Newsstand: Dusty May on where Vlad Goldin's range came from
Michigan Wolverines graduate center Vladislav Goldin had never attempted a three-pointer before this season, but that has changed dramatically. This season, Goldin is 9-for-16 from beyond the arc, taking and making his first career three down in Ft. Myers in late November.
Head coach Dusty May, who coached Goldin at Florida Atlantic, said it has been long in the making.
“We had conversations a year ago,” May said after Sunday’s 80-76 overtime win over Northwestern. “Our philosophy has always been for big guys that never shot them, shoot them every day for a year until you have the confidence and comfort and rhythm and then you’ll shoot them. But also last year, our team, there weren’t really enough shots for our team last year. We had a lot of guys. We had our whole team back. And so part of it was circumstances. Part of it was he was the only big man on our team, true big man. And so he had to put pressure on the rim.
“The best way for a five-man to get threes off are, I think, defensive rebound, outlet and then trail it up and your point guard finds a way to get you a shot or pick and pop. And when you don’t have much rim pressure other than that five, we didn’t add it and he didn’t shoot it this well. And to be honest, this summer he started shooting it well inconsistently. Certain days he did, certain days he didn’t. And now in practice when we’re doing our shooting drills, and everyone does the same shooting drills, he’s knocked it down with consistency.”
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Michigan heads to Purdue on Friday night for an 8 p.m. tipoff in West Lafayette. The game will be nationally broadcast on FOX.
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“Even the Minnesota now seems like a month ago. We get in it and now we turn all attention towards Purdue. We’ve got to have a good week of practice. We have to fix some things. We’ve got to find some solutions to problems that we face. That’s one thing a coaching friend told me about the Big Ten. He said you need to have most of, every special situation in before the season because there’s going to be times when you just don’t have time to practice and you’re going to get back at whatever time. You have one or two days prep and then you have to factor an off day. It’s January and we’re still learning a lot about ourselves every single game.”
– Dusty May on turning the page from Minnesota loss to win against Northwestern
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