stat line
When a stat line slaps your argument hard in the face
That’s one game.
You completely ignored the fact that he’s been a subpar shooter the entire season. What are you talking about
so NW beat IU 64-62 at home
we lost to IU on the road 66-60
That's a difference of a bucket here and there.
We are good enough to win some games so let's suck it up and land this freaking ship.
we lost to IU on the road 66-60
That's a difference of a bucket here and there.
We are good enough to win some games so let's suck it up and land this freaking ship.
Jeeeeeeeesus! He's a freshman in the Big 10. Give it a rest Dickie V.
That was us this year until 3 games ago
When was Hyatt on a bad team?
I literally said in my original comment that “I’m high on him, but his shot can use some improvement.”
Jesus Christ are we not allowed to point out the obvious anymore
No offense but that wasn't your original comment on him in this thread. Moving on.....
Here’s the full comment. It’s RIGHT THERE!!!
The second sentence.
“He’s shooting 22.7% from 3 and his field goal percentage is 36.5% on the year. I’m high on him, but his shot can use improvement.
He has made some big shots this year (Indiana, and MSU) but please don’t bring up a Nebraska stat line”