Actually, not only unlike previous years, unlike the beginning of this season. Much more fun to watch as well. I suppose Ron figured out that his current roster is better at offense than defense or, more likely, that they are incapable of playing good defense so we might as well roll the dice and speed up the game.
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We have the fire power. On saturday when he was yelling to run, I was like wha???
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Well if youve been watching ron the last three and a half years youve seen us lose more often than win, press conference contents notwithstanding.
Is it just me or did it seem like he opened up the offense for a few games starting around the second half of Wake Forest and then after winning a few games he went back to the slow it down offense? It may just be that our guys were in a slump over that stretch of games and the strategy never really changed.
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2nd half of Wake def picked up the pace - but it seems like the first half of the season was a toe in the water. Like even at the APP game it felt like we were moving at a really quick pace but then we wouldnt fully commit to it. These last few games feel more like a full commitment to me. Really isnāt that what a good coach does? Has a system but is willing to flex the system to something that allows the current version of the team to be successful.
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( Points out the extraordinary circumstances of the first and third years here)
First year is a disaster .
Second year gets rolling with winning record, dominant at home, cant win on road, winning rec in conf
Third year a disaster all around
Fourth year, dominant at home, .500 on road. 0fer in neutral, winning in conf
Iād like to see this broken down more because I think there is something to it.
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This is the pace of play per game. North Texas actually has the second slowest pace of play in the entire country this year as 62.5 possessions per game.
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I get that you are an eternal optimist and I also know youāre a smart dude. You are too smart to believe that Year 4 praise. Dominant at Home?? Winning in Conference???
As if thatās his defining success this year (and sadlyā¦maybe it is) which justifies his āprogress.ā
- Winning in Conference??
Barely. Weāre 6-4, currently tied for 6th out of 14 teamsā¦in a terrible conferenceā¦IN YEAR 4!!!
Our 6 conference wins (UTEP 159, UTSA 336, ODU 216, Marshall 246, Rice 179, FIU 242)
Our 4 conference losses (ODU 216, WKU 127 by 19 at home, FAU 121, North Texas 51)
9 (of the 10) games against teams with a NET ranking of 121+ā¦ and 6-4 is a winning record he should get props for!!!
- Dominant at home??
9-2 appears dominant until you look at who we beat
Here are our Home games
Our 2 best wins at home: Monmouth (111), UTEP (159)
Other home wins: ODU (216), Marshall (246), USC Upstate (249), GW (251), WCU (278), Md Eastern Shore (286), UTSA (336)
Losses: Davidson (47) by 17 & WKU (127) by 19
0-1 vs top 50 with a 17pt loss
2-1 vs 111-159 with a 19pt loss
Soā¦2-2 vs Top 159 teams at home - and the 2 losses were blowouts we were never competitive in!
AND 7 wins were vs 216+!?!?
7 of those 9 wins could have been won if coached by you.
Seriously??? THAT scheduleā¦he gets a pass for dominating at home???
The bar is set so damn lowā¦itās depressing. And the sad thing isā¦Hill will use this sort of data to justify keeping him here and even worse now real fans like you are ok accepting this and promoting this as positive as well.
Pace of Play (Offensive possessions per game average) rank in the last 4 years
2018/19 - 335
2019/20 - 301
2020/21 - 333
2021/22 - 298
Just before Sanchez
2017/18 - 82
Our last good team in 05: 39
UVA is dead last this season at 358
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I think you are partially right the bar is low. Why? Because we have been one of those bottom teams. I get what you are saying, I do, but the reality is beating those crappy teams is progress. Not BEING one of those crappy teams is in fact progress. As far as numbers go, I am not getting too caught up in that since when you are as bad as we have been scheduling isnāt going to be easy and the bad teams in a bad conference we donāt have control over. All I can ask is we beat the teams presented to us at this point in our program. I wouldnt call it praise so much as just a real look at where we are. Before I raise the bar we have to get over the really low bar that we keep failing to get over the last decade.
Win the next 3, which is a tough ask for us at this point - and the bar gets raised. Hell winning the last 2 the way we did raises the bar.
None of this says hes done enough in my mind to come back, but it is what it is when you have been so bad for so long.
National Champions Pace of Play Rank:
14/15 - 141
15/16 - 290
16/17 - 70
17/18 - 331
18/19 - 352
20/21 - 182
For the most part each of the years had a total of 350 to 353 total teams.
My thoughts are pace of play doesnāt tell you much about who is going win, more about offensive and defensive efficiency for a team.
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Adding to the pace of play and Sanchez adjusting discussions. From these few stats, I canāt say that I see a huge change from year 1 to year 4, nor within the 2021-22 season.
I donāt know what numbers to look at - I just know the eyeballs show we are getting into offense way quicker.
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I also have to admit from looking up those stats, that I was surprised to see weāre actually 45th in 3 pt% and 159 in 3 pts att/game. While 159 is not necessarily high. Itās higher than I thought we would be.
Lipstick on a 
I think we all agree on that.
Yep, I wasnāt equating pace of play to winning necessarily. Hence the 17/18 season.
Correct just your post made me wonder what the title winners showed. I was honestly surprised outside of UVA that they were as slow as many were.
To add to NWA about the eyeball test (which is see as well) and getting into the offense quicker the Adjusted points per 100 possessions over the Sanchez fours years are below.
| 21-22 | 105 |
|---|---|
| 20-21 | 97.3 |
| 19-20 | 98.5 |
| 18-19 | 95.6 |
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