Have you noticed

[villagehawk]

No matter who the coach is or what players we have, we are terrible at defending the 3.

 

[hansenhawk]

Plus it never doesn't go in!

Everytime I am watching a game, and the other team shoots a three, I just close my eyes and expect to hear how he nailed it.

 

[hooper56]

It seems that way but it's not.

 

[SCHawkFan]

Around 28% 3 point shooting for Iowa opponents. I would say that is pretty good.

As a comparison, Iowa shoots better than 40% on the year.

 

[lovedwatchingLester]

Stop please interjecting facts here, it confuses people

 

[hawki1968]

Around 28% 3 point shooting for Iowa opponents. I would say that is pretty good.

As a comparison, Iowa shoots better than 40% on the year.

If defending the 3 was easy, the Warriors wouldn't be off to an 18-0 start. It has been nice to see our team join the 3 point party this year (though I miss all those dunks from Gabe and Aaron).

 

[Auger]

I would say it seems the big ones go in. For example the one late in the game against Dayton. What a different tournament this could have been if that had missed.

 

[L. Wade Childress]

3PT defense is almost entirely a function of luck

 

[DanL53]

3PT defense is almost entirely a function of luck

Ah, the old "KenPom" thing. http://kenpom.com/blog/index.php/weblog/entry/3_point_defense_should_not_be_defined_by_opponents_3p

I have to say I still struggle with this. Of course preventing the shot in the first place is better. But I still wonder why there isn't such a thing as forcing a team to take bad shots? Pomeroy, in this article and others, seems convinced that all three point shots have as much likelihood of success as any others that a player takes. I disagree. It's much tougher to shoot with a hand in the face, or better for comparison, a hand blocking the shot! Seems to me that a catch and shoot player is going to kill a team if left wide open, but now we're getting back into shot denial.

But, eventually thirty seconds go by and up go the bad shots.

I'll just leave it like this, if I were a coach and a player tried telling me he didn't have to raise his hand in front of a three point shooter, I'd bench him.