MBB MSU #2 in AP Poll

[MSUMatt28]

Hard to say - I think teams that rely heavily on the 3 are vulnerable but Forbes has been getting his shot off so fast and Valentine has such a complete game - can drive, pass and uses screens and step backs so well to get his own shot that they could be tough for anyone to defend on the perimeter. Also, if they experience a drop, or go cold I guess it all depends on what a "cold" night is. If it's in the neighborhood of 40% or better, it's something they can overcome against most teams. If we're talking below 30% and they're also leaving cutting lanes open to double and triple team guys that don't need to be double or triple teamed, like the first half last night at Rutgers, it could be a real problem.

Finally, I haven't looked that closely at the numbers but as hot as we've been from 3, I don't think we're as one-dimensional as other jump shooting teams. Teams have to guard Harris too and while neither Costello or Davis can carry the team night in and night out, they're both pretty capable big men.

It's been awhile since there hasn't been one or two heavy favorites in the field. This will be an interesting post season.

I don't think they're overly reliant on the 3 either, just making a very high percentage, but again it would be foolish to expect 52% to continue. Oklahoma was hitting shots at a ridiculous rate until about 3-4 weeks ago and they looked like the best team in the country. Now they are struggling somewhat. Though I agree our bigs are better than theirs.

I think our one weakness offensively is lacking enough guys who can their own shot. Harris can be a guy who fits the bill in that area, but sometimes you don't know what you're going to get with him. That was evident against Kansas, until Denzel put the team on his back in the last 10 minutes (but he still put up a lot of shots). The defense in that second half was also key and will need to be there the entire way in the postseason.

Purdue was another game where they made things very difficult for us as far as getting good looks.

 

[Sbee]

I don't think they're overly reliant on the 3 either, just making a very high percentage, but again it would be foolish to expect 52% to continue. Oklahoma was hitting shots at a ridiculous rate until about 3-4 weeks ago and they looked like the best team in the country. Now they are struggling somewhat. Though I agree our bigs are better than theirs.

I think our one weakness offensively is lacking enough guys who can their own shot. Harris can be a guy who fits the bill in that area, but sometimes you don't know what you're going to get with him. That was evident against Kansas, until Denzel put the team on his back in the last 10 minutes (but he still put up a lot of shots). The defense in that second half was also key and will need to be there the entire way in the postseason.

Purdue was another game where they made things very difficult for us as far as getting good looks.

We're going to have games where 3pt % is down a little and that's a concern of you don't rebounds and defend, those things really don't take nights off. We're far from invincible but teams would need a few things to go their way to beat us if we're playing well we can beat anyone else playing well.

My main concern is a team that goes kamikaze to the rim and the refs call a tight game.

 

[Spartanmack]

So we finish alone in second for the B1G regular season - have to admit I didn't think that would happen. Figured we would most likely finish in a 3 way tie for third or at best, tied for second. The funny thing is we crushed the team that finished ahead of us and finished ahead of the team that crushed us twice - we finished ahead of every team that beat us.

No banner so none of that matters now. Just win the next 9. Go Green!

 

[Sbee]

I just read that our 44% 3pt % was the best in a major conference in the last 15yrs

 

[Spartan23MSU]

I thought we were kind of screwed when we lost Kaminski but thats not been an issue.

 

[Sbee]

I thought we were kind of screwed when we lost Kaminski but thats not been an issue.

That's because you only thought of losing kk, not gaining Forbes and Erron Harris. We lost Gary Harris and Kk after 2014 which opened two spots for transfers. I don't think anyone anticipated Forbes becoming the player that he is when we got him but things worked out. Harris leaving opened the spot up for Forbes (KK was dismissed later that summer) and we really didn't feel the loss if Harris that much.