College basketball players are playing on the biggest stage and we can’t give them a ball they can dribble?
Can we please fix this NCAA?
#MarchMadness
#InflateGate
UCONN player Alex Karaban confirms the basketballs in the NCAA Tournament are overinflated leading to bad 3PT shooting
Most players don’t want to speak up because fans will crush them for making excuses. It’s not an excuse, it’s the truth!
#InflateGate
(Via
@CTScoreboardPod
)
🚨INFLATEGATE UPDATE 🚨
I watched practice footage of each Sweet 16 location, noticed the balls were way bouncier in Dallas, then predicted terrible shooting in Dallas.
Sure enough, Dallas had the worst 3PT% by far(25%)
Players deserve better. NCAA needs to fix it
#InflateGate
Purdue 14% from 3
UCONN 27% from 3
Game finished 8 points under the expected total score.
All three final four games finished under their expected total score, by an average of 14 Points…
All because the ball is too pumped up. It’s a shame.
#InflateGate
This is Katie. She loves basketball. She is in 6th grade and trying to make the middle school team. I did my first shooting lesson with her...
How it Started:
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How it Ended:
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(Some guys in high school can't make 7/10 3s)
🚨InflateGate Part 5 🚨
Keep sharing and speaking up! It’s the only way they’ll address it!
If you’ve noticed the balls being overinflated say something and tag
@NCAA
#InflateGate
LeBron on his game-winning shot:
“After Draymond’s finger to the eye, I was literally seeing three rims out there. I just shot for the middle one”
(via
@Rachel__Nichols
)
Fletcher Magee is one of the best shooters in the world‼️
Nobody shoots a higher degree of difficulty on their shots… and yet he still shot 47.5% from 3 this season. Watch this highlight video if you think otherwise..
@magee_fletcher
@JTMoney41051
@trevormay23
@CTScoreboardPod
The overinflation is different from site to site. Pittsburg, where Oakland played, had a more regular inflated ball. But Dallas, the site where I said before the games even started that the ball was too overinflated, teams shot over 10% worse from 3 than their expected %
A lot of eyes on
@thetournament
today, so a perfect time to announce our coach for TBT this year! He is a former
@WoffordMBB
alumni who has had an incredible basketball journey. Check this video out about his story! Welcome our Head Coach, Bobby Perez!
🚨NAME CHANGE 🚨
WoCo Showtime ➡️ M.Y.’s Guys
We are now a Virginia Tech and Wofford Alumni team named “M.Y.’s Guys” as our squad has played for Coach Mike Young either at Wofford or at Virginia Tech! Looking forward to competing in the TBT this summer for $1 Million!
🦃 X 🐶
Thanks for the shoutout
@MarkTitusShow
I was also a walk on. Played with Fletcher Magee and coach him now.
Would love to come on the pod to discuss. Players are scared to speak up about it bc fans will crush them for making excuses. Fans need to know the truth
@TJHitchings
I’m not saying it’s necessary unfair for either team, it’s just unfair overall for the players who work so hard practicing with a completely different ball and this overinflated ball makes them look like bad players on the biggest stage
#InflateGate
How is he able to repeat same thing over and over? Rythym..
What keeps him in rythym?
Ball-Foot Timing:
Timing of ball dip and shooting foot (right foot) landing together at same time. Those landing together is a reference point that helps you stay in rythym every shot.
🚨Shooting & Skills Basketball Camp 🚨
When: July 11th-15th
Where: St. Jude Apostle School
Who: Ages 9-16, Boys & Girls
Price: $250
*Camp is designed for a aspiring varsity and college basketball players and will focus heavily on skill development!
⬇️
Fletcher Magee is the greatest 3-point shooter in NCAA HISTORY
◾️ 509 threes (
#1
all-time)
◾️ 44% (higher than Steph & Reddick)
◾️ 145+ threes in JR & SR season
And
@magee_fletcher
did it all as an unranked recruit out of high school 🔥
Big mistake from Doc Rivers before start of 4th quarter holding 18 point lead
"It's not just about tonight, it's building habits"
=
Even though we already won tonight, let's still try to build good habits for future games
Last offseason I trained a Pro player who went on to increase his 3PT% by over 20%, best 3PT% in G League
This year these guys will shoot a higher 3PT%
Isaiah Miller (Salt Lake City Stars/Jazz)
Nathan Knight (Maine Celtics/Celtics)
Ashton Hagans (Rip City Remix/Trail Blazers)
All the evidence from March Madness that the balls are way too pumped up!
Can we please take air out of the balls next year
@NCAA
Surely they don’t want their games sloppy and low scoring..
#InflateGate
Loved working with
@Rj_dix
but love him even more after seeing this clip. This is THE GREATEST dive on the floor for a loose ball I've ever seen!!!
Completely putting his body on the line to help his team win
#TheUnmeasurables
That was an ugly half of basketball, a whole lot of shot taking, not a lot of shot making. Hopefully both teams have settled in and we’re in store for a better second half
Week 1 of War Eagle Basketball Camp is in the books! We had over 200 campers attend, learn, and compete with great effort and attitude. Looking forward to one more week with together! 🏀🦅
Session II (6/27-7/1) Registration Link:
E + A = US 🧮
We’ve felt that Jesse Gaynes is undervalued for a while now. He backed that up on Saturday at the 2023 Select 80 with a very good showing. Was one of the best passers in attendance, scored when needed, made scrappy plays.
@GaynesJesse
@WarEaglesBball
@Donta_OTRH
@BobbyPfor3
FYI - Trae was not intentionally dancing or shimmying for show here. He was shaking the tension out of his arms before taking the shot. You want your arms feeling relaxed, almost like wet noodles when you shoot.