Some Basketball Stats

[4thgengamecock]

A lot's been said about the basketball team's poor shooting, so I decided to take a look at it. Below you'll find complete team shooting statistics from the last three years, plus assists and turnovers just for the hell of it. Sorry if it doesn't add up right; I did my best.

Year 2PM 2PA 2P% 3PM 3PA 3P% FGM FGA FG% FTM FTA FT% AST TO
12-13 551 1204 0.458 192 598 0.321 743 1802 0.412 437 635 0.688 392 491
13-14 570 1337 0.426 195 516 0.378 765 1853 0.413 598 847 0.706 416 485
14-15 483 1063 0.454 148 510 0.290 631 1573 0.401 417 510 0.818 372 363

So, are we a worse shooting team than we were a year ago? Yes and no. We shoot better from inside the arc than last year (no doubt a result of Chat's increased productivity), but shoot dramatically worse from behind the arc. In fact, this is our worst three point shooting year since at least 02-03, when we were shooting 0.296.

So what happened? Basically, Brenton Williams left, while Thornwell and Notice had sophomore slumps (Thornwell, a major one). In 2013-2014, Brenton Williams shot 93-218 for 42.7% from three, accounting for a whopping 42% of the team's attempts and 48% of our makes. In the same year, Thornwell shot 37-100 for 37.0% and Notice shot 21-58 for 36.2%. This year, on the other hand, Thornwell is 31-119 for 26.1% and Notice is 47-149 for 33.8%.

In a nutshell, the poor shooting this year can be boiled down to losing our best three point shooter, while the two heirs apparent pulled the classic sophomore slump (especially Thornwell). That really has been the difference. In games where we make at least one third of our three point attempts, we are 8-3. In games where we fail to reach this mark, we are 6-11 (and in most of the wins we came pretty close to 33.3%).

All other areas of our game point to progress. We are superb defensively and will rebound you to death. Our assist to turnover ratio is positive for the first time since the 2007-2008 season. Even our free throw shooting is massively improved. If Thornwell and Notice return to their freshman-year form, we will have a very, very good team. But of course, that remains to be seen.

This post was edited on 3/4 1:04 AM by 4thgengamecock

This post was edited on 3/4 1:06 AM by 4thgengamecock

 

[Garnet chicken]

The team is shooting 45% on 2 pointers this year? That stat doesn't seem right. Most of the games the team has shot 33% or lower.

 

[Garnet chicken]

Sorry, double post.
This post was edited on 3/4 7:02 PM by Garnet chicken

 

[4thgengamecock]

Nobody actually lists stats on two point field goals, but they're pretty easy to figure out. Just subtract the three points made and attempted from the total field goals made and attempted. You can look it up on our site or ESPN and do the math yourself if you don't believe me.

 

[funktavious]

Shooting over 80% from the free throw line? That's impressive. I like that we are on the plus side of the assist to turnover ratio for a change. Horne's teams didn't know what an assist was. Thornwell really needs to work on his shooting in the offseason. He's a better offensive player than he's showing. I'm hoping next season will get us over the hump.

 

[4thgengamecock]

I'm gonna go ahead and bump this (yeah, I'm "that guy" who bumps his own thread) because I think it warrants a little more discussion. There's a lot of pissing and moaning about a lack of improvement and poor shooting, and I think these stats refute that a little bit. We got better in every phase of the game except one where we got dramatically worse, due mainly to the fact that we lost an absolutely vital player, while another had an awful sophomore slump.

We don't lose anyone irreplaceable next year. In fact, I think we're getting an upgrade with Stroman replacing Johnson and Dozier filling in as back-up. Plus, we're getting two guys back who spent most/all of the year injured (Blanton and Sheppard), and we're adding some major depth underneath with Silva and Bunch. There's a lot to be excited about with this team. If we continue on this trajectory we'll have a really, really good club next year.

This post was edited on 3/5 11:18 PM by 4thgengamecock

 

[FORKCOCK]

We have a long, long way to go. Nothing much has changed over the last 40 years except the names on the back of the jerseys.
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