Scouting report: Canaan, Thorpe lead guard-oriented Racers
Written by: Mark Strotman
After an 88-68 trashing of BYU, Marquette moves on to the third round of the NCAA Tournament to face the sixth-seeded Murray State Racers (31-1). Steve Prohm's group used a big second half to pull away from the 11th-seeded Colorado ... Continue reading → (http://painttouches.com/2012/03/16/scouting-report-canaan-thorpe-lead-guard-oriented-racers/)
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We will need to TCB - take care of the ball.
Is this the most useless statistic? They assits on only 50.7% of the their made shots. After all a made shot is a made shot. Although you could argue the low assist rate means that they can create their own shot.
Quote from: bilsu on March 16, 2012, 10:13:45 AM
Is this the most useless statistic? They assits on only 50.7% of the their made shots. After all a made shot is a made shot. Although you could argue the low assist rate means that they can create their own shot.
I guess the importance of it is that, yes, it's easier to make a basket off an assist than one without. So, they can create their own shot, the Racers also have
relied on isolations more than a point guard dishing the ball for open looks. Buzz continuously brings up the fact that Marquette is one of the best teams in the country in assists-per-field goals made, because it makes scoring easier. A team like Murray State is prone to failing if their jumpers aren't falling (see MS's 34.6 field goal percentage in first half against Colorado State).