Ball and Oats to a T!
I'll check out the shot charts after most games, and it's hilarious that most look very similar to this. May see a couple of shots from the foul line a game, but everything else is either in the circle or a 3 point attempt. It's gotten to the point that when a player doesn't shoot it from one of those 2 areas, I look to see Oats' reaction, especially if its a miss. haha
According to CNO's philosophy, mid-range shots have the least value of any and would prefer us not to have a mid-range game.
I think the stats prove out that if you are an average 3 pt shooting team, it's better to Toss up those instead of 2s. I think the "score" comes out about the same. I'd have to find the site that worked all the stats, but it's pretty compelling if I recall correctly. I think it was something like a 50% 3 point shooter would require a 80% 2 point conversion rate to be equal. 40% 3s = 60% 2s. If you hit 60% 3s you'd have to hit over 100% 2s. Not that I'd expect a team to be able to be consistent 40-50% from 3 for sure... but the numbers are interesting since the national average is around 37/38% for 3s if recall with a FG% for the best teams just over 50% and most teams under 50%...
Yeah it's all analytics driven and likely where the college game is headed. Sort of like the CFB offensive transformations over the last decade. Oats has said numerus times, he wants quality 3 point shots and shots at the goal. We actually miss more gimmies at the basket than we should, but with the way UA is beating people since SEC play started, it's hard to complain about it. Recruiting was already going well, but with the style they play, and the success they are having with it this year, they are about to get the attention of a lot more kids...
Not sure they ever said, but he acts like a bitch, so that's probably the reason. Immediately following their previous game (a win over South Carolina), he was berating the officials on the way off the court. It did look like Petty was giving him (or at least their bench) a bit of medicine too after some 3's on that end.
My thoughts are it may be required IF someone down the road has a great perimeter D and has a big man around the goal to control the 3 point and layup game more difficult. Not sure who that would be but if we do run into someone we may need a mid range offense.
Talk to CNS.. pretty sure he has some game film of some games in the past where some of the players "hunger" and focus was somewhere else (NFL). He seems to have corrected that.
