BYU Basketball’s woeful defense has been hammered enough. Instead, let’s take a look at the area the Cougars are excelling at in 2018-19: the offense.
At first glance, the following comparison makes no sense:
- 2017-18 – 74.3 ppg, 48.2% field goals, 33.6% three-point field goals
- 2018-19 – 84.8 ppg, 48.0% field goals, 30.8% three-point field goals
So somehow BYU is scoring 10 points more this season than last, yet they’re shooting the same from the field and significantly worse from distance?
Yep.
It actually makes perfect sense when you look at two other important factors.