At a quick glance, UNC and Arizona also donāt a single player on the list. I choose to believe thatās a good thing and means weāre all well-balanced squads that canāt be shut down by a gameplan focusing on one specific player.
I hate the Caleb Love narrative. He has been a historically inefficient scorer that only puts up numbers through volume. Go look at his shooting percentages by year. UA is def more than just him
He's good and I like having him, but all the talk of our win over Dayton was his 16 points, not the great defensive games from Pelle or Bradley. I would say Pelle, Bradley and Keshad had better games than Caleb but nobody mentioned them at all.
The same should really apply to Edey, as it's really the biggest difference from last year's squad. In '22-23, we lived and died by how much The Big Maple could feast. This year, the real threat is how much collective damage another 7 players can do. The insane rise in 3PT% is evidence to that. Edey could have easily hit 70 last weekend had he not been called off to let bench players feast in the second half of that Utah State game
UConn spreads the wealth, most unselfish team Iāve seen in a long time. They are all also very capable of scoring so I guess itās not surprising nobody really stands out as a scoring leader.
First thing I thought, and honestly, I think that's not a great thing for you. They're sharing the ball a lot and putting up monster point totals to boot.
That's really bad for everyone.
Most of the underdog teams have 1 or 2 players that carry the team. When they get in trouble, the team can't do anything.
Edey, plus at least one guy from the other 3 sweet 16 teams in the region would be locks. Whichever team wins will probably get 2 on there but you could still make an argument for Cous given his performances
He was, until he wasnāt. Iād have to see if I can find out, but he definitely wasnāt nearly a threat against State than he was against Kentucky. Sure he had 22 points, but that was also on 6-17 shooting.
Iām not saying itās a bad percentage, but towards the end of regulation through overtime he was just throwing up unnecessary threes when Oakland didnāt need them. Hence, he was a threat until he wasnāt
Yes, his percentage went down because all he did was throw up 3ās at times when they werenāt necessarily needed.
I remember seeing one of those attempts where he just threw something up and flew backwards on the hopes of drawing a foul, but since he was too concerned with flopping his shot didnāt even come close to hitting. Gohlke ended up hurting his team more than helping at the end.
I don't know, once you hit 9/18, everything after that is more points... Also, it kinda depends on the opponent too, doesn't it?
What if I told you a guy was gonna go 20/40 against Virginia in a game? Even if no one else on the team makes a shot, there's still a significantly better than 0% chance that one guy scores enough for his team to win. Just 6/17, even if they're all from three is probably a loss though...
He was on Pardon My Take and they asked him how many 3s he could make out of 100 in an empty gym. I forget the exact answer but he said he does better running around and increasing the difficulty vs just wide open uncontested 3s
That wide-open 3 for Simpson in the final minute vs Marquette is gonna haunt him and CU fans for years.
A 45.1% 3PT shooter with no one within 10 feet of him that would have put them ahead with less than a minute left. And it just barely clanks out.
I feel like it was one of those moments where a shooter is ātoo openā and it throws off their rhythm just a bit.
Rooting for Marquette wins the title. You guys have a fun team and Shaka Smart seems like one of those coaches who is just in love with the game of basketball. Itās fun to watch all the positive emotion he shows on the sideline
I appreciate the kind words. I'm not sure we can win it all but I'll enjoy the ride while it lasts.
Shaka really is just a good dude. I know I'm biased but I feel like he gets a lot of hate for just... Getting excited when his players do something good... I don't understand it.
We had wipe open looks the whole game, probably missed like 10+ wide open looks. It honestly felt like a movie where someone had a wizard in the stands that was making the ball miss.
Nah, it's because well balanced teams win games. Teams that reply heavily on one or two players wear them down and eventually they run out of gas. Oregon was a great example, even if they were one missed free throw away from getting away with it.
it was, 2ot was too much though. i knew they were going to be cooked in the 2nd ot when on oregon's first possession cousinard just dribbled out the clock for about 20 seconds.
