And they are certainly not the 12th best offensive team if we are the 14th best defensive team. Even before the recent injury the biggest concern every expert had regarding Houston was if they could score enough to be a threat in the tournament. If they are the 12th best offensive team that should not be a concern. What up with that KP score is my question.
If my memory serves me, he wasn't off by much. He's got a nice stroke.
They don't turn the ball over and get a ton of offensive rebounds, so even though they don't shoot it particularly well they're still able to have a lot of successful possessions on offense
I didn't realize that but it's overused here imo.
He'd already led in with a hard shoulder, pushed off with a stiff arm, and inspired me to ask my sister if maybe they'd call him for such initiated contacts under "3rd time's a charm" theory. She was doubtful. That they'd called a foul on the defensive end came as a surprise to me when he picked up the one that put him on the bench.
A number of posters have shared this intuitive sense, and a couple of the ones who look into such numbers have confirmed these impressions.
Are we going to have a rock fight over this?
I understand that. But they are 165th in PPG and 241st in FG%. That has to weigh a lot. But again, I don’t really understand the formula for AdjO so.
It's hard to be king, no matter the pay.
A lot of those are caused by the guy he's screening for missing his spot or his timing...
The hard shoulder didn't bother as much as the way he defended Clingan. He was routinely hooking arms with Donovan and trying to pull him out of position. Technically, those are flagrant 1 fouls but that call has fallen out of favor over the past few years.
But that's largely a factor of how slow they play, they're 165th in PPG but they're 28th in points per possession
I'm not saying he should lose the edge altogether, just that there are better and worse times for letting it fly. Kind of like how there are good technicals and bad ones for coaches. The good ones inspire the team, the bad ones inspire the opposition, as we saw last night. That said, the call was a fairly weak one.
Fine. But are they ~Top 15 in many other offensive analytics? Seems like something has to be balancing it out towards the top end.
#4 in turnover %, #7 in offensive rebound percentage. I think the second one is the big one, it's why the early Hurley years UConn teams generally still ranked high in offensive efficiency despite running an objectively ugly offense
I can't believe these blind Refs don't call that ! He rammed into him several times to move Clinigan and nothing was called. Hurley has got to bring that to the dummy Refs attention.
Interesting. Those two do seem important. Would think their FG% would pull them down a lot too though.
Ok, what do you call it?
They miss a lot of shots but get offensive rebounds and eventually score when they are on the offensive end. What I wonder is if it counts as one more possession if they get an offensive rebound the other team never has possession then it could be considered the same possession. But it seems as long as a team can keep them off the offensive boards they have a very good chance to win. Probably easier said than done since they have done so well in a pretty good conference.
Coach Hurley likely working on that skill
