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[QUOTE="jekelish, post: 1338919, member: 82"]
I understand your point about Connaughton, but I think it's a liiiiittle different here, mainly because Connaughton has so many other offensive options to take some of the pressure off. I don't really buy into the "he's so tired" thing as much as I used to, but you have to take into account that Cooney basically has no other perimeter shooters to take the pressure off like Connaughton does. You can devote a guy strictly to him all game because you know there are so few other offensive options, the way our team was constructed this year. With Notre Dame, multiple people could hurt you every time they take the floor.

And the other thing: Connaughton is just a better shooter than Cooney. That's the big thing here. Being a better shooter, and having more help so that the defense can't key in on you as much...that's going to lead to a much better shooting percentage. I'd also add that Notre Dame's half court offense is just sooo much better than ours, because they actually run one. Connaughton gets far superior shots than Cooney most of the time (granted, Cooney had a lot of good looks this year he just plain missed), and Cooney has a tendency to take off balance shots, often from deeper than he needs to. That's not a recipe for success.
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