Are these stats accurate for Rutgers?
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Seems like being ranked so poorly in offense tells me that the sky is really the limit. Love the rebounding but the offensive numbers are still terrible and we have been close in many of these games. I'm more excited than ever but more than anything, we need a small forward who can consistently hit 3 pointers. The FT shooting is also still terrible.
We're still an extremely poor shooting team, and our turnovers are up from last year... but our offense is STILL ten points per 100 possessions better than last season in league play.
3P% from 27.5% to 31.2%
2P% from 40.2% to 46.1%
FT% from 68.1% to 63.1% (yuck)
It really cannot be understated how bad last year's team was at putting the ball through the basket.
3P% from 27.5% to 31.2%
2P% from 40.2% to 46.1%
FT% from 68.1% to 63.1% (yuck)
It really cannot be understated how bad last year's team was at putting the ball through the basket.
The stats back up what fans have seen for most of the season.Rutgers will have great difficulty winning league games scoring in the 60-65 point range.
We're a bad shooting team and only losing one guy (who actually hits a high percentage of his shots). We're not going to suddenly morph into a good shooting team. Incremental improvement from guys and the addition of Mulcahy/Young might bump us up from 321st in effective FG% to... I don't know, 240th. Still not good.
If we were going to suddenly flip the switch, it was from last year to this year with all the roster turnover. And damn if the first two games didn't give me hope. But it didn't happen and I certainly don't see it happening next year given that it's the same players.
So we'll have to keep rebounding like crazy on offense, and we need to cut down the turnovers. Make up for a lack of shots going in by attempting a high volume of shots.
If we were going to suddenly flip the switch, it was from last year to this year with all the roster turnover. And damn if the first two games didn't give me hope. But it didn't happen and I certainly don't see it happening next year given that it's the same players.
So we'll have to keep rebounding like crazy on offense, and we need to cut down the turnovers. Make up for a lack of shots going in by attempting a high volume of shots.
It seems we didn't see much of a dropoff in these rates as we entered the increased difficulty of conference play, which is good. For instance, we are .313 in 3P% overall (317th, 14th among B1G teams) but we're .312 in conference games (10th among B1G teams).
Exactly and that's what's exciting. Last year we had no scoring besides Corey and Geo contributed. I think Myles Johnson and Shaq Carter should be able to able a great season next year and maybe the FG% increases. Geo should become a better shooter as the 2 guard with Paul taking the load off as the PG. We still need more production from behind the Arc and on the FT line. Mathis and Kiss have to work their asses off to knock down important FTs. Doorsan was always terrible. We should take a nice leap next season. Maybe we find a Juco sharp shooting 3 point shooter?
Ron Harper through December 29th vs Maine...5 of 36 from 3...13.8%...don't shoot 3s...!!
Since Maryland on January 3rd.....17-48...keep in mind part of that was 1 game at Northwestern with 0-7 from 3.....that's 35.4% from 3....
I don't know but there are stages of development coming from just all 26 games as a whole. There's a reason we are not likely to finish last in the B1G and these drastic changes aren't big on percentages but when you are in a 1 possession game or a 4 point game, the difference between 2 more 3s in the right spots can change how the team looks.
There are fans that believe 3 out of 4 wins with the remaining schedule is feasible...if you look at the season's stats overall, you would think there's no way.
Since Maryland on January 3rd.....17-48...keep in mind part of that was 1 game at Northwestern with 0-7 from 3.....that's 35.4% from 3....
I don't know but there are stages of development coming from just all 26 games as a whole. There's a reason we are not likely to finish last in the B1G and these drastic changes aren't big on percentages but when you are in a 1 possession game or a 4 point game, the difference between 2 more 3s in the right spots can change how the team looks.
There are fans that believe 3 out of 4 wins with the remaining schedule is feasible...if you look at the season's stats overall, you would think there's no way.
Ahmed Ali on Washington State was on Shaq Carter's JUCO team last year... 45% three-point shooter at Eastern Florida JC. This year with the Cougars he's 36%, not bad. Also an 86% free-throw shooter.
Problem is he's 5'11" 165. Washington State is atrocious defensively and I'm guessing he's part of the reason why. It's nearly impossible to be a plus defender in a major conference (yes the PAC-12 technically still qualifies) at that size.
Same knock on Shadrac Casimir, the Iona transfer who wound up at Florida Gulf Coast. Of course, he's shooting 48% on threes so that's probably worth the defensive trade-off.
I expect the staff to be highly involved in the transfer market since they have been every season. We'll see what turns up.
To me the most troubling stat is the free throw percentage. News flash we are not a good shooting team. But we do have a ton of guys that can get to the basket, and the best of the bunch comes next year in Young. This means we can get to the line alot. If this team can climb to north of 70%, which by the way would be a mere #186 in the nation, we would win a bunch more games.
Right, I guess it's defense and rebounding? I feel that not having a true point guard is a big part of it. Winston can score at will but he also finds guys wide open. We missed a lot of shots but we take a lot of terrible shots. Mulcahy plus hopefully the ball handling and speed of Jacob Young will have a nice impact. Add one more shooter with that all important last scholarship.
During two years at Texas, Young got to the FT line for just 36 attempts in 1044 minutes. I know he was primarily used as a "shooter in the corner" type at Texas, but I'll withhold judgement on his ability to get to the line until I see him in live games in scarlet.
the emphasis on RU going inside for scoring means that Myles Johnson better work on his free throw shooting over the off season
If everyone improves their shooting by 3-5% it can mean the difference between 14-16 and 19-11. It really is a big deal. We would have beaten Iowa and Illinois (without a doubt) and probably NW, and maybe Wisc. Plus FT shooting can also be drastically improved as well by just practice and repetition.
Yes. Actually careful of what you wish for with FT shooting. We can improve by not having our centers get fouled.
My $ is in Myles getting to 65%+
