Captains - Ty / Brooks / Matt
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My 13 year old son has absurdly hairy legs. I do not.
Therefore the joke: “must’ve gotten your hairy legs from your mother.”
I think it might just be hairy legs, like their mothers.
I am so excited to see Berry this season. He took a gigantic leap last season, despite being third banana. If he can maintain the shooting gains from last season, watch out.
I just hope this is a good three-point-shooting team, because the offense is so much more dangerous when it is. Losing Boo and Langford as outside threats is really going to hurt, but if Berry (and Barnhizer, and Martinelli) are even better than last year, and Leach is as advertised, this could still be a very good team from long range there.
Not to mention Hunger "taking a leap" (see other thread). He's not a great three-point shooter, but that he can even take (and occasionally, make) them at all only makes it that much more difficult to defend NU.
How hairy are the legs of your milk man?
I said before the season that I thought Audige's departure might allow Berry to get out of his shadow and assert himself.
That may not have been the biggest reason - Barnhizer, Langborg and Buie took the pressure off Berry and got him more open looks - but Audige's departure AND Roper's injury and subsequent departure gave Berry a much better opportunity to step up.
Its possible Berry will slip this year as teams defend him more intensely on the perimeter. Will be a challenge for Collins and co to modify/rework the offense if Leach can't get into the lane.
Ty's success seems like it will be at least partly driven by the success of the rest of the team. I know, that's obvious and kinda dumb, but I don't see him being able to take over a game. Oppo defenses will smoother him if we don't have at least two other genuine threats on the court to open things up.
A big chunk of last year was so amazing because Boo, Ty, and Ryan were all dangerous from the three, and Brooks, Boo, and Nick could kill in close, meanwhile you had to keep Matt out of the paint.
This year feels like we still have a lot of that inner threat, so the question is who will be there spacing the arc with Ty? Because if he is the only consistent threat from three, I think his percentage will drop back down to sad town.
A big chunk of last year was so amazing because Boo, Ty, and Ryan were all dangerous from the three, and Brooks, Boo, and Nick could kill in close, meanwhile you had to keep Matt out of the paint.
This year feels like we still have a lot of that inner threat, so the question is who will be there spacing the arc with Ty? Because if he is the only consistent threat from three, I think his percentage will drop back down to sad town.
I think you are going to have to work the offense inside out. No more high screens for Boo to work off and get vertical with his deadly speed. Still, Ty will have to work to get his open looks. I think the key that unlocks it is Leach. He doesn't need to be able to create shots, just hit his open looks.
I think that early, teams will leave the others to shut down Ty from the 3. If Mart hits the open 3 consistently, if BB continues to be a 3 threat and someone steps up outside - then opponents will have to change away from shutting down Ty.
I think Ty’s stats will improve over the season.
