HBBIQers, help me out.
Why hasn't JO taken any outside shots or even long 2s (other than that swished 3 a few games ago right after the clock expired)? I'm not expecting him to become a primarily outside shooter, but 1 or 2 outside shots a game to make his defender stay with him when he runs up top to set picks.
Last night when JO would get the ball up top, Withey wasn't even bothering to come with, leaving the lane congested and making it even harder to get O-boards.
This isn't just a criticism of oscar - Frank ignored the skillset as well.
Neither coach ignored this skillset, it is obvious to both of them that JO is a face up big, it's why the pinch post worked so well, so no Frank didn't ignore this. He shoots the proper amount of them, as _FAN pointed out, he doesn't have the range to take all of the open 18 footers available to him. Those shots are available to him and most bigs because of how interior and help defense works.
Also to the point of what Bill did to Weber. Yes the defense was designed to force us out of the middle but our offense does that fine on its own. We only have one guard that has any interest in getting into the middle, the rest are highly reliant on hitting jumpers. This was the case with all of our previous conference games as well. The difference is that KU's length and athleticism makes it easier for them to close out on shooters and Rod and Shane don't get as clean of looks than they would against OU. There are certain defensive schemes that we should absolutely torch, like Baylor. I also think that this team with this offense and composition would have beaten Syracuse last season.
