Threes !!!!

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Mark Pope wants a lot of 3-Point Shots

Andrew Carr has been amazed by Travis Perry's 3-point accuracy. (UK Athletics Photo)If Mark Pope has his way, Kentucky is going to shoot a lot of 3-point shots next season and that’s why freshman Travis Perry might

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THREE-POINT ATTEMPTS PER MINUTE IN 23-24 SEASON
MINS	MINS	ATT	ATT/MIN	3PT%			MINS	ATT	ATT/MIN3PT%	3PT%
REEVES	1035​	188​	0.1816​	44.7%​		ALMONOR	1025​	236​	0.2302​	39.4%​
SHEPPARD	953​	144​	0.1511​	52.1%​		ROBINSON	871​	229​	0.2629​	35.4%​
DILLINGHAM	745​	144​	0.1933​	44.4%​		BREA	960​	201​	0.2094​	49.8%​
WAGNER	748​	96​	0.1283​	29.2%​		KRIISA	769​	144​	0.1873​	42.4%​
EDWARDS	686​	85​	0.1239​	36.5%​		BUTLER	1020​	106​	0.1039​	30.2%​
MITCHELL	817​	82​	0.1004​	30.5%​		CARR	1140​	97​	0.0851​	37.1%​
THIERO	535​	22​	0.0411​	31.8%​		OWEH	797​	53​	0.0665​	37.7%​
IVISIC	176​	16​	0.0909​	37.5%​		WILLIAMS	820​	3​	0.0037​	33.3%​
BRADSHAW	358​	14​	0.0391​	28.6%​		GARRISON	721​	0​	0.0000​	0.0%​
BURKS	140​	5​	0.0357​	40.0%​		CHANDLER				0.0%​
HART	10​	1​	0.1000​	100.0%​		PERRY				0.0%​
ONYENSO	448​	1​	0.0022​	0.0%​		NOAH				0.0%​

 

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3PT PERCENTAGES BY SEASON
DNP = DID NOT PLAY
					Career	Career
	20-21	21-22	22-23	23-24	Overall	Conference
BREA	0.355	0.423	0.370	0.498	0.434	0.461
ALMONOR	DNP	0.343	0.381	0.394	0.385	0.403
KRIISA	0.368	0.336	0.366	0.424	0.368	0.376
OWEH	DNP	DNP	0.250	0.377	0.368	0.211
CARR	0.286	0.405	0.311	0.371	0.344	0.350
ROBINSON	0.286	0.326	0.343	0.354	0.343	0.317
BUTLER	0.290	0.329	0.342	0.302	0.321	0.294
WILLIAMS	0.00	0.500	0.267	0.333	0.308	0.333
GARRISON	DNP	DNP	DNP	0.000	0.000	0.000
NOAH
PERRY
CHANDLER

 

