UK at 39.9 % from 3; opponents just 21.3%
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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!!!
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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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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!
21%
ELITE
This is when going forward I think it would be better and more predictive to have figures like "opponent took X number of 3s, how many of them were well defended? How many of them were completely open look?" I felt like Duke had a bunch of open looks in that game and they just didn't make them. Of course that could also just be bias tho considering you tend to remember the open looks more than the ones well defended. And all teams to some degree give up some open looks so how does ours compare to another team.
That would be more interesting to me than the actual results IMO.
That would be more interesting to me than the actual results IMO.
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