I was perusing some stats and found an interesting bright spot with this team. They are shooting remarkably well inside the arc this season. The team is shooting 51.4%, and Armando Bacot is certainly a big reason for that. Bacot is currently shooting 57.0% from inside the arc, 0.1% less than Tyler Hansbrough's freshman year, and higher than any of Hansbrough's subsequent seasons as a Heel. Here is how each team has shot inside the arc since 1996:
Bold = Final Four teams
As you can see, this team's performance is only eclipsed by the Final Four teams, as well as 1996, 2001, 2006, and 2007. It is right on par with the 2009 and 2017 National Championship teams, and it ranks 13th out of the last 28 seasons.
| Year | 2FG% |
| 1996 | 0.548 |
| 1997 | 0.512 |
| 1998 | 0.565 |
| 1999 | 0.502 |
| 2000 | 0.537 |
| 2001 | 0.517 |
| 2002 | 0.493 |
| 2003 | 0.492 |
| 2004 | 0.496 |
| 2005 | 0.543 |
| 2006 | 0.518 |
| 2007 | 0.541 |
| 2008 | 0.522 |
| 2009 | 0.515 |
| 2010 | 0.475 |
| 2011 | 0.492 |
| 2012 | 0.497 |
| 2013 | 0.469 |
| 2014 | 0.497 |
| 2015 | 0.510 |
| 2016 | 0.537 |
| 2017 | 0.514 |
| 2018 | 0.508 |
| 2019 | 0.529 |
| 2020 | 0.471 |
| 2021 | 0.484 |
| 2022 | 0.501 |
| 2023 | 0.514 |
As you can see, this team's performance is only eclipsed by the Final Four teams, as well as 1996, 2001, 2006, and 2007. It is right on par with the 2009 and 2017 National Championship teams, and it ranks 13th out of the last 28 seasons.
