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Message: [QUOTE="pj, post: 4146275, member: 2524"] It may be helpful to compare UConn's shot chart with Marquette's:[ATTACH type="full" alt="uconn-marquette-shot-chart.PNG"]72010[/ATTACH] Marquette's shots were in the modern style, mostly around the basket (where they hit 16 of 28 shots, 57%) or behind the arc (5 of 15, 33%), from 8 to 16 feet they were 3-9 (33%). For them, the best shots are around the basket (1.14 points per shot), second best are 3's (1.0 points per shot), mid-range is a poor bet (0.67 points per shot). UConn took a lot of 3's (6 of 20, 30%) and a significant number of shots around the basket (12 of 23, 52%), but from 8 to 16 feet they were 10-13 (77%). So UConn was getting 1.04 points per shot near the basket, 0.90 points per shot on 3's, but 1.54 points per shot on mid-range. Whether it's a matter of UConn having more mid-range skills than 3-point or in traffic skills, or whether Marquette was giving up the mid-range shots, coaches have to assess, but there are certainly going to be games like last night in which we lose the 3-point and layup battles but the mid-range game saves us. Moreover, having more points per shot on mid-range than long or short shots indicates that we should be investing more shots, not fewer, in the mid-range game until we reach diminishing returns and the points per shots are equal with all three strategies. [/QUOTE]