[Cracked Sidewalks] Stats can tell you everything (or nothing)...what do they tell us

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Stats can tell you everything (or nothing)...what do they tell us

Written by: noreply@blogger.com (muwarrior92)

After only three games played thus far, it's hard to say exactly how MU will define themselves this season, but  a few early trends show a radical shift from last year.

In the 2009-10 season, MU 's offense relied heavily on the 3 point shot.  The long bomb accounted for 35% of our field goal attempts, good for 103rd in the nation.  This year, MU is only using the 3 point shot about 18% of the time per game which is 332nd in the nation (or put another way, only 13 schools in all of Division I attempt fewer 3 point shots as part of their total shots per game).  The early emergence of an inside game from Davante Gardner and Jae Crowder are a big reason why.  Those two, along with Erik Williams and Jimmy Butler, have combined to take 47% of all shots for MU this season.   Presently, MU is only taking about 10 three pointers per game while giving up six of those attempts per game.

Defensively MU has some work to do on the three pointers.  Last year MU was 86th in 3PT FG% defense.  This year, a much different story.  Marquette is allowing opponents to nail 42.6% from trey land, that's 292nd worst in the country.


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