Before we talk about the Kansas basketball defense, let’s start with a game.
Kansas coach Bill Self has always talked about defensive field-goal percentage being his favorite stat, and for good reason. Statistician Dean Oliver has found that it’s the most important of basketball’s four factors, while determining roughly 40 percent of a team’s success on that end.
So, through three Big 12 games, where would you guess that KU ranks in terms of limiting opponents’ made shots?
The Jayhawks, so far, are first in effective field-goal percentage defense — a stat that takes into account that threes are worth more than twos.