Some simple stats on why UConn is winning

[caw]

In BE games:

#2 in scoring at 71.4 PPG
#3 in FG% at 44.8% (338/755)
#1 FT% at 75.9%
#1 3PT FG% at 38.8% (104/268)
Tied #2 A/TO
#1 TS%
#2 eFG%

#3 in 3PT FG% defense at 29.8%
#4 SPG at 7.1

Basically UConn is the best shooting team in the conference and defends the 3PT shot extremely well.

http://statsheet.com/mcb/conferences/big-east/team_stats?season=2012-2013

 

[Huskybass]

Plus we have Shabazz and they don't.

 

[Huskyforlife]

Plus we have Shabazz and they don't.

THIS and boatshow on occasion.

 

[61cygni]

 

[HuskyBballFan]

Makes sense. To break it down even further, our guys play really hard and make enough 3's to keep us in a lot of games. And if it's close late, our foul shooting and our great closer usually give us an advantage down the stretch.

 

[61cygni]

Shabazz probably is 1st or 2nd on the team for all the stats in the OP (except for 1st or 2nd among guards for shooting percentages probably)

 

[Scot-e]

Wow- how long have we waited to be the "best shooting team in the BE". That one stat goes a long way toward explaining why this team is so fun to watch. So nice to have shooters on the floor- you can win any game if the JSs are falling.

 

[partial]

How one represents data can have a big impact:

 

[nomar]

73.7% of all statistics are made up

 

[bmayuc]

All joking aside: Leading the league in TS% is insane considering the complete lack of inside play that we have.

 

[caw]

3PT % breakdown in conference:

1. Napier 39/89 or 43.8%
2. Boatright 25/62 or 40.3%
3. Daniels 8/23 or 34.8%
4. Calhoun 23/66 or 34.8%
5. Giffey 6/17 or 35.3%
6. Tolksdorf 3/6 or 50%

FT% breakdown in conference:

1. Napier 57/70 or 81.4%
2. Boatright 47/63 or 74.6%
3. Daniels 32/43 or 74.4%
4. Calhoun 43/56 or 76.8%
5. Olander 10/15 or 66.7%
6. Giffey 23/26 or 88.5%
7. RJ Evans 5/11 or 45.5%

2PT% breakdown in conference:

1. Napier 37/74 or 50%
2. Boatright 42/100 or 42%
3. Daniels 51/103 or 49.5%
4. Calhoun 28/57 49.1%
5. Olander 28/48 or 58.3%
6. Giffey 21/47 or 44.7%
7. RJ Evans 10/22 or 45.5%

Napier leads the BE in 3PT% and is second to Gardner (MU) for True Shooting %.

All of UConn's 3PT shooters have been solid in BE play. The worst is Daniels or Calhoun and they are both at almost 35%.

Last year only Boatright and Giffey shot higher than 35% in BE play. Year before, only Jamal Coombs-McDaniel and Giffey (and Bev at 4/8). Year before only Walker. Year before only Price. 07-08 had two in Robinson and Wiggins. 06-07 had Johnson 2/4 as the only one. 05-06 had Anderson. 04-05 had Gay, Williams and Anderson close. Even 03-04 only had three guys in Gordon, Anderson and Charlie.

At this point, this is literally the deepest shooting team in the past 10 years. Obviously, still 4 games to go and these percentages could swing either way, especially for the lower volume shooters, but it's still pretty impressive.

Only 4 teams are above 35% in conference play: ND, Gtown, Rutgers all shoot 35.9-36.2%, UConn is at 38.8. Eight teams are below 33% from three.

 

[Danzz]

Maybe the best FT shooting Uconn team ever.

 

[James]

Napier is the best shooting pg I've seen in a uconn jersey. I can see Giffey never missing a ft ever again.

 

[Mantle]

4out of 5 overtime wins and playing USF, Cinn, Providence and DePaul twice plus Syracuse and Georgetown at home.

 

[gorbowski06]

Making shots masks so many deficiencies.

 

[OkaForPrez]

In case you haven't seen it in Nan's thread, if you are a stat junky, I get into UConn's rebounding woe's and how they are overcoming them at the team stat level in the below link.

Check out the Blog

 

[tzznandrew]

4out of 5 overtime wins and playing USF, Cinn, Providence and DePaul twice plus Syracuse and Georgetown at home.

You realize that we haven't played Cincy, PC, or USF a second time yet, right? So our wins aren't built on that. Nor have we played Georgetown yet.

Also, our OOC was pretty damn good. NCState didn't live up to their billing, but New Mexico has proved to be very good. And we beat MSU.

 

[OkaForPrez]

You realize that we haven't played Cincy, PC, or USF a second time yet, right? So our wins aren't built on that. Nor have we played Georgetown yet.

Also, our OOC was pretty damn good. NCState didn't live up to their billing, but New Mexico has proved to be very good. And we beat MSU.

I was wondering when Cuse wardrums would switch from the "haha look how irrelevant Uconn is" to "the only reason uconn is ahead of us in the standings is x" If we beat Gtown in Gampel tomorrow, get ready for a lot of this.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Was anyone else surprised to see Olander at 58% from the floor? That is superb. I think the FT shooting alone has been the difference in 3-4 games. That's a huge advantage in close games. Essentially, we're the 2012 Baltimore Orioles, winning all the close games.

 

[caw]

Was anyone else surprised to see Olander at 58% from the floor? That is superb. I think the FT shooting alone has been the difference in 3-4 games. That's a huge advantage in close games. Essentially, we're the 2012 Baltimore Orioles, winning all the close games.

Take out the ND game and Olanders percentage plummets to just over 50%, which is still decent.

 

[businesslawyer]

I was wondering when Cuse wardrums would switch from the "haha look how irrelevant Uconn is" to "the only reason uconn is ahead of us in the standings is x" If we beat Gtown in Gampel tomorrow, get ready for a lot of this.
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LMAO. I must have missed Mantle pointing out how unfair it was that our conference record was mediocre the prior three seasons because our in conference schedule was so much harder than average.

Where do these losers come from? And why aren't they focused on how many OOC road games Syracuse plays in a decade? That, as opposed to the schedule we got this year, is voluntary.

 

[cohenzone]

Wow- how long have we waited to be the "best shooting team in the BE". That one stat goes a long way toward explaining why this team is so fun to watch. So nice to have shooters on the floor- you can win any game if the JSs are falling.

You never look so good in hoops as when the shots fall or so bad when they don't. And the quality of the shots doesn't always correlate. Bazz is making me a believer, though, with those outrageously long 3s. Take 'em whenever you want, SN.