WBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[RogK]

Berg is still under the basket, defending the layup attempt.

[RogK]

I can personally guarantee this scheme will work. And if it doesn't, I can un-guarantee it!

[Gregory Sager]

Berg is still under the basket, defending the layup attempt.

... except that a driver is harder to defend when she has an unobstructed path to the charge circle. Almost all blocks occur either when a driver is funnelled into a rim protector by other defenders, or on a baseline drive (because the driver has such a limited path to the rim). A quick driver coming in against a slow big who is back there by her lonesome protecting the rim has multiple options, including pulling up for a bunny.

[RogK]

current team FG shooting (offense) numbers extracted from ncaa.org :
            3FG                       2FG                      total FG                         eFG%
AUG  76/231 .329       191/448 .426         267/679 .393            305/679 .449
CRL   76/202 .376       138/317 .435         214/519 .412            252/519 .486
CTG  70/200 .350       146/343 .426          216/543 .398           251/543 .462
ELM   42/161 .261       136/347 .392         178/508 .350            199/508 .392
IWU   80/225 .356       217/472 .460         297/697 .426           337/697 .484
MIL    46/185 .249       206/427 .482         252/612 .412           275/612 .449
NCC   55/173 .318       139/347 .401        194/520 .373           221.5/520 .426
NPU  47/120 .392        147/330 .445         194/450 .431          217.5/450 .483
WHE  108/284 .380     165/425 .388         273/709 .385           327/709 .461
even though I think traditional (total) FG% is poop, I include it so one can see how the additional point scored via a 3FG is reflected in eFG%.
of course these stats are vs. a variety of opponents, and FTs and turnovers are not included, so they are not a full measure of team offenses.

[RogK]

sorry for the delay in noticing this : Alexis Jones and Riley Brovelli each got D3 Hoops Team of the Week honors. Congrats to each!

[Ryan Scott (Hoops Fan)]

sorry for the delay in noticing this : Alexis Jones and Riley Brovelli each got D3 Hoops Team of the Week honors. Congrats to each!

I thought you were slipping there for a minute.

[RogK]

I'm told I haven't been the same since the lobotomy.

[RogK]

Elmhurst topped Coe today, 61-53.
Kween Jean shot well, tallying 18 (6/12 2FG, 6/8 FT) and added 6 rebs.
The Bluejays scored 30 pts from three-land, including a trio of treys each by Marissa Urso and Sophia Lathe.
From the segments I saw of the webcast, Elmhurst played some good pesky defense for much (majority?) of the game.

[iwu70]

Adding my congratulations to Riley and Alexis on their weekly honors.

Sorry about the lobotomy, Rog.  We'll take that into account for your future posts. . . .


'70

[RogK]

what lobotomy?

[Mr. Ypsi]

Better a bottle in front o' me than a frontal lobotomy.

[RogK]

Fernwood Tonight!

[iwu70]

Ypsi, let's hope we have any mental capacity left by the time of our 50th reunion, next October!

'70

[RogK]

GoPerry, did you check the team FG numbers I posted yesterday? I think Wheaton's somewhat poor 2FG % (.388) confirms your unease with their diminished production near the basket.
Do you think the sample size is large enough to cause concern, or is it the case that if a couple more shots per game had fallen, the stat would look OK?
I generally think 50% is rather good for 2FGs, but no CCIW team is there so far this season. Millikin is at .482.

[GoPerry]

GoPerry, did you check the team FG numbers I posted yesterday? I think Wheaton's somewhat poor 2FG % (.388) confirms your unease with their diminished production near the basket.
Do you think the sample size is large enough to cause concern, or is it the case that if a couple more shots per game had fallen, the stat would look OK?
I generally think 50% is rather good for 2FGs, but no CCIW team is there so far this season. Millikin is at .482.

Yes I did look it over yesterday Rog.  Thanks for posting it.  And yes, WC's #s were confirming to me in that their 2fg% is only barely better than their 3fg% while the other 8 teams in the league on average look to be shooting 10% better from 2FG than trey.  Some of that could normally be explained by shooting a very high 3FG% which we've already noted Wheaton is.  38% from the arc is very good.  38% from 20.5 ft and in is most certainly not.   

So I guess one could argue if shooting the same % then they are doing the right thing in launching more threes (higher eFG%).  But their offensive output of 68 ppg is almost identical to last year.  So they are taking more lower % shots (threes) and making more but getting no benefit from doing so.  So I think the solution lies elsewhere.