Our 3 Point Shooting Is Unacceptable

[jibsey]

I just went back and looked at the percentages from our last 8-10 games. Games in which we mostly won. Aside for a game or 2 it was just pathetic, shooting in the 20’s and low 30’s from 3 most of those games. This is not exactly news but we desperately need shooters and I do not believe the ones we have in house are the answer. They can be coached up and be better but too much of the game relies on the 3. I’m thrilled with our center going forward but Hurley has some serious work to recruit shooters.

 

[KingAG]

Another one(DJ Khaled Voice)

 

[Slappy]

Look at Bama

 

[nelsonmuntz]

We take a lot of bad 3 point shots.

 

[Jaker]

Not only is our 3 pt shooting, but our entire offensive scheme

 

[rip7774]

PG play (Cole is better off ball) and 3-point shooting is not acceptable. This is UConn.

 

[WestCoastHusky]

We need to get some shooters. Just recruiting a bunch of athletes that cant shoot won't get it done. We need shooters that can make 3s. It is not a hard game. We just need to put the ball in the basket. Watching all these NCAA games, it is pretty clear good teams play good defense and can make 3s.

 

[upstater]

PG play (Cole is better off ball) and 3-point shooting is not acceptable. This is UConn.

Teams with point guards that run their offense just look so much better than teams that don't have that guy.

 

[my2cents]

In looking at our team, we may be a better Rugby or Track team than a basketball team.
Its been obvious for years that we need better 3 point shooting team to better space the floor and give our slashers and low post players more room to operate.
Oh by the way, we can't make lay ups either. ( But rebounding our misses makes us the best offensive rebounding team in the world!!)

 

[zls44]

We need shooters that can make 3s. It is not a hard game. We just need to put the ball in the basket.

Holy crap, why pay a coaching staff $4m a year, its obvious to posters, someone should tell the staff. I bet they have no idea.

 

[UCSouth]

Holy crap, why pay a coaching staff $4m a year, its obvious to posters, someone should tell the staff. I bet they have no idea.

And to add to what you said...the horse is already dead!

 

[Lefty2one]

We take a lot of bad 3 point shots.

Fixed.

 

[7774]

It's tough when 2 of the 3 guys you expect to be good 3 point shooters based upon history are bad 3 point shooters.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

We need to get some shooters. Just recruiting a bunch of athletes that cant shoot won't get it done. We need shooters that can make 3s. It is not a hard game. We just need to put the ball in the basket. Watching all these NCAA games, it is pretty clear good teams play good defense and can make 3s.

It's certainly a deficient area of the team, but the idea that we've just been recruiting athletes and ignoring shooting is not factual. Akok, Bouknight, Gaffney, Hawkins, and Diggins are in the past few classes and either are or are/were expected to develop into good outside shooters when they were being recruited. Clearly the coaching staff is making that a priority in recruiting. Heck, even Samson looks like he can step out and stretch the defense a bit.

 

[Palatine]

I've been saying this for YEARS. But Hurley has told us that his priority is defense. I doubt that will change. I also think he will pay a little more attention to outside shooting.

 

[KingAG]

I've been saying this for YEARS. But Hurley has told us that his priority is defense. I doubt that will change. I also think he will pay a little more attention to outside shooting.

I think what we seen this year is really good offense beats good defense. When teams like Creighton and Nova can shoot the way they can, idc how "tough" you are, unless you match that firepower youre at an disadvantage

 

[JohnFSilver]

Crunched some numbers for today. In games UConn lost the 3-point shooting was 27%. In games won? 36%. That is 3-point shooting. For overall, 37% shooting in losses, 46% overall for win.

The losses are almost all exclusively due to below-average shot making. It isn't rebounds, it isn't turnovers, it isn't defense. Not enough shooting to go with a wing scorer and an inside post threat.

I give you all those numbers and know that of UConn's 8 losses, seven were single digits. They weren't blown out in any game.

 

[Hans Sprungfeld]

Fixed.

Beat me to it.

 

[7774]

I've been saying this for YEARS. But Hurley has told us that his priority is defense. I doubt that will change. I also think he will pay a little more attention to outside shooting.

