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"The Dome Factor"

By JakeBuckeye -31 March 2012
10 Comments
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Is one of THEE most asinine things I've ever heard.

RBuck Mod on 31 Mar 2012 - 3:01pm #

What? Link?

"It's just another case of there you are". ~ Doc (1918-2012)

JakeBuckeye on 31 Mar 2012 - 3:36pm #

Its an idea a few "experts" have come up with that states that its harder to shoot in a dome than it is an arena because of a lack of backdrop.

October 20th: National Kenneth Guiton Day

faux_maestro on 31 Mar 2012 - 4:28pm #

I have seen statistics that seem to back up the idea.

RedStorm45 on 31 Mar 2012 - 4:47pm #

Tyshaun Taylor is a believer.

faux_maestro on 31 Mar 2012 - 4:53pm #

^^^Hopefully he's still a believer after tonight.

JakeBuckeye on 31 Mar 2012 - 5:01pm #

Faux, just because last year's Final Four was perhaps the worst in college basketball history doesn't mean it was the dome.

And if there's anything to the Tyshawn Taylor dome theory, he's struggling in domes because its in his head now that everyone is talking about it.

"It was the domes fault" is a poor ass excuse for playing poor basketball. If you are an elite, big time basketball player there is no difference between a dome and an arena.

October 20th: National Kenneth Guiton Day

RedStorm45 on 31 Mar 2012 - 5:47pm #

Scoonie Penn was just 10 of 40 for his career in domes I believe. Dude could ball.

faux_maestro on 31 Mar 2012 - 6:43pm #

I'm not just thinking of last years Final Four. I think Reliant Stadium (last years location) is particularly bad for basketball but it isn't just last year that I'm basing this on. I'll try to find something on the interwebs later.

rdubs on 31 Mar 2012 - 6:53pm #

@Jake: Tyshawn apparently hadn't even realized it until a reporter asked him about it right before the UNC game... not saying domes are a huge deal, but after having played in a bunch of different venues, those with the higher ceilings and deeper site lines behind the hoops were harder to shoot at. It definitely took some getting used to.