[CODE]3-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGES
Team G FG FGA Pct
1.Saint Joseph’s… 3 24 55 .436
2.St. Bonaventure… 3 24 56 .429
3.Temple… 3 25 59 .424
4.Dayton… 4 23 59 .390
5.Xavier… 2 12 32 .375
6.Fordham… 4 24 67 .358
7.George Washington… 2 11 31 .355
8.La Salle… 2 10 29 .345
9.Saint Louis… 2 10 32 .312
10.Massachusetts… 3 15 50 .300
11.Richmond… 3 21 74 .284
12.Duquesne… 2 9 33 .273
[B][COLOR=DarkGreen]13.Charlotte… 5 27 111 .243[/COLOR][/B]
14.Rhode Island… 3 10 43 .233
3-POINT FIELD GOAL PCT DEFENSE
Team G FG FGA Pct
1.Duquesne… 2 8 41 .195
2.Temple… 3 16 73 .219
3.Xavier… 2 10 40 .250
4.Rhode Island… 3 15 57 .263
5.Fordham… 4 18 61 .295
6.La Salle… 2 10 32 .312
7.George Washington… 2 10 31 .323
8.Richmond… 3 14 43 .326
9.Massachusetts… 3 15 46 .326
10.Dayton… 4 27 80 .338
11.St. Bonaventure… 3 21 60 .350
[B][COLOR=DarkGreen]12.Charlotte… 5 33 94 .351[/COLOR][/B]
13.Saint Joseph’s… 3 24 64 .375
14.Saint Louis… 2 16 37 .432[/CODE]
OK, I wasn’t suprised to see the atrocious to date shooting %, or that we’ve been forced to shoot more 3’s than anyone else, due to defenses daring us to. Still, I’m surprised at just how many more 3’s we’ve shot than the rest of the A10 - toss Richmond out, because I’m guessing they have the same issues, given that they barely have any guards left on the roster, and, at 111 attempts, we have attempted about as many 3’s as the next two teams put together. Wow.
More disturbing IMO, is 3pt defense, not just the %, but the number of attempts - 94. That’s a ton. The book is clearly out on us - we don’t defend the 3 ball worth a darn and we cant shoot it. We do such an awful job of rotating over to shooters, and after watching Curtis yell at our guards to get in position on D, I think a lot of it has to do with being out of position to start with.
The good news is that, at that many attempts, even a small improvement in % defense could really change the pt totals for our opponents, and therefore our ability to win games.
Also, we lead the A10 in rebounding with an excellent 43+ average, which surprises me after losing Eddie. However, our margin could be a little better - I believe it’s +9.2. That’s only about 3rd in the league. Throw out the NW game though (NW 34 - Char 23 rebs), and I think the margin is much better.
The last category to be concerned with is A/TO ratio. We’re at 0.71. I’ll let you guess where that places us. This has to change. Even if we do have to shoot 3’s, we need to moving the ball around better to setup our shots. Should be piling up “cheap” assist numbers there.
The rest of the tracked team stats dont show any glaring strengths or holes. We are just about dead last in shotblocking, but a single player makes such a difference there. We’ve held our own in the steals category to, despit not having Eddie, but our overall TO margin is +/- 0.0, which is worse than last year’s margin.