It’s as bad as we thought

[Lefty2one]

This is what happens when you trot out mid-major backcourt sans Bouk.

At the rim...

Cole 35%
Adams 28.6%
Gaffney 38.5%

Those are egregiously poor numbers.

 

[CL82]

We're crap w/out Bouk

Crap? No. A team without defined roles on offense? Yes.

 

[UconnU]

What would the percentage be if you took out Bouknights stats? He was finishing at an insane clip at the rim.

 

[navery12]

What would the percentage be if you took out Bouknights stats? He was finishing at an insane clip at the rim.

Without Bouknight's shots we're 104/205 for 50.7%. Would put us tied for 7th worst in the country

 

[boog204]

And that's with Bouk being really, really good at this rim up until the last few games. I would imagine that Cole/Gaff/Adams are collectively probably some of the worst at-the-rim guards in the country.

From 2 point land:
Adams - 29%

I was thinking the other day that Adams may be the worst "good" shooter we've ever had. For some reason I look at him as a solid 3 point shooter and his #'s across the board are just hideous. I mean he's a career 28% 3 pt shooter on almost 200 attempts. That's, um, not good.

 

[Kenny11]

I’m trying to figure this out. I played basketball seriously through high school and played recreationally since, and I would consider myself to be a pretty good player, even though I’m too short to play at any serious level. For a guy like me, I could see in a competitive format, how this could be a likely percentage to shoot contested layups, but for athletic, skilled division 1 athletes, how is this possible? Do we have that much of a lack of basic skill or is this a lack of concentration thing? Blows my mind though.

I think its just a combination of the players we have
1. Carlton, slow release around the hoops and doesn't jump well.
2. Whaley, short for a center
3. Martin, seems to have bad hands and jumps really high in the open court but doesn't get off the ground in traffic.
4. Cole, very short, can't jump, short arms.
5. Bouknight and (probably) Jackson - elite athletes and finishers but injured.
6. Sanogo..new and nervous
7. Adams, not in control
8. Polley..is barely every by the rim.
9. Akok..shaking rust off
10. Gaffney...doesn't get there much.

 

[mauconnfan]

Dagger Trey Ty is a wing on offense. He’s best as a second option. He’s a big weapon to winning.

However, because we lack any good options on offense with Bouk our and our point guards playing subpar overall, teams are making it an emphasis to play Polley tight and take him out of games.

Until Bouks return we need to play Polley differently and make teams adjust again how they play him.

No team cares if Cole scores. It never leads to winning.

Let teams adjust to Tyler? Oh they did they're guarding him with a guy who doesn't leave his sight because he's one of the only weapons we have that can hurt them. Good call on RJ too, I mean no one cares if he scores but it's nice not to get blown out and have a chance since he does score. I mean without him the last 2 we lose by double figures rather easily. Not sure how you think up this stuff?

 

[jdb50]

Bouknight made the close to the rim shots. That's what was so exciting to see happen when he was on the court. The rest of the team I expect will miss them and am amazed when they go in. These guys just aren't good finishers right now. Let's hope they figure it out. Soon!

 

[UC56CAFF]

From Katie Sharp on twitter...

“UConn is shooting 52.7% on shots at the rim (layups, dunks, tip-ins) per hoop-math.com.

That ranks 325th out of 347 D-1 teams.”

Unbelievable the last 3 trips after reading this. Carlton air all layup, Adams driving missed easy layup were 2 of the 3. Horrible

 

[HobokenHusky]

Just literally LOLed at that Carlton hook shot. Poor kid.

 

[ElmCity40th]

I need Pork Chop to dunk everything.

 

[I Bleed Blue]

I logged in just to see the comments on this thread. Was not disappointed. Thanks BY