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<blockquote data-quote="OrangeBlue98" data-source="post: 2025581" data-attributes="member: 750610"><p>Generally speaking, a defense that's designed to force a team to take long 2-point shots is the best approach from an analytics perspective. The simplest explanation is that a team shooting 40% from 3 point range is like a team shooting 60% from 2 point range (120 points per 100 shots taken). The issue is that if the team still has to account for the strengths of the other team. I get it's a balance between "this is what we want to do and do well" vs "we have to take what the other team does well away", but there still has to be some recognition of what the other team does well and at least make it hard for them to do that.</p><p></p><p>For example, I'd say that Iowa DOES do a good job in the mid-range game. Perkins and Sandfort are both very solid mid-range shooters and know how to get their shots. Analytically, those are the shots Illinois wants a team to take. But when the strength of the other team is shooting from there, you have to figure out how to balance analytics, your strengths internally, and what the other team is trying to do.</p><p></p><p>So coming from a person who makes a living doing a lot of financial analysis and decision support, I'll summarize by saying analytics are a strong piece of an approach, but you can't 100% rely on them.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OrangeBlue98, post: 2025581, member: 750610"] Generally speaking, a defense that's designed to force a team to take long 2-point shots is the best approach from an analytics perspective. The simplest explanation is that a team shooting 40% from 3 point range is like a team shooting 60% from 2 point range (120 points per 100 shots taken). The issue is that if the team still has to account for the strengths of the other team. I get it's a balance between "this is what we want to do and do well" vs "we have to take what the other team does well away", but there still has to be some recognition of what the other team does well and at least make it hard for them to do that. For example, I'd say that Iowa DOES do a good job in the mid-range game. Perkins and Sandfort are both very solid mid-range shooters and know how to get their shots. Analytically, those are the shots Illinois wants a team to take. But when the strength of the other team is shooting from there, you have to figure out how to balance analytics, your strengths internally, and what the other team is trying to do. So coming from a person who makes a living doing a lot of financial analysis and decision support, I'll summarize by saying analytics are a strong piece of an approach, but you can't 100% rely on them. [/QUOTE]
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