[PaintTouches]Scouting report: Canaan, Thorpe lead guard-oriented Racers

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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/
      

[mileskishnish72]

We will need to TCB - take care of the ball.

[bilsu]

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.

[strotty]

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).