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Message: [QUOTE="DavidinNaples, post: 3157141, member: 3537"] [ATTACH type="full"]43262[/ATTACH] No transfers this week and the news is slow. So, here is my analysis on UConn and recent 3 point shooting. ;) Two weeks ago, UConn graduated the 2nd most prolific 3 point shooter in team history, Katie Lou Samuelson. Her 382 made threes and 41.5% accuracy will be sorely missed. Does this mean a dramatic change in either the number of threes taken or the rate at which they hopefully go in? Maybe... but first consider the history of three-point shots over the last seven seasons. 2018-19 833 threes tried, 36.4% made 2017-18 755 threes tried, 40.0% made 2016-17 746 threes tried, 40.5% made 2015-16 775 threes tried, 38.1% made 2014-15 813 threes tried, 40.6% made 2013-14 805 threes tried, 36.6% made 2012-13 859 threes tried, 37.8% made Last season had the 2nd most threes tried and the worst % made (by a fraction) of the last seven years. Part of the drop in made threes was Katie Lou falling from a career 42.9% in her first 3 seasons to last year's 37.6%. Still, the rest of the team took 596 threes and made only 35.9%. Some of that low total comes from Napheesa's 53 attempts and 28.3% success rate. She excelled at so many things but making three-point baskets last year was not one of them. :oops: The returning three starters, Crystal, Christyn, and Megan shot 179-487 from three for a combined total % of 36.7%. Megan was tops at almost 40%. Interestingly, Molly and Kyla went 20-43 or 48.8% from outside the arc. Improvement from Crystal, Christyn, and Megan, along with more shots for Molly and Kyla might move the team % total closer to 40% range. Also of interest, all four of the new players for next season (Griffin, Makurat, Adebayo, and Westbrook) shoot threes with a fair degree of accuracy. The math is simple, but the execution will be harder. If those four can only duplicate Lou's rate of 37.6%, Molly and Kyla stay hot and the three returning starters improve by 2-3%, UConn could improve last seasons three-point totals. :) Go Huskies..!! [/QUOTE]

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