I don't have blinders on about the other stuff. I'm just tired of people acting like one or two bad plays, or missed shots, is the equivalent of horrific outside missing (can't really call it shooting).
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The outside shooting wasn't the SOLE reason we lost. I've never argued that, but people like to claim that is what I've argued in an order to delegitimize my argument. But if you are going to WEIGHT the reasons we lost to KU, Allen and Trent's outside shooting is close to 80% why we lost. Sure, the bigs could have rebounded better, which I would say is the second biggest reason we lost. Third would basically be a tie between TD's defensive mind fart, WC's missed bunny, and Bag's stupid TO.
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Allen hit one 3 late in OT, after the game was basically decided. Meaning that he was 1-8 up until then, on top of Trent's monster 2-10 performance. So that is 3-18 while the game was in doubt. That is 1 out of 6, for less than 20% shooting. Why do people act like SINGULAR plays by TD, or WC, or Bags are the same as game long shooting failures. Because it isn't like all those attempts were closely guarded. Late in the game, Trent and Allen were as open as any even-mediocre college level shooter will ever be. I tend to blame Allen a little more because he was the senior, so I expected more of him.
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3 out of 18 from 3.