MU's Shots Aren't Adding Up

[Jay Bee]

Full article HERE...

If you sum the %Shots of MU's normal starting five, you should come up to less than 90%. That's incredibly low.. and odd. Jamil is the only 20%+ %Shots guy - also unusual.

Probably not a good way to start games... or a great group to have on the court together if you're looking to score efficiently. Will Buzz change his mind on this? I don't mean this in the wrong way, but I hope so.

[4everwarriors]

May change 'cause he doesn't have the buyout contract Crean has, hey?

[THEbig0]

Could you explain the % Shots stat, I'm not familiar with it.  Is it the percent of their shots that are 2pts vs. 3pt/FT?

[Stronghold]

From what I understand it is the percentage of shots a player is taking of the total shots taken on the team.  If we take 50 shots a game and Jamil takes 10 of those, his %shots is 20%.  And then that is averaged over the season.

[Jay Bee]

From what I understand it is the percentage of shots a player is taking of the total shots taken on the team.  If we take 50 shots a game and Jamil takes 10 of those, his %shots is 20%.  And then that is averaged over the season.

You must also adjust for minutes played. It's an estimate of the % of the team's shots a player takes *while he is on the floor*. PlayerFGA / (%Min * TeamFGA)

[Stronghold]

You must also adjust for minutes played. It's an estimate of the % of the team's shots a player takes *while he is on the floor*. PlayerFGA / (%Min * TeamFGA)

Makes sense.  I thought what I was coming up with was too simple.  Thanks JB.

[bilsu]

I also would think the fact that MU has a deep team has some effect on this calculation. Also the starting lineup has changed, since the season started out with Taylor starting.

[GooooMarquette]

I've never heard of this stat either.  Are there historical numbers showing a correlation with winning%?