MBB G2 M1: Louisiana 66, UNO 63

[ragin50]

I think you are wrong as both Richards and Thomas both did more off the bench than Butts. Gueye is a terrible basketball player mentally. Makes one good play and then goes 5 min without doing anything right. Richards looks like he can spell Awkuba, and Thomas I thought played well on the defensive end in the limited minutes he got.

That's pretty impressive on Richards' part. Awkuba is a pretty difficult name to spell!

[cajuns80]

Believe it or not the team is shooting 46% on the season (Granted Awkuba is carrying the team with a team leading 83.3% from the field), where we are horrendous is from 3 point land, where we are shooting a total of 23%.

And most of that is Mylik Wilson who is 1-7 and Gueye who is 0-4. As bad as Russell has looked he is actually 5-16 or 31% on the season, which is not as bad as I thought. I would have assumed he was around the 25 or lower %

31% from Russell is not good enough for us to win many games this year.

[RaginDave]

That's pretty impressive on Richards' part. Awkuba is a pretty difficult name to spell!

That is funny right there, I don't care who you are.

[RaginDave]

31% from Russell is not good enough for us to win many games this year.

I agree, but my point was he is shooting better than I thought from 3. Which is not saying allot.

[Turbine]

31% from Russell is not good enough for us to win many games this year.

Isn't shooting 33% from 3pr the same as shooting 50% from 2pr?

[CajunEXPRESS]

Most of the SBC tournament games have been played at the Alario Center, not Lakefront Arena.

I can’t recall a single SBC tournament at Alario Center. They have all been at the UNO Assembly Center when in NOLA.

[RaginDave]

Isn't shooting 33% from 3pr the same as shooting 50% from 2pr?

In 100 3 point shots if you hit 33% you only score 99 points. If you shoot 50% on 2 point shots in the same amount of attempts you score 100.

So yes you are correct. My assumption is always anything above 33% from 3 point range is pretty OK. The problem is the team is only shooting 23%. Wilson, Gueye, Au, Butts, Garnett and Thomas are shooting a combined 4-26 and that works out to 15%. That is terrible. Especially from guys like Wilson, Au and Butts who are your guards. In actuality if those guys shot more like Russell we would be feeling allot more confident. The other problem is defending the 3.

Look Baylor is good and they shot 15-27 from 3 point land, but you should not have had an average at best UNO team shoot 6 of 20 vs you. The better teams are going to light you up if you can not defend the 3.

[cajuns80]

In 100 3 point shots if you hit 33% you only score 99 points. If you shoot 50% on 2 point shots in the same amount of attempts you score 100.

So yes you are correct. My assumption is always anything above 33% from 3 point range is pretty OK. The problem is the team is only shooting 23%. Wilson, Gueye, Au, Butts, Garnett and Thomas are shooting a combined 4-26 and that works out to 15%. That is terrible. Especially from guys like Wilson, Au and Butts who are your guards. In actuality if those guys shot more like Russell we would be feeling allot more confident. The other problem is defending the 3.

Look Baylor is good and they shot 15-27 from 3 point land, but you should not have had an average at best UNO team shoot 6 of 20 vs you. The better teams are going to light you up if you can not defend the 3.

What is even more concerning is according to Marlin postgame, he was happy with UNO shooting the 3. He wanted to take his chances with that.

[Cajunsmike]

What is even more concerning is according to Marlin postgame, he was happy with UNO shooting the 3. He wanted to take his chances with that.

I watched UNO vs BYU and they struggled from the perimeter in that game. Understandable game plan was to shut off drive and allow certain guys to have outside shots. Guy who went 4 for 4 including three 3 pointers had gone one for 6 in the two previous games. Agree some of the open threes given up late were too wide open but the game plan generally worked defensively. I was at the game and the big negative is obvious to all. Shooting 4 for 24 from three is a recipe for disaster. I cannot recall ever winning a game before last night with perimeter shooting that poor. Winning when that occurs is virtually unheard of. Therefore you have to do a lot of other things well to be victorious when that occurs. That includes forcing turnovers, protecting the paint, and hitting free throws at crunch time. Encouraging in that Awkuba and Wilson were money at the line when pressure was on. A big man who can hit free throws is a luxury and MAlik seems to have improved at the line. There is Another encouraging sign you guys who watched online may not have picked up on. That is morale and body language of the guys on the bench was positive throughout the game. You could tell they were supportive of all the guys on the floor and team success was the priority. Still, we cannot continue shooting like last night and expect to have much success. While we did well forcing turnovers we still committed too many. I do not expect the shooting to be as poor as last night on a regular basis. Guys have shown they are better than that previously. Hopefully last night was an anomaly in that regard.

[zephyr]

Believe it or not the team is shooting 46% on the season (Granted Awkuba is carrying the team with a team leading 83.3% from the field), where we are horrendous is from 3 point land, where we are shooting a total of 23%.

And most of that is Mylik Wilson who is 1-7 and Gueye who is 0-4. As bad as Russell has looked he is actually 5-16 or 31% on the season, which is not as bad as I thought. I would have assumed he was around the 25 or lower %

Yes, you are correct about the 3 pt shooting and what always drives me nuts is our unwavering commitment to just jacking up 3's no matter how poorly we may be shooting. At some point, working for open shots around basket has got to be considered and if we are going to continue shooting all those 3's, we better start getting equally persistent about hitting the boards and trying to get second chance points.