Sad stats now in the per-40 spreadsheet

[JRRRJ]

You can download the workbook here.

I can't credit all the posts I've seen saying the beat-down was completely due to playing a superior opponent with a depleted roster.

UConn lost because they couldn't put the ball in the basket. They took exactly the same number of shot attempts (71) as SC.

SC shot 36% in the first period, 15% below their average. UConn shot 26%, 25% below their average. UConn shot 14% from 3, 23% below their average and 19% below what SC managed (their average is 41%) in the first quarter. UConn's misses were not due to superior defense -- many were open shots left short or layups (10 of 23 -- 43% on layups for the game. The team's entire 2-pt rate is 56.8%) -- and a few that were in-and-out. In the end, we had as many 3s as SC did (7).

Our girls played hard, but they did not play to their capability on offense -- for what reason, we'll never know. The weaves worked pretty well -- people got open, but we didn't take advantage of the force that is Aaliyah often enough until the second half (when we played SC almost even), and we missed too many open shots.

On defense, we held SC below both their 3-point and overall average. All of Nika's TOs just brought us to the same number of TOs that SC committed.

Ah, well, here's the rate rankings as of today:

Points	Paige 26.51	Aaliyah 23.46	Q 16.84	Ashlynn 15.51
Made FT	Paige 4.41	Aaliyah 4.23	KK 2.54	Ice/Ashlynn ~1.0
ORB	Aaliyah 3.12	Ice/Q ~1.9	Ines 1.6	Nika 1.47
DRB	Aaliyah 8.72	Q 6.32	Paige/Ice ~5.1	Ines 4.40
TRB	Aaliyah 11.84	Q 8.16	Ice 6.97	Paige 6.00
Fouls	Ashlynn 1.55	Paige 2.44	Ines 2.80	Nika 3.04
Assists	Nika 8.01	Paige 5.05	Ines 4.80	KK 4.36
TOs	Ashlynn 1.32	Q/Paige ~1.9	KK 2.59	Ines/Nika ~3.2
Blocks	Paige 1.49	Aaliyah 1.11	Q 0.92	Ice 0.63
Steals	KK/Paige ~3.0	Aaliyah 1.85	Nika 1.62	Q/Ashlynn/Ice ~ 1.1

 

[AmeriConn]

You can download the workbook here.

I can't credit all the posts I've seen saying the beat-down was completely due to playing a superior opponent with a depleted roster.

UConn lost because they couldn't put the ball in the basket. They took exactly the same number of shot attempts (71) as SC.

SC shot 36% in the first period, 15% below their average. UConn shot 26%, 25% below their average. UConn shot 14% from 3, 23% below their average and 19% below what SC managed (their average is 41%) in the first quarter. UConn's misses were not due to superior defense -- many were open shots left short or layups (10 of 23 -- 43% on layups for the game. The team's entire 2-pt rate is 56.8%) -- and a few that were in-and-out. In the end, we had as many 3s as SC did (7).

Our girls played hard, but they did not play to their capability on offense -- for what reason, we'll never know. The weaves worked pretty well -- people got open, but we didn't take advantage of the force that is Aaliyah often enough until the second half (when we played SC almost even), and we missed too many open shots.

On defense, we held SC below both their 3-point and overall average. All of Nika's TOs just brought us to the same number of TOs that SC committed.

Ah, well, here's the rate rankings as of today:

Points	Paige 26.51	Aaliyah 23.46	Q 16.84	Ashlynn 15.51
Made FT	Paige 4.41	Aaliyah 4.23	KK 2.54	Ice/Ashlynn ~1.0
ORB	Aaliyah 3.12	Ice/Q ~1.9	Ines 1.6	Nika 1.47
DRB	Aaliyah 8.72	Q 6.32	Paige/Ice ~5.1	Ines 4.40
TRB	Aaliyah 11.84	Q 8.16	Ice 6.97	Paige 6.00
Fouls	Ashlynn 1.55	Paige 2.44	Ines 2.80	Nika 3.04
Assists	Nika 8.01	Paige 5.05	Ines 4.80	KK 4.36
TOs	Ashlynn 1.32	Q/Paige ~1.9	KK 2.59	Ines/Nika ~3.2
Blocks	Paige 1.49	Aaliyah 1.11	Q 0.92	Ice 0.63
Steals	KK/Paige ~3.0	Aaliyah 1.85	Nika 1.62	Q/Ashlynn/Ice ~ 1.1

Good stuff!

 

[maple]

Our ability to go ice cold despite having plenty of open looks is truly one of the biggest daggers looming over this season. It feels inescapable. There is never a game where we don’t inexplicably have a period of just zero offensive production.

 

[Zarathustra]

Thank You!

 

[Rowdy831]

A lot goes into shooting. Catching the ball in the right place at the right time, getting your feet and shoulders square to the basket and knowing it is your shot might be a few. UConn is a great midrange shooting team that isn't really that good from the three point line so why not initiate your offense a couple feet closer to the basket so your shots are a little closer?

This team has a lot of great attributes and when they are matched up good with the opponent they are successful. It is clear though that they struggle mightily when they are playing a longer team and that is on both ends of the floor.