Irondawg
12-04-2018, 03:34 PM
I finally got around to watching the Dayton game and decided to track our offense in some very broad terms
60% off our offensive possessions graded as good
55% of our 3pt shots graded as good
Like anything the grading scale is subjective, but I judge good by meaning we either got a good shot or were attempting to make a good pass. So you could have a good shot not fall or a turnover where a guy fumbles it out of bounds and it still be a good possession. Likewise Peters can hit a fadeaway 3 from NBA range with 20 seconds which means it was a productive possession, but it's not really a good possession.
70% of good should really be the minimum goal. College kids are always going to take bad shots some of the time or have bad possessions with a terrible pass. It happens. But the more good possessions you have the more points you'll score on most nights.
As many other have noted while watching our team, we are just inefficient on offense. We don't value possessions and take a number of poor shots throughout a game. Compared to some of the other top 25 teams I've watched we're at least 10% more inefficient than others in most games. I still don't know what Howland's half-court philosophy is. We do a ton of standing around and the on-ball guys often don't appear to be trying to get to any specific spot. So I blame a lot of the problems on the system itself but the players don't make it any better most of the time.
I will say it's getting a touch better. I thought Dayton was an improvement over recent games and the good news is that we're simply more talented than most teams we'll play so we can overcome some of it. I also think our weaknesses here are a trend in the SEC so it will tend to even out in conference play.
However if we could just see minor improvement here it could be the difference in 2-3 wins and would be vital in NCAA games if we do well enough to get into that tournament.
60% off our offensive possessions graded as good
55% of our 3pt shots graded as good
Like anything the grading scale is subjective, but I judge good by meaning we either got a good shot or were attempting to make a good pass. So you could have a good shot not fall or a turnover where a guy fumbles it out of bounds and it still be a good possession. Likewise Peters can hit a fadeaway 3 from NBA range with 20 seconds which means it was a productive possession, but it's not really a good possession.
70% of good should really be the minimum goal. College kids are always going to take bad shots some of the time or have bad possessions with a terrible pass. It happens. But the more good possessions you have the more points you'll score on most nights.
As many other have noted while watching our team, we are just inefficient on offense. We don't value possessions and take a number of poor shots throughout a game. Compared to some of the other top 25 teams I've watched we're at least 10% more inefficient than others in most games. I still don't know what Howland's half-court philosophy is. We do a ton of standing around and the on-ball guys often don't appear to be trying to get to any specific spot. So I blame a lot of the problems on the system itself but the players don't make it any better most of the time.
I will say it's getting a touch better. I thought Dayton was an improvement over recent games and the good news is that we're simply more talented than most teams we'll play so we can overcome some of it. I also think our weaknesses here are a trend in the SEC so it will tend to even out in conference play.
However if we could just see minor improvement here it could be the difference in 2-3 wins and would be vital in NCAA games if we do well enough to get into that tournament.