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Message: [QUOTE="PAHuskeyFan, post: 2471658, member: 7880"] I look at 3 point shooting similar to batting averages in baseball. It's not uncommon for baseball hitters to get hot, go on a multiple game hitting streak with multiple hits per game...and their average climbs. Then they go into a slump for a period of time and the average drops. It always seems the "cream of the crop" (i.e. the best hitters) end up near the top of the batting average standings every season. It's also not uncommon for those who were tops in batting average one season, to start the next season slow...but eventually they work out the kinks in the swing or the "almost hits" fall in, or ground balls get through the infield and their average climbs. Crash Davis (played by Kevin Costner) in the movie Bull Durham explained how a batting average can jump...and in his case a player be called up to the majors..."[I]Know what the difference between hitting .250 and .300 is? It's 25 hits. 25 hits in 500 at bats is 50 points, okay? There's 6 months in a season, that's about 25 weeks. That means if you get just one extra flare a week - just one - a gorp... you get a groundball, you get a groundball with eyes... you get a dying quail, just one more dying quail a week... and you're in Yankee Stadium."[/I] I believe it's similar with 3 point shooters... streaks and slumps. They can get hot (i.e. Lou 10 for 10 vs USF), and they can go cold or they can finish one season as one of the best in NCAA WBB, and start the next season off just a bit...they get shots that rim out...that bounce all around the rim and just don't drop...the next week or so, they get every bounce, every shot goes in and their percentage made rises. Kia and Danger have started this season out en fuego from 3...and that's fantastic!! Lou has started a bit slowly from 3...possibly due to less work or "working out the kinks" due to injury and less playing time, but IMHO I believe she will heat up...just as I unfortunately suspect Kia and Danger will "cool off". The great thing for UCONN is WE have all three...and we don't need All of them to be hitting everything at the same time to win. AND, the fact that any of them can drop a 3 on an opponent pretty much any time they want means that they have to defend everyone, everywhere on the court. I don't think it matters who we think "the best is" at this point... cause it only matters that the shooters we're talking about all play for the UCONN Huskies. And they are a very dangerous group!!! [/QUOTE]

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