The three’s just weren’t falling for us while they shot 50% from three point land.
If zags just shot the norm of 33% from three points land and we hit our average three point percentage then this game is a totally different game.
We won’t even beat the top teams in the B1G with defense like we played today. Yes we will have games where our 3 point shooting makes up for it but no elite team defends that poorly. Sorry but we are overrated if we are in the top 10.With Garza being Garza, if we hit our 3's and FT's, we can beat the top teams.
If we don't, we can lose to top teams.
Story of the game:
We shot: 4-22 from three range
Zags shot: 13-26
Our strengths on offense are Garza and our Snipers
Zags outrebounded us: 49-38
They had 16 offensive rebounds
Usually for a FG
Zags had more assists: 25-16
They did have more TOs than the Hawks: 18-12
Our dismal three-point accuracy simply killed us.....
Would love to play them again
In the National Championship
NoneTheLess, we came back and bottom line:
It was Not Our Day
What concerns me is the lack of quickness to react when someone gets beat on D. And what about rebounds? We got schooled over and over. Our kids will adjust, but we have MSU, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, hell even Rutgers to battle with. It'll be a fun conference this year
We won’t even beat the top teams in the B1G with defense like we played today. Yes we will have games where our 3 point shooting makes up for it but no elite team defends that poorly. Sorry but we are overrated if we are in the top 10.
The difficult part is that we inherently have a very low ceiling in terms of our ability to defend on the perimeter. Bohannon, Connor, Weiskamp, and CJF all have limited quick-twitch and lateral movement abilities. It is what it is.Yeah a lot of what you say is true. I can't count how many times a Gonzaga player cut right down the middle of the paint uncontested and scored a basket. It was embarrassing. If our defense does not improve and our threes' aren't going down its going to be a lot rougher season then we thought.
Don’t kid yourself. Mark Few always has recruited great three-point shooters. That has been a hallmark of his Gonzaga teams. The difference now is he has both the speed and athletic skill to drive and score at the rim in addition to bombing away from outside. Fun basketball to watch — unless it’s your favorite team they’re playing.We are not a good defensive team.
That being said...they are not going to shoot threes that well if we play them again.
Yep. We had the ball twice down 10 late and Garza got zero touches on both possessions. Jordan tossed up some fadeaway 3 after he hadn’t made shit all day and we didn’t score on the other possession either.Well...when I think back to all those great Michigan State teams...they always gave up alot of layups. NOT. They contested everything at the rim. Gonzaga was doing layup drills in the first half. They exploited us everywhere...couple that with the threes and you are down 15.
Against teams like this, you need to be able to match some athleticism...somewhere. In our starting five...they are more athletic at 4 of the 5 positions with Weiskamp at the three holding his own. Now, we have Bohannon and CJ playing for the moxie and three point shooting...if they aren't making them or getting looks at three...you have to change your lineup and get more athleticism on the floor. Toussaint made a difference. Hell, I would have even brought Ulis in for a few minutes with Toussaint to see if it bothered Gonzaga and got us more opportunities on the offensive end. Toussaint got to the rim over and over.
Few was trying to take the threes away from Iowa and contest them at the arch...he was going to make Iowa beat them inside the three point line. We weren't patient on the offensive end and it cost us. We quick shot way too often in the first half. At least let Garza touch it every possession...instead...everyone is shooting when they get it regardless of where the clock is.