FredsSlacks Posted December 10, 2021 Report Posted December 10, 2021 if we were shooting 30% from 3 this year, which is still well below average, we'd be 7-3 right now. as it stands we're shooting 25% from 3 and ranked 345 out of 350 D1 teams in 3 point shooting. if anything is being worked on in practice, it's gotta be 3 point shooting. Quote
basketballjones Posted December 10, 2021 Report Posted December 10, 2021 I don't think there's any lack of shots getting up in practice. Handy Johnson 1 Quote
HuskerFever Posted December 10, 2021 Report Posted December 10, 2021 And the solution isn't as easy as "shoot less three pointers". We don't have a big man in a conference dominated by big men. Inside presence isn't easy to come by. So we're already one dimensional by going with the "live and die by the three pointer" and we're zero dimensional when we die by the three pointer. Noah121 and tcp 1 1 Quote
Nighthawk Posted December 10, 2021 Report Posted December 10, 2021 1 hour ago, FredsSlacks said: if we were shooting 30% from 3 this year, which is still well below average, we'd be 7-3 right now. as it stands we're shooting 25% from 3 and ranked 345 out of 350 D1 teams in 3 point shooting. if anything is being worked on in practice, it's gotta be 3 point shooting. These guys are supposed to be sinking them left and right. All we heard pre season was how amazing these guys are with their shots. This is why I just can't get excited over any recruit that is announced as coming to Nebraska anymore. millerhusker and Husker Hoops Penitent 2 Quote
uneblinstu Posted December 10, 2021 Report Posted December 10, 2021 Guessing they slow down, run more structured plays and try to manufacture some stuff. hhcmatt 1 Quote
hhcmatt Posted December 10, 2021 Report Posted December 10, 2021 9 minutes ago, HuskerFever said: And the solution isn't as easy as "shoot less three pointers". We don't have a big man in a conference dominated by big men. Inside presence isn't easy to come by. So we're already one dimensional by going with the "live and die by the three pointer" and we're zero dimensional when we die by the three pointer. Seems more changing how we look for good looks at the 3 or working for better looks. Wilcher is one thing with his slump but Keisei and Bryce aren't exactly taking great shots from deep. Quote
Nighthawk Posted December 10, 2021 Report Posted December 10, 2021 1 hour ago, hskr4life said: Wish they had started playing better before the Creighton game. Maybe Nebraska needs to see about making the Creighton game the last game of the season. Quote
Handy Johnson Posted December 11, 2021 Report Posted December 11, 2021 Running an offense predicated on knocking down 3 point shots & then doing so at a dead last in the Nation clip is almost like running a “wide open” passing attack with a Quarterback that can’t throw… Nighthawk and Ron Mexico 2 Quote
hhcmatt Posted January 21, 2022 Report Posted January 21, 2022 It's up to 29.8% on the season and that's not even counting our numbers from the snack aisle jason2486 1 Quote
uneblinstu Posted January 21, 2022 Report Posted January 21, 2022 KW, CJ, KT and BM are shooting .441 as a group the last 7 games. Wilcher is at .522 over that stretch. They're at .397 as a full team over that stretch. They've turned that corner, I think. Obviously, lots of other issues... .397 would be 6th in the country if they'd found this rhythm earlier. If KT and CJ come back next year, I'd expect them to find it sooner. Silverbacked1 1 Quote
Navin R. Johnson Posted January 21, 2022 Report Posted January 21, 2022 44 minutes ago, uneblinstu said: KW, CJ, KT and BM are shooting .441 as a group the last 7 games. Wilcher is at .522 over that stretch. They're at .397 as a full team over that stretch. They've turned that corner, I think. Obviously, lots of other issues... .397 would be 6th in the country if they'd found this rhythm earlier. If KT and CJ come back next year, I'd expect them to find it sooner. Shot selection seems to be the solution. Shawn Eichorst's Toupee and aphilso1 2 Quote
uneblinstu Posted January 21, 2022 Report Posted January 21, 2022 38 minutes ago, Navin R. Johnson said: Shot selection seems to be the solution. Certainly hasn’t hurt the cause Quote
aphilso1 Posted January 21, 2022 Report Posted January 21, 2022 53 minutes ago, Navin R. Johnson said: Shot selection seems to be the solution. Agreed. Bryce still seems to launch too many contested 3s, but everyone else has gotten much better about taking in-rhythm open looks unless late in the shot clock. Quote
Handy Johnson Posted January 23, 2022 Report Posted January 23, 2022 You can have your Pat Mahomes & Steph Curry’s, Football will always be a game played down in the dirt, & Basketball games will always be won in the paint… Ron Mexico 1 Quote
hhcmatt Posted January 28, 2022 Report Posted January 28, 2022 We are sitting at a season high 30.00% from 3 for the season thrasher31 1 Quote
