@BeddieKU23
I don’t think I have ever felt more that “trey hotness” is what this game has become today. Any team can get hot or cold and produce unexpected results.
I caught WSU’s OT loss at Temple. The Shocks missed 14 of their last 15 treys. That is all anyone has to know.
We really throttled the purple kitties when we came out hot from trey. We put them in a deep hole and they just couldn’t put together long enough runs to catch us.
I know Self HATES relying on hitting treys to win games. He realizes how “trey hotness” has more impact on winning games than defense, rebounding, post play… Of course, defense impacts trey hotness, but not always. Many games are decided by a player hitting a trey from deep while guarded.
Concerning a game against the Shocks… even though they have plenty of depth and we don’t, I just don’t think we match up well for them. Some of that relates to personnel, some relates to the style of play. I do think we have a bigger window keeping our flow through different paces than the Shocks. If we hook up in March, I suspect Self will react quickly to Shocker runs to stomp them out from being long runs. I could see him doing that with use of the zone to disrupt their flow and I’m not sure the Shocks can recover.
Two months ago… I would heavily favor WSU in a game with us. Today, I tilt the advantage to us.
But hey… one team gets hot from trey while the other team isn’t… game over!