HARVARDDADGRAD
Postdoc
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Reg: 01-21-14
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12-10-19 01:57 PM - Post#294312
Certainly, with Seth and with Bryce missing the first 4 games we should have expected to be disappointed. Until UMass, the team showed stretches of strong play in most games, but also extended disappointing halves.
Some esoterica that might have snuck up on us:
- Rebounds: +2.6 margin, distributed amongst many players. Chris Lewis leads team at 6.4 rbg
- TO's: 14.8pg is not awful, but needs to come down. If Bryce isn't needed to play hero ball, this number should drop.
- 3 Pt Shooting: 33.8 % needs to improve to closer to 40%. This has been a pattern in past years so hopefully it corrects. I had expressed concerns that longer distance would impact guys like Juzang, Bassey, Kirkwood and Djuricic - and it appears I'm mostly correct. Juzang (4-22 = 18%) and Bassey (5-29 = 17%) have been awful. Djuricic (7-24 = 29%) needs to improve. Kirkwood (12-30 = 40%) has been strong, as have Haskett (15-31 = 48%), Aiken (13-34 = 38%) and Baker (9-26 = 35%). The freshmen Ledlum and Sakota are strong as well (11-27 = 41%). If things don't change, limiting Bassey & Juzang shooting from 3 will raise the overall % to where it needs to be, as team is shooting 38.4% without their long range contribution.
- FT's
I've been suggesting that this team can shoot close to 80% Currently, Harvard leads the league at 74%. As Bryce's FTA's increase, expect the team % to rise. Negative outliers have been Chris Lewis (56%) and Mason Forbes (33%). Lewis shot 71% last year. In the closing minutes, putting out a lineup of any of Aiken (86%), Kirkwood (79%), Juzang (100%), Djuricic (88%), Baker (81%),Bassey (79%) and/or Haskett (75%) will help protect a lead.
Welcome more substantial input, but this was - as I said - esoterica.
Edited by HARVARDDADGRAD on 12-10-19 02:00 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.
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