thrasher31 Posted January 28, 2022 Report Posted January 28, 2022 20 minutes ago, hhcmatt said: We are sitting at a season high 30.00% from 3 for the season Where would that put us in the big ten? By most advanced metrics, we're last or second to last in the big ten Quote
uneblinstu Posted January 28, 2022 Report Posted January 28, 2022 Overall, they're last. In B1G games, they're 13th. Iowa is behind us. thrasher31 1 Quote
brfrad Posted January 28, 2022 Report Posted January 28, 2022 55 minutes ago, uneblinstu said: Overall, they're last. In B1G games, they're 13th. Iowa is behind us. Iowa still has 2 games against our defense. Bugeaters1 and Cazzie22 1 1 Quote
AuroranHusker Posted January 29, 2022 Report Posted January 29, 2022 (edited) Nebraska has CJ Wilcher shooting 37%, Keisei Tominaga 36% and Kobe Webster 34% (also Trey M. is 1-for-3)--all above the Mendoza line (in my book) as 33% on threes is basically 50% on twos. Then it's Lat at 28% (with recent success to push it up from 22%, mind you) followed by Bryce M. at 27% with the most attempts (tied with Keisei) at 92, Verge slightly lower than Bryce yet only with 34 attempts, and followed by Trevor Lakes (3-for-13), Wilhelm B. (3-for-20)... Rounding out the team at a goose-egg being Keon Edwards (0-13) & Eduardo Andre (0-1). The final two O-fers take NU down nearly 1% on the season shooting average, not that 31% is much all that much better but it is notable. Keon cranking threes didn't seem to help him crack the rotation, I figured his D would have, though. Oh well, maybe next year, wherever he ends up. Nebraska has somehow been able to take the 3FG% from an abysmal 25% to slightly less of an issue at 30%. Huskers need to keep the guys who've been able to make them at a reasonable rate *recently* shooting the majority of those attempts, namely "sharpshooters" CJ & Keisei followed by a mostly open Kobe, Lat & Bryce, and maybe once in a blue moon by a totally wide-open Alonzo Verge. The collective percentages will likely continue to rise yet, even after 20 games into this lost season, if the right guys shoot the shots. I know, it would have been nice if the team had figured this out in Nov. 2021 and not the 1st part of the new year. There is hope, even if it's only a slight bit of hope. Maybe tomorrow they light up the scoreboard, it's happened before so it's not impossible to imagine... Edited January 29, 2022 by AuroranHusker Quote
BannedAccount Posted January 29, 2022 Report Posted January 29, 2022 12 minutes ago, AuroranHusker said: Nebraska has CJ Wilcher shooting 37%, Keisei Tominaga 36% and Kobe Webster 34% (also Trey M. is 1-for-3)--all above the Mendoza line (in my book) as 33% on threes is basically 50% on twos. Then it's Lat at 28% (with recent success to push it up from 22%, mind you) followed by Bryce M. at 27% with the most attempts (tied with Keisei) at 92, Verge slightly lower than Bryce yet only with 34 attempts, and followed by Trevor Lakes (3-for-13), Wilhelm B. (3-for-20)... Rounding out the team at a goose-egg being Keon Edwards (0-13) & Eduardo Andre (0-1). The final two O-fers take NU down nearly 1% on the season shooting average, not that 31% is much all that much better but it is notable. Keon cranking threes didn't seem to help him crack the rotation, I figured his D would have, though. Oh well, maybe next year, wherever he ends up. Nebraska has somehow been able to take the 3FG% from an abysmal 25% to slightly less of an issue at 30%. Huskers need to keep the guys who've been able to make them at a reasonable rate *recently* shooting the majority of those attempts, namely "sharpshooters" CJ & Keisei followed by a mostly open Kobe, Lat & Bryce, and maybe once in a blue moon by a totally wide-open Alonzo Verge. The collective percentages will likely continue to rise yet, even after 20 games into this lost season, if the right guys shoot the shots. I know, it would have been nice if the team had figured this out in Nov. 2021 and not the 1st part of the new year. There is hope, even if it's only a slight bit of hope. Maybe tomorrow they light up the scoreboard, it's happened before so it's not impossible to imagine... Crayton is barely shooting better then NE right now so there's that... Quote
AuroranHusker Posted January 29, 2022 Report Posted January 29, 2022 Just now, coughunter said: Crayton is barely shooting better then NE right now so there's that... I read they shot 2-22 the other day... that's a shame. Ron Mexico 1 Quote
BannedAccount Posted January 29, 2022 Report Posted January 29, 2022 29 minutes ago, AuroranHusker said: I read they shot 2-22 the other day... that's a shame. Yeah, unfortunately they have an inside game and play team basketball and win. Quote
hhcmatt Posted January 29, 2022 Report Posted January 29, 2022 If you want to cherry pick out the 3 game slump for CJ Wilcher during which he was reportedly sick he's shooting 44% in the rest of the games this year. I really do think that him and Keisei are 40% shooters when they take good shots. Shawn Eichorst's Toupee 1 Quote
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