For several weeks I’ve gone back and watched parts of each game to see why we give up so many open 3’s.
The reason/s are our defenders on the wing (usually Edwards, saw Burks do it too) cheat by staying close to the lane and leave their guy wide open behind the 3pt line. They cheat so much that they never are able to recover. A team could get an open 3 in the corner every trip just by play 4 out because our defenders on the corner guys will basically have 1 foot on the block/paint while their man is beyond the 3pt line.
Then there’s also the issue that anytime the ball gets below the free throw line we go to double team. That leaves someone wide open for a 3. Most of the time teams can get the shot with one pass but if not they just have to pass it around until we can recover.
We’ve done it this game as well. It’s nice to have the lead at half but the way Cal has them playing defense drives me nuts. It’s like absolutely nobody trusts their teammates to be able to guard their man straight up.
The reason/s are our defenders on the wing (usually Edwards, saw Burks do it too) cheat by staying close to the lane and leave their guy wide open behind the 3pt line. They cheat so much that they never are able to recover. A team could get an open 3 in the corner every trip just by play 4 out because our defenders on the corner guys will basically have 1 foot on the block/paint while their man is beyond the 3pt line.
Then there’s also the issue that anytime the ball gets below the free throw line we go to double team. That leaves someone wide open for a 3. Most of the time teams can get the shot with one pass but if not they just have to pass it around until we can recover.
We’ve done it this game as well. It’s nice to have the lead at half but the way Cal has them playing defense drives me nuts. It’s like absolutely nobody trusts their teammates to be able to guard their man straight up.
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