We have GOT to starting shooting better...from the FT line AND the 3 pt line! We also need to eliminate some of the stupid TO's that we've had at times. The combination of not shooting it well AND having fewer total shots due to TO's is not a good combination.
CJ, Manek and Freeman when he's in have to hit open 3's when they get them. Both CJ and Freeman did that the first part of the season...to me Manek has done that in a couple of games...but hasn't been as consistent as he needs to be. Right now, the player I feel the most confident in when he shoots a 3 is Calixte. He has been consistently good and needs to take more. Bienemy also has shot it well IMO..but just doesn't take a lot of shots. I cringe when Miles shoots one every time..and Freeman has made like 1 of his last 16!!! That's mental. CJ has also been terrible only making 25% of his 3's in conference games. He is a Senior..and needs to step up and be that go to guy he was earlier in the season. Miles shot 38% from the 3 pt line last season at Pacific..but has only made 22% so far this year. He doesn't shoot a lot of them and usually is pretty open when he takes one...but it's like he rushes his shot and they are like line drives. In Big 12 play he is 0-8 and has only made 1 of his last 10! And he hasn't hit more than 1 3 pointer in any game this year. His problem is, his FT shooting has really sucked lately too..where he was money earlier in the season...being at 90% at one time. He's only made about 66% of his FT's during Big 12 play...so he's a liability at that point. I feel he might be better when he starts..so if McNease doesn't regain his form soon, maybe you go back to that line-up and start Doo & Manek at the post. I dunno! The FT shooting has got to be mental...and it has spread across the team. McNease looks horrible every time he shoots a FT...seems like he has gotten a lot worse at it. Same with Odomes...33% for the season?? WTF? He was never great at it, but how does it drop from 55-60% to 33%? Doolittle misses too many and so does Manek IMO. Yet Tech is 17/17 from FT line when we play them...no luck.
