(11-18-2021 01:53 PM)cmt Wrote:  

(11-18-2021 12:46 PM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  

(11-17-2021 08:04 PM)Fluke Wrote:  The turnovers need to drop that’s true but my thoughts are people keep wanting to focus on this one thing that we currently are bad at and ignore the strength of our defense and other statistics. No team is perfect. It’s a matter of if what we are good at is elite enough to make up for other facets and our defense is for sure.

It's not just 1 thing, it's 3 things, Turnovers, free throw shooting and rebounding. I'm pleased with #5 regardless.

I heard Cody Toppert talking about rebounding. He brought up a point I never really thought about before. But first, he agreed that St Louis got way too many offensive rebounds/loose balls. I found it interesting that he brought up rebounding stats include rebounds from free throws. If the opposing team misses a lot of free throws, a player or teams rebounds can look better than they really are. We miss a lot of free throws.

We've missed 34 free throws (shooting 61%) already this season, had 60 turnovers and we have 126 rebounds.

Our opponents have missed 23 (shooting 68%) free throws, 55 TOV and have 112 rebounds

We are 15th in the country in FTA and 304th in FT% and 331st in TOV

If we make 3 more free throws and commit 3 less turnovers per game, that alone would really change all the stats drastically.

So, yes, we need to work on rebounding, but more than that we need to work on free throws and turnovers.

Never thought about it either.
Wonder what the average (all teams) defensive rebounding % is for FT's?
I'd guess it's ~90%.
So a missed FT gives the opponent a reb.
Except when LQ is on the lane line - with his spin move.
He gets more than 1 out of 10.