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Big East January '26 Thread - Take Two

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jibsey said:
The 114th on 3’s has to change if we are to be great.
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Absolutely. UConn is deficient in athleticism and their intricate offense is based on shooting from the perimeter well and this team really does not do that well consistently. I watch a lot of college basketball besides UConn, and I don't see teams miss as many wide open 3s as UConn does. That isn't undeniable proof driven by data-I am saying that more anecdotally. Regardless, this team cannot miss so many open shots especially of the catch and shoot variety where no defenders are within close proximity of them. Hurley bluntly stated this in the post game press conference after the Providence game.
 
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If solo was still shooting 40% from 3 I don’t think there’d be any slump to speak of. Felt like he never missed last year.
 
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gsmooth said:
Absolutely. UConn is deficient in athleticism and their intricate offense is based on shooting from the perimeter well and this really does not do that well consistently. I watch a lot of college basketball besides UConn, and I don't see teams miss as many wide open 3s as UConn does. That isn't undeniable proof driven by data-I am saying that more anecdotally. Regardless, this team cannot miss so many open shots especially of the catch and shoot variety where no defenders are within close proximity of them. Hurley bluntly stated this in the post game press conference after the Providence game.
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I think we are 150th in 3pt % in the country - was supposed to be a critical strength of ours. Given AK & Demary are shooting at a high %, most of our issues begin/start with Solo. This is really important to right size because as you've said, we aren't winning many games with our athletecism. There are teams out there with a tons more - Houston has ridiculous athletes between Cenac, Fleming, Tugler, even Uzan. AZ & UM have been talked about.

One team I'm not sleeping on is Iowa St. They have a plus older PG, Joshua Jefferson & Milovic who is shooting 53% from three.
 
Solo has taken 130 3’s at 28%. It’s far more than any other player on the team so it’s been hurting us. 2 possibilities. One he is overdue and will go on a big run of makes or 2 he’s hurt and this goes on and on. Smith, Silas, and Alex are very good from 3 % wise. Mullins 34% would be better without the 35 footers, and Stew and Ross at 35% and 30%on low volume.
Should Solo be restricted on 3’s at this point is the question?
 
jibsey said:
Solo has taken 130 3’s at 28%. It’s far more than any other player on the team so it’s been hurting us. 2 possibilities. One he is overdue and will go on a big run of makes or 2 he’s hurt and this goes on and on. Smith, Silas, and Alex are very good from 3 % wise. Mullins 34% would be better without the 35 footers, and Stew and Ross at 35% and 30%on low volume.
Should Solo be restricted on 3’s at this point is the question?
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No, not when it's not hurting the team and he's doing everything else well. If you start trying to change that you risk him losing his confidence and all the other parts of his game going wrong as well
 
RuffRuff said:
One team I'm not sleeping on is Iowa St. They have a plus older PG, Joshua Jefferson & Milovic who is shooting 53% from three.
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Do you think he can keep that up or is there a regression to the mean coming?
 
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HooperScooper said:
Do you think he can keep that up or is there a regression to the mean coming?
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Has to be regression coming - his clip is too good to be true. That is a balanced roster with mismatches and beef in the right places. I also like Otz as a coach as they're defense first. JJ is a stud from an efficiency standpoint, kind of their Yaxel.
 
As they say, shooter got to shoot. You kind of have to give him a full leash and if it doesn't turn around by March, then maybe resize his threes. Anything right now should be getting this team ready for March.
navery12 said:
No, not when it's not hurting the team and he's doing everything else well. If you start trying to change that you risk him losing his confidence and all the other parts of his game going wrong as well
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RuffRuff said:
Has to be regression coming - his clip is too good to be true. That is a balanced roster with mismatches and beef in the right places. I also like Otz as a coach as they're defense first. JJ is a stud from an efficiency standpoint, kind of their Yaxel.
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I like Otz as a coach too but for real, the guy needs to stop wearing shirts that he wore in high school. It’s embarrassing.
 
I like Villanova's defense. It looks like a pretty vanilla man-to-man, but they spring unexpected traps that create enough TO's and bad shots to make it a pretty good D.
 
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Needless to say, Butler and Seton Hall are playing must win games right now.
 
nelsonmuntz said:
Needless to say, Butler and Seton Hall are playing must win games right now.
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Butler is already done. A Marquette win today and Seton Hall joins them.

UConn, St John's and Nova are the only schools in the conference that at this point can make the NCAA tournament without needing to win the BE tournament. Seton Hall can join them, but they can't lose another to anyone other than the three who are already in.
 
FfldCntyFan said:
Seton Hall can join them, but they can't lose another to anyone other than the three who are already in.
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They can but then they're in the territory that they may need to take one of their remaining games against Nova, UConn, St. John's.
 
FfldCntyFan said:
Butler is already done. A Marquette win today and Seton Hall joins them.

UConn, St John's and Nova are the only schools in the conference that at this point can make the NCAA tournament without needing to win the BE tournament. Seton Hall can join them, but they can't lose another to anyone other than the three who are already in.
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They're going to have to turn things around quick. They feel like they're fading.
 
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aceboon said:
We can turn the lights outs on Butler
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Correct. Butler has that great OOC win against Virginia that is aging like fine wine. However, they are undoing that with too many Q2 losses to Big East teams. Losing at home to Georgetown doesn't cut it.
 
Good for Seton Hall that they were able to make that comeback. That would have been a really dangerous loss

I’ve been sounding alarms on Butler for a little while now but I think the door is closed. They’re not officially out of it but they can’t really afford to go any worse than 8-1 the rest of the way. Right now they’re 4-7 and still have UConn, Nova, Seton Hall, and Creighton
 
These refs don't even want to overturn challenged calls, DePaul just challenged an obvious out of bounds call that went against them and the refs wouldn't overturn it after video replay
 
How does a team (Xavier, 2nd half) get 16 1/2 minutes into a half before committing their second foul?
 
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DePaul throwing the game away, but the refs helping. Big East officials are not good. DePaul has missed at least 5 easy layups. Like point shaving bad (but I don’t think they are shaving).
 
DePaul makes a difficult 3 to tie after missing nothing but wide open shots and layups for the past few minutes but then gets gamed a the buzzer
 
aceboon said:
DePaul blowing an 18 point lead while missing multiple point blank layups
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DePaul blew it. Right after CJ Gunn ties the game with a 3 with 9 seconds left and Filip Boravicanin hits the game winner at the buzzer.
 
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