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Message: [QUOTE="HooperScooper, post: 5148219, member: 10"] A win in their first Big East game is better than a loss like they've had in 5 of the last 6 years before this. I did have a question. Is their 3 point defense really as bad as the stats look? Xavier hit a lot of tough threes. When is that regression happening that Isaac Trotter of CBS Sports promised? [I]There's a real chance that UConn has some positive regression coming its way defensively. Even in Sunday's much-needed, 76-65 road win over [URL='https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/teams/TEXAS/texas-longhorns/']Texas[/URL], UConn still did not have the Basketball Gods on its side. Texas attempted four guarded catch-and-shoot 3-pointers. It made every single one of 'em. That was not an anomaly. Teams are shooting 37% on contested catch-and-shoot treys against UConn this season. That's an absurdly high number. Opponents are also shooting a ridiculous 35% on off-the-dribble 3-pointers against UConn. Again, a ridiculously high number compared to most of UConn's peers. Overall, top-100 teams are shooting 48% from 3-point range against UConn this year. Maui's generous rims could be fudging those numbers a tad, but that does not feel sustainable at all. If UConn's defense starts stringing together better performances, there's a good chance the 3-point luck has swung back in its direction.[/I] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.cbssports.com/college-basketball/news/trotters-10-trends-iowa-states-soaring-offense-kentuckys-changed-lamont-butler-among-top-takeaways/[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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