Shooting 44% from 3 since the UNC game
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Our inside game hasn't been a traditional inside game with posting up low and making moves to the basket; rather, alley oops and put backs off of missed shots. The packed in zones have negated that to a degree. We don't really have a strong traditional post-up guy. WCS doesn't quite have the moves. DJ has no lift. KAT is new at trying. It'll all be good.
Part of why I loved Big Cuz. He could score in the post all day. I love guys like that. Okafor is that kind of player also.Crazy thing is most of our bigs who aren't great post moves get constantly double teamed which we should make people pay for with Ulis, Booker and A Harrison on the perimeter. GBB
Part of the reason our inside game is struggling is because teams are just packing and clogging up the lane on us. Last year when they did that, our shooters struggled to hit shots consistently. This year we have knock down shooters that are feasting right now off that style of packing it in the middle defense. That makes this team nearly impossible to stop. To me the outside shooting is much more encouraging than the inside woes are discouraging. The inside game will come around. Our bigs are too good. I will say though, at times our rebounding has disappointed me a little bit, given our size and athleticism.
Yes, and although it didn't look good early (i think we were shooting like 28% from three at one point) this team apparently can stroke it.
Cal has FINALLY brought in a class of SHOOTERS. Booker, Ulis, Lyles, and Towns can all knock it down from their respective spots. THIS IS THE DIFFERENCE and why I believe this team is so good. Cal is an amazing recruiter, goes without saying, and he brings in mega-classes year after year but he typically never gets the shooters (Lamb, Knight, Wiltjer the exceptions). Our teams always lack at least one to two more shooters in order to win the title.
Not this year. This year the biggest difference outside of sheer depth is the freshmen class being able to shoot. I firmly believe that.
We were without Ulis for Columbia and EKU and Booker missed Columbia as well (and was still hobbled for EKU) . Those were 2 of the 3 worst 3pt shooting outings of the year.
The only thing I can't recall is if they got injured during the Texas game. Because combined, they went 0-4 from the three..
Aside from our season opener, Texas, Columbia, and EKU were Kentucky's worst three point shooting performances. Pretty easy to see why.
The only thing I can't recall is if they got injured during the Texas game. Because combined, they went 0-4 from the three..
Aside from our season opener, Texas, Columbia, and EKU were Kentucky's worst three point shooting performances. Pretty easy to see why.
Totally agree!! There is always an important role for knock down shooters in any level of basketball. In college, you almost have to have a couple of great shooters to win the championship. The Wall/Cousins team was just one knock down shooter away from winning a championship (i.e., Jodie Meeks). The lack of a consistent shooter finally caught up with them.
If I ever had any gripe with Cal's recruiting it was the lack of pure shooters as you mentioned. This freshmen class may be one of my all time favorites. They not only are great shooters, but their basketball I.Q. seems way ahead of what their age says it should be, and they are only going to get better as the year progresses. This may not be Cal's most athletic class and it doesn't have anyone like Anthony Davis, but it may be his most solid class.
I think our opponents looked at the stats and the game recordings, and figured their best shot was making us shoot from the outside. They just didn't realize that we've got 3 guys, especially Booker of course, who can fill it up from the 3 line. This team has so many players you just can't take away everything.
I have always thought we were going to be a good shooting team. The question is can we keep this up ? Cal is a very good and if there is a game that out shots are not drooping then we will go inside more. This is a fun team to watch.
I think the total miss count was 2 games for Ulis. Booker missed one as well, but was also wearing a knee brace and was hobbled for an additional game or so. No surprise that those games we had atrocious 3pt shooting.
Bottom line, shooting is still key. You can have a team full of the best athletes to ever walk the earth, but shooting is the equalizer.
I mean it when I say that this may be the best class Cal has ever reeled in and its because all players (Booker, Lyles, Ulis, Towns) can shoot. Name another class where all the players coming in could shoot. There is not one.
Again, aside from depth, the biggest difference this season is that our incoming freshmen are shooters. Thats why we are so good. Shooting.
And Ill be the first to admit, when we were in that 2-3 game shooting slump, i was afraid that Cal had done it again in not getting any shooters. But that was not the case.
I mean it when I say that this may be the best class Cal has ever reeled in and its because all players (Booker, Lyles, Ulis, Towns) can shoot. Name another class where all the players coming in could shoot. There is not one.
Again, aside from depth, the biggest difference this season is that our incoming freshmen are shooters. Thats why we are so good. Shooting.
And Ill be the first to admit, when we were in that 2-3 game shooting slump, i was afraid that Cal had done it again in not getting any shooters. But that was not the case.
Idk how any UK fan could have thought that, with the way Booker, Ulis, and even Aaron Harrison can stroke it from 3 when on.
Biggest reason for the high percentage is Booker started to become automatic. He has had two droughts 0-10 and 1-11, but since the second one he has gone 17-22. If he had shot even a mildly poor percentage during those two droughts, he would be leading the nation in 3pt percentage. He's not far behind Justin Anderson as it is.
Cut Nets, great post. I typed something very similar about a month ago.
All four Frosh have come in and contributed right away.
Obviously the platoon and Poy going down plays a part in that but as you said all these guys can shoot the rock and make baskets doing it.
I agree that history may very we'll look back on this class being the greatest Cal has ever recruit even though 2 or 3 of his classes were rated higher.
All four Frosh have come in and contributed right away.
Obviously the platoon and Poy going down plays a part in that but as you said all these guys can shoot the rock and make baskets doing it.
I agree that history may very we'll look back on this class being the greatest Cal has ever recruit even though 2 or 3 of his classes were rated higher.