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once again we get crushed in the paint (36-16), get out rebounded 45-32 (27-4 offensive boards) and give up 71 shots to our 43 and still get the W.

4 guard sets with a 5 who can shoot from the perimeter seems to be working for us.

32 minutes ago, Brad said:

Who’s arguing this?  CAAR clearly went away from the threes.  A good number of those misses came as we lost a ten point lead. He came out in second half to get back to pounding the paint. 
 

He didn’t just shrug his shoulders and take the L as part of being a three point shooting team (99% of basketball teams). 

we shot 12 3 pointers in the 2nd half.

11 in the first half.

we shot 1 more 2 pointer in the 2nd half than we did in the 1st.

we shot 4 more three pointers against utsa than we did fau.

it's our identity and it's why we are winning.

of course it means we can go down big and rally back. or even shoot poorly and win ugly. or get out to a huge lead and then get too conservative.

you might as well get used to it.

our offense is 11% more effective shooting 3's than 2's this year.

our defense is 4.5% more effective defending 3's than defending 2's.

11 minutes ago, olafberserker said:

So statistics show that when a team shoots the ball well in basketball they win more?   Tell me more 

I believe the article clearly states shooting the 3 well.

perhaps we should just start forcing it inside where we shoot a percentage that ranks #234  in the country

maybe we'll win more

12 minutes ago, Triple B said:

 

That and defense. They're not going to stop shooting them, CAAR has as much as said so ....... so we might as well buckle up.

that's why he gets paid the big bucks (and it's also why we are winning)

16 minutes ago, Brad said:

DR.

The point you’re continuously try to make is only a part of basketball.  Every team would like to hit a huge percentage of threes.  No ****.  However, no successful team only relies on 3s and just shrugs their shoulders on an off night and says “that’s gonna happen”.  It’s not random as you’d like to assume when you have an anomoly.  
 

CAAR didnt shrug his shoulders last night, instead went into the paint.  Miguel’s three point shooting was killing us, but his drives to the basket kept the deficit small.  
 

 

we shot 1 less 3 than we average per game.

we shoot 36% from three for the year and we allow our opponents to shoot 31%. That's in large part why we are winning.

how do you know you're having an off night shooting and when do you decide to stop shooting them?

how many games would we have lost where we came back from a big deficit in the 2nd half and caught fire from behind the arc if we had stopped shooting them?

10 minutes ago, Brad said:

So what are you arguing?

I'm not arguing anything.

sometimes you have to win ugly when you have an off night shooting.

doesn't mean you should stop shooting.

how many games have you seen this year where we shot awful in the first half and were on the verge of getting blown out and then we come out and shoot lights out and win?

9 minutes ago, Dave_Glaser said:

Nobody thinks we need to change our philosophy in general, but when you’re having a 4-23 night, you may want to take the ball to the basket.

we did. we outscored them in the paint 36-16 and we shot 23 free throws.

that's how you win ugly. it happens.

the reason they almost beat us was because they hit 5 more threes than us.

I must admit I didn't understand the limited minutes for walker though.

16 minutes ago, Brad said:

Thanks, I'll look into it.  

is there a Madden basketball?

do a simple google search

We looked at the 3,600,541 total 3-pointers taken since the 2000-01 season (1,249,423 of which were made), and the research shows there is a strong correlation between 3-point success and win-loss percentage.

In fact, the two teams with the highest win percentages since the 2000-01 season also had the highest 3-point percentage since then.

The top overall is Gonzaga, which is 509-109 (.824) this century while shooting 38.2 percent from the 3-point line — both the best marks in Division I.

Right behind is Kansas, with a 536-115 (.823) record and a 38.1 percent performance from deep — both good for second place.

3.6 million shots don’t lie: The 3-pointer really does help you win NCAA games

WWW.NCAA.COM

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Gonzaga has both the highest 3-point percentage and highest win percentage this century. And that's no coincidence.

3 minutes ago, Brad said:

UTSA can play defense and be physical...it's not an outcome of magic or fate that off nights just happen. If were that simple and random, we wouldn't need practice.  i.e., every single hold or jersey grab disrupted timing on those perimeter patterns.

shooting 3's has a high variance. You have off nights.

UTSA ranks #352 in the country for three point shooting percentage against.

we hit 18 against them last time.

4 minutes ago, Brad said:

Of course we scored something like 20 of our first 26 points in the paint.  

We ran into trouble when they took the paint away and said, "yeah, shoot some threes"

As it turned out, we still couldn't make threes and then started forcing 1 on1s in the paint, missing many of those too...

you are looking at one game. BTW we dominated them in the paint 36-16 (unlike every other game) and we barely won.

we are shooting 36% from 3 for the year.

that and our defense (in particular our 3 point defense) is why we are winning.

it's inevitable to have an off night shooting.

look at the analytics and you would understand how the game is played today.

10 hours ago, Dave_Glaser said:

STOP shooting 3s JUST STOP!

we were going to have an off night shooting. glad it was last night.

do not stop shooting them though. you think curry stops shooting them when he has an off night?

Listing Stephen Curry’s 5 worst shooting games of his NBA career

WWW.SPORTSKEEDA.COM

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Stephen Curry had a torrid time against a stacked OKC Thunder side, which had the likes of Russell Westbrook, Kevin Durant, James Harden, and even Serge Ibaka in a...

