(03-19-2024 12:16 PM)emanoh Wrote:  I really don't have an issue with the MAC tournament in Cleveland. I've enjoyed going over when we had a reason to make the drive. Ultimately we just need to play better. Like going to Ford Field, if we make the finals, it's not too far of a drive. UT fans would do more than their part to fill the arena.

I wanted to offer a different perspective. My boss is a HS official in MI. He was invited to do one of the Championship games at the Breslin Center in Lansing.

He said both teams he officiated shot horribly in the games there. At least horribly for a championship game. Call it nerves or not. The kids aren't used to the massive arena and their depth perception is all off. Who knows if that is what leads to our tragic shooting and foul shooting woes in Cleveland? I think teams bus over, have a quick shoot around and then play. It's not an excuse, but it could be an explanation as to why we suddenly can't make foul shots and our normally consistent shooters can't find the rim.

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Shooting % in Cleveland for all men’s games this year:
44.8
39.3
36.7
37.3
42.4
47.0
32.8
41.3
51.0
37.7
36.1
39.3
37.9
39.6

That’s awful. One team in one of 7 games shot above 50%

Majority of games were teams shooting in the 30’s.

It seems like the balls bounced off those rims differently than in other games I watched this year. Not sure there’s anything to it, but it was weird. I noticed it at the arena on Thursday, and on tv for both men’s and women’s games on the other days.

(03-20-2024 09:17 AM)adunifon Wrote:  

(03-19-2024 12:16 PM)emanoh Wrote:  I really don't have an issue with the MAC tournament in Cleveland. I've enjoyed going over when we had a reason to make the drive. Ultimately we just need to play better. Like going to Ford Field, if we make the finals, it's not too far of a drive. UT fans would do more than their part to fill the arena.

I wanted to offer a different perspective. My boss is a HS official in MI. He was invited to do one of the Championship games at the Breslin Center in Lansing.

He said both teams he officiated shot horribly in the games there. At least horribly for a championship game. Call it nerves or not. The kids aren't used to the massive arena and their depth perception is all off. Who knows if that is what leads to our tragic shooting and foul shooting woes in Cleveland? I think teams bus over, have a quick shoot around and then play. It's not an excuse, but it could be an explanation as to why we suddenly can't make foul shots and our normally consistent shooters can't find the rim.

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Shooting % in Cleveland for all men’s games this year:
44.8
39.3
36.7
37.3
42.4
47.0
32.8
41.3
51.0
37.7
36.1
39.3
37.9
39.6

That’s awful. One team in one of 7 games shot above 50%

Majority of games were teams shooting in the 30’s.

It seems like the balls bounced off those rims differently than in other games I watched this year. Not sure there’s anything to it, but it was weird. I noticed it at the arena on Thursday, and on tv for both men’s and women’s games on the other days.

Not sure how away shooting numbers for season compare to those above. But we know that away shooting numbers are lower than home for most teams. For most of the teams at Cleveland I assume they did not sleep in own bed. Quality sleep effects balance and balance effects shooting. The distance from rim to back drop definitely effects my shooting percentage .... and many I have asked about that issue as well. How well lit the backdrop is seems to be a factor too. Will look for studies about those factors...Here is food for thought about that... https://kenpom.com/blog/quantifying-the-...-shooting/

The scoring percentage was lower because defenses were frenzic. Shots were really being defended. It was harder to get a good shot off. The refs were “letting them play” a little too rough. Nobody scores if you are getting clobbered every time you go inside. Free throw percentages could have been nerves or the bigger building, but muscle memory with all the free throws shot over the course of a season should counter that factor.