A fifth-year senior should have the mental capacity and awareness to know how long 6 seconds is regardless of his sight of the shot clock. He stopped his dribble and had already decided to heave a desperation three when there was a full 3 seconds left.
Don't worry, the negative nancies will find someone to be their whipping boy.
Every player is above the foul line. And Cooney is a good ball handler and has the ability to shake a defender just as we see in this clip. However, he got no help in this.A smart player would have driven to the basket at this point in the picture below.
Then the man covering Lydon underneath would have needed to cover the ball, leaving Lydon wide open underneath the basket. Bounce pass - score - ballgame - NCAA tourney here we come.
What's bunk? Expecting someone to know the difference between 6 seconds and 3 seconds?
I'm confident that won't be a problem for our fan base to figure out.
A pass to the backcourt has its own risks.
I don't understand this "no help" stuff.
I don't understand this "no help" stuff.
So you're blaming those players for not being underneath SU's basket three seconds after being beneath Pitt's basket? That's what you're going with?
I am blaming the entire team...not just one guy. Of course, they had time to get down there. Watch how slow Lydon moves down the court and he started at half-court! Yes, he and Robertson had time to get down the court but they were not really trying hard to do that. Not sure why.
Its team and COACH culpability.
I just don't see the relevance of Lydon's and Roberson's speed down the court in this scenario. Would Lydon and Roberson running down the court faster have resulted in Cooney making a better decision? Maybe Lydon should have been posting up underneath but if Cooney had made a better choice Lydon would likely have been open underneath for the winning bucket and no one would be mentioning how slowly he ran down the court.
I don't understand this "no help" stuff.
In this picture you can see Cooney has the perfect opportunity (and time) to penetrate toward the foul line since his defender was in a horrible position. That would have opened up at least four options...
(1) If G's defender takes the ball, a kick out to G for the jumper
(2) If G's defender takes the ball and Roberson's defender covers G, then an open alley-oop to Roberson who is streaking towards the basket
(3) If Lydon's defender takes the ball around the foul line, bounce pass to a wide open Lydon underneath the basket
(4) If no defenders help, an open jumper at the elbow
Instead, Cooney has already decided with a full 3 seconds left that he was going to attempt a low-percentage three-point heave.
Um, yeah. I think if the other players got into a better position (including moving faster), Cooney would have had more options. So you don't think the other 4 players should try to get into position to help? You think they should just watch Cooney? You got your wish. Btw...I was yelling at the TV for Lydon to move before it was even in-bounded. He just stood there at half-court. So someone noticed and I doubt I was the only one. You keep saying "if Cooney made a better choice" but he was being overplayed on his left and pushed toward the middle. He went to his right. In the meantime, everyone else just watched.
Of course, that flies in the face of the accusations here that Cooney is not a good ballhandler. Gotta have options.
