There is a very definite pattern emerging in our stat sheet: we make more FTs than our opponents, and they make more 3-pointers than we do. At the moment we lead in charity makes 268 to 250. (The gap would be considerably more if we could make our shots.) Our opponents lead in 3-pointers 161 to 125, and that does not hinge on shooting percentages, because we shooter better from the arc than our opponents do. "Take less, make more."
Why does that matter? Because it is good basketball. As Coach Knight put it, "Why shoot a 3-pointer early in the time clock? You can get off a deep shot any time you want to. Work the ball inside and get them in foul trouble." Sure enough, we go inside more, and our opponents have more fouls than we do (372 to 348). Not only that, but basketball offenses are becoming blatantly predictable these days: just jack up a three. Fewer and fewer teams have a viable inside game (and so no Plan B), and so they are more and more predictable. We do have an inside game (see the shooting percentages of our big guys).
Our offense is working pretty well, and I like how it is working. We just can't get off enough shots because we are turning the ball over so much.
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