In today\u2019s fast-paced society, it can be difficult to carve out time to break down video on your favorite team’s next opponent. One way to cheat the system and get a rough feel for offensive tendencies is to look at \u2018assisted-on\u2019 data, which indicates how many of a player\u2019s made shots were assisted. Does a player primarily score off the pass or the dribble (or put-backs)? Does this change depending on where a player shoots? This kind of information can be derived from play-by-play data and I\u2019ve done that for each team currently in New Orleans. The data below is in the from of assisted baskets\/field goals made<\/b> and there are a few interesting nuggets to be mined from reviewing this sort of data.<\/p>\n
Ohio State<\/b><\/p>\n You\u2019ll see in the data that almost every non-point guard is assisted on over 90% of their made three-pointers. (Notice Deshaun Thomas hasn\u2019t had a single unassisted three-pointer this season.) This makes William Buford\u2019s 78% assist rate on threes unusual. Also, Buford has made 81 long 2\u2019s compared to 59 short 2\u2019s. He\u2019s the Buckeyes mid-range guy. So cut Buford some slack when talking about his shooting struggles, because he was never going to make a high percentage of 2\u2019s given his role. And making \u201conly\u201d 36% of his threes this season isn\u2019t bad at all considering how many shots he takes off the dribble. <\/p>\n Kansas<\/b><\/p>\n Tyshawn Taylor has been assisted on \u201conly\u201d 68% of his made threes. That\u2019s actually the second-lowest figure (to Aaron Craft – who takes far fewer threes) of any regular still playing. Basically, he\u2019s the most likely player to make a three off the dribble which is unusual considering that 34% of his short 2\u2019s are assisted \u2013 a high figure for a point guard. Down low, put-backs are not Jeff Withey’s specialty. He is assisted on short 2’s like few other post players.<\/p>\n Louisville<\/b><\/p>\n We have to use some caution when comparing shot selection across teams because one scorekeepers\u2019s 2-pt jumper is another’s lay-up. Within-team comparisons are fair game, though, and this is something I wouldn\u2019t have known before looking at the data \u2013 Gorgui Dieng, Louisville\u2019s 6-10 rim protector, is much more likely to take a mid-range shot than Chane Behanan. Attempts aren\u2019t shown here, but Dieng has attempted over twice as many long twos as Behanan this season. Dieng has played more minutes, but not enough to explain that large of a difference, which is made more unusual considering Behanan has taken 34 3\u2019s to Dieng\u2019s two. Statistically, Dieng is not a particularly gifted offensive rebounder, but part of that is because he\u2019s not near the hoop as much as the smaller Behanan. <\/p>\n Kentucky<\/b><\/p>\n It\u2019s not surprising to see that Marquis Teague and Darius Miller are both rarely assisted on mid-range shots. As the Wildcats\u2019 primary ballhandlers, they\u2019re the ones giving out assists rather than receiving them. But oddly, Terrence Jones also has point guard like assisted-on numbers from mid-range. Not coincidentally, he\u2019s also a particularly poor mid-range shooter, making just 28% of his shots this season. By the way, I\u2019ve been struck by the tough two\u2019s Miller has made in the tournament, and season-long data bears out that he\u2019s one of the best mid-range shooters left. He\u2019s made 49% of his long 2\u2019s, far and away the best on the team and second only to Deshaun Thomas (51%) among Final Four participants that have taken at least 80 mid-range shots this season. Note here that making half of your mid-range shots is a very difficult goal to achieve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In today\u2019s fast-paced society, it can be difficult to carve out time to break down video on your favorite team’s next opponent. One way to cheat the system and get a rough feel for offensive tendencies is to look at \u2018assisted-on\u2019 data, which indicates how many of a player\u2019s made shots were assisted. Does a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenpom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenpom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenpom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenpom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenpom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kenpom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenpom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenpom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenpom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Name 2Pt(Short) 2Pt(Long) 3-Pointers\nJ Sullinger 67\/116 .578 31\/91 .341 14\/16 .875\nW Buford 31\/59 .525 35\/81 .432 46\/59 .780\nD Thomas 59\/99 .596 40\/92 .435 48\/48 1.000\nA Craft 8\/58 .138 2\/32 .062 14\/21 .667\nL Smith 18\/39 .462 1\/18 .056 27\/29 .931\nA Williams 12\/16 .750 0\/3 .000 0\/0 .000\nS Thompson 19\/22 .864 6\/11 .545 1\/1 1.000\nE Ravenel 24\/31 .774 10\/15 .667 0\/0 .000\n<\/pre>\n
Name 2Pt(Short) 2Pt(Long) 3-Pointers\nT Robinson 100\/163 .613 35\/73 .479 7\/7 1.000\nT Taylor 29\/85 .341 5\/71 .070 38\/56 .679\nJ Withey 63\/79 .797 18\/28 .643 0\/0 .000\nE Johnson 22\/48 .458 5\/20 .250 58\/63 .921\nT Releford 33\/61 .541 8\/28 .286 23\/24 .958\nK Young 22\/33 .667 8\/10 .800 3\/3 1.000\nC Teahan 2\/10 .200 3\/7 .429 45\/46 .978\n<\/pre>\n
Name 2Pt(Short) 2Pt(Long) 3-Pointers\nC Behanan 63\/107 .589 9\/29 .310 6\/6 1.000\nG Dieng 64\/88 .727 20\/52 .385 1\/1 1.000\nP Siva 14\/75 .187 3\/26 .115 14\/16 .875\nK Kuric 38\/53 .717 12\/34 .353 70\/75 .933\nC Smith 23\/39 .590 1\/14 .071 56\/66 .848\nR Smith 26\/63 .413 6\/41 .146 37\/41 .902\nJ Swopshire 14\/26 .538 7\/14 .500 5\/5 1.000\n<\/pre>\n
Name 2Pt(Short) 2Pt(Long) 3-Pointers\nT Jones 52\/118 .441 4\/36 .111 15\/16 .938\nA Davis 91\/148 .615 22\/51 .431 3\/3 1.000\nM Kidd-Gilchrist 43\/93 .462 14\/46 .304 12\/12 1.000\nM Teague 10\/82 .122 2\/30 .067 21\/24 .875\nD Lamb 20\/48 .417 10\/43 .233 71\/73 .973\nD Miller 9\/34 .265 7\/49 .143 47\/54 .870\nK Wiltjer 7\/15 .467 9\/20 .450 34\/34 1.000\nE Vargas 3\/6 .500 3\/6 .500 0\/0 .000\n<\/pre>\n