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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Mar 6, 2017 19:00:06 GMT -5
Re: stone cold free throw shooters, we are not losing any. The four graduating seniors combined to shoot .664 on free throws while the returning players shot .729. Of course, Karl Charles took just over half of the returning players FT attempts so that kind of skews the percentage but Pat Benzan shot .667 on his 72 attempts.
KC was also best on the team at getting to the line. I will bet KC gets to the line even more often next season as he will have to become a bigger part of the offense by default. He needs to take more shots in my oft stated opinion....
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Post by hchoops on Mar 6, 2017 19:05:07 GMT -5
KC wound up 5th in the PL at .798
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Post by possum on Mar 6, 2017 19:24:44 GMT -5
In this offense KC is nothing more than a three point shooter. He would be an excellent open court player but that's not the way we play. He needs to work on going to his right as if you overplay his left hand he has nothing else to go to and often forces the action resulting in offensive fouls. He is a good 3 point shooter and an excellent free throw shooter.
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Post by ncaam on Mar 6, 2017 19:32:11 GMT -5
Will PB or CG replace AT as the 3 point shooter of last resort?
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Post by hchoops on Mar 6, 2017 19:55:34 GMT -5
In this offense KC is nothing more than a three point shooter. He would be an excellent open court player but that's not the way we play. He needs to work on going to his right as if you overplay his left hand he has nothing else to go to and often forces the action resulting in offensive fouls. He is a good 3 point shooter and an excellent free throw shooter. This season KC took 88 threes, 107 twos as afrosh, he took 102 threes, 158 twos
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Mar 6, 2017 20:36:58 GMT -5
Will PB or CG replace AT as the 3 point shooter of last resort? He took the third most threes on the team, so he was hardly the last resort. I will not miss watching Ant shoot the ball.
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Post by hchoops on Mar 6, 2017 20:46:41 GMT -5
Maybe PB will drive the ball and either go all the way or take his pull up off one foot at the end of the shot clock.
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Post by ncaam on Mar 6, 2017 20:47:01 GMT -5
My point is as the shot clock runs out.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Mar 6, 2017 20:47:58 GMT -5
We've seen data on the minutes played by and the points scored by our graduating seniors. One question I have is who is going to take our shots?? By that I mean who will be the go-to prolific shooter? Take a look at these stats on FGA per 40 minutes:
14.2 Robt Champion-- few Crusaders in recent seasons have shot as frequently as RC. He gets open, is not afraid to shoot, and can go to the basket as well 12.2 Malachi Alexander 11.3 Matt Husek 9.7 COMPOSITE 8.9 CLS 7.8 Karl Charles----he's going to need to shoot a lot more often next season 7.8 Pat Benzan 7.5 Matt Z 6.7 Anthony Thompson 5.9 Jehyve Floyd-- this is a very very low number
HC typically takes just shy of 50 shots a game-----all our returning players fall on the "reluctant to shoot" end of the spectrum. Their style of play leads me to believe that PB and JF are unlikely to become gunners. I can't make any judgment on JS's style of play. Unless KC steps it up and starts shooting much more often we're going to need MZ and/or one or more of the freshmen to become frequent shooters in the 12/40 minutes range. Maybe AB, CN, or MF will take on that role. Somebody must.
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Post by hchoops on Mar 6, 2017 20:57:10 GMT -5
I believe that the FGA will be spread out. KC and PB will step it up considerably, with KC moreso, and JF will increase somewhat. The rest of the shots will come from the others who will get the minutes, returnees and/or freshmen.
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Post by Tom on Mar 7, 2017 9:10:35 GMT -5
Will PB or CG replace AT as the 3 point shooter of last resort? Whoever is stuck holding the ball when the shot clock hits 1. When (and if) the offense is working properly, this won't necessarily be the guy that brought the ball up the court. It might be Benzan or Green, but in theory, it should be spread out a little more evenly among the guys getting minutes
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Post by possum on Mar 7, 2017 12:31:55 GMT -5
It's inexplicable to me that both MA and RC took over 150 more shots than KC this year. Last year the shots were much more evenly balance between the three, anyone have any thoughts on what the difference was this year? It seems like KC should have gotten significantly more shots than PB and AT which was not the case this year. Was it a function of the offense to focus on getting more shots for MA and RC or was KC less aggressive in pursuing shots? It's very evident that as the season went on KC's game became more dependent on 3 point shooting. Looking at PL play only in the first 9 games about 1/3 of his shots were 3's and in the final 10 games about 60 percent were 3's and in the last 3 games 15 of his 17 shots were 3's. My optimism coming into this season was based on KC taking a step forward and MA and RC continuing forward with the play they exhibited in the PL tourney and the NCAA's, unfortunately none of these things happened.
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Post by hchoops on Mar 7, 2017 12:42:30 GMT -5
In the games that I saw, KC was less aggressive in looking to drive the ball, which he did more frequently in his frosh season. Some of that may have had to do with his frequent foul trouble. Either he was reluctant to avoid charges or was on the bench with fewer minutes in some games. Unfortunately, this also resulted in his not taking as many free throws as last season, and as we know, he has been our best FT shooter by far. I do not believe that it wa a function of the offense, which was the same as last season. MA, and especially RC, were far more aggressive in looking to shoot.
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Post by possum on Mar 7, 2017 12:58:35 GMT -5
Hoops don't you think that KC's driving opportunities were limited because after a year of scouting the book on him was to deny letting him go to his left. I think it's imperative that he work on his ball handling skills so that there is at least the threat of him going to his right.
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Post by hchoops on Mar 7, 2017 13:03:44 GMT -5
The scouting is a possibility. He does have to drive more right or at least start that way and change direction(not a skill he has shown). When he has driven right, his problem remains that he does not finish with the right hand.
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