mrjames
Professor
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Loc: Montclair, NJ
Reg: 11-21-04
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11-29-16 09:27 AM - Post#214299
In response to Mike Porter
Dartmouth is easily the most disappointing team thus far. The defense has been nothing short of awful.
I look at some key metrics of how baskets are being scored, and there are some shocking ones here:
Average Poss Length: 15.8 secs (54)
2PT FG%: 60.8% (342)
Block: 1.4% (351)
A/FGM: 39.7% (12)
Pct of Shots in Transition: 28.2% (66)
FG% at Rim in Transition: 70.6%
FT % Defense: 63.0% (32)
2PT J FG%: 54.3% (351)
What this tells me is that Dartmouth is getting shredded in transition and even when it isn't, it's losing the one-on-one man battles and allowing for easy buckets off individual efforts with no rim protection to deter layup lines.
What's more is that the luck factors are somewhat inconclusive: Dartmouth will clearly see that opponent 2PT jumper make rate fall, which will help, but at the same time, it's not going to continue its FT defense numbers. Net-net that should help a bit, but not enough to go from abysmal to anything remotely resembling passable.
At some point, Dartmouth's going to have to admit that it doesn't have the personnel to play man at the D-I level. And it badly needs to solve its transition problems...
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