DeacInVermont
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If I recall this moment correctly, Tyree could have set himself for this shot, but instead fell off to his left toward the baseline. He was open, so I didn't see any reason for it. We should always take open shots, but we shouldn't needlessly increase their degree of difficulty.I mean... Kinda? We hit some 3's that were open mostly in transition to build that lead thanks to like 11 consecutive stops (and frankly some really bad misses by Syracuse) - then as Forbes said twice that Bobi three was down and somehow spun out - started a run of something like 8 consecutive missed threes (and I think 6 by Daivien).
As Forbes also said, it's tricky for this team - do you tell Daivien not to take a wide open 3? Tyree was in the corner and literally left alone as both Syracuse defenders dropped to the paint - should he not take that shot? After Bobi's 3 at the 7 minute mark, the only Wake player to score within our half court offense was Hildreth.
To me that game looked like great coaching with some long stretches of really poor execution and we won anyway. A team that start Tyree/Williamson/Cam is simply never going to defend the 3 well - there's no coaching that can fix how small we have to play.