The line is now further out than it was in ‘05.

Just to make myself feel better, I will say that we are playing the 1-3-1 well enough to keep teams off balance and out of their comfort zone, which may lower their percentage… also, the new 3-point line probably has something to do with the lower %, although if you look at the total NCAA average the difference has been very, very small.

Random note: Are they talking about the same Courtney Sims that we know and love in this article? http://www.nba.com/2009/news/f.....index.html

Also Dylan, obviously the analysis in this post was superb and I’m glad you did it, but will there be an Iowa +/- post before the Illinois game?

My guess is they don’t practice it that often due to the other things Beilein is trying to implement and it only comes out on rare occasions.

But the second the ball goes up, 4 or even all 5 of our players immediately turn and run up the court, there’s no attempt to go after offensive rebounds unless it comes right into their laps. They’ve clearly been instructed to play transition d as opposed to crashing the offensive glass. I actually think we could be a so-so offensive rebounding team given the talent we have, offensive rebounding is more about quickness and hops than it is purely size, like on the defensive end. Manny and Deshawn could probably wreak a little havoc, maybe even Novak, but I gotta trust Beilein knows best on this one. I’d like to see more second chance opportunities, but we absolutely can’t afford to give the opponent any more easy buckets than they already get against our cruddy half court defense.