Use 2 Big Men

[husky429]

Double bigs is an analytically superior offense that would generate better 3 attempts. The first coach that figures this out will change college basketball.

Pretty loose definition of "analytically"

 

[boog204]

Reibe & Reed on the court together, Reibe high post( can face hoop and hit from foul line , draw them out.. down low to reed and/or kick out for 3, couple times, they will start collapsing and open 3 line, keep Reed down low!
Was at Marquette game, thought it was gonna happen down the stretch, 1 min together!

And who's going to guard someone on the perimeter without fouling every 4 seconds?

 

[dennismenace]

I don’t think Hurley will roll out double bigs for offense. I think it would be for rebounding and size in the paint defensively. I think we would only see it against teams with big front courts. Mich, fla, zona, Illinois. There may be one or two other teams I missed. If Hurley thinks we match up size wise with a team we play I don’t think we’ll see double bigs.

Agree. We need help on the boards against some of these teams.

 

[Conndog]

And try using a zone defense if getting beat up with the man-to-man!

 

[RuffRuff]

Double bigs is an analytically superior offense that would generate better 3 attempts. The first coach that figures this out will change college basketball.

Umm.....it's happened. Do you watch hoops outside of the BE?

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Umm.....it's happened. Do you watch hoops outside of the BE?

Like I said.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Pretty loose definition of "analytically"

Nope. The problem with the first generation of analytics is that it treated each event in a basketball game as a standalone, not factoring that one event impacts the next event impacts the next. It also dramatically under calculated the impact of increased fouling on big players closer to the basket. Between missed shots turning into high percentage offensive rebounds, and the increased number of free throws for bigs posting up, dumping the ball into the paint for a one-on-one post up is a very high points per possession play.

Add the fact that a catch-and-shoot facing the basket is a much higher 3 point percentage shot than a contested pullup from 3 or a turn and shoot, and dumping the ball in, collapsing the defense, and then the center kicking back out for a catch and shoot increases the 3 point shooting percentage. Two bigs will actually increase a team's 3 point shooting percentage.