re: 2022-23 Basketball MegaThread

Yeah he said in the next 10 days, would be very exciting.

Think the team is finally clicking, Nick Smith is a pipe dream I’m afraid at this point

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I just Steven Hill

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Best Mike Leach gif. Man, CFB won’t be the same without him

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Road games man.

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Bama's the only team that's been able to navigate the road this year. SEC road games are brutal.

I’ve noticed several times when the ball went low to one of our bigs they would kick it back out. It looked to me on some occasions they could just dunk the crap out of the ball. Or draw a foul trying.

If I could have dunked in my day that would have been my go to shot. And missing easy put backs or layups pisses me off. If our bigs could improve their basket making ability we will be tough to beat.

But we’re improving at the free throw line which gives us a chance to win as much as anything.

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and 3pt shots it seems.

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This has to happen, as bad as I hate it, but the 3 is a big game changer.

But I’m glad we don’t live or die by the 3. Defense and rebounding and points in the paint have carried us, 3 pointers are gravy,..delicious gravy….

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and 3pt shots it seems.

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Absolutely. Devo has been damn near automatic off of the catch-and-shoot 3 over the last few games.

I was thinking about our free throw shooting to close out games. Our best guy who sees the floor is Council who’s at 79%. That’s pretty good, but ideally you’d have a more pure shooter who can land it closer to 90% in those situations. Lykes was our guy last year, shooting 88%.

Smith would probably be that guy if he comes back, but if he doesn’t should we feel “ok” about having Council and I guess Davis (76%) as our second option being our guys? Pinion and Ford have both taken a few free throws this year and haven’t missed yet. I’m just wondering if Muss would put one of them in in that scenario.

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Absolutely. Devo has been damn near automatic off of the catch-and-shoot 3 over the last few games.

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As long as he shoots off the pass, with his feet set and shoulders squared up, it's a thing a beauty. He's not as good when he shoots off the dribble unless it's a mid range(ft line) jumper.