Interesting Statistic

[ProfessorOwl]

Opponents playing UNC get a larger percentage of their points from 3s than any other team in the nation.

45.2% of their points are scored from 3, good for #1 out of 351.

They are giving up extremely few points from 2 and the free through line, however.

41.8% of their points are scored from 2, good for #330 out of 351
13.0% of their points are scored from the line, good for #348 out of 351

This is somewhat contrary to what I would have expected coming into the season. I would have expected teams to take more advantage of our lack of size/experience inside, leading to more 2s. Could just be a weird quirk, but it's definitely an interesting one. Playing Davidson and Bucknell probably doesn't help either.

edit: This is also the first time in the RW era that opposing teams are scoring more of their points from 3 than from 2. And it's not really close.

 

[Archer2]

And Wofford is 4th in the country in 3-pt percentage. They’ll throw up a lot tonight.

 

[2DDIMOND]

Opponents playing UNC get a larger percentage of their points from 3s than any other team in the nation.

45.2% of their points are scored from 3, good for #1 out of 351.

They are giving up extremely few points from 2 and the free through line, however.

41.8% of their points are scored from 2, good for #330 out of 351
13.0% of their points are scored from the line, good for #348 out of 351

This is somewhat contrary to what I would have expected coming into the season. I would have expected teams to take more advantage of our lack of size/experience inside, leading to more 2s. Could just be a weird quirk, but it's definitely an interesting one. Playing Davidson and Bucknell probably doesn't help either.

edit: This is also the first time in the RW era that opposing teams are scoring more of their points from 3 than from 2. And it's not really close.

This is indeed very interesting, I'd love to see this revisited about half way through the ACC season, & then again at the end of the regular season. Thanks for digging this up.

 

[gobblercalls]

as long as we keep winning at a 91% clip!

 

[TheFamily22]

They’ll throw up a lot tonight.

Hopefully it's because we are running them into the ground!

 

[al would]

That is certainly an interesting statistic considering one of the main strengths of this team is strong perimeter defensive players.

 

[TPFKAPFS]

I think this is skewed by the nature of the teams we have played, but I would love to see if this trend continues. As our Bigs progress and begin protecting the paint even better, I would expect teams to try even more shots from the perimeter. But to the contrary, I also expect our perimeter D to get even more ferocious! Thanks for uncovering this surprising stat!