Obviously we know how important 3 point shooting is in today's game. As a team we are only making 33.3% on the season which is right at the national average and not great.
However, there's a way to look at this that makes me feel better about our perimeter shooting. HD has been bad at shooting threes this season eventhough he's been a pretty good 3 pt shooter in previous years. We also have some bench warmers in mop up time who've gone 0-8 between Cassidy and Clemence. So if we remove HD and the non rotation guys from the equation let's look at our shooting stats and how that stacks up nationally:
If we just look at the average between:
Mayo
Harris
Storr
Griffen
Moore
Coit
We are 111 - 319 which is 35% from 3 and ranks around the 70% percentile nationally.
If we remove Storr from the equation who has been ice cold from three lately we are 99 - 277 for 36% which ranks in the 80% percentile.
Additionally, I think this team will actually start to make them more consistently as the newcomers become more comfortable playing the way weve been playing since the start of conference play. For example, Griffen is probably closer to a 40% 3 pt shooter and he's currently making 35% on the season. Harris is not a great shooter but so far he's only making 31% of his threes and last year he made almost 40% of them so he's capable of trending up. If the right guys are taking the shots behind the arc as our offense continues to become more refined I think our shooting percentage will go up.
So basically, if you remove HD and the non rotation guys from the equation we are a solid outside shooting team with the likelihood of getting better as our offense becomes more refined.
Unfortunately Houston is the 5th best 3 point shooting team in the country and are making 40% of them so far on the season, so if there's a game for us to get hot from three this would be it!
However, there's a way to look at this that makes me feel better about our perimeter shooting. HD has been bad at shooting threes this season eventhough he's been a pretty good 3 pt shooter in previous years. We also have some bench warmers in mop up time who've gone 0-8 between Cassidy and Clemence. So if we remove HD and the non rotation guys from the equation let's look at our shooting stats and how that stacks up nationally:
If we just look at the average between:
Mayo
Harris
Storr
Griffen
Moore
Coit
We are 111 - 319 which is 35% from 3 and ranks around the 70% percentile nationally.
If we remove Storr from the equation who has been ice cold from three lately we are 99 - 277 for 36% which ranks in the 80% percentile.
Additionally, I think this team will actually start to make them more consistently as the newcomers become more comfortable playing the way weve been playing since the start of conference play. For example, Griffen is probably closer to a 40% 3 pt shooter and he's currently making 35% on the season. Harris is not a great shooter but so far he's only making 31% of his threes and last year he made almost 40% of them so he's capable of trending up. If the right guys are taking the shots behind the arc as our offense continues to become more refined I think our shooting percentage will go up.
So basically, if you remove HD and the non rotation guys from the equation we are a solid outside shooting team with the likelihood of getting better as our offense becomes more refined.
Unfortunately Houston is the 5th best 3 point shooting team in the country and are making 40% of them so far on the season, so if there's a game for us to get hot from three this would be it!
