After looking over the stat sheet for these 2 games my only real concern, this early in the season, is our 3 pt. shooting %, 28%. That needs to improve, and Kenny K. is where the problem exists.






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Like you said ...2 game sample

The strokes of our shooters are pure, not concerned about this at all unless KK's shoulder injury is a lingering issue. Visually it doesn't appear to be.

I am more excited about KK inevitably seeing a few of those go through the net.
He will be a weapon that will be very hard to deal with given the number of shooters we do have especially the more confident they become.

My only real concern from the shooting aspect is Simmons making the defense honor his shooting.
While I want him to be pass first he has to be a threat. I don't like his shooting motion much. It is harder to drive and dish when the defenders slack off of you not honoring a scoring threat. We saw them doing this quite a bit last night which helped contribute to the 9 turnovers IMO. He did hit a three ( I think the only one he tried) so maybe its a non issue.

I didn't like Reggie Millers form either....he did alright.

A secondary concern is Tony falling in love with his 3 point shooting, love the weapon in the right match ups but it needs to be balanced with work inside.
Love Tony but it takes less effort to launch a 3 vs banging inside. It also takes less energy to reach and foul vs move your feet and defend. I fear a correlation to the path of least resistance in both areas.

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Kenny's stroke looks fine from the free throw line. I was pleading for an easy bucket or a free throw for him last night when he was clearly struggling. Seeing a shot fall, even if it was a layup or a free throw, may have been all he needed to get it going. Kenny will be fine, I'm not worried about him.

to put it another way- when have we ever not seen a transfer struggle early on after sitting out a full year?

Fanbases are like windsocks. We are going to win 20+ games after game 1. We are going to have problems winning 10 games after game 2.

Kenny will be fine shooting. You can just see it in his motion. He can shoot. Physically he's a tremendous player.

I'll be honest. My focus isn't on this year. It's on possibly a year from now but more likely the year after. After watching two games IMO Saul hit a home run with this class. We had a North Dakota State fan come on here and tell us that Saul didn't handle knuckleheads very well when he was there. He's just not a my-way-or-the-highway kind of guy. But he said that he did a really good job of not recruiting knuckleheads. When all is said and done I truly believe that this recruiting class will be viewed with reverence amongst our fans. At the end of last year I was a little worried about Saul. Inmates running the asylum, recruits with low ratings and no one of significance competing against us for those recruits.

After two games and seeing the four freshmen that have played I am no longer worried. This team may not have as much individual talent at last year's team but it is infinitely much easier to watch. Last year was my least favorite season of Ohio basketball since I began watching in 1978.

The only concern I have related to 3pt shooting is the potential for shooting too many three's.

Kenny will be fine. His stroke looks great he just doesn't have the legs yet. I'm not necessarily worried about too many threes, but more the wrong people taking those threes.

Agreed. The 3s from the inside out are usually wide open. That's not what we were shooting early in the game against Tennessee State. They did a good job of stopping penetration by Simmons early and we ended up doing a lot of perimeter passing prior to shooting a contested three.

Along with your update Van, I've noted that right now, we have six guys shooting 38% or better on the season, with Kaminski is the 38.5% shooter. While I expect that percentage to diminish a little through the year, if that many guys are shooting around 40% or higher, I can't argue with 20-30 3's a game.

Bottom line is that Ohio looks like a very good offensive team so far, and 3pt shooting is a big part of that.

In theory, isn't that what last year's #22 was supposed to be good at?