CycloneErik
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Ning on D on Last Possession
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Because that's exactly what they wanted. And since when is Craft not that quick?
That is his game, getting by the defense and getting the lay up or foul call. He's not a 3 point shooter!
60, try 90 percent w craft. Just like every other last second hail Mary this year though.
What are you talking about????
We went coast to coast for a lay up with 5.2 against ND. You must not watch a lot of basketball.
You can go the length of the floor in ~5 seconds. His shot spent roughly a second and a half in the air. That's plenty of time to cover ground.
And would you rather he shoots a pull up three or pull up from the elbow? That's an easy choice. We played it right. He just made a hell of a play.
CycloneErik
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Guys have made it from baseline to baseline on the dribble in just over 4 for a game winning lay-up before. He had more than enough time to get the rim, its exactly why he started when he did. He could pull up for 2 or 3 or drive to the rim to score or dish.
Yep, at the two second mark you crowd him more. Everyone can start to collapse on the lane too if he drives.
He shot it with 2 seconds on the clock. 3 seconds is still plenty of time for him to blow by Niang and you can't foul or you lose.
I'll give you this- as Niang started backpeddling with 4-5 seconds left, I too thought "this will never work for us, he's going to make the 3, because we're Iowa State."
But you can't make decisions and run plays based on the fact that you expect to get screwed, because you're Iowa State.
But you can't make decisions and run plays based on the fact that you expect to get screwed, because you're Iowa State.
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Unbelievable oversight. The guy with no vertical is the one guarding on the last shot? The same guy that gets taken out at the end of games because he has a tendency to foul and he can't jump? We really missed Babb there.
Babb would have been guarding Thomas and wouldn't have been on Craft or switched onto Craft.
We missed Babb in the second half, but not on that play.
BTW, Clyburn did an AWESOME job on Thomas in the second half. He was really playing his best defense at the end of the season.
Naing was only guarding him because we switched so we had no control over that. They switched because it is less likely to allow him to drive, which is what Kraft does most of the time. He's not a great 3-pt shooter. He's a driver.
We did the right thing.
I thought it was a good coaching move by OSU because they knew we would switch. You definitely want Craft to take the shot from outside in this case and not penetrate and dish. That said, the only thing we did wrong was give Craft too much space. Niang should have been a little closer. It looked like he was 8-10 feet off of Craft. I think he could have been 1-1.5 steps closer to Craft. I just thought it was too much space even if the guy is not a great outside shooter. Craft is a gamer and I knew a good chance he would knock it down if given the chance.
Yes, we had a 70.7% chance, based on his shooting percentage from 3 point land for the season.