I'm sure Hurley didn't expect both Bouknight and Polley to suck from 3 this year, based upon their history. It was reasonable to expect we would get 3s from those guys and they both basically shot 30%.

 

[HuskyBoi]

Akok is going to be the starting 4 next season and his shooting is pretty good for his size. So to have that stretch 4 option is gonna be a game changer. We missed him badly this season and understandably because of his achilles conditioning.

 

[ZackB05]

The game has changed. There is still place for toughness in the game, but it shouldn't be the top priority. Need shooters who can space the floor. Not to mention the game is certainly called differently from the refs. I love Whaley as much as most die hards, but when Hurley wants him to shoot more 3s, you know your team is void of shooting. Ollie was actually semi-right that the future is certainly position-less basketball (i.e. Villanova), but he could never implement. Hopefully Hurley will continue to develop his offensive repertoire. Future is still bright folks.

 

[auror]

Crunched some numbers for today. In games UConn lost the 3-point shooting was 27%. In games won? 36%. That is 3-point shooting. For overall, 37% shooting in losses, 46% overall for win.

The losses are almost all exclusively due to below-average shot making. It isn't rebounds, it isn't turnovers, it isn't defense. Not enough shooting to go with a wing scorer and an inside post threat.

I give you all those numbers and know that of UConn's 8 losses, seven were single digits. They weren't blown out in any game.

Some of that bad shooting WAS the wing scorer as well. He took a lot of off the dribble 3's, which are notoriously difficult shots.

But yeah, we definitely needed Gaffney, Whaley, or Martin to be consistent 3 point shooting threats at decent volume. Cole got there. Polley was a little worse than expected, but at least had the volume. But we needed at least one more guy (and that probably could have been Bouk, but the shots that he took -- and the offense asked him to take -- made this a tall task). Oh well. Let's get those guys on the transfer market.

 

[jibsey]

Isn't it harder to land a quality big man like Sanogo will be than 3 point shooters? The women make open 3's better than the men. The rock is smaller I get but cmon.

 

[raf46]

I just went back and looked at the percentages from our last 8-10 games. Games in which we mostly won. Aside for a game or 2 it was just pathetic, shooting in the 20’s and low 30’s from 3 most of those games. This is not exactly news but we desperately need shooters and I do not believe the ones we have in house are the answer. They can be coached up and be better but too much of the game relies on the 3. I’m thrilled with our center going forward but Hurley has some serious work to recruit shooters.

Can not sit our big man based on what the other coach does. Not first time when we were clanging 3s Sanogo sat.

 

[weo777]

Jeez we need someone who can make a contested lay up this season has been ridonkulous...When in range dunk it home and you usually get the foul call as well.

 

[bendm]

Akok is going to be the starting 4 next season and his shooting is pretty good for his size. So to have that stretch 4 option is gonna be a game changer

what are you basing this on? akok shot 26% from 3 as a freshman. can we hope for anything better than ~30% next year? that would still be significantly worse than whaley (35%), so it's likely the shooting in our frontcourt will actually be worse than it was if akok starts

this is a scary problem. i dont think aj and akok can be the two starting forwards alongside sanogo. maybe if akok had 2.5 healthy seasons under his belt hurley figured he'd be approaching 40% by the time he was a redshirt junior...but this frontcourt does not fit together well offensively

 

[HuskyBoi]

what are you basing this on? akok shot 26% from 3 as a freshman. can we hope for anything better than ~30% next year? that would still be significantly worse than whaley (35%), so it's likely the shooting in our frontcourt will actually be worse than it was if akok starts

this is a scary problem. i dont think aj and akok can be the two starting forwards alongside sanogo. maybe if akok had 2.5 healthy seasons under his belt hurley figured he'd be approaching 40% by the time he was a redshirt junior...but this frontcourt does not fit together well offensively

shooting isnt just about 3 pointers... its about his ability to make a mid range jumper away from the rim or around the rim touch. thats his game

 

[bendm]

shooting isnt just about 3 pointers... its about his ability to make a mid range jumper away from the rim. that's really his game

shooting is mainly about 3 pointers in todays game. akok also didnt shoot any better than poppers from mid range so either way the point stands