Whole lot of selfish play. A lot of guys deciding what they're going to do with the ball and not adapting.
It is not selfish it is the game plan
Yes, I'm sure Mullin and Co is telling the team to play only ISO ball and never pass.
Nobody ever gets taken out of the game for doing it so they aren't being told not to
For the most part there really aren't any acceptable options. And if you think the amount of selfish play hasn't decreased as the season has gone on, we haven't been watching the same games.
This is more the norm then the exception. Selfish isn't the right word. These guys are allowed if not encouraged to take these shots.
You're nuts if you think they're encouraged or there's even approval of those shots. Mullin isn't an idiot and isn't trying to sabotage his own team.
How many air balls from 3 are you going to watch before you change your mind ?
What's your point? That was a good look by Mussini, just a bad shot. I'll be convinced next year when we have at least 2 other good options on the bench and Ahmed can throw the ball at the basket and stay in.
Point is simple. I think we take bad shots. I think we play to fast. I think bad shooters are allowed to take bad shots. I think this happens most games.
I think you are living in some sort of alternate reality and unable to see things as they truly are. I've said it before and I'll say it again. It ain't the offense:
SCORING OFFENSE G W-L Pts Avg/G
1. Creighton 23 20-3 1952 84.9
2. Marquette 22 14-8 1832 83.3
3. St. John's 24 11-13 1850 77.1
4. Villanova 23 21-2 1771 77.0
5. Xavier 22 16-6 1687 76.7
6. Georgetown 23 13-10 1757 76.4
Butler 23 18-5 1757 76.4
8. Seton Hall 21 13-8 1559 74.2
9. DePaul 22 8-14 1541 70.0
10. Providence 24 14-10 1674 69.8
Lol. Points per game is a completely meaningless stat. We, Creighton and Marquette play super fast and Villanova plays super slow so of course we'll have more PPG than Villanova. Our offense is nowhere near as good as Villanova's and do you think Creighton's offense even with Watson was a full 8 points better than Nova's? No shot.
If you want a team offense stat that actually matters then look for total efficiency which is points per 100 possessions. This eliminates the gaping flaw in PPG in that it is tempo neutral and it adjusts for quality of opponents. Here is the BE teams in order of points per 100 possessions and their total D1 rank out of 351 teams is in parentheses:
1. Villanova 122.6 (6)
2. Marquette 122.3 (7)
3. Creighton 119.1 (18)
4. Butler 117.9 (22)
5. Xavier 117.6 (25)
6. Georgetown 110.7 (80)
7. St. John's 110.2 (91)
8. Seton Hall 109.5 (105)
9. Providence 108.9 (116)
10. DePaul 104.9 (181)
So as you can see in reality we have the 7th best offense in the conference and 91st best in D1. Not terrible, but not good either. Offense isn't as much of a problem as defense is but it's still a problem
Not meaningless. The points you score in a game is a good criteria for judging offense. The points you give up a good judge of defense.
Tempo is a part of all that.
By that measure The Citadel would have the best offense in all of D1 basketball as they average 93.1 points per game when in reality The Citadel doesn't even have a top 100 offense in D1 because they average 81 possessions a game when the NCAA average is 68
Your conclusion. Not mine. I never said anything about who has the best offense.
You inferred that our offense isn't the problem and used the points per game stat that shows us as the 3rd best offense in the conference to validate your point. I simply pointed out that if you use a better measure to judge offensive efficiency you would see that our offense is indeed a problem
That's right. I do disagree that our offense is a problem. In addition to the fact that we have 5 very competent 3 point shooters, I offer you this:
1. RODRIGUEZ, Desi-SHU JR 9 61 27 16 165 18.3
2. HART,Josh-VU SR 11 72 20 37 201 18.3
3. LOVETT, Marcus-SJU FR 12 72 24 43 211 17.6
4. PRYOR, Rodney-GU SR 10 66 20 19 171 17.1
5. PONDS, Shamorie-SJU FR 12 64 21 56 205 17.1
That's right. We have two scorers in the league's top five. No other BE offense can claim that.
Yes no other Big East offense can claim that because no other Big East team plays as fast as we do. We average more possessions per game than every other team which gives our guys more chances to score than every other team, so it would surprising if we didn't have two of the top 5 scorers in the conference. This is also meaningless as our top 2 guys are a bigger part of our offense than the top 2 guys for other offenses due to our limited scoring options and depth.
Lets break it down:
Player A scores 17 points on 6-18 shooting.
Player B scores 15 points on 5-10 shooting.
Who had the better game? Obviously player B did, but if the only stat you look at is points per game you'd incorrectly think Player A was better.
The same can be applied to team scoring:
Team A averages 77 points per game but averages 80 possessions per game
Team B averages 73 points per game but averages 71 possessions per game
Again, Team B is obviously the much better offense despite averaging 4 points less per game than Team A