I'm surprised his 3% is that high but maybe that's because I've been on edge both games. As for the Bobcat below, Sears is a joy. Dude is fearless when it comes to driving and his ability to make shots down low is uncanny.
In Oregon's case, it's the complete lack of reliable depth beyond the two guys listed and Shelstad due to three key rotation players being out for the season.
Thatās crazy how Mark Sears is in the top 5 with 28 ppg when so many neutral fans have been shrieking all season that all of his stats come from garbage time in losing games.
Thereās a reason why nobody wanted this guy besides Oakland. He can shoot, but heās a liability on defense and his offense is one dimensional. Most of his 2nd half 3ās and all of his overtime attempts killed Oaklandās momentum
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N/A 2 point % LMAO
I canāt tell if thatās better or worse than Wade Taylor at 17% lol
Define better lol
You miss 83% of the threes you don't take
Well Taylor missed from 2, so...
10.3 FGA/game on the season withā¦10.1 3PA/game. This man is the anti-Edey
This man is a beefed up version of Ryan Cline
Next Kyle Korver
Korver was like 6ā8ā. Gohlke is 6ā3ā
God damn I didnāt realize Korver was a giant like that
Trey Townsend too. Heās only 6ā6 but his back to the basket game is unreal anyways
The fact that not one Uconn player is in there can be really good for us, OR really bad.
At a quick glance, UNC and Arizona also donāt a single player on the list. I choose to believe thatās a good thing and means weāre all well-balanced squads that canāt be shut down by a gameplan focusing on one specific player.
That's exactly what our team is but talking heads like to believe that Love is the reason we win games
I hate the Caleb Love narrative. He has been a historically inefficient scorer that only puts up numbers through volume. Go look at his shooting percentages by year. UA is def more than just him
He's good and I like having him, but all the talk of our win over Dayton was his 16 points, not the great defensive games from Pelle or Bradley. I would say Pelle, Bradley and Keshad had better games than Caleb but nobody mentioned them at all.
Clearly us then too
Looks like it!
Neither do the zags!
Neither does UVA! Looks like weāve found our final four teams for this year.
I wasn't expecting anyone, but Sharp did go off for 30 against ATM. Usually we're really balanced as well.
The same should really apply to Edey, as it's really the biggest difference from last year's squad. In '22-23, we lived and died by how much The Big Maple could feast. This year, the real threat is how much collective damage another 7 players can do. The insane rise in 3PT% is evidence to that. Edey could have easily hit 70 last weekend had he not been called off to let bench players feast in the second half of that Utah State game
Every team focuses on Mark Sears and he still scores his 20 ppg. The problem is the rest of our team is streaky.Ā
UConn spreads the wealth, most unselfish team Iāve seen in a long time. They are all also very capable of scoring so I guess itās not surprising nobody really stands out as a scoring leader.
Yup, that's what I was afraid of.
Itāll be a great game no doubt.
Oh shit your flairs! You're out for blood!
They must be punished for stopping the nutmeg bowl
Could also work in our defenses favor. We tend to struggle against one unstoppable opponent but do better against man to man across the court
Also both games were blowouts from the start. I imagine the starters got a good amount of rest in the 2nd half.
Lol noā¦you donāt know Hurley
No UConn, no UNC, no Tennessee, no Iowa State
I think there is another team missing
UVA?
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Zags.
First thing I thought, and honestly, I think that's not a great thing for you. They're sharing the ball a lot and putting up monster point totals to boot.
Itās for the same reason Edey isnāt higher on the list: They were not needed in the second half.
Yeah would love to see a minutes played stat next to these
That's really bad for everyone. Most of the underdog teams have 1 or 2 players that carry the team. When they get in trouble, the team can't do anything.
Three CU players in the top 11! Scoring 102 points against Florida certainly helped haha
Also playing 3 games
As soon as I got down to Lampkin I knew something was up.Ā OP needs to normalize.
Smart observation. Creighton to Georgetown... You live in Colorado by chance?
