3 vs 2 Math --- Interesting to think and talk about

[The_Answer1313]

Saw a video early in the season and they were saying that Pope wants about 40% of our shot attempts to be threes . They also said that 40% of UCONNs shot attempts were 3’s in each of the last two years.

The current D1 average is 39.5% so 40% would be taking about an average number of 3s compared to the other D1 schools.

Seems about right.

 

[yoshukai]

The current D1 average is 39.5% so 40% would be taking about an average number of 3s compared to the other D1 schools.

Seems about right.

Funny, the guys doing the breakdown made it seem like it was unusual, lol .

 

[JonathanW]

GB, I believe it is, if it’s an unchallenged shot. By unchallenged, I mean nobody close enough to actually block the shot. I’ve seen several times this year (Brea and Oweh last night) where guys have uncontested 12-14 footers, only to drive closer to the basket, get into traffic, and miss a contested shot. It drives me insane. I’m old enough to remember Jack Givens scoring 41 points on mostly 12-16 footers

A FT (commonly made at 65-80%) is from 15’, just saying. I know it’s not often that you are wide open , but it happens.

Also some players simply don’t have the range to make a 3 (at better than 30%), but can make mid range shots at 45-55%.