TEAM Shooting

[tnice]

A common theme regarding the potential of this years team is how well they'll shoot it from deep. We know Kadary, RJ and Smith can get to the rim at will, which will lead to a lot of open looks on the perimeter. The question is, will they knock down those shots on a consistent enough basis?

Last year they shot 34.05% from three, which was literally right in the middle of the D1 pack (173 out of 351). 35.44% would've gotten you into the top 100. 36.27% to get into the top 50. I don't think they need to be in the top 50 to be successful, but somewhere in the top 100 would help. Color me skeptical, mostly because they don't seem to have that one lights out shooter. But I could see Scott and Sim in the high 30's and RJ and Kadary in the low 30's

Thoughts?

 

[Marillac2]

A common theme regarding the potential of this years team is how well they'll shoot it from deep. We know Kadary, RJ and Smith can get to the rim at will, which will lead to a lot of open looks on the perimeter. The question is, will they knock down those shots on a consistent enough basis?

Last year they shot 34.05% from three, which was literally right in the middle of the D1 pack (173 out of 351). 35.44% would've gotten you into the top 100. 36.27% to get into the top 50. I don't think they need to be in the top 50 to be successful, but somewhere in the top 100 would help. Color me skeptical, mostly because they don't seem to have that one lights out shooter. But I could see Scott and Sim in the high 30's and RJ and Kadary in the low 30's

Thoughts?

The looks from Kadary and Deivon will help pull the %s up. Our guys are going to be set up nicely. It should also be clear to anyone paying attention that we will back door a lot this year on teams that want to overplay our corner shooters.

I expect Wilcher to be filthy from deep. Obviously, Scott will be very solid as a set shooter, and Brady will feast. Right now Brady is an abused puppy getting re-homed and has to stop flinching and expect better.

 

[don_pitino]

and Brady will feast. Right now Brady is an abused puppy getting re-homed and has to stop flinching and expect better.

I am unsure what Brady has done to be considered a sure thing. Outside of a one week stretch last season he has been uninspiring as a shooter; I wouldn't chalk him up as someone who is bound to feast

 

[guinness77]

I just love the ambiguous thread titles on this forum.

 

[Knight]

I thought there was a shooting on campus with this thread title.

 

[guinness77]

I thought there was a shooting on campus with this thread title.

I thought there was a shooting somewhere. Sad reflection of the times we live in now, I guess.

 

[Marillac2]

I thought there was a shooting somewhere. Sad reflection of the times we live in now, I guess.

There was in 2001. Two of my teammates were shot on campus near the dorms with one being paralyzed as we came back from Traditions for a soccer or track event. I don’t think most on here know or remember that night. It was after Colombine but before school shootings became so widespread.

 

[SJU85]

There was in 2001. Two of my teammates were shot on campus near the dorms with one being paralyzed as we came back from Traditions for a soccer or track event. I don’t think most on here know or remember that night. It was after Colombine but before school shootings became so widespread.

While some might have forgotten, it was a big news story when it happened and also got a lot of ink on the old site. It was also unfortunately not the first shooting on Campus.

On May 30, 1975 two men entered the St. John's University bookstore and committed a robbery. In the course of the robbery one of the men shot and fatally wounded the St. John’s security guard who was on duty there, Richard Rothar. This is the reason why when I was a student there, the Bookstore only accepted University script or checks for payment, no cash (credit cards weren’t accepted either IIRC).

While not a shooting and the event happened of campus, on November 3, 1983, Kathleen (Kathy) Habeeb, was stabbed to death during a robbery in front of her off campus apartment. She was 19. Three men were involved and they stole her cross and a ring. The Murderer was sentenced to 20 years to life and has been denied parole multiple times as far back as 2012. There is a scholarship in her name which goes to a student involved in the Athletics Department working with Intramurals and is presented every year at halftime of one of the Men’s basketball games.