Things I like:
- This shot chart:
(here's 2022-23 for comparison):
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This ordered list of true shooting %s for every player in the country who plays at least 50% of their team's minutes.
- The 2nd half Saturday. Went from a pretty tepid affair to a shootout all of a sudden. This team has gotten very few breaks all season. Nice for them to finally get some and capitalize on them.
- Working on Thanksgiving. Usually not too busy and make it home in plenty of time for supper. You get credit for covering a holiday + what essentially amounts to a long weekend, usually with minimal calls.
- Tre Mitchell's playmaking.
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This ranking of turnover% by team.
- Very late on this, but I also liked beating a team who shot 41% from 3 on 37 attempts.
Things I don't like:
- Our (hoops) defense is not great, owing primarily to two issues (IMO): lack of rim protection, which is not imminently fixable; and miscommunication on ball screens, which should be.
- Again, late, but playing the last 5 minutes of regulation without Reeves or Sheppard. Hopefully that gets fixed.
- Related to the last point, needing OT to win a game when we shot 48% from 3 ourselves.
- I'm not a football, but can somebody explain why it seems like we are much better defensively on 3rd and 4th down with <3 yards to go than we are with >7? Is it just scheme? Recall bias? Something else?
One possibly wild take for posterity:
- In a weak draft class, Reed Sheppard is a first rounder and probably a lottery pick.