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TOP TWENTY-FIVE (25) TEAMS RANKED BY THREE-POINT ATTEMPTS IN 23-24
							OFF	DEF	MGN
	ATT	3PT%	FTA	ORB	DRB	REBS	PTS	PTS	PTS	W	L
NORTH FLORIDA	33.2	36.03%	16.9	8.88	24.75	33.63	78.0	75.8	2.2	16	16
BYU	32.0	34.77%	16.1	11.91	27.59	39.50	81.4	69.9	11.5	23	11
COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON	30.6	34.33%	17.9	13.06	26.71	39.77	80.9	73.6	7.3	27	8
ALABAMA	29.9	37.27%	22.8	12.76	26.89	39.65	90.1	81.2	8.9	25	12
FURMAN	29.9	32.39%	20.0	11.24	26.55	37.79	79.5	75.9	3.6	17	16
CORNELL	29.7	34.75%	16.7	9.57	25.87	35.44	82.1	74.7	7.4	22	8
PRINCETON	29.4	35.60%	16.1	8.41	24.90	33.31	77.1	66.6	10.5	24	5
CHATTANOOGA	29.4	35.94%	18.2	9.24	27.30	36.54	78.2	71.6	6.6	21	12
CREIGHTON	29.1	36.84%	14.8	8.40	29.71	38.11	80.4	69.9	10.5	25	10
ARKANSAS - PINE BLUFF	29.0	37.53%	22.0	8.42	26.19	34.61	80.1	81.8	-1.7	13	18
UTSA	28.8	33.73%	21.9	13.09	27.19	40.28	77.6	81.0	-3.4	11	21
INDIANA STATE	28.7	38.16%	19.3	7.15	28.31	35.46	84.8	73.2	11.6	32	7
KENNESAW STATE	28.6	32.88%	22.0	12.26	26.58	38.84	82.8	80.8	2.0	15	16
SAINT JOSEPH'S	28.5	35.24%	17.1	10.09	25.71	35.80	75.5	70.5	5.0	21	14
WILLIAM & MARY	27.8	32.31%	18.8	10.33	24.85	35.18	69.8	72.1	-2.3	10	23
LIBERTY	27.5	36.82%	14.8	8.72	25.25	33.97	73.8	65.5	8.3	18	14
VILLANOVA	27.4	33.76%	15.3	8.47	26.35	34.82	70.2	65.6	4.6	18	16
NEW HAMPSHIRE	27.4	32.43%	18.2	9.19	28.23	37.42	74.1	74.1	0.0	16	15
YOUNGSTOWN STATE	27.2	32.34%	18.4	12.78	27.19	39.97	81.2	70.9	10.3	22	10
HOFSTRA	27.0	37.08%	12.5	7.70	25.06	32.76	74.2	68.5	5.7	20	13
PITTSBURGH	26.9	35.74%	18.5	11.39	25.67	37.06	75.6	67.6	8.0	22	11
ARKANSAS STATE	26.8	34.41%	20.6	13.22	25.14	38.36	78.8	77.0	1.8	20	17
WOFFORD	26.6	35.92%	16.6	10.53	26.66	37.19	74.5	73.8	0.7	17	15
GEORGIA SOUTHERN	26.6	35.19%	17.3	10.52	23.73	34.25	73.3	79.2	-5.9	9	24
UC - RIVERSIDE	26.6	31.75%	17.8	12.35	24.59	36.94	70.7	72.0	-1.3	16	18
AVERAGES	28.6	34.93%	18.0	10.39	26.28	36.67	77.8	73.3	4.5	19	14
UCONN	23.8	35.75%	18.9	11.72	27.10	38.82	81.4	63.4	18.0	37	3
KENTUCKY	24.2	40.88%	19.7	10.06	27.55	37.61	89.0	79.7	9.3	23	10

 

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	TOP 25 OFFENSES & DEFENSES
	POINTS SCORED		WINS	LOSS		POINTS ALLOWED		WINS	LOSS
1​	ALABAMA	90.1	25​	12​		HOUSTON	57.6​	32​	5​	1​
2​	KENTUCKY	89.0	23​	10​		SAINT MARY'S (CA)	59.2​	26​	8​	2​
3​	ARIZONA	87.1	27​	9​		VIRGINIA	59.7​	23​	11​	3​
4​	WRIGHT STATE	86.5	18​	14​		IOWA STATE	61.5​	29​	8​	4​
5​	SAMFORD	86.1	29​	6​		MARIST	62.2​	18​	13​	5​
6​	FLORIDA	85.6	24​	12​		McNEESE STATE	62.2​	30​	4​	6​
7​	INDIANA STATE	84.8	32​	7​		VERMONT	63.0​	28​	7​	7​
8​	GONZAGA	84.5	27​	8​		WAGNER	63.1​	17​	16​	8​
9​	HIGH POINT	83.9	27​	9​		UCONN	63.4​	37​	3​	9​
10​	ILLINOIS	83.4	29​	9​		MOREHEAD STATE	63.4​	29​	9​	10​
11​	JAMES MADISON	83.2	32​	4​		TOWSON	63.6​	20​	14​	11​
12​	IOWA	83.1	19​	15​		NORTH TEXAS	63.8​	19​	15​	12​
13​	AUBURN	83.1	27​	8​		SAINT PETER'S	64.0​	19​	14​	13​
14​	KENNESAW STATE	82.8	15​	16​		COLGATE	64.1​	25​	10​	14​
15​	PURDUE	82.3	34​	5​		ARMY	64.3​	10​	22​	15​
16​	CORNELL	82.1	22​	8​		LOUISIANA TECH	64.5​	22​	10​	16​
17​	LIPSCOMB	82.1	20​	12​		MERRIMACK	65.4​	21​	12​	17​
18​	FLORIDA ATLANTIC	82.0	25​	9​		UCLA	65.5​	16​	17​	18​
19​	NORTH CAROLINA	81.9	29​	8​		LIBERTY	65.5​	18​	14​	19​
20​	TULANE	81.9	17​	17​		CHARLOTTE	65.6​	19​	12​	20​
21​	UT - MARTIN	81.5	21​	11​		VILLANOVA	65.6​	18​	16​	21​
22​	BYU	81.4	23​	11​		WESTERN ILLINOIS	65.7​	21​	12​	22​
23​	UCONN	81.4	37​	3​		MARYLAND	65.9​	16​	17​	23​
24​	YOUNGSTOWN STATE	81.2	22​	10​		GEORGE MASON	65.9​	20​	12​	24​
25​	DENVER	81.0	17​	17​		MICHIGAN STATE	66.1​	20​	15​	25​
	AVERAGES	83.7	24.8​	10.0​		AVERAGES	63.6​	22.1​	11.8​

