Uconn has alot of work to do. Opponent 3% needs to be fixed

[HuskiesDogs]

We haven't looked that sharp since the Ohio State game even though the scores don't tell it. Alot of 3s is being jacked up by other teams and their dropping. What can we do to stop this problem??

And speaking of 3s KLS is no KML I miss her crossing half court and launching one from deep with that funky release. Loved lady RAY

 

[pinotbear]

We haven't looked that sharp since the Ohio State game even though the scores don't tell it. Alot of 3s is being jacked up by other teams and their dropping. What can we do to stop this problem??

And speaking of 3s KLS is no KML I miss her crossing half court and launching one from deep with that funky release. Loved lady RAY

You do understand, if you compare KML at this point in her freshman year to KLS, their stats are very similar, don't you?

 

[chrissaran]

The naysayers must not have anything else to do. Once Katie Lou finds her stroke, the 3s will start raining down like crazy. Let's not write her off seven games into her freshman season.

 

[Sonny44]

We haven't looked that sharp since the Ohio State game even though the scores don't tell it. Alot of 3s is being jacked up by other teams and their dropping. What can we do to stop this problem??

And speaking of 3s KLS is no KML I miss her crossing half court and launching one from deep with that funky release. Loved lady RAY

Plus we have to stop this recent trend of scoring buckets for the other team.

 

[WestCoastFan]

Offense ain't the concern...3s or no 3s.

The perimeter D has got to get better. UConn feeds off their defense and excels in the transition game. The good news is there will be plenty of opportunities as the year goes on, cuz everyone is gonna go with the 3s.

 

[Zorro]

Remember; Geno coaches different in December than he does in April.

 

[rvwsleep]

We haven't looked that sharp since the Ohio State game even though the scores don't tell it. Alot of 3s is being jacked up by other teams and their dropping. What can we do to stop this problem??

And speaking of 3s KLS is no KML I miss her crossing half court and launching one from deep with that funky release. Loved lady RAY

Since the Ohio St game ? We didn't look sharp against Nebraska or Chattanooga ?
How much do they have to win a game by to qualify as "sharp".

 

[hoophuskee]

We haven't looked that sharp since the Ohio State game even though the scores don't tell it. Alot of 3s is being jacked up by other teams and their dropping. What can we do to stop this problem??

And speaking of 3s KLS is no KML I miss her crossing half court and launching one from deep with that funky release. Loved lady RAY

I think you are over exaggerating - sure UCONN ahs a lot of work to do. But what did you think about last year after Stanford?

I do agree- UCONN has a lot of work to do- but they are unbeatable. Notre Dame is tearing apart DePaul and we won comfortably vs ND while they shot 65% from 3.

 

[topogigio]

What's interesting is that DePaul, Notre Dame, and Colgate were hoisting up 3's from well beyond the arc. If you watch closely, the D was there, with a hand up. Over time, the odds of any womens' team completing 35% of those shots would be low. ND, again tonight, shot lights out from 3 pt. land (over 60%). I believe the law of the numbers will take over for opposing teams shooting 3's, as well the the Huskies performance from beyond the arc.

 

[Intpseeker]

We haven't looked that sharp since the Ohio State game even though the scores don't tell it. Alot of 3s is being jacked up by other teams and their dropping. What can we do to stop this problem??

And speaking of 3s KLS is no KML I miss her crossing half court and launching one from deep with that funky release. Loved lady RAY

Watch ALL of her game. She is going to be special.

 

[Intpseeker]

Offense ain't the concern...3s or no 3s.

The perimeter D has got to get better. UConn feeds off their defense and excels in the transition game. The good news is there will be plenty of opportunities as the year goes on, cuz everyone is gonna go with the 3s.

And most teams shot less than 40%

 

[ochoopsfan]

For statistical purposes UConn gives up 3pt baskets at a 36.4%. That puts them in 318th place of 349 D1 WBB teams.
On 2 pt defense UConn gives up a similar percentage at 36.3%, however that is a very good percentage as it puts UConn at 22nd of the same 349 D1 WBB teams

The best defense against the 3 pointer is Charleston Southern at 17.4% followed by Boston College at 20%
The best defense against the 2 pointer is Oregon State at 31.3% followed by Maryland at 32.2%

 

[HoopsFan21]

For statistical purposes UConn gives up 3pt baskets at a 36.4%. That puts them in 318th place of 349 D1 WBB teams.
On 2 pt defense UConn gives up a similar percentage at 36.3%, however that is a very good percentage as it puts UConn at 22nd of the same 349 D1 WBB teams

The best defense against the 3 pointer is Charleston Southern at 17.4% followed by Boston College at 20%
The best defense against the 2 pointer is Oregon State at 31.3% followed by Maryland at 32.2%

I'd be curious to see Charleston Southern's and BC's opponents' normal 3-point percentage. When you are talking about hundreds of teams playing such varied levels of talent, I think a better measure would involve some normalization rather than absolute percentages.

 

[ochoopsfan]

I'd be curious to see Charleston Southern's and BC's opponents' normal 3-point percentage. When you are talking about hundreds of teams playing such varied levels of talent, I think a better measure would involve some normalization rather than absolute percentages.

I will try and look that stuff up. Not sure if I can figure it out.

One other thing, last season UConn gave up the 3 pointers at a 26.8% which put them at 9th place.
Texas A& M was best at 24%.

