* First, our opponents are running a 48.9% free throw attempt rate (which is just FTAs/FGAs). In the non-con we only allowed a 25.2% here, so one can speculate as to the reasons why that number has essentially doubled since SEC play began. This will hopefully not be sustainable.
* We are allowing a 34.2% offensive rebounding rate, which is bad. What is even worse is that 23.5% of the points we have given up in-conference have been off second chances. In non-con, those numbers were 25.4% and 11.4%, respectively, both of which are top-25ish nationally.
* Probably as a direct result of the aforementioned things, our SEC opponents are shooting 64% from 2 point range, a figure that would also lead the country. They're shooting pretty well from midrange, but the biggest problem is that we have allowed 43 shots at the rim in SEC play, and our opponents are shooting 80% on them.
Following up on this post from last week...
Against Texas A&M, we allowed:
- 42.4% FTA rate (still bad, but better)
- 28.2% offensive rebounding percentage
- 15.9% total points from second chances
- 55.2% 2 point percentage
Against Alabama:
- 50.7% FTA rate (yikes)
- 37.5% offensive rebounding percentage
- 14.7% total points from second chances
- 51.5% 2 point percentage
We really need to figure out a way to keep teams off the line. Don't think we're getting a great whistle or anything, but we do commit a lot of legit fouls too.
Also kinda think a large part of our issues with offensive rebounding comes from allowing way too many 3PAs. We are now up to a 51.6% 3 point attempt rate allowed in conference (32.2 attempts per game!), which is an insane number - would be the 4th-worst percentage allowed of any team in the last 6 seasons. A large part of that is who we've played, and so it should come down a bit, but does feel like we are giving up too many good looks from 3.
Probably some of that is downstream from inability to keep guards out of the paint, etc. This stuff is all interconnected, of course.