 

[IbnSaran]

Mark Pope wants a lot of 3-Point Shots

Andrew Carr has been amazed by Travis Perry's 3-point accuracy. (UK Athletics Photo)If Mark Pope has his way, Kentucky is going to shoot a lot of 3-point shots next season and that’s why freshman Travis Perry might

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“That’s a really fun way to play. And not many coaches are telling you, ‘If you don’t shoot the ball, you’re gonna sit next to me.’ So, it’s a lot of fun.”

BYU averaged 32 3’s per game last year under Pope and he wants a higher number this season with a lot of the long-range shots coming in transition

“I don’t know how these teams are going to try to defend us all game long. Especially the way Coach wants to play — so fast"

“If you wanna guard us, you’re gonna have to be in shape,”

 

[Cleatortoises]

I thought 🐄 had cracked the code with the platoon. We did win 38 straight. Then he said we'll never do that again. It was similar to 96 when we just ran people to death. Since Pope was there, will he try to recreate that style of play?
Please 🙏

 

[NociHTTP]

I thought 🐄 had cracked the code with the platoon. We did win 38 straight. Then he said we'll never do that again. It was similar to 96 when we just ran people to death. Since Pope was there, will he try to recreate that style of play?
Please 🙏

Don't be shocked if Cal tells his guys to run and go THE OTHER WAY in the middle of trying to score. We could absolutely smoke some teams this year.

 

[colonelcat78]

I thought 🐄 had cracked the code with the platoon. We did win 38 straight. Then he said we'll never do that again. It was similar to 96 when we just ran people to death. Since Pope was there, will he try to recreate that style of play?
Please 🙏

Unfortunately, we were ranked in the bottom half of the NCAA in offensive possessions per game during the 2015 season. Cal certainly didn’t use that insane amount of depth to wear down other teams. As the season progressed we went from free flowing to a more methodical, predictable approach where we were solely winning based on our talent discrepancy.

 

[Cleatortoises]

Unfortunately, we were ranked in the bottom half of the NCAA in offensive possessions per game during the 2015 season. Cal certainly didn’t use that insane amount of depth to wear down other teams. As the season progressed we went from free flowing to a more methodical, predictable approach where we were solely winning based on our talent discrepancy.

Yeah, because as we figured out 🐄 prefers the rock fight. At the end we were right back to his way. Notre dame had us, but we riggled off the hook.

 

[bbncal02]

I don't mind us shooting threes, I love it. I I also don't want to be one of those teams that lives and dies by them either. Because that is the quickest way home for sure.

