Team Shooting Percentage: XL vs. Gampel | The Boneyard

Team Shooting Percentage: XL vs. Gampel

kemba 2k

kemba 2k

Joined
Nov 14, 2018
Messages
13
Reaction Score
58
Gampel: five games
FG%: 49.28%
3pt%: 42.4%
FT%: 73.24%

XL: five games
FG%: 39.12%
3pt%: 33.76%
FT%: 66.42%

Is it a lack of practice time there? or something else? But the numbers obviously show we shoot noticeably worse at XL.
 
selling any analysis on this subject that doesn’t control for strength of schedule

It could be even, but the fact it wasn’t mentioned makes me wonder
 
XL is in their heads no question. These guys, including Dan Hurley, don't want to be in the building. If Dan Hurley had his way all homes at Gampel.
 
.-.
Games at Gampel
  • Central: Kenpom defense #319
  • LIU: #202
  • Grambling: #265
  • SJU: #85
  • Georgetown: #251

Games at XL
  • Coppin: #219
  • Binghamton: #268
  • MES: #243
  • Providence: #48
  • Butler: #63
  • Creighton: #31

The level of defense we're playing has been better at XL, by a long shot. Particularly these last 3 games. There's not as much to see here as you think there is.
 
Huskybass said:
And Yet Ryan Hawkins lit it up there.
Expand ...
Those two prayers he made proved to be a difference maker. Obviously, playing as poorly as UConn did in every facet didn’t help.

I have learned to accept that they are gonna miss close range shots/layups and have seen plenty of games where it’s been pretty bad. I can’t remember a game as bad as tonight with the amount of missed bunnies within 3 feet of the basket. I mean it was women’s basketball bloopers bad
 
Hi-Low said:
XL is in their heads no question. These guys, including Dan Hurley, don't want to be in the building. If Dan Hurley had his way all homes at Gampel.
Expand ...
The Gampel vs XL Center argument will live on forever as long as that building is still standing. It is ironic how we have played some bad games in Hartford this year. Providence, MD Eastern Shore, and now Creighton. Who knows if it really is something where the players and staff legit do not like playing there, but at the same time, we have played some bad games in Gampel over the years as well.
 
.-.
methodology said:
I wonder is Hurley does what Calhoun use to…

Calhoun would go into Hartford a couple days prior and the team would stay at the Hilton so they could practice a couple times at HCC before game day
Expand ...
I read about this in one of Calhoun’s books. I was surprised because I obviously never knew that. But, It’s actually a very smart idea. I would hope Hurley does the same.
 
Could it have something to do with the size of the building and space behind the basket to the crowd? Might throw off the player’s depth perception when shooting? Coincidentally we played some of our best games at Atlantis, where the arena was very small and the crowd was right on top of the court.
 
Fact if life is we have to play games outside of Gampel, whether XL, road games, MSG, NCAA… Gampel ain’t gonna save you in the postseason. Figure it tf out.
 
.-.
CTMike said:
How exactly is a building full of UConn fans neutral?
Expand ...
Team spends entire season and off season at Gampel except for road games & a few hours 7 days a year when they bus 30 miles to XL....would hardly call XL a real home court unless it's packed for a big game on a weekend....which is very rare indeed.

It's not the old BE, only a few games will pack XL anymore.
 
Last edited:
kemba 2k said:
Gampel: five games
FG%: 49.28%
3pt%: 42.4%
FT%: 73.24%

XL: five games
FG%: 39.12%
3pt%: 33.76%
FT%: 66.42%

Is it a lack of practice time there? or something else? But the numbers obviously show we shoot noticeably worse at XL.
Expand ...
Needs more sage.
 
Being a state school has meant that UConn has agreed to play a certain number of games in the capital city. There is no way around it.
That being said, I hate these league games in Hartford, especially when school is in session
But it is what it is and they play there enough to not let it bother them that much - its now head games
Why not pull a JC and spend a few nights in Hartford and shoot there over a few days rather than cram a 2 hour shooting session prior to game
 
.-.
CL82 said:
Was it full of UConn fans tonight? Because it didn’t look very full at all on TV.
Expand ...
They announced 10k but calling that a neutral court is not what a neutral court is. They shot 22% outside of Whaley and the refs were abysmal. There was literally nothing to cheer for save for a few minute tease in the 2nd half. Bottom line is the team needs to be able to put the ball in the basket at arenas that aren’t named Gampel.
 
gtcam said:
Being a state school has meant that UConn has agreed to play a certain number of games in the capital city. There is no way around it.
That being said, I hate these league games in Hartford, especially when school is in session
But it is what it is and they play there enough to not let it bother them that much - its now head games
Why not pull a JC and spend a few nights in Hartford and shoot there over a few days rather than cram a 2 hour shooting session prior to game
Expand ...
Hard to spend a couple of nights in Hartford when school in session. Maybe for Sat afternoon game go to Hartford on Friday prior. Sort of points out the problem though of playing mid week BE games at XL...it's not a home court unless packed for a big game. Still should best a mediocre Creighton team anywhere in CT but XL not a happy place for these guys obviously
 
CTMike said:
They announced 10k but calling that a neutral court is not what a neutral court is.
Expand ...
On TV that felt very much like a neutral court game in New Jersey. Crowd was sparse and disengaged, no real student section. Didn’t give us any edge.
 
Uh yeah we played like butt there wasn’t much to cheer for. Strange how it was quite loud when we closed the gap. Stranger still how no one here was cheering their heads off as another 3 clanked off the rim.
 
Hi-Low said:
Hard to spend a couple of nights in Hartford when school in session. Maybe for Sat afternoon game go to Hartford on Friday prior. Sort of points out the problem though of playing mid week BE games at XL...it's not a home court unless packed for a big game. Still should best a mediocre Creighton team anywhere in CT but XL not a happy place for these guys obviously
Expand ...
Even if they wanted to get there this weekend, the Wolf Pack had games on Fri & Sat.
 
CL82 said:
Was it full of UConn fans tonight? Because it didn’t look very full at all on TV.
Expand ...
Not full at all. At tip off it was pretty empty. Crowd was pathetic for a top program’s home court. I shutter at the thought of a top recruit we’re in a tough competition for attending a game like this at the xl center. There’s a large gap in the messaging of showing kids four banners and telling them how important the program is to the state, and what went on at xl tonight.
 
.-.
You must log in or register to reply here.

Forum statistics

Threads
168,632
Messages
4,586,918
Members
10,497
Latest member
Orlando Fos


Top Bottom