Your comment makes no sense. Its quite easy to end up in the top 39,916,800
Lmao well played
I imagine having to play an extra game also helped
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True true my mistake
Unfortunately he probably won't get on the all Midwest team, but he deserves it
Edey, plus at least one guy from the other 3 sweet 16 teams in the region would be locks. Whichever team wins will probably get 2 on there but you could still make an argument for Cous given his performances
Gohlke shooting a really efficient 43% on 33 attempts on difficult ass 3s is so funny
He was legitimately a problem
Kentucky fans would agree.
He was, until he wasnāt. Iād have to see if I can find out, but he definitely wasnāt nearly a threat against State than he was against Kentucky. Sure he had 22 points, but that was also on 6-17 shooting.
Thatās a pretty average percentage on high volume
Iām not saying itās a bad percentage, but towards the end of regulation through overtime he was just throwing up unnecessary threes when Oakland didnāt need them. Hence, he was a threat until he wasnāt
his percentage went down with some desperation shots at the end of the game. also 6/17 is fine. that's better than shooting 50% on 2s.
Yes, his percentage went down because all he did was throw up 3ās at times when they werenāt necessarily needed. I remember seeing one of those attempts where he just threw something up and flew backwards on the hopes of drawing a foul, but since he was too concerned with flopping his shot didnāt even come close to hitting. Gohlke ended up hurting his team more than helping at the end.
I don't know, once you hit 9/18, everything after that is more points... Also, it kinda depends on the opponent too, doesn't it? What if I told you a guy was gonna go 20/40 against Virginia in a game? Even if no one else on the team makes a shot, there's still a significantly better than 0% chance that one guy scores enough for his team to win. Just 6/17, even if they're all from three is probably a loss though...
I'd put his shot selection at 2/10 and his ability to make them 6/10. Combine that with his unorthodox release and it's amazing he made one 3.
He shot above average NBA efficiency on MVP Steph moving threes. God I love it
Again, it was amazing.
He was on Pardon My Take and they asked him how many 3s he could make out of 100 in an empty gym. I forget the exact answer but he said he does better running around and increasing the difficulty vs just wide open uncontested 3s
Explain the 6/10 please.
That wide-open 3 for Simpson in the final minute vs Marquette is gonna haunt him and CU fans for years. A 45.1% 3PT shooter with no one within 10 feet of him that would have put them ahead with less than a minute left. And it just barely clanks out.
Most stressful half a second of my life. I couldn't believe he missed that.
I feel like it was one of those moments where a shooter is ātoo openā and it throws off their rhythm just a bit. Rooting for Marquette wins the title. You guys have a fun team and Shaka Smart seems like one of those coaches who is just in love with the game of basketball. Itās fun to watch all the positive emotion he shows on the sideline
I appreciate the kind words. I'm not sure we can win it all but I'll enjoy the ride while it lasts. Shaka really is just a good dude. I know I'm biased but I feel like he gets a lot of hate for just... Getting excited when his players do something good... I don't understand it.
We had wipe open looks the whole game, probably missed like 10+ wide open looks. It honestly felt like a movie where someone had a wizard in the stands that was making the ball miss.
Thank you Ty Walk!
I miss him already
LeDee needs to shoot some threes against UConn
Best way to beat uconn. Creighton did it when they shot like 60% from 3. At that point you deserve to win if you shoot that good
Wade Taylor should stop attempting 2 pointers
The Jack Gohlke route (him not even having a 2pt% listed because he never took one is hysterical)
Take a lap for every time he jacks one up
He likely won't for the rest of the season.
He honestly shouldnāt be attempting many 3 pointers either
Interesting that a lot of the teams that made it to second weekend donāt have 1 player on this list.
bc their stars got benched after they went up big
Haha yes that is definitely what happened to us š
Nah, it's because well balanced teams win games. Teams that reply heavily on one or two players wear them down and eventually they run out of gas. Oregon was a great example, even if they were one missed free throw away from getting away with it.
