Fri Mar 22, 2024 10:33 am
Fri Mar 22, 2024 4:47 pm
SeattleJay wrote:Akron took 66 shots and we took 46 shots. It’s hard to win games when the other team takes that many more shots.
What did we do wrong? We turned the ball over too much. We were beaten on the offensive glass.
What did we do right?
We shot a lot more FT’s
We hit a high percentage of our shots and a fair number of 3 point shots.
Fri Mar 22, 2024 5:06 pm
HandDownManDown wrote:Ashworth played a great game. He passed it around and didn’t really shot hunt, even after sinking his first two.
I’m really encouraged by his effort. We soooo need more of that from him.
Fri Mar 22, 2024 5:18 pm
JacobPadilla wrote:SeattleJay wrote:Akron took 66 shots and we took 46 shots. It’s hard to win games when the other team takes that many more shots.
What did we do wrong? We turned the ball over too much. We were beaten on the offensive glass.
What did we do right?
We shot a lot more FT’s
We hit a high percentage of our shots and a fair number of 3 point shots.
You do need to factor in the free throws if you're making that comparison. Shooting possessions were 69 to 56 — still a significant gap, but not 20. +9 in TOs and -4 in OREBs makes up that difference.
Fri Mar 22, 2024 9:16 pm
SeattleJay wrote:JacobPadilla wrote:SeattleJay wrote:Akron took 66 shots and we took 46 shots. It’s hard to win games when the other team takes that many more shots.
What did we do wrong? We turned the ball over too much. We were beaten on the offensive glass.
What did we do right?
We shot a lot more FT’s
We hit a high percentage of our shots and a fair number of 3 point shots.
You do need to factor in the free throws if you're making that comparison. Shooting possessions were 69 to 56 — still a significant gap, but not 20. +9 in TOs and -4 in OREBs makes up that difference.
Jacob,
I know you are a busy guy and do a great job. Shooting FT’s was one of my explanations. Perhaps, I wasn’t clear. My intent was to highlight by us not fouling and us getting to the line , was a partial reason for the total shot differential.
Not fouling and getting fouled is a good differentiator.
Sat Mar 23, 2024 10:03 am
Sat Mar 23, 2024 10:22 am
Sat Mar 23, 2024 11:42 am
jays34 wrote:on the roubounding, i'll add this. What appears to be a purposeful strategy, I've never quite understood. Kalk does a great job of sealing his man away from the board, but never seems to go after the ball himself. Like he's creating space for this teammate. Maybe my eyes decieve me, but I wish Kalk would just go grab the damn ball when its there.
Sat Mar 23, 2024 12:03 pm
Sat Mar 23, 2024 12:04 pm
go_jays wrote:jays34 wrote:on the roubounding, i'll add this. What appears to be a purposeful strategy, I've never quite understood. Kalk does a great job of sealing his man away from the board, but never seems to go after the ball himself. Like he's creating space for this teammate. Maybe my eyes decieve me, but I wish Kalk would just go grab the damn ball when its there.
Well, I don't know what the strategy is on that. But I'm gonna hazard a guess...
If that is indeed their tactic, then I'm guessing that 1) They would prefer Baylor to get the rebound so he can initiate the transition offense immediately... Whereas Kalk has to find his outlet. 2) Kalk is absolutely awesome at running the floor. Probably not anyone better in college basketball than him. He can beat so many other 5's down the floor... and easily if the other 5 is not accustom to running the floor like Kalk does. So it's purely a matter of maximizing their strengths. And it's also situational . It has to be be.
One of those questions that I'd love to ask Mac some day.