Purdue Midrange Game

[BadgerInSpartyland]

According to Brian, TKR is shooting 56% when shooting his runner, averaging 1.13 ppp.

The thing is the defense is trying to take away your best shot. Most teams don’t score when their best shot is take away but if you can flip the script and make the bad shot at a point per possession then that’s a plus. I know you’re trying to make it a win by the defense but our guys have practiced and hit theses shots to the point where it’s still a win for the offense. Purdue has the 7th rated offense in the country while shooting these shots so I think they are doing something right.

Absolutely you’re an elite offense because you have elite shooting at all 3 levels. What puts you ahead of other offenses despite the midrange usage is how often you get to the FT line. That’s actually the most efficient place to score.

 

[qazplm]

If the best shot available is a midrange where you average 0.94 points per shot? Good D.

Not if you're particularly successful at it.

Clearly Purdue is doing well, so your proposal is what, it's simply good luck? That Purdue is due a regression because they play suboptimal?

Again, statistics are fun in a vacuum, but they don't generally fully transfer to real life because real life is almost always more complicated than most statistical models.

 

[BoilerDaddy]

Absolutely you’re an elite offense because you have elite shooting at all 3 levels. What puts you ahead of other offenses despite the midrange usage is how often you get to the FT line. That’s actually the most efficient place to score.

The free throw rate being the difference was far more true last season than this season. According to Torvik, this season Purdue is a good, but not great, 38th in adjusted free throw rate. In comparison, Purdue is 8th in offensive efficiency and 6th in adjusted eFG%.

Purdue has also done a great job of limiting turnovers since January, not to mention that Purdue has been doing quite well converting steals into easy buckets over the same stretch.