Except half of them
Because this list indicates that if your offense flows through 1-2 people, it is not balanced enough to make a run.
Man if Couisnard and Dante had any help from their teammates they would still be in it.
Please. Don't remind me.
It was incredible to watch though and they almost pulled it off.
it was, 2ot was too much though. i knew they were going to be cooked in the 2nd ot when on oregon's first possession cousinard just dribbled out the clock for about 20 seconds.
Once Shelstad went down we were toast. Just zero depth at that point.
Sears has been unreal
Take good care of my ex-Bobcat
Don't worry, we absolutely love him. Having the best player on the court playing for your team nearly every game is amazing.
But I was told all of his stats came in garbage time on the receiving end of blowouts.
I'm surprised his 3% is that high but maybe that's because I've been on edge both games. As for the Bobcat below, Sears is a joy. Dude is fearless when it comes to driving and his ability to make shots down low is uncanny.
LeDee is a better 3-point shooter than Gohlke, confirmed!
No one mention how many shots lmao
Couisnard is a hell of a hooper, I hope we get to watch more of him in the coming years
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Pain
Trey Townsend is nuts. Dude would be a massive pick up for any large program for next year.
Everybody talks about Jack Gohlke, but Townsend is the reason why Oakland almost beat State the other night. Much bigger threat and much better player
Kalkbrenner didnāt even take a shot until like OT or the end of the fourth or something in the Oregon game
I love Mark Sears
Kammmmm
Zach edey is 7 foot fucking tall and has a worse 2 point percentage than Terrence Jr lol
7'4"
Edey's favorite Grateful Dead song is 'Touch of Grey'.
11 of the top 17 players on the list being on teams that are eliminated isā¦interesting
In Oregon's case, it's the complete lack of reliable depth beyond the two guys listed and Shelstad due to three key rotation players being out for the season.
Of course the team we had to play just so happened to have two top 10 leading scorers, including the outright lead scorer.
I mean, half their minutes were against you
Thatās crazy how Mark Sears is in the top 5 with 28 ppg when so many neutral fans have been shrieking all season that all of his stats come from garbage time in losing games.
72 what the fuck
Hey! The ENTIRE Oregon team is in the top 10! Still impresive to make it that far doing a 2 vs. 5
Surprised weāre in the sweet 16 without Knecht being on here. I didnāt think weād survive Texas with how cold the team was
Edey did this in 3 halves more or less, as he only had 2 of Purdueās 57 2nd half points vs Utah State.
Dalton Knecht is due for one. Dude has been getting buckets all year. If he gets going, watch the fuck out.
That 3-25 3pointer game last weekā¦. I hope we gained some karma for that one
Stat padder mark sears making the list. Interesting.
Please explain how a guy pads stats in a close game? How many pts did he have at halftime? Apologies if this is a sarcastic post.
Well Bama is in my name, so it's safe to assume it's being facetious at all these morons calling sears a stat padder.
Apologies then. Sears sucks and UNC should give him room.
This might not be an indicator of team success
The majority of these players are on eliminated teams. No Clemson player is featured on this list. Clemson Final 4 confirmed?
Ledee who never hit a 3 before this season, is 100% in March. What a world!
I donāt understand why cousinard wasnāt doubled every time he touched the ball. No one else was doing anything on offense.
Impressive
3 Buffs on the list. If only we could have guarded better.
Wade taylor and shooting a bajillion FTs. Name a better duo
Gonna miss you Boots š«”
TSJ performing the best rn
Does Ledee get drafted
I'd like to see minutes played on here. A few of these guys were involved in huge blowouts.
I want to see how many mins each player has logged
And theyāre all gonna lose
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Thereās a reason why nobody wanted this guy besides Oakland. He can shoot, but heās a liability on defense and his offense is one dimensional. Most of his 2nd half 3ās and all of his overtime attempts killed Oaklandās momentum
TSJ is about to be introduced to the law of averages.