Bradley shooting stats

[Da Coach]

Some updated offensive statistics-

After last night's game, Bradley is now # 2 in the country in 3-point FG% shooting at 45.3% - https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...alPct/dir/desc

Bradley opponents' 3-point FG% is 26.9% which ranks 22nd nationally - https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...oalPct/dir/asc

Their 3-point FG% differential (offense vs defense) ranks 2nd in the country - https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...alPct/dir/desc

Overall FG% differential ranks 28th - https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...alPct/dir/desc

And Bradley's differential of the number of 3-point FGs made per game ranks in the top 5 - https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...sMade/dir/desc

And they are 8th in 3-point field goals made per game with 11.7/game, despite ranking 92nd in 3-point FG attempted (25.8/game)- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...sMade/dir/desc

The Braves rank 10th in the country in overall FG% with 51.1% - https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...alPct/dir/desc

They are in the top 50 (tied for 47th) in points per game with 83.6 ppg - https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...oints/dir/desc

And 50th in field goals made per game - https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...oints/dir/desc

[Tommy]

Teams that are successful in the NCAA tournament typically shoot the 3 well and have a lot of upper classmen. I think BW has figured this out and has built his team to not only have these two characteristics, but also, this year seems to be a change in their defensive focus to defend the 3's, which has probably led to a lot of the easy buckets on drives to the basket. In the past, I think the focus was more on defending the rim and less on the 3 point line, as I remember getting very frustrated with how poorly we seemed to defend the 3's.

At any rate, looks like Drake and Belmont are the two teams that seem to be the biggest challengers to us this year in the Valley, and I'm sure Murray State will continue to be an all or nothing contest depending how they shoot. Hope we can take care of business and have our best run ever under BW this year. I like our chances!

[64NIT]

Impressive stats, but will still have to win Arch Madness to get into the Dance. Have to be an idiot not to know the odds of an at-large bid are stacked against mid-majors.

[Tommy]

Impressive stats, but will still have to win Arch Madness to get into the Dance. Have to be an idiot not to know the odds of an at-large bid are stacked against mid-majors.

True dat, 64!

[Bradley3342]

Some updated offensive statistics-

After last night's game, Bradley is now # 2 in the country in 3-point FG% shooting at 45.3% - https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...alPct/dir/desc

Bradley opponents' 3-point FG% is 26.9% which ranks 22nd nationally - https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...oalPct/dir/asc

Their 3-point FG% differential (offense vs defense) ranks 2nd in the country - https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...alPct/dir/desc

Overall FG% differential ranks 28th - https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...alPct/dir/desc

And Bradley's differential of the number of 3-point FGs made per game ranks in the top 5 - https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...sMade/dir/desc

And they are 8th in 3-point field goals made per game with 11.7/game, despite ranking 92nd in 3-point FG attempted (25.8/game)- https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...sMade/dir/desc

The Braves rank 10th in the country in overall FG% with 51.1% - https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...alPct/dir/desc

They are in the top 50 (tied for 47th) in points per game with 83.6 ppg - https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...oints/dir/desc

And 50th in field goals made per game - https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...oints/dir/desc

Haven’t seen stats like that in along time. Pretty impressive!

[yoda]

IMG_3391.jpg Bradley leads all of NCAA DI in Effective FG%

[yoda]

Can't make too much of these numbers early in the season, but it's nice to see such good outside shooting. Hope it keeps up.
...last night Memphis shot 6-17 from 3-pt which drops their season pct to 45.5%, Bradley remains at 45.3% until
12/14 ( a week from Saturday). Memphis plays 12/8 and 12/14.
The team just behind BU in NCAA's overall 3-pt shooting stats, Ohio State, shot just 4-19 last night, dropping their season 3-pt% to 42.4%.

who'd have thought that after 4 years in a row losing our best 1 or 2 players, that we'd still be the #1 offensive team in the MVC,
while also being #1 in FG% Defense!

[epistibrain]

Some updated offensive statistics-

After last night's game, Bradley is now # 2 in the country in 3-point FG% shooting at 45.3% - https://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...alPct/dir/desc

Well, number 2 if you count all games. But if you only count D1 games (which KenPom does and I do when it makes Bradley look slightly better) they are #1!

But perhaps like me your first thought is “Wait a second, they hit a team record 22 threes against Judson!” I did not realize until I checked how many they shot—53! So it was “only” 41.5% and drops them below Memphis on ESPN. But on KenPom they are still #1.

[daveineureka]

I am with everybody in being impressed with the shooting numbers. Hope it stays that way. But as the season goes on the law of averages says the percentage will drop somewhat. Offense will win you games, but as my old coach Can Scyoc always emphasized, offense wins you games but defense wins you championships.

[daveineureka]

Pardon the typo, meant to say Van Scyoc.

[Da Coach]

I am with everybody in being impressed with the shooting numbers. Hope it stays that way. But as the season goes on the law of averages says the percentage will drop somewhat. Offense will win you games, but as my old coach Can Scyoc always emphasized, offense wins you games but defense wins you championships.

Coach Van Scyoc was right... when a team is playing for a championship, they will be playing against an opponent that is usually very good offensively, so defense often makes the difference.
But, this Bradley team has been very good defensively as well as offensively.

MVC stats - https://mvc-sports.com/documents/202...Game_Stats.pdf

Bradley is # 1 in the MVC in multiple offensive categories-
# 1 in scoring offense (83.56 ppg)
# 1 in FG% (51.1%)
# 1 in 3pt FG% (45.3%) # 1 in scoring margin (17.44 ppg)
# 1 in 3 point FGs made (11.67/game)

But Bradley also excels in multiple defensive categories-
# 3 in scoring defense (66.11 ppg allowed, despite playing a faster tempo than any MVC school)
# 1 in FG% defense (40.2%)
# 2 in 3-point FG% defense (26.9%)
# 2 in blocks (4.22/game)
# 2 in steals (8.67/game)

BU rank in other categories-
# 4 in Free Throw percentage (72.4%) # 2 in assists (17.89/game)
# 2 in assist to turnovers ratio (1.46)
# 5 in turnover margin (+1.44)
# 1 in home attendance (5,183/game)

[Tommy]

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[yoda]

Can't make too much of these numbers early in the season, but it's nice to see such good outside shooting. Hope it keeps up.
...last night Memphis shot 6-17 from 3-pt which drops their season pct to 45.5%, Bradley remains at 45.3% until
12/14 ( a week from Saturday). Memphis plays 12/8 and 12/14.
The team just behind BU in NCAA's overall 3-pt shooting stats, Ohio State, shot just 4-19 last night, dropping their season 3-pt% to 42.4%.

who'd have thought that after 4 years in a row losing our best 1 or 2 players, that we'd still be the #1 offensive team in the MVC,
while also being #1 in FG% Defense!

well, it's only a statistic but....
Memphis played today and had another really poor shooting game - losing to Arkansas State...

When NCAA updates their 3 point shooting pct stats tomorrow, it will show Bradley as #1 in all of Division I

[Da Coach]

well, it's only a statistic but....
Memphis played today and had another really poor shooting game - losing to Arkansas State...

When NCAA updates their 3 point shooting pct stats tomorrow, it will show Bradley as #1 in all of Division I

Bradley 3 point %- 45.3%
Memphis 3 point %- 43.7%

[yoda]