Why even bother typing this? All it proves is that even cherry picking games, eliminating half the tournament, and pretending 100% of his 3's were contested end of shot clock situations doesn't get you to 20%.
End of shot clock 3's is too specific, but an awful lot of our points (damn close to 20%) came from Shabazz basically creating things on his own.
I went through tcf's highlight videos and noted every play where Shabazz created points on his own. I ignored pick-and-roll type plays, which obviously include help from a teammate, and anything within the flow of an offensive set. Of course I couldn't include anything not in tcf's highlight reel, though I'm pretty sure they include every made field goal, so this should be damn near comprehensive. I also noted, but didn't count, a few hero plays from Boat.
Some games were more balanced than others. Villanova we're probably OK without it, but he inserted and twisted the dagger with some truly absurd 3's in the second half. ISU and Florida included huge games from DD and good ball movement. MSU and Kentucky, arguably, we were dead in the water without some heroic 1-on-1 play and outside shooting by Bazz.
This isn't in any way to discount what this team accomplished, simply to point out that, even in winning a championship, our offense relied heavily at times on one guy bailing us out.
Total points: 430
Shabazz hero points: 82 (19.1%)
St. Joe's (89 points total; 15 Shabazz hero points)
- Jab-step 3 to take 14-12 lead in 1H
- Off the dribble for 2 to cut deficit to 25-20
- pullup 3 to cut deficit to 45-44
- Knifes through the D for 2 to cut deficit to 51-47
- (Boat pullup 3 to cut deficit to 53-52)
- Dribble-drive for and-1 to take 55-53 lead
- Transition bucket for 2 to cut deficit to 66-64
Villanova (77 points total; 17 Shabazz hero points)
- Blowby for 2 to cut deficit to 7-2
- Pullup long 2 to cut deficit to 13-7
- Step-back 2 to take 41-35 lead
- pullup NBA 3 to take 48-40 lead
- pullup NBA 3 to take 51-40 lead
- pullup 3 to take 54-45 lead
- attack off the dribble for 2 to take 58-51 lead
Iowa State (81 points total; 9 Shabazz hero points)
- Pullup 3 to take 5-3 lead in 1H
- Jab-step 3 to take 10-4 lead in 1H
- Jab-step 3 to take 22-14 lead in 1H
- (Boat pull-up 3 at :05 on shot clock to take 25-14 lead)
MSU (60 points total; 19 Shabazz hero points)
- staganant set, slices through the defense on his own to extend 18-14 lead in 1H
- pullup 3 at :04 on shot clock to extend 21-16 lead in 1H
- pullup 3 mid-shot-clock to cut deficit to 32-26 in 2H
- pullup long stepback 2 fouled (made 2 FTs) to tie 32-32 in 2H
- pullup 3 at :05 on shot clock to extend 44-39 lead in 2H
- (not Shabazz, but Boat desperation corner 3 at :02 on shot clock to extend 49-39 lead in 2H)
- pullup elbow jumper to extend 53-49 lead in 2H
- pullup 3 fouled (made 3 FTs) at :08 on shot clock to extend 56-51 lead in 2H
Florida (63 points total; 5 Shabazz hero points)
- knifes through D on his own to take 23-22 lead in 1H
- pullup 3 in transition to extend 31-22 lead in 2H
Kentucky (60 points total; 17 Shabazz hero points)
- pullup 3 to extend 13-6 lead in 1H
- pullup 3 to extend 24-12 lead in 1H
- knifes through D on his own to extend 35-27 lead
- pullup foul-line jumper fouled (made 2 FTs)
- fallaway jumper to extend 48-39 lead in 2H
- pullup 3 at :05 on shot clock to extend 51-47 lead
- (Boat pullup at :02 on shot clock to extend 56-50 lead)
