It was an offensive explosion in Austin as both teams scored over a point per possession, although both did it in different ways. Kansas has finally totally embraced the three, shooting over half their attempts from deep, and was rewarded for it last night, shooting 48.6 percent from deep, which masked a 41 percent effort on twos. The Jayhawks also turned it over on only 11 percent of their possessions. Still, they didn’t do well on the glass, and didn’t get to the line often, which underscores the power of the three. It goes without saying you aren’t going to make half your threes every game, but when you go against a team that allows you to only shoot 40 percent on twos, the math pretty much dictates you have to shoot a ton of threes, and on those special nights when you do make almost half of them, it’s almost impossible to lose.
A (semi) Statistical Recap of Texas
