(12-13-2017 10:53 PM)gerhard911 Wrote:  

(12-13-2017 09:52 PM)bearcatmark Wrote:  

(12-13-2017 09:45 PM)gerhard911 Wrote:  

(12-13-2017 09:06 PM)bearcatmark Wrote:  If your complaint is that Mick Cronin teams give up too many easy baskets you just don't know what you're talking about.

Wow. I think you need to watch more games and take a break from stats.

I literally watch every single uc game. I watch other teams too... almost every team gives up more easy looks than uc. It's literally the thing mick Cronin coached teams do better than almost any team in the country. Uc being among the leaders in effective fg percentage every year isn't an accident. They are not just absurdly lucky and teams just miss easy shots against them more than everyone else.

MmmmmK, more stats? My eye test says Mick's "help" D gives up a ship load of open looks from 3 point land. Teams that drop those (eggs!) bury us.

Yes it is hard to beat teams when they are hot shooting. Every team gives up some open looks. UC just gives up far less than everyone else (and the numbers reflect it year after year). Sorry I don't trust your eye over my eye plus all the data available.

Even when a team gets hot against UC for a stretch you won't see the complete defensive collapse you see from others, because UC still makes it harder to get open looks. Look at Xavier against Arizona State. Arizona State was scorching hot and it compounded because X gives up way more good looks then UC. The Sundevils scored 102 points that game they hit 13 three point shots (at nearly a 50% clip) and shot 62% inside the arc. Even the teams we complain about getting hot at UC are mostly working much harder to get looks and have far fewer good looks. But this is college basketball. You are not going to prevent every team from ever getting a look at the basket. UC is still better at preventing good looks than about anyone (Virginia is probably the best year in and year out).