I'm pretty sure Weber wants to continue to go with the 3G/SF/PF line up. I'm okay with that as long as it works.
FAN, didn't you or maybe Bread determine 3pt shooting % was one of the most consistent indicators of success for Weber? Wasn't it like all the good teams were very close to 40% as a team and the bad ones were close to 30%.
Yeah, I put that together, Bread probably did something too. 35% or better is the target.
This is probably true of most offenses, but when oscar doesn't have three-point shooters his teams struggle mightily to win games. More than average I'd say. His two worst records at Illinois (2007-08: 16-19 and 2011-12: 17-15) were also his two worst three-point shooting teams (31.9% and 30.4% respectively). His next worst three-point shooting team was 2009-10 with 34.0%, which was the only other season he didn't make the tournament. Fun fact, at Illinois if oscar's team shot below 34.9% from three they didn't make the tournament.
The ksu purple go cats last season were at 36.2%, which was only bested by one of oscar's Illinois squads: 39.2% during the NC game season. Point being, I haven't read of any of the incoming youngbloods being known as good outside shooters. The primary reason that the wheels fell off for oscar on the court in his last season at Illinois was that he recruited a bunch of athletic guards that couldn't shoot the three well and that was with a lottery pick at center. This would be my primary concern heading into next season for the fighting purples, just ahead of lack of height and depth in the paint.
Apologies Mr. Bread, that was a clear post. I thought I remembered talking about it at some point in the past, but I can't find the post.
While looking around for something I did review
this thread and was reminded how much I enjoy talking basketball and advanced stats with my gE brethren. Good stuff, I hope we have some positive stuff to talk about this year when I start putting out the Big 12 ADV stats.
