(02-19-2020 07:49 AM)dan10 Wrote: Need a strong interior game. Let them shoot 3's.
Here's how Hofstra shoots and allows threes:
First 16 games: Shot 116/363 = .320, Opponents 111/346 = .321, 11-5 (.688)
Last 11 games: Shot 94/229 = .410, Opponents 69/234 = .295, 9-2 (.818)
Season: Shot 210/592 = .355, Opponents 180/580 = .310, 20-7 (.741)
For the opponents, it would have made more sense to go by first 18 and last 9, but I wanted to use the same period for both. Hofstra has an SOS of 248th and Non-Conference SOS of 301st. The first 16 are 12 non-conference vs. Division I, 1 non-Division I, JMU, Towson, and W&M. The three CAA games probably gave Hofstra an SOS better than 301st in their first 16 games, but I think the last 11 games had a harder SOS, and a winning percentage .130 better.
Bickerstaff is really unusual in that he made 1.47 times as many free throws as field goals. The NCAA average is 0.52 made free throws per made field goal. Hofstra, who leads the CAA in free throws made, has 0.58 made free throws per made field goal. You have 0.50, so even with Bickerstaff you're a little lower than average.
https://gohofstra.com/news/2020/2/18/men...pride.aspx is Hofstra's preview titled "MBB: Drexel Next Up For Streaking Pride."
https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/h...game28.pdf is Hofstra's Game Notes.
I'll give a note about Hofstra's starters. Players are listed by academic year, not athletic year, so Hofstra is listed starting three seniors and two juniors, but here are how many years they have left:
Desure Buie: Fifth year senior is graduating (had an injury redshirt)
Eli Pemberton: Fourth year senior is graduating
Jalen Ray: Third year junior
Isaac Kante: Third year junior is a sophomore for athletics with two seasons left (had a transfer redshirt)
Tareq Coburn: Fourth year senior is a junior for athletics with one season left (had a transfer redshirt)