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per RandBall:
*Observers of Gophers men’s basketball will tell you that the team’s lack of reliable three-point shooting (outside of freshman Gabe Kalscheur) has been a disappointing trend this season that has hurt Minnesota on multiple occasions.
Numbers tell us exactly how bad it is — and that it’s not just a problem of accuracy but of volume.
Namely: Out of 353 Division I teams, the Gophers are No. 346 when it comes to percentage of overall field goal attempts that come from three-point range. Only 29.2 percent of the Gophers’ shots this season have come from three-point range — lowest in the Big Ten by a wide margin and the lowest of all the Power 5 conference schools.
Some of that is dictated, of course, by the presence of Jordan Murphy — the Gophers best overall player and double-double machine who has attempted just 18 threes all year (and made just four). Daniel Oturu, another threat in the post and scoring option, has attempted just one three.
Getting the ball to either of those guys is a good idea, so in a sense Richard Pitino’s squad is playing to a strength. The Gophers also make up for some of the inefficiency from lack of three pointers by getting to the free throw line at the second-highest rate in the Big Ten behind Iowa.
But here’s the thing: Kalscheur is making threes at a 42.2 percent clip and takes 5.5 of them a game. Amir Coffey and Dupree McBrayer are taking 7.6 per game combined, but both are below 30 percent from behind the arc. Nobody else on the roster is shooting them well and/or often.
It adds up to subpar efficiency; the Gophers rank 11th among 14 Big Ten teams in eFG percentage, which factors in the extra point awarded for making threes instead of twos. In 17 conference games, the Gophers have made just 84 threes. Opponents have made 107, meaning Minnesota has been outscored by 69 points from behind the arc in Big Ten play — about four points per game.
http://www.startribune.com/three-po...ophers-efficiency-and-ncaa-chances/506495252/
Go Gophers!!
*Observers of Gophers men’s basketball will tell you that the team’s lack of reliable three-point shooting (outside of freshman Gabe Kalscheur) has been a disappointing trend this season that has hurt Minnesota on multiple occasions.
Numbers tell us exactly how bad it is — and that it’s not just a problem of accuracy but of volume.
Namely: Out of 353 Division I teams, the Gophers are No. 346 when it comes to percentage of overall field goal attempts that come from three-point range. Only 29.2 percent of the Gophers’ shots this season have come from three-point range — lowest in the Big Ten by a wide margin and the lowest of all the Power 5 conference schools.
Some of that is dictated, of course, by the presence of Jordan Murphy — the Gophers best overall player and double-double machine who has attempted just 18 threes all year (and made just four). Daniel Oturu, another threat in the post and scoring option, has attempted just one three.
Getting the ball to either of those guys is a good idea, so in a sense Richard Pitino’s squad is playing to a strength. The Gophers also make up for some of the inefficiency from lack of three pointers by getting to the free throw line at the second-highest rate in the Big Ten behind Iowa.
But here’s the thing: Kalscheur is making threes at a 42.2 percent clip and takes 5.5 of them a game. Amir Coffey and Dupree McBrayer are taking 7.6 per game combined, but both are below 30 percent from behind the arc. Nobody else on the roster is shooting them well and/or often.
It adds up to subpar efficiency; the Gophers rank 11th among 14 Big Ten teams in eFG percentage, which factors in the extra point awarded for making threes instead of twos. In 17 conference games, the Gophers have made just 84 threes. Opponents have made 107, meaning Minnesota has been outscored by 69 points from behind the arc in Big Ten play — about four points per game.
http://www.startribune.com/three-po...ophers-efficiency-and-ncaa-chances/506495252/
Go Gophers!!