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But they do shoot worse.....(than they did when they were playing in HS against smaller, slower and much less athletic opponents)

No...just saying that outside shooting is not something that seems to be taken care of here.. and that Crean left a void that was not filled by replacing him with Montgomery in years past and doesn't seem to be being fixed this year either. Shooting percentage of the team is pretty outstanding when you think about it given that the outside shooting by most of the team has been bad and Nix and others go through spasms making bunnies sometimes. So my frustration is not with the way runs the offense..but that how many decent shots they outright miss game after fame. I'd be shocked if this teams shooting percentage on jump shots was over 40 % this year.. would not be surprised if it was closer to 30 than 40 too... I don't know. just speculating. It would be one thing if this was a difficult task that other teams struggled with but I've seen game after game on TV where even mediocre teams, with deficiencies elsewhere, do not seem to have major problems hitting open jumpers, uncontested jumpers etc. It is the one thing that I think this program lacks that frustratingly keeps them from truly climbing into the "elite" class. Just look at Duke, and other of the perineal top squads.. ..year after year they recruit and get shooters.....Izzo by contrast loves to get "football" types. Don't get me wrong. they have their place too.. .but Damn I'd love to see the team have a real shooter/gunner with each recruiting class.