Somewhere out there Thursday night Joe Mazzulla was blushing.
51 threes in a college game is insane.
Talk about being severed from reality.
One of just three midrange attempts Alabama took all night (went 2/3).
I’m sure he got a talking to as he never even gave the midrange another look.
Just two teams ever managed to make more than 25 threes in a game.
Wyoming on November 26, 2021, and Davidson on November 10, 2017.
To me, that’s almost more impressive to think about.
But let’s add some context here.
40 players in NCAA history have hit 11 or more threes in a game
The top-two have 15.
Robert Morris' Josh Williams on November 14, 2018 and Furman’s Jordan Lyons literally the day after.
.778 vs Baylor - largely in part of Tyrese Proctor going bananas.
I got Bama in an absolute barn burning blockbuster for this reason.
It’s not necessarily about taking a crap ton of threes.
But if you’re going to make 50% of them that helps.
It’s about playing fast.
Test Duke’s ability to communicate on defense and trust your transition defense is better than theirs.
Sure, they have the one and done super stars.
But communication is hard.
Use Duke’s strength against them.
But I also picked them to beat Alabama in the championship game.
Whatever happens, hard to imagine this isn’t the game of the tournament.
