A six-game sample size certainly isn’t much, but in the college basketball season, it’s about 20% of the action. So while it’s certainly early, we wanted to take a deep analytical dive into just how different this team is without its closer extraordinaire, Georges Niang.
A lot of what you’ll read here about the offense, and eventually in Ian’s article later Wednesday, are number and statistic heavy, so be forewarned before continuing. All of the stats and trends found in this article are from KenPom and Synergy Sports Technology.
Offensive Composition
Let’s take a look at how the offensive composition has changed since last year before breaking it down individually.