 

[docholiday51]

It is fine and dandy to shoot a lot of 3's but we have to make a lot of them to win games.
We may win some by 25 or 30 but we could lose some by 20+ With that said bring on Pope
and his 3 musketeers (all 12 of them)

 

[JonathanW]

I thought 🐄 had cracked the code with the platoon. We did win 38 straight. Then he said we'll never do that again. It was similar to 96 when we just ran people to death. Since Pope was there, will he try to recreate that style of play?
Please 🙏

The Platoon was great. It led to a historically great defense. However it ended with the Poythress injury in Dec. By mid Jan we were down to an 8 man rotation with Lee (#9) getting a few minutes.
Also a Platoon works best when there is little difference in the starters and bench, AND a platoon doesn’t have to be a 50/50 split.

 

[MrHotDice]

It is fine and dandy to shoot a lot of 3's but we have to make a lot of them to win games.
We may win some by 25 or 30 but we could lose some by 20+ With that said bring on Pope
and his 3 musketeers (all 12 of This thread should be called the chicken littles. All teams live and die by their shooting.

 

[MrHotDice]

You still win with defense. Give me a team of old players who wont play like Reed in his first NCAA game like a deer in the head lights moment but the Reed that in his first NBA game tourched the Lakers.

 

[UK-chulo]

I don't mind us shooting threes, I love it. I I also don't want to be one of those teams that lives and dies by them either. Because that is the quickest way home for sure.

Pretty sure we’ve found the quickest way home already.

 

[megablue]

You still win with defense. Give me a team of old players who wont play like Reed in his first NCAA game like a deer in the head lights moment but the Reed that in his first NBA game tourched the Lakers.

UConn was the ONLY team in the TOP 25 scoring offenses and also in the TOP 25 ponts-allowed defenses.
They were 23rd offensively, scoring at 81.4 ppg and 9th defensively, allowing only 63.4 ppg, with a margin of 18.0 points.
They finished 37-3 and won the National Championship, winning all games by comfortable margins. They dominated.
Yes, defense matters. It always has ... and so does experience.

I know hindsight is ALWAYS 100%, but based on all of the glowing references on the defense prowess of Butler, Oweh and Williams, I cannot help but wonder how Kentucky would've fared with those three (3) on the '23-'24 team, in place of Wagner, Edwards and Bradshaw ?? It seems to me, in a way, that is the kind of team we're going to have this season ... a little bit, although I very much hope and suspect that Pope will will be quick to make adjustments during games. This season will be very interesting ... I'm REALLY looking forward to it. GO CATS !!

 

[TopCatCal]

Mark Pope wants a lot of 3-Point Shots

Andrew Carr has been amazed by Travis Perry's 3-point accuracy. (UK Athletics Photo)If Mark Pope has his way, Kentucky is going to shoot a lot of 3-point shots next season and that’s why freshman Travis Perry might

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Next year will be like Pitino's 1st season here, 3's coming from everywhere. Except next years team will have a lot more size, talent & depth than Pitino's 1st team did. And as a result we'll be a much better team next season than what Pitino had.

 

[nickhorvathsuxazz]

Pretty sure we’ve found the quickest way home already.

I can laugh now....

 

[bbncal02]

Pretty sure we’ve found the quickest way home already.

Oh no, for sure. I just don't want our offense to only rely on threes. Because we've all seen what happens when that's all you got. It either works, or you lose by 30.

 

[UK-chulo]

I can laugh now....

We’ve all needed some kind of therapy after these last five years. The enema the program got this spring was long overdue.

 

[zoid1]

If we shoot 35 3's a game at around a 40 percent clip that means we make around 14 a game give or take. That's 42 points a game from beyond the arc or basically half our points a game. I think we avg high 80's. If our defense is any good which is should be we will win a lot of games.

 

[CRZ4UK]

You still win with defense. Give me a team of old players who wont play like Reed in his first NCAA game like a deer in the head lights moment but the Reed that in his first NBA game tourched the Lakers.

If I didn’t know better I would say Reed found some confidence. Maybe his coach believed in him enough to start him?? What a crazy idea??