9 hours ago, Friscobull said:

Live by the 3 die by the 3

it's the reason we are 18-1 in our last 19.

20 minutes ago, GoBulls84 said:

A kid who's getting that Adidas money already and has a chance to play with his big brother for a year on a potential tournament team and is going to be an NBA draft pick and make even more millions anyway?

Different people have different priorities. His one overarching stated goal is to go to a team that will help him develop his game for the NBA. His decision very well could come down to if he thinks Calipari or CAAR is better for player development.

he's probably less concerned with being developed as he is with showcasing his talent. Much more difficult to stand out on a team loaded with 5 stars.

interesting side note. his brother kevin is no longer on an nba roster. someone told me he was at our game the other day

16 minutes ago, USFBulls12 said:

What kid would turn down more money to go to a better basketball program? He'll take the Adidas money AND the Kentucky money.

how do you know how much kentucky money is available? oh and things aren't always so rosy there.

They are currently 5th in the sec. fans are getting impatient with cal in large part because they bring in one and dones and haven't done anything nationally in awhile.

they had two top 10 recruits last year and 4 mcdonald's all americans.

3 of their 5 star prospects were predicted first rounders after this year but they have been exposed.hurt their draft stock by going there and just being another dude.

there is only 1 basketball so not every 5 star is going to shine there.he would be one amongst many.

it would be better for him to go someplace where he is THE guy not just another guy

Biggest surprises and disappointments of the college basketball season

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With less than a month before Selection Sunday, we're diving into who's showing out and who's coming up short so far this season.

1 minute ago, flsportsfan83 said:

I did not know he founded Fiserv.

yeah

In 1984, he and his management team did a leveraged buyout of Sunshine State Systems, by then servicing 40 clients, and within six months merged with similar company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to form Fiserv. Les held the position of President and Chief Operating Officer of Fiserv from 1984 until 1999 until he was named Chief Executive Officer. Les retired from Fiserv June 30, 2006.

3 minutes ago, olafberserker said:

 

I guess the question was more what basis do we have that a donor is going to suddenly pony up 700K for a single player.  Obviously there are people that COULD afford it if they were so inclined

read my statement. I didn't say he should or would only that he could.

8 minutes ago, flsportsfan83 said:

Mr. Muma is loaded, guy has been at every basketball game for years. 700k is pocket change to him.

considering he is a USF alum and the company he founded has the naming rights to fiserv arena where the milwaukee bucks play, I'd say he is a basketball fan

7 minutes ago, olafberserker said:

Based on what?

based on the fact that our basketball center is named after the muma's who have donated more than $40M to the school.

20 minutes ago, olafberserker said:

Kentucky basketball has 6 players among projected top NIL earners. See who made the list

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Kentucky athletes are among the nation's top projected NIL earners, according to On3.com. See where Aaron Bradshaw, Rob Dillingham and others rate.

 

these are just projections. not sure they are anywhere near actual.

even still their top basketball player is said to be worth $734,000.

most of that coming from national brands that have nothing to do with kentucky.

Sheppard #25 overall and 4th at kentucky has a deal with an orthodontics company.

most of this money comes from shoe companies.

not saying they should or would but I'd guess our top donors could easily clear that number.

32 minutes ago, John Lewis said:

Very good question.

While I would love seeing a regular season conference championship, there is something about playing in a conference like the Big East when we were in it.

I think if I'm reading this right, he means just a one off season. I think everyone would prefer to still be in the Big East.

Me personally give me the conference championship if they both come with the ncaa bid.

3 minutes ago, John Lewis said:

I can see where people would be weary there, but no one knows what the NIL figure is to land him.

exactly and we have some pretty big donors that are basketball fans.

46 minutes ago, flsportsfan83 said:

at that value. I think its a good bet. I wouldn't touch it at +300 but for almost 5 x's your bet for a team that I think might be the best team in the league. They would have to beat USF though, which I suspect they will be favored in that game. A loss to FAU tonight would sink them though. I think they take out FAU. They are a better team. 

smu has the toughest schedule left of the top teams. that's a suckers bet. the odds imply an 18% chance

They would have to beat usf, fau and uab all on the road. and they would still need help

even if those 3 were coinflips (50/50) that would give smu a 12.5% chance of winning all 3.

espn gives fau a 78% chance of winning

10 minutes ago, GoBulls84 said:

Sellout crowd looked and sounded great on TV. I was curious before the game how much of it would be our crowd and how much would be FAU fans making the trip, but it definitely looked like almost entirely USF fans

I'm willing to bet it was the largest pro-usf crowd we have ever had. at least 90% usf fans would be my guess. Not like other sellouts against UF or syracuse where 60% of the fans were theirs.

15 hours ago, belgianbull said:

Who says if we join the big 12 or ACC that we will be middle of the road team? The ACC and Big 12 had 9 ranked teams ( 7 if you don't include FSU and Clemson) in the last poll of the year. Plenty of those teams could have ended up in the top 12 to get the playoff spot

look at the projections. the acc and big 16 were one bid leagues last year. that was with texas , ou, etc.

sorry but the sec and big 18 (and the tv networks)will make sure they get all the at large bids.

6 minutes ago, puc86 said:

Until it gets snatched away the aac is a 1/6 a bid league 1>1/6

and yet it's still easier for us to make the playoffs than a middle of the road acc or big 16 team