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70sDude
Joined: 11/04/08 Posts: 15,123
Mick is right
Posted Fri, Mar 19 4:09 pm (Edited Fri, Mar 19 4:10 pm)
He said that this team can't win when its shooters don't make shots. While intuitively true about just about any team, it feels increasingly, definitively true about this one.

That interview raises legitimate questions about the whooping at BG about yesterday's outcome. Did the game's outcome arrive disguised as an "effort" and "poise" based differential but actually get delivered via something entirely more obvious: our 3p conversion rates ?

UCLA 9-18
MSU 6-18

Nine points, three Bruin possessions that saved a lot of juice for hard work later in the game.

So, I'm thinking, yes: for this Bruin squad, outcomes wrap almost entirely by UCLA's own three point shooting conversion rates.

Book it from here on. Shoot it well and you're in the mix.

Go Bruins
BRUINBBQ
Joined: 9/11/14 Posts: 1,247
True for all, particularly true for UCLA
Posted Fri, Mar 19 4:22 pm
In response to Mick is right (70sDude)
Yes, it's objectively true for all teams but for UCLA, it's especially true because we don't have the length and athleticism to force the issue other ways. Jumpers gotta go down.
70sDude
Joined: 11/04/08 Posts: 15,123
another instance
Posted Fri, Mar 19 7:22 pm
In response to True for all, particularly true for UCLA (BRUINBBQ)
Syracuse (young Boeheim) is hitting 10-20 on threes midway through 2nd half tonight Killing SDSU so far, an upset brewing.

The modern game, love or not, it's here.

Go Bruins