We are due for a game where our three point shot is falling. Love to see a 10+ made three pointer game. Kansas is not great defensively. Let's have that confidence going and nail shots like we know we can.
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What suggests this to you? They are holding opponents to ~7 fewer PPG than we are. They are Top 25 in AdjD (KenPom). They are playing four "guards" and have an undeniable athleticism/quickness advantage over our most frequent lineups.
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I'm talking about having one of our games when we explode and hit ten or more like we have in the past.
That's not typical for neutral site games (at least of most teams). They're tough places to play for long-range shooters looking to get into rhythm, as they're usually very different than collegiate stadiums and depth perception is all over the road. They are very hard to get used to. Things I recall explicitly:
- Shooting percentages in both of Butler's NCG appearance (including those of their opponents) were abysmal. The Final Four percentages were not good either (same buildings, obviously), including those for then-white-hot VCU.
- Purdue's prior two S16 appearances (2009 in Glendale vs. UCONN, 2010 in Houston vs. Duke) were in NFL stadiums that made for an awful shooting experience (I was there in person and on the court for both games).
Sprint Center will more closely resemble a traditional collegiate environment than those NFL stadiums in more ways than one ("true road game", basically). I still think it's going to be a fairly low-percentage affair, which should be to our benefit.
Besides, we don't necessarily want to be cranking too many threes when our advantage is on the inside - we want them wary of our shooters, but we want to maintain our tempo and not cause runouts and free KU transition points with bad shots.
I think it comes down to legs. Vermont we had the legs from a week long rest. Against Kansas the legs should be there for the whole game I think. The 2nd half against isu the legs were starting to go and we missed a lot of good looks.
Think this is what most people will overlook. We had back-to-back games against teams that wanted to go up-tempo on us. We've got another upcoming, but we are fresh now. This could be a big deciding factor, particularly if we get past Kansas to face Oregon/UM.
Correct, the NCAA has realized what the football stadiums do - and first/second round games, as well as regionals, are now in basketball arenas vs. stadiums.
The Sprint Center is a good venue - it doesn't have that huge section of seats behind the basket that creates a slow rise. The backdrop/angle is closer to a normal college arena - but it's still a big, pro-style arena.
Not sure how much of an advantage it is or not, but Kansas does have experience playing there (the Big 12 tournament is hosted there each year).
Happy they have recognized and re-configured. I recall being on the floor for the VCU game in Chicago, too - even the United Center is pretty brutal, compared to something like Banker's Life (Pacers) or Talking Stick (Suns). I imagine Sprint Center is somewhere in the middle.
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