Indiana completed a disappointing 1-2 in three video games final week within the Battle 4 Atlantis within the Bahamas.
Listed here 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 recreation.
Its three opponents – Louisville, Gonzaga and Windfall – tried 77 or 25.6 per recreation.
As of Monday morning, Indiana ranks 350th out of 364 Division I applications in 3PA/FGA, which measures the share of a workforce’s area objectives which are 3-point makes an attempt.
Simply over a month in the past, after an exhibition win at Tennessee, Mike Woodson advised reporters that his workforce 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 recreation.
Defensive rebounding stays a evident problem
Indiana’s defensive rebounding was poor final season, and up to now, 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 workforce. In keeping with KenPom, it at present ranks 292nd nationally in defensive rebounding share.
In keeping with KenPom, the Hoosiers rank fifth in common top 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 objective share protection was poor
Whereas IU’s total 2-point area objective share protection ranks a good – however not nice – 121st within the nation as of in the present day, the numbers within the Bahamas had been poor.
Louisville, Gonzaga and Windfall mixed to shoot 67-for-116 on 2s in opposition to the Hoosiers or 57.8 %.
All three groups scored not less than 1.1 factors per possession in opposition to the Hoosiers, together with Windfall, which is 131st nationally in adjusted offensive effectivity in keeping with KenPom.
Free throw taking pictures share has been a power 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 %) from the free throw line.
By means of seven common season video games, the Hoosiers are 107-for-137 (78.1 %) 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 workforce 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 in opposition to 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-about within the match choice course of.
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