UK at 39.9 % from 3; opponents just 21.3%

[HerrosHeroes]

Discuss

 

[Lempface]

It's more about the opponents being shooters and not makers than it has anything to do w/ our defense.

Preemptively: Don't come at me with it's Pope's gameplan to leave the other team's best shooters wide open and hope they miss. Sagging off bad shooters is one thing, bad rotational defense leaving their best shooters open is another. Hope is not a plan.

 

[HerrosHeroes]

2015 held opponents to 27.1 on the season.

I think the 21.3 after six games is primarily due to UKs tempo and thats not to say we don't play solid D on the perimeter either because we do. Oweh and Butler and Robinson can defend.

 

[The_Answer1313]

The opponents % is bound to go up.

21.3 isn't sustainable.

 

[HerrosHeroes]

Also, last yrs team at 40.9 holds the UK record for highest 3 pt % in a season.

This years team, after a bad shooting night sits at 39.9%, good for 2nd best in a single season at UK.

So to review, this squad has a chance to lead UK in highest 3 point % ever and holding opponents to lowest 3 pt % ever.

Chew on that this Thanksgiving.

 

[HerrosHeroes]

The opponents % is bound to go up.

21.3 isn't sustainable.

Pope told me about guys like you.

 

[Son_Of_Saul]

UK has played good defense so far from three, but the SEC might have ten tournament teams this season. Opponents are going to light UK up sometimes down the road. It is what it is when you play in a conference as talented as the SEC.

 

[HerrosHeroes]

UK has played good defense so far from three, but the SEC might have ten tournament teams this season. Opponents are going to light UK up sometimes down the road. It is what it is when you play in a conference as talented as the SEC.

Whatever, Duke is easily a top 5 team and we shut them done from 3 too on a neutral court.

These dudes are them.

LETS GO!!!

 

[Bluegrass79]

Nobody has shot three against us well yet.
And the #1 difference in the games so far.

It's hard to win the three-point battle every time.

Stopping the three is the way though

 

[UK67KU59]

I was looking at this stat this morning as well.

Duke is the best 3pt shooting team we’ve played this far. They did not shoot well against us, but that may have been just an off night. I hope we can continue to hold teams at a low percentage from 3pt land, but I’m sure there will be games in the SEC where our opponent catches fire.

Clemson has plenty of 3pt makers so we will have another opportunity to test our 3pt defense next week. Hope we can make it difficult for them.

 

[Son_Of_Saul]

One element of the game that isn't help our shooting is Robinson's bad habit of forcing contested corner threes. I wish he would utilize a bit more patience. His three-point shooting percentage has dropped dramatically down to around 32% because he keeps hoisted shots, often times without even setting his feet. His body is pointed away from the rim when he's been shooting.

 

[HerrosHeroes]

It's hard to win the three-point battle every time.

Stopping the three is the way though

This, beside the fact that we have 3 defensive stoppers on the perimeter, is why our opponents are shooting just 21% from 3:



They cant get into a rhythm offensively because we are running them ragged with our tempo and depth!

 

[The_Answer1313]

Pope told me about guys like you.

Hey you know me i'm optimistic about alot with UK and i really do like this team.

But I'm also realistic lol.

Just going back between 1997 and 2025, there's been no team that has held their opponent from 3 to that low of a %. If i had looked at data prior to 97, I'd imagine I'd find the same thing. 21% would be the lowest by a crazy amount too lol.

There also tends to be a bit more random variation when it comes to 3 point defense compared to 2 point defense which is more consistent.

This is why upsets usually happen when teams go bonkers from 3. It's harder to avoid that from happening.

The only good 3 point shooting team we've faced was Duke. Obviously they did not make their 3s against us as well but it's an extremely small sample.

 

[megablue]

Here are our opponents year-to-date 3-pt shooting percentages, so far:
Wright State 34.9%
Bucknell 33.1%
Duke 37.8%
Lipscomb 28.9%
Jackson State 27.5%
WKU 33.8%

 

[HerrosHeroes]

Here are our opponents year-to-date 3-pt shooting percentages, so far:
Wright State 34.9%
Bucknell 33.1%
Duke 37.8%
Lipscomb 28.9%
Jackson State 27.5%
WKU 33.8%

See there. A man after my own big blue heart!
And to think that the %’s would be even higher had they not had to deal with Ky!

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