Why a three?

[Dogbreath2U]

As others have said, he did take a couple of 3's before that were bad shots, but that one was not. As Hooper pointed out, UM brought 3 defenders at him and there we no room to penetrate. To try to split the defenders there would have been very risky and I wanted the ball in his hands unless he had a clear pass to a wide open Boat or Giff (who may not have been in) for the last shot.

The fact he was able to use the screen and get as open as he did for a fraction of a second was pretty amazing.

 

[mauconnfan]

There bad shots in the sense that he is the point guard and twice within the last 5 minutes with the lead he took NBA range three's and they weren't even wide open shots and they were very early in the shot clock. Your in the double bonus situation, take clock and try to get to the line which is your strength.

They were letting them play, you weren't getting a call with the whistles swallowed as the clock runs down and it was Bazz……a very good luck buy one of college's most clutch performers. Not sure we get a better shot than that?

 

[storrsroars]

It wasn't all that much earlier when Boat eschewed a wide open 3 and tried to take it inside. The result was a TO. So given the risk/reward and that it was Bazz taking the shot, I was OK with it.

Now, had they been down one or two instead of tied, I might have a different opinion.

 

[Uconnrick]

Not with the clock running down, he got a good open shot, and almost drained it.

Correct, but the reason the clock ran down is because we didn't seem to run anything to spring anyone open. You bet I want the ball in Bazz's hands at the EOG but I can't help but think that if we had run some cutters and set screens, they couldn't have had 3 guys on Bazz with 3 seconds left and he might have gotten a cleaner look.

 

[upstater]

People were complaining about Boat not taking wide open 3s and driving instead, but he was getting to the foul line over and over. Except for the one time they didn't call the foul. Here's the thing. If Boat shoots a 3 before he has time to set, he is not a very good shooter. I feel great about him shooting in good form, but he invariably misses when he rushes it. He's like Giffey in that way. Only Daniels and Napier seem capable of hitting 3s from different body angles.

I never think that Boat driving is a bad decision as long as he's somewhat under control.

 

[2north]

The play got somewhat busted by the missed initial screen. Give credit to Goodwin for not letting Nolan set a good pick at first. That pretty much eliminated a drive or mid range jumper. Nolan recovered and got Shabazz as decent a look as he was going to get, it just didnt go all the way down.

Kromah was open in the corner but Shabazz HAS to be the one taking the last shot.

 

[Uconnrick]

The play got somewhat busted by the missed initial screen. Give credit to Goodwin for not letting Nolan set a good pick at first. That pretty much eliminated a drive or mid range jumper. Nolan recovered and got Shabazz as decent a look as he was going to get, it just didnt go all the way down.

Kromah was open in the corner but Shabazz HAS to be the one taking the last shot.

Agreed. Unless LK is red hot (which he wasn't yesterday} I rather have Bazz take a contested 3. I'd still rather have a layup by anyone else though

 

[babysheep]

Because he shoots from 3 (42%) almost as well as he does from inside 3 (47%). The play was designed for a 3. Everyone dropped to the baseline and wasn't moving. The percentage of that 3 going in was probably better than if Bazz tried to drive and make something happen.

 

[RichZ]

I know that I had already started the fist pump and the celebratory shout was half way between my vocal chords and lips when that damned thing decided to say the hell with the laws of physics, and go out instead of in.