Posted this earlier in Hurricane Alley. UTA sophomore transfer Sam Griffin has committed to Tulsa. More info, details and video in this Hurricane Alley thread.
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I liked Ritchie but he never hit his shooting strideAt least as good of a shooter as Ritchie. Likely an improvement. Wish we'd of kept Ritchie though. Both of them on the court at the same time would have been a major improvement. Rachal, Griffin, Ritchie, Jackson, and a point guard would have been a dynamite small ball lineup.
Have you noticed, that never seems to happen with this staff?I liked Ritchie but he never hit his shooting stride
Agree. Ritchie seemed incinsistantRichie shot 35.5 from deep for us. That’s better than Horne did in the conference championship season. (~34%). The reason Richie didn’t play wasn’t his shooting stride.
Overall, the 3PA went DOWN in Haith’s first season. 17.7 under Manning vs 17.2 attempts under Haith.I noticed that James Woodard, Shaq Harrison, Rashad Ray and Rashad Smith all shot WAY more three-pointers in Haith's first season than they did in the season prior under Manning.
Woodard and Harrison's averages dipped a percent or two (Woodard from 38 to 37 percent), but they shot a ton more. Ray and Smith's percentages went up significantly: Smith 20 to 26, Ray 28 to 35. But the overall team percentage was only 32.1 percent.
The season prior under Manning wasn't much better at 32.7 percent. In Haith's second season, when they made the NCAA tournament, the team 3-point percentage was just 32.6. Last years team that tied for the AAC title was just 32.2 percent.
Frank's best 3-pt shooting teams at TU:
2016-17: 34.3 percent -- Etou and Taplin both over 40%
2017-18: 34.8 percent -- 6 players shot between 35 and 39%
2018-19: 34.0 percent -- 4 players between 34 and 39%
That wasn't my point at all. I was talking about four specific players that saw significant court time under both coaches those two seasons.Overall, the 3PA went DOWN in Haith’s first season. 17.7 vs 17.2 attempts.
It doesn’t tell me much other than Haith has had one hell of a bad time recruiting shooters.
What's the analysis supposed to tell us?
Sorry, wasn't really a complete thought...I posted a more complete analysis in the Three-Point Shooting thread in Hurricane Alley. I had been looking at 3-point percentages at TU under different coaches. It's been since Wojcik's last season that TU has shot a really strong percentage from deep overall.It doesn’t tell me much other than Haith has had one hell of a bad time recruiting shooters.