So I've seen a bunch of threads asking "What's the team doing wrong?", etc.
We have a bit of a sample now, so here are some answers from the stats (some of this is certainly obvious):
- The team can't shoot. In the bottom quarter of D1 in ALL phases of shooting (2pt, 3pt, FT).
- Live ball turnovers (338th). This is skewed by the half against OKSt, but steals against are a KILLER, because not only does it end your possession without points, it almost always leads to transition opportunities for the opponent, which are higher value possessions. If you notice, our actual turnover rate is only average, which means that 3/4 of our turnovers are live ball. Probably partially unlucky, partially careless or too aggressive.
- No rebounding. This one's pretty obvious. Lower half of D1 in both offensive and defensive boards.
- We foul a little too often on defense. This is forgiven slightly considering our shotblocking prowess, but it's bad for the average amount of turnover we force.
- 3-point points against. Teams are scoring a lot of their points from 3 against us. Partially unlucky, partially bad D, although thanks to BU this number is better than it used to be (same with actual 3pt% D). Teams are making an above average amount of 3's against us while taking an above average number of 3pt attempts.
- Ball pressure. Despite pressing a decent amount, we don't create very many steals and are only average at forcing turnovers in general.
- We really guard people and for the most part get back on D. Considering our steals against and terrible shooting (leading to possible transition opportunities), we have a very long average opponent possession. Opponents get nothing easy without running a lot of offense or passing the ball around a lot.
- Specifically, our paint and inside the arc D is terrific. Thanks Brimah.
- We have a tall average height, which we take advantage of by blocking a lot of shots and not being blocked on O.
- This isn't exactly a good thing, but we are certainly a young team: 259th in experience (average experience % of minutes), and that's with 2 freshman and a sophomore injured. Lack of any junior class may be hurting this team. There almost certainly will be improvement by next season, and if not, then we really have the Ollie conversation.