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re: LSU basketball - is this team better than last year ??
Posted on 2/5/20 at 11:14 am to Lester Earl
Posted on 2/5/20 at 11:14 am to Lester Earl
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Five of top 10 teams in America are in the top 50 in 3pt %
Gonzaga 38.9% (11th)
SDSU 38.2% (17th)
Louisville 39.7% (6th)
Dayton 37.4 (27th)
Duke 36.4 (48th)
Oregon, creighton, Colorado, Arizona are other ranked teams in the top 50 in 3pt shooting
LSU is 293rd. 30.9%
They have to at least be around the 35 mark.
and the difference between them is 3 out of 10 vs. 4 out of 10. We'll be ok.
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Posted on 2/5/20 at 11:14 am to Pnels08
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but we all know he isn't really a shooter
FWIW in JUCO he shot 44% on 3s with 4.5 attempts per game
This post was edited on 2/5/20 at 11:15 am
Posted on 2/5/20 at 11:17 am to Rb52224
He’s also 20-23 on free throws this year. That could be huge down the stretch.
Posted on 2/5/20 at 11:23 am to CHARLIE JAY
As a team I think they can shoot better and defend from an 'athletic' in-space/transition perspective, but we don't have the big bodies/rim-protectors. It will be interesting when we see a big, physical team. UK will be a challenge. We also don't have a true PG to be the general out there. This team tends to panic IMO and runs away from it's OFF/scheme instead of calmly executing it. They have gotten better in recent games, but the level of competition has been average-fair. With that said the tourney is wide-open. There are NO elite teams this year, regardless of some of the lofty records by a few top-six ranked teams that play weak schedules.
Posted on 2/5/20 at 11:36 am to CHARLIE JAY
Bold assertion if you’re asserting that, but frick it. I’m in.
Posted on 2/5/20 at 11:51 am to CHARLIE JAY
FWIW, last year's team finished with an adjusted efficiency at Kenpom of 20.22 and this year's team currently has an adjusted efficiency of 17.15.
Posted on 2/5/20 at 11:58 am to urinetrouble
This is only me using my eyeball test, but this year’s top teams don’t seem to be as good as last years tops. That means LSU could decline slightly and still finish higher in the rankings.
Posted on 2/5/20 at 12:23 pm to urinetrouble
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FWIW, last year's team finished with an adjusted efficiency at Kenpom of 20.22 and this year's team currently has an adjusted efficiency of 17.15.
This year's team is better offensively. But far, FAR worse defensively (if you are going by the Kenpom metrics).
However, there was a small glimmer of hope coming out of the last two games in that Marlon Taylor absolutely suffocated two of the SEC's best scorers in Petty (Bama) and Tyree (OM). NO ONE is the SEC is a balanced as LSU on offense (only team with all 5 starters in the SEC's to 30 scorers). So if Taylor (and/or Matthews when he comes back) can continue to erase one of an opponent's big scoring options, that could be a significant advantage for LSU, even though they still aren't great defensively.
Posted on 2/5/20 at 12:34 pm to CHARLIE JAY
Our athletes this year fall more into what Will Wade has been accustomed to, and he has them playing some really good basketball. Last year with Naz and Bigby Williams we had to take advantage of our size, but this year the lack of true bigs has allowed us to play much more up tempo and maximize our guys strengths. I see us back in the Sweet 16 at least this year, and once you make it that far, anything can happen.
This post was edited on 2/5/20 at 12:36 pm
Posted on 2/5/20 at 1:15 pm to bayoubengals88
and the difference between them is 3 out of 10 vs. 4 out of 10. We'll be ok.
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Eggsactly.... great point.... provided we limit our attempts to 15 or so and not +25-30.
If we had relied on the 3 to score and win games, we would have much more than 4
Losses at this point in the season.
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Eggsactly.... great point.... provided we limit our attempts to 15 or so and not +25-30.
If we had relied on the 3 to score and win games, we would have much more than 4
Losses at this point in the season.
Posted on 2/5/20 at 1:41 pm to KingofthePoint
No the reason we lost to Michigan St. is because Benford not only changed the lineup and went away from what worked so well for us but he also moved Naz Reid onto their 2nd best 3pt shooter and Smart, who was a very poor defender, onto their 4 man. He also switched Mays onto the wrong assignment. Benford was a train wreck that’s why Michigan St. took us to task.
Posted on 2/5/20 at 1:59 pm to bayoubengals88
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and the difference between them is 3 out of 10 vs. 4 out of 10. We'll be ok.
25 players each year in major league baseball hit .300. Key words: each year.
No one has hit .400 in 79 years.
but yea, 3 out of 10, 4 out of 10, so similar. Its that simple
Posted on 2/5/20 at 2:24 pm to Lester Earl
UConn 2011 won it and was 240th in 3 point Pct. Louisville in 2013 was ranked 214th.
This post was edited on 2/5/20 at 2:45 pm
Posted on 2/5/20 at 8:22 pm to Madking
Here’s an interesting stat:
LSU is the only team in the NCAA’s that has 5 players averaging more than 11 points a game. That’s Balance.
LSU is the only team in the NCAA’s that has 5 players averaging more than 11 points a game. That’s Balance.
Posted on 2/5/20 at 8:24 pm to CHARLIE JAY
Seems like the entire team is averaging 11-13 points and 5-7 boards
This post was edited on 2/5/20 at 8:25 pm
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