Indiana completed a disappointing 1-2 in three video games final week within the Battle 4 Atlantis within the Bahamas.
Listed below are numbers that stand out from IU’s play over three days on Paradise Island:
Indiana took 24 fewer 3-pointers than its opponents
Over three video games within the Battle 4 Atlantis, the Hoosiers tried 53 3-pointers or 17.6 per sport.
Its three opponents – Louisville, Gonzaga and Windfall – tried 77 or 25.6 per sport.
As of Monday morning, Indiana ranks 350th out of 364 Division I packages in 3PA/FGA, which measures the proportion of a group’s area objectives which can be 3-point makes an attempt.
Simply over a month in the past, after an exhibition win at Tennessee, Mike Woodson advised reporters that his group had been making an attempt 27 or 28 3-pointers in intrasquad scrimmages within the preseason. By means of seven regular-season video games, the Hoosiers haven’t tried greater than 20 3-pointers in a single sport.
Defensive rebounding stays a obtrusive concern
Indiana’s defensive rebounding was poor final season, and thus far, it’s worse this season.
The Hoosiers surrendered 41 offensive rebounds and 47 second-chance factors within the Bahamas.
Indiana completed final season because the nation’s 211th-best defensive-rebounding group. In keeping with KenPom, it at the moment ranks 292nd nationally in defensive rebounding share.
In keeping with KenPom, the Hoosiers rank fifth in common peak amongst Division I groups. So, regardless of having one of many nation’s tallest groups, Indiana is among the many backside 75 groups within the nation in cleansing up the defensive glass.
Indiana’s 2-point area aim share protection was poor
Whereas IU’s total 2-point area aim share protection ranks a decent – however not nice – 121st within the nation as of at this time, the numbers within the Bahamas have been poor.
Louisville, Gonzaga and Windfall mixed to shoot 67-for-116 on 2s towards the Hoosiers or 57.8 p.c.
All three groups scored not less than 1.1 factors per possession towards the Hoosiers, together with Windfall, which is 131st nationally in adjusted offensive effectivity in line with KenPom.
Free throw taking pictures share has been a energy for Indiana
Regardless of its poor 1-2 seventh place end on the Battle 4 Atlantis, Indiana has proven early season enchancment from the free throw line.
In three video games within the Bahamas, Indiana went 44-for-59 (74.5 p.c) from the free throw line.
By means of seven common season video games, the Hoosiers are 107-for-137 (78.1 p.c) on the line. As of Monday morning, Indiana ranks thirty third within the nation in free throw taking pictures share.
Indiana has not completed a season ranked within the high 100 nationally in free-throw taking pictures share since 2016-17, Tom Crean’s final season in Bloomington.
Indiana broken its laptop rankings with two blowout losses
The Hoosiers tipped off Battle 4 Atlantis because the Thirty eighth-ranked group in KenPom, a slight enchancment from its beginning-of-season rating of 42.
By the top of Wednesday’s blowout 89-61 loss to Louisville, Indiana was No. 60 in KenPom.
After two extra video games – a loss to Gonzaga and a win towards Windfall – Indiana moved again as much as No. 53 nationally.
The NCAA launched its first NET rankings on Monday and Indiana is ranked No. 71 within the first version. These rankings are closely thought of within the match choice course of.
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