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I'm Not Watching the ASU Game, BUT...

by Italics · 12/9/2009

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Italics
If the stats and play-by-play are telling me anything, it's that:



- Tav sucks, and this game only further proves what I've been saying about him on this forum and the "last" forum for a long time now. Bench him and keep him there.



- Emery is the most our most consistent player



- Hartsock follows closely behind



- We are a first half team this year



- We shoot WAY too many freaking 3's... seriously... watching the play-by-play, I don't think I'd be exaggerating to say that over 60% of our shots have been 3-point attempts so far.
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Mars


BYU led by as much as 20 points in the second half. The current lead is 4. We gave up 5 3-pointers in a row at one point. That is a MAJOR team weakness!

This is eerily similar to the USU game (led at halftime, lost by 10) and to the ASU game last year (led all game, lost at the very end).



Fredette seems to be having a terrible game- though he DID break BYU's all-time record by making his 33rd free throw attempt in a row.



Haws is 2-of-14 from 3-point range this season, they said, with both makes coming in this game.



Right now ASU has a player who had scored 0 points by halftime, and has scored 13 so far in the 2nd half...
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Italics
k I still can't see the game... WTF IS GOING ON!?!?



How have we dropped a 16 point lead? How did we manage to let them -in OUR house - bring this thing within 4? If we choke again I will be epicly pissed...



Oh, and why can't Fredette lay off the 3-pointers?
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Italics
Mars - how are you watching this game?



btw, according to the stats i'm looking at, Haws has only hit one three-pointer this game
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Mars
Italics wrote:
Mars - how are you watching this game?

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snoscythe
Italics wrote:
- We shoot WAY too many freaking 3's... seriously... watching the play-by-play, I don't think I'd be exaggerating to say that over 60% of our shots have been 3-point attempts so far.


Usually I'd agree with an inside out philosophy, but when you are shooting 51.4% inside and 41.8% from outside, I don't think taking a lot of threes is a bad thing.



At those percentages, if you take 20 threes, you score between 24 and 27 points where you only score 20-22 points going inside per 20 attempts.



As long as you are getting to the line, I don't think jacking a lot of threes at that percentage is detrimental. BTW, you are grossly exaggerating--coming into tonight 32.5% of the Cougar shot attempts have been threes. Tonight, with 2:05 to go, 39.6% of their shots have been threes.
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Mars


Emery has been CLUTCH this game. He has 17 points right now (including 5 made threes).
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Italics
One good thing I WILL say...



our team seems a lot more balanced than ASU's



From what I'm seeing, ASU basically = 2 players. Glasser and Kuksiks.

As where we have 4 guys with 10+ points. THAT I will say.
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Italics
snoscythe wrote:
- We shoot WAY too many freaking 3's... seriously... watching the play-by-play, I don't think I'd be exaggerating to say that over 60% of our shots have been 3-point attempts so far.


Usually I'd agree with an inside out philosophy, but when you are shooting 51.4% inside and 41.8% from outside, I don't think taking a lot of threes is a bad thing.



At those percentages, if you take 20 threes, you score between 24 and 27 points where you only score 20-22 points going inside per 20 attempts.



As long as you are getting to the line, I don't think jacking a lot of threes at that percentage is detrimental. BTW, you are grossly exaggerating--coming into tonight 32.5% of the Cougar shot attempts have been threes. Tonight, with 2:05 to go, 39.6% of their shots have been threes.


- Well, the 3 point % when I was watching was 30%, now it's 34%



- I'm saying it had to be at 60% SINCE I was watching. There was one point where I swear it was all we were shooting. I just don't think the proper way to respond to your opponent when they're on a run is by jacking up three's, you gotta be aggressive, drive, and draw fouls.
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Mars


BYU WINS!



81-68
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Italics
Looks like they shot better than we did, but we turned the ball over less and rebounded more.
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JamieVallen
So during the game, I was sitting right behind the basket 11 rows up, and I looked up the roster for ASU on my phone, and while they were taking free pointers, I was yelling their name with the hope of psyching them out... I'm pretty sure I should be credited on the stats with at least one missed free throw, from a pretty good free throw shooting team. Maybe not... Who knows...



Although, this game was hard but really fun to be there and watch, it's a shame that more fans didn't come out. I mean I know it's still football season and I get that, but tickets were dang cheap, so get your fanny's out there, because this is going to be the team you're hard core cheering for when football is done and gone, sometimes the fans can help win this thing, and just like the shirts they gave out tonight said, "Be the 6th man". (Or something like that).
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Schmoe
We were just calling that big #2 "Urkle" all night, I'm pretty sure I should be credited with giving our big guys the edge down low.
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JamieVallen
Schmoe wrote:
We were just calling that big #2 "Urkle" all night, I'm pretty sure I should be credited with giving our big guys the edge down low.

Well then you did a fine job... here's a cookie...
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Sammich
ASU shook things up a bit on defense the second half (and with lots of intensity) and was very successful in using their ball movement to take advantage of our zone and set up open threes. In the stats it looks like BYU played a poor second half, when in fact they played an incredible first half, but ASU is a very good team and showed it in the second half.
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Schmoe
jmvcougar wrote:
We were just calling that big #2 "Urkle" all night, I'm pretty sure I should be credited with giving our big guys the edge down low.

Well then you did a fine job... here's a cookie...


YES! :crazy:
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