 

[ochoopsfan]

I'd be curious to see Charleston Southern's and BC's opponents' normal 3-point percentage. When you are talking about hundreds of teams playing such varied levels of talent, I think a better measure would involve some normalization rather than absolute percentages.

I looked up Charleston Southern and yes their opponents 3pt % is horrible. First off they played 8 games and 3 were vs non D1 teams, so those arent counted. They played the following teams with their 3pt% and ranking listed
Wintrop 20.6% ranked 341
Clemson 22.4% ranked 330
Wofford 23.8% and ranked 321
Liberty 27.2% and ranked 280
College of Charleston 36.3 ranked 39th.
So they certainly played their share of poor shooting 3 pt teams thus giving them the great 3 pt% defense.

 

[UConnCat]

For statistical purposes UConn gives up 3pt baskets at a 36.4%. That puts them in 318th place of 349 D1 WBB teams.
On 2 pt defense UConn gives up a similar percentage at 36.3%, however that is a very good percentage as it puts UConn at 22nd of the same 349 D1 WBB teams

The best defense against the 3 pointer is Charleston Southern at 17.4% followed by Boston College at 20%
The best defense against the 2 pointer is Oregon State at 31.3% followed by Maryland at 32.2%

I'm not sure it's appropriate to use the phrase "the best defense against" at this point in the season. Looking at the opponents of the teams you mention I'd say the low shooting %s have more to do with that than good defense.

According to Sagarin, here are the SOS of the teams you mention:

Uconn #1
BC #122
MD #324
Ore St #201
CoC #165

 

[ochoopsfan]

I'm not sure it's appropriate to use the phrase "the best defense against" at this point in the season. Looking at the opponents of the teams you mention I'd say the low shooting %s have more to do with that than good defense.

According to Sagarin, here are the SOS of the teams you mention:

Uconn #1
BC #122
MD #324
Ore St #201
CoC #165

Since when does "best defense against the 3 pointer" have anything to do with a teams SOS. Apples and Oranges to me.

Uconn is the perfect example, probably the best SOS last season and this season, yet this season they are ranked 318 vs last season 22.

Its quite obvious that UConn has a problem so far, this season, in defending the 3 pointer. The statistics, and everyones observations seem to bear it out.

 

[ThisJustIn]

Hey, you pollyannas... we're DOOOOOOOMED!

 

[UConnCat]

Since when does "best defense against the 3 pointer" have anything to do with a teams SOS. Apples and Oranges to me.

So you're saying the quality of the opponent has nothing to do with a team's defensive statistics? My point is that the % of FGs or 3-pointers made may have more to do with the teams shooting them than the teams defending them. The same is true for any defensive statistic, particularly early in the season when some teams are playing cupcakes and others are playing challenging opponents. These stats do tend to even out over the course of a season.

 

[tomcat]

So here's the thing, IMHO.....
We're not doomed or anything. It's not the end of the world, either. But the team's three-point defense is not up to UConn's usual standards even for this time of year. I don't believe that it's coincidence that UConn has made a number of teams look like champion three-point shooters. This is the kind of thing if left unchecked, will come back to haunt the team. I am not an Xs and Os kind of guy to suggest a solution, but they have toi get better at this one part of the game. The rest of it will come along as the year progresses.

 

[UConnCat]

After 7 games this season opponents have shot 56/154 on three-pointers which is 36% and 8 three-pointers per game
After 7 games last season opponents shot 51/152 on three-pointers which is 33.5% and 7.3 three-pointers per game

There was work to do last season too.

 

[Aluminny69]

So here's the thing, IMHO.....
We're not doomed or anything. It's not the end of the world, either. But the team's three-point defense is not up to UConn's usual standards even for this time of year. I don't believe that it's coincidence that UConn has made a number of teams look like champion three-point shooters. This is the kind of thing if left unchecked, will come back to haunt the team. I am not an Xs and Os kind of guy to suggest a solution, but they have toi get better at this one part of the game. The rest of it will come along as the year progresses.

It seems like when UConn is in a zone defense, they don't switch fast enough to cover the long distance threes. When they switched to man-to-man tonight, Colgate stopped hitting threes.

At this point, KML had at least two 25 point games, including against #3 Stanford. However, it has been reported that KLS is dealing with a hand problem, which could definitely throw off her 3 point shooting. And tonight she was fighting some illness, or dehydration or something. So, as others say, much too early to tell.

However, the long bench UConn fans were anticipating this year has yet to materialize. Unfortunately, injuries play a major part of WCBB.

 

[Fiftyish]

So here's the thing, IMHO.....
We're not doomed or anything. It's not the end of the world, either. But the team's three-point defense is not up to UConn's usual standards even for this time of year. I don't believe that it's coincidence that UConn has made a number of teams look like champion three-point shooters. This is the kind of thing if left unchecked, will come back to haunt the team. I am not an Xs and Os kind of guy to suggest a solution, but they have toi get better at this one part of the game. The rest of it will come along as the year progresses.

Agree with your point. It's not the end of the world but the 3 point defense needs to improve. Gave up 13 against DePaul and another 13 against ND. And Colgate drops another 9 on them. Colgate?
Fix it now while it's easily fixable.

 

[UConnCat]

Both UC Davis and Green Bay made 9 threes against UConn last year. Creighton made 13.

 

[hoophuskee]

Way too much concern on here about 3pt defense. Way too much. Just like any other year coach will work them hard to play better. They do need ot wok on their defense- just like nay other year. Other teams have scholarship players too.