Xavier Post Game Thread

[Lafayette]

Again, indeed. Last season he was top 100 in three pointers attempted, but top 30 in percentage. That is exceptional. You can't ignore that like it was some kind of fluke.

Thing is still above 40% fg, 3pt % of 28.7 is closer to freshman year (31.9%) and FT % best season for him at 85.4%

 

[BFieldHusky]

At this point we need to treat last season as Solo's fluke 3pt shooting year. He's had 20+ games to get it going, shot allocation needs to be dialed back.

My only caveat again is he is hurt. He is playing through it, but it is affecting his shooting.

 

[Inyatkin]

At this point we need to treat last season as Solo's fluke 3pt shooting year. He's had 20+ games to get it going, shot allocation needs to be dialed back.

What would be the precedent for that? A bad shooter having a fluky season where he kills it at high volume. Doesn't the opposite seem a lot more likely?

 

[Waquoit]

I don't think it is a jump to suggest that Eric and his family are not handling his first season the way Clingan and his family did.

I do. This season is going great for him.

 

[DRBackup]

Thing is still above 40% fg, 3pt % of 28.7 is closer to freshman year (31.9%) and FT % best season for him at 85.4%

Nah. Shooting over 40% on 239 threes is not a fluke.

 

[aceboon]

My only caveat again is he is hurt. He is playing through it, but it is affecting his shooting.

Even more reason to dial it back if an injury is throwing his long range shooting out of whack. The Providence game where he's noticeably grimacing and clutching his wrist while throwing up 10 3s was ridiculous. Attack the basket and try to get to your spots in the midrange.

 

[Donyell 360]

I do. This season is going great for him.

I agree it is going great, but that doesn't mean there aren't feelings that it could be even better. If he had aspirations of being a one and done, it does not look to be that way. My point was that it was not a leap to conclude that Hurley was suggesting that Reibe and his camp should take a page from Clingan's playbook because it worked out well for him.

 

[BFieldHusky]

Even more reason to dial it back if an injury is throwing his long range shooting out of whack. The Providence game where he's noticeably grimacing and clutching his wrist while throwing up 10 3s was ridiculous. Attack the basket and try to get to your spots in the midrange.

I agree. I also think that game without Mullins and with Stewart/Ross being super passive lead to a lot of those shots.

 

[Excalibur]

At this point we need to treat last season as Solo's fluke 3pt shooting year. He's had 20+ games to get it going, shot allocation needs to be dialed back.

He shot 45% after December 1 of his Freshman season.

He's this year's Karaban -- an injury obviously hampering his shooting, with a bunch of imbeciles declaring that he now sucks.

 

[3rdbass]

View attachment 116754Our three point shooting being down as a team really does hinge on Solo's volume at 28%. He's taken 40% more threes than the next guy in Alex. He again looked a bit too trigger happy and missed a lot of open looks last night. We are 60% of our way into the BE season - need this kids % to start climbing. We can't have a 28% shooter taking all those shots when the rest of the team is shooting significantly better. For now, let's see if he can figure this out.

Wow Malachi Smith is averaging less than both Stewart and Ross. I know he has been very inconsistent but we need a little more scoring from him.

 

[3rdbass]

View attachment 116754Our three point shooting being down as a team really does hinge on Solo's volume at 28%. He's taken 40% more threes than the next guy in Alex. He again looked a bit too trigger happy and missed a lot of open looks last night. We are 60% of our way into the BE season - need this kids % to start climbing. We can't have a 28% shooter taking all those shots when the rest of the team is shooting significantly better. For now, let's see if he can figure this out.

Yeah I like to see Demary and Mullins shooting more and Ball less. It seems like we still draw up the most perimeter plays for Ball and Karaban. I would love to see that being Mullins and Karaban.

 

[aceboon]

He shot 45% after December 1 of his Freshman season.

He's this year's Karaban -- an injury obviously hampering his shooting, with a bunch of imbeciles declaring that he now sucks.

We were first notified of an injury after the fall against Butler, he was shooting below 30% from 3 on high volume through 11 games BEFORE Butler. He also shot 2/15 from 3 vs Boston College and Mich State in the exhibitions games. I'm not saying Solo sucks or he shouldn't play, I'm saying at this point a sub 30% shooting 3pt shooter shouldn't be jacking up 3s at a high volume trying to find a 3 point shot that isn't coming back, score in the other areas of the game that you've worked on like finishing at the basket or pulling up from midrange. Solo was shooting mid range jumpers effectively earlier when his 3 point shot was broke, get back to that.

 

[3rdbass]

At this point we need to treat last season as Solo's fluke 3pt shooting year. He's had 20+ games to get it going, shot allocation needs to be dialed back.

He was know as slasher coming out of high school. I wonder if he should go back to that as teams aren't letting him getting his feet set like last year.

 

[Inyatkin]

If Solo Ball suddenly couldn't shoot, this would presumably show up in practice, too. Do we think he's clanking seven out of 10 in shoot-arounds?
I don't know his injury status, but the coaching staff is perfectly fine with him continuing to hoist them up in games. There's every reason to believe his percentages will go up

 

[Donyell 360]

Yeah I like to see Demary and Mullins shooting more and Ball less. It seems like we still draw up the most perimeter plays for Ball and Karaban. I would love to see that being Mullins and Karaban.

I'm open to that idea, but keep in mind, when you ask a player to shoot more, their percentage generally goes down, not up, because they are asked to force it a bit more. Something tells me Mullins is less affected by the difficulty of the shot. He is good for an ugly shot or two each game but I am all for giving him more looks. I don't want Ball to drastically reduce his aggressiveness, but a little more discretion makes sense.