UConn stats... good news on free throw front..

[DavidinNaples]

Double good news for the Huskies in the Free Throw area. With 22 games in the books, both the number of free throws and % of makes is rising. Here is a quick analysis comparing the first eleven games to the last eleven games.
Consider:

First 11 games
Number of free throws = 102
Number of makes = 70
Percentage made = 68.6%

Last 11 games
Number of free throws = 120
Number of makes = 94
Percentage of makes = 78.3%

Overall
164 made on 222 attempts or 73.9%

Additional stats

• Opponents are 142-210 or 67.6%
• Opponents have been called for 257 fouls, UConn for 277.
• Most free throws this season was against USC (10-17)

Paige has the most free throw at 55, then Sarah at 43 and KK is 3rd at 31 attempts. Paige makes 84%, Sarah 74% and KK makes 77%.
At the other end of attempts, Kaitlyn has 18, Azzi has 9 and Ashlynn only 4.
Thoughts ??
Go Huskies..!!

 

[Huskee11]

UConn has some strange team stats. Some terrific, some not so good.

On the free throw front, UConn is 350th out of 353 in free throw attempts per game.

It is 293rd in offensive rebounds per game.

On the other hand, while they don't get to the line much, they are fourth in (fewest) fouls committed per game. Also third in fewest points allowed per game and 14th in field goal percentage defense.

They are also first in field goal percentage, first in assist to turnover ratio, and third in number of assists per game.

Of course, being first in field goal percentage partially explains the low offensive rebounding status.

The stats suggest a disciplined, great passing, great shooting team that plays very good defense without fouling. A finesse team, not a particularly physical team that mixes it up much. That is consistent with what we see.

There will be some very physical games coming up in the regular season and in the NCAA Tournament and they key IMHO will be whether they can play to their considerable strengths in those games.

 

[PacoSwede]

interesting ... but of course the only stat that matters is W v. L (huskies rank pretty well there)

 

[sun]

Being 4th in the least amount of penalties yet being 350th in free throw attempts illustrates a point that I tried to make in another thread.
That being that while refs aren't calling many fouls against UConn's aggressive & pesky defense, the same refs can't be expected to hand UConn any favors to help them get to the foul line.
Together the 2 statistical extremes don't support the fact why so many UConn fans continuously complain about penalty calls not going UConn's way.
It happens frequently on the BY game chat and in the post game threads.
UConn fans can't have it both ways. to see the penalties not being called against UConn yet complain how we're not getting to line due to non calls.
In conclusion, I think it's glaringly obvious why UConn is not getting to the line, in large part it's because UConn's agressive defense usually doesn't generate as many whistles as it could.
That results in non-calls for both sides & UConn not getting to the free throw line much.

We'll just need to wait to see what happens when a game is called really tight by the refs.
Folks have already complained about the bad calls that will be made when we play SCar at their home.
It's the same thing that happens when teams play us at home & the calls & non calls often go our way too.

 

[Zarathustra]

interesting ... but of course the only stat that matters is W v. L (huskies rank pretty well there)

Interesting, yes, generally "True"... but might not a "W" in the last game of the tournament mean more? Regardless of the season record for W v. L?
Yes, semantics, sorry!!, not meaning to criticize! GO HUSKIES, win those last
six games!!

 

[Blakeon18]

KK at 77%...my sense is that is significantly better than her percentage last year. A good thing
since she handles the ball so much...even late in close games. Her defense is primarily
why she is in the game but point guards need to be sharp free throw shooters because they will
be drawing fouls if we lead by only a couple.

 

[MSGRET]

Interesting, yes, generally "True"... but might not a "W" in the last game of the tournament mean more? Regardless of the season record for W v. L?
Yes, semantics, sorry!!, not meaning to criticize! GO HUSKIES, win those last
six games!!

Actually they only have to win the last game of the season and all of the rest falls in line.

 

[Next 12]

Actually they only have to win the last game of the season and all of the rest falls in line.

That's exactly what I think, All I want to see is a W at the end of the game. How we got it doesn't really matter. I love blowouts and seeing my favorite players score a lot of points, BUT the W is it.