Regarding our 3pt defense:
We have zero rim, or really interior, protection (so far)
That translates into more guard/wing help. The alternative is getting abused in the paint for gimmies and/or easy putbacks…which is still happening way too often. We’re very limited defensively with the current roster, it is what it is.
Not sure it matters much when you’re scoring 95ppg
Kansas? Despite his ridiculous numbers, I thought we did ok on Dickinson overall given what we have. Check his other boxes. If we left him alone he’d have had 50 & 30. He got his, and more, but he didn’t dominate the game.
Oscar did that **** 80% of the time for 2 years. How’d that translate into wins?
Unfortunately, Dejuan Harris, a really good vet leader, went for 23 on 5-5 from 3, and most of them were huge. I compared him to a homeless rondo pregame in his style.
He has 18 points
total, and one made 3, in his other 5 games
COMBINED. I mean…despite all the other gripes about that game, that was the difference. I’d play the same strategy Again, as does everyone else.
Sometimes it just goes like that. Once we have at least a THREAT of rim protection, I expect the perimeter defense will improve a good bit.
…just maybe not in Rupp. The friendliest scrub shooting gym in the world for my lifetime. ☺
