Why Does Every Team Shoot….
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Because we leave to much space.
We can’t guard the 3.
Hell we can’t guard a dang flat tire.
Because we don't have athletes who can stay in front of their guys off the dribble so we sag off and give them space around the perimeter and play the percentages. The problem is the percentages increase quite a lot when 3s are wide open.
Even though you are right, it makes Cal look worse when he had the atheletes and still couldn't.
Because we play defense like a giant pile of shit
Because we don't guard them. It's that simple.
Why does Pope not have this team prepared? Why does he not have his guys playing a matchup-zone at this point in the season?
Common denominator, my guy. At some point we've got to look in the mirror and take accountability for those shooting efforts. Our defense isn't doing us any favors.
Piss poor coaching by Pope. Plain and simple. He got lucky a couple times with his little “let them shoot 3’s unguarded” bullshit and just repeatedly throws it out there regardless of how well the other team shoots. He’s looking like a fraud. Definitely isn’t the coaching genius we were led to believe he was.
Well, giving them 4 feet of space to shoot on every 3 tends to make it easier for them.
Pope does that cause if we play them close, they will drive by us easily. It kind of is what it is at this point. If a team is hitting 3’s, they’ll beat us,
Pope does that cause if we play them close, they will drive by us easily. It kind of is what it is at this point. If a team is hitting 3’s, they’ll beat us,
We could hit a three on them. The defense is bad and if they'd shown intensity in just 10 minutes of the first half they might have won.
Doesn't help Ole Miss shot lights out.
True our defense is at best mediocre, but teams get up for us. They are mentally in the game which nobody is every time. We just have to get used to that and come ready ourselves. If we had played 1st half like we did 2nd we win this game.
It’s really hard to take posts like this seriously. If you can’t see that the opposing players are being left wide open then you probably should no longer watch the games.
Generally, D1 basketball players who are left wide open can make three-point shots. That is sort of why they’re on the roster.
True, but you gotta admit Ole Miss was hitting even the few contested threes we guarded. Like Arkansas, they won’t hit that well again all year.
Having said that, our D is pathetic.
As it has been said already, there’s no magic “we’re playing Kentucky, let’s all make miracle 3s”. UK has to give guys an extra step on the 3 to prevent blow bys. An extra step in high level Basketball is an open shot.
Prime example, Arkansas. Uk had to give more space to protect the paint and as a result they had a heck of a shooting performance, which led to Uk pressing up and getting blow by for lay ups in the second half.
Prime example, Arkansas. Uk had to give more space to protect the paint and as a result they had a heck of a shooting performance, which led to Uk pressing up and getting blow by for lay ups in the second half.
I’m curious if we work on help side defense cause if our guy gets beat off the dribble it’s a layup or kick out for an open 3. Defense is about want to and grit, athleticism makes you better but you can still be a good defender and not an all time athlete or super talented. Look at ole miss, just a want to and fire to play it and I didn’t see a bench of 5 stars or nba portal guys playing for them so why are we so bad at it??
The 3s didn’t get me as much as the fall away from the basket 10 footers after we had played good defense as the shot clock winded down
Because of the lack of fundamentals and the team just not competing for both halves, and the consistently poor game preparation, im wondering if he's in over his head and just needed more time in the fire before coming here. Great guy. Wonderful family.
If we had bugs who weren't allergic to bodying up on defense, maybe teams wouldn't be so eager to drive to the basket. Finally today our guys in the second half worked to cut off the basket.
Our last five halfs the other team is hitting every mid-range shot and over 50% from three. They're not all wide open either; maybe they are all smelling blood in the water .
One problem is you start the game giving the wide open shots and then they gain confidence and will also hit contested ones.
We have to start out playing better defensively. It’s late in the season so I don’t get my hopes up .
Agree! It's ok to say our last 2 opponents have played out of their minds AND our defense stinks. People on here wouldn't even concede that Gohlke played out of his mind when he hit 10 threes for Oakland. We drew the hottest 14 seed and that was bad luck. (They had eventual region winner NC State on the ropes the next round too).
On the other hand, we've had several opponents shoot poorly this year, so it is averaging out.
For real. You'd think someone would accidentally dribble it off their foot or make an errant pass on a misread. We didn't even get the benefit of unforced miscues.
It seems impossible they wouldn’t turn it over more than once with no defense out there.
Hell we throw into the 3rd row a couple times a game with no one guarding us.
Now because we played good defense. TN could not thrown the ball into the ocean. They are BAD shooting team and our defense did not cause their shooting problems. We were just lucky they were horrible that night.
Yes. We've reaped the benefit of the 3 point lottery. It's pretty much our defense.
We don't force turnovers. We basically hope the opponent misses threes to get the ball back.
