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how many more minutes can Bouk get?
Tyler Polley Polley is an amazing weapon for us
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how many more minutes can Bouk get?
Hmm.....don’t count the games he sucked and he’s great? Pretty sure you can say that about anyone.
Tyler Polley 2020-21 Game Log | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
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Polley is an amazing weapon for us. I think his 39% 3 ponit shooting understates how accurate and effective he has been from the field. Looking at the game log, with 2 exceptions, St. Johns and Creighton, he has been shooting over 50% since he has been playing over 50% of the game. Basically, if our guards can get Polley his shots, he will hit over half of them. Polley's shot is a catch and shoot 3. He doesn't need to be wide open because he is so tall that he can shoot right over guards. His eFG% (.542), ORtg (129.5) and OBPM (5.1) are all really impressive. A shooter like Polley is not just a scorer, but he is such a game-changing threat on offense that he creates open shots and driving lanes for other players simply by making it impossible for his defender to help out anywhere else.
Creighton and St. Johns have a lot of 6'5"+ players, and they can challenge those outside shots if they are willing to commit a tall defender to Polley 23 feet from the hoop. I have no doubt in my mind that we win the first Creighton game if Polley was there to play 25 minutes and take 8 3's. After Bouknight, the rest of the team was 2 for 18 from 3 in that game. If UConn can keep running Polley off screens to get him just a little space, he can be deadly. I don't think Polley is nearly as good shooting off the dribble. His defense is not great, but he is such an offensive weapon that the net of him being on the court makes it worth it to play him more. He is coming off a serious knee injury, so it is not surprising to see a dip in his lateral quickness.
He has come back very strong from that knee injury, which could have gone either way for a borderline starter on a bubble team that gets hurt late in his junior year. A lot of players would have packed it in, and it says a lot about Polley's character that he came back as quickly and as strongly as he did. He is an easy guy to root for.
the guy is a one dimensional player. When his shot is on, he can win us a game (Marquette). When its off, he’s kinda useless (St John’s).
So basically he’s a weapon when he’s on and he’s useless when he’s not. Great analysis.
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The stats look good against the lower teams of the conference whom we're 5-1 against. We have 2 wins against DePaul, 2 wins against Butler and 1 win against Marquette.
We haven't played Seton Hall or Nova yet. How do you think Sanogo or Carlton will handle Sandro, Samuels and Earl-Robinson? St Johns forced Dan Hurley's hand and didn't play Sonogo the last 10 minutes of the half because they went small and spread the floor. Until we show that we can defend this on a regular basis, other teams will continue to try to attack us this way. We'll see what the stats will show when we start playing the better teams of the conference.
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Some good points about his superior 3 point shooting ability. Polly has been a solid shooter for his team but his current lack of quickness and general reluctance to shoot or drive the baseline keep him on the bench a lot. His defense is questionable, plays off his man too far and perhaps due to his severe injury doesn't rebound. He currently lacks an all round game. If your that good a three shooter you need to take more shots rather than pass nearly all the time. The competition at this level requires more than just being a three point shooter.Tyler Polley 2020-21 Game Log | College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com
2020-21 Game Log for Tyler Polley
Polley is an amazing weapon for us. I think his 39% 3 ponit shooting understates how accurate and effective he has been from the field. Looking at the game log, with 2 exceptions, St. Johns and Creighton, he has been shooting over 50% since he has been playing over 50% of the game. Basically, if our guards can get Polley his shots, he will hit over half of them. Polley's shot is a catch and shoot 3. He doesn't need to be wide open because he is so tall that he can shoot right over guards. His eFG% (.542), ORtg (129.5) and OBPM (5.1) are all really impressive. A shooter like Polley is not just a scorer, but he is such a game-changing threat on offense that he creates open shots and driving lanes for other players simply by making it impossible for his defender to help out anywhere else.
Creighton and St. Johns have a lot of 6'5"+ players, and they can challenge those outside shots if they are willing to commit a tall defender to Polley 23 feet from the hoop. I have no doubt in my mind that we win the first Creighton game if Polley was there to play 25 minutes and take 8 3's. After Bouknight, the rest of the team was 2 for 18 from 3 in that game. If UConn can keep running Polley off screens to get him just a little space, he can be deadly. I don't think Polley is nearly as good shooting off the dribble. His defense is not great, but he is such an offensive weapon that the net of him being on the court makes it worth it to play him more. He is coming off a serious knee injury, so it is not surprising to see a dip in his lateral quickness.
He has come back very strong from that knee injury, which could have gone either way for a borderline starter on a bubble team that gets hurt late in his junior year. A lot of players would have packed it in, and it says a lot about Polley's character that he came back as quickly and as strongly as he did. He is an easy guy to root for.
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Lol perfect.
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What is your alternative?
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Says the guy that has been trashing Polley for years. Got it.
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That is the dilemma. We'll probably have to roll the dice on Polley defensively and hope he is an asset offensively. With Polley shooting from the outside, we effectively lose a rebounder. To keep the defense honest, he needs to be driving to the hole and help out on the boards. Or if he's not shooting he can't be floating around outside. We simply can't afford having our 6'9" guy average 3 rebounds a game. He just needs to improve his rebounding and he'll be out there more. There's no reason why our PG is averaging more rebounds than our 6'9" forward. Hell, Adams is averaging 2.7 rebounds to Polley's 2.6.
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Polley would be less of a liability in zone D. I rarely criticize Coach but I wish he was less stubborn on this and play just a little zone once in a while.
Can't just roll out a zone, though. Have to practice it. With this COVID season, they've been severely limited in quality practice time. Not to mention they've really started to grasp Hurley's man to man D this season as a team and have been executing it really well, so most practice time was likely devoted to that and integrating RJ and Sanogo into the offense.
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I'd rather bet on Polley than Adams. Adams defense is pretty overrated.
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I'm not talking playing zone like Syracuse just mixing it up once in a while. They've had plenty of practice time recently. I do agree that our m2m has been good most games and should be our bread and butter but mixing things up can keep the opponent off-guard.
Um, what?