The shot in a vacuum probably wasn’t that bad. I haven’t watched it back.
The decision to shoot (and not pass it to Soriano) is inexcusable, though. At the end of every close loss we have the same discussion about the pivotal moment. It’s always a Jenkins jumper and it’s never Soriano.
It’s my opinion that the Olivari 3 pointers late were not necessarily all on Jenkins , if at all. You seem to nip pick those 2 plays and ignore the entirety of the last 2 minutes , 37 seconds when X went 13-2 run .
One of the Olivari 3’s was him getting a loose ball and launching a 3 from the deep corner Kind of lucky he came up with the ball but , he nailed it .
The shot that Olivari made from deep in center court seems to have occurred with him as a trailer on the play . He made a great shot .
The Announcers said throughout the game that he was one of the best 3 point shooters in the BE , if not the Country .
Team defense collapsed on the final minutes , picking nits on one player , whom you have trashed all season ,is your own Crusade .
We have 2 impact players on this team , Soriano and Jenkins . Everyone else are role players .
In the BE , 2 impact players isn’t enough . Pitino knows it and the League’s Coaches know it .
The top tier of the BE teams all have guards who are quick and skilled . Teams that have solved our defense are Guards that can go coast to coast and blow by our defense .. We don’t have a Answer because we don’t have comparable talent .
Pitino has gotten a lot , so far , out of our 2 best players . But , beyond them , …….