[TonyLima]

Keep in mind that to be worth it, midrange jumpers have to be 1.5 times more efficient than three pointers.  We shot 4/20 from three (20%), so we would have had to hit 30% from mid-range for it to be worth it.  Our overall two point shooting was 16/42 (38%), but that includes layups.  If you strip out the points in the paint, I really wonder if we were accurate enough from mid-range as to be worth it, and that is on a day when our two point shooting was pretty bad.  For the year, we are shooting almost 35% from three, so the equivalent two-point efficiency would have to be 52% shooting.

Of course, there are second order effects, in that hitting a larger variety of shots forces defenders to defend more of the court, but if I am an opposing coach trying to figure out how to defend Stanford, I would focus my attention on packing the paint and stopping Hannah Jump's three point shooting and de-emphasize defending the mid-range jumpers and three point shots to players other than Jump.

BC

You and your pesky math.  Many thanks.  It seems to me that, at minimum, having a few players who develop the mid-range jumper is probably a move in the direction of greater offensive diversification.  Lepolo, Prechtel, Demetre are names that come to mind. iriafen showed real potential, but may be more valuable playing under the hoop.

[TonyLima]

Keep in mind that to be worth it, midrange jumpers have to be 1.5 times more efficient than three pointers.  We shot 4/20 from three (20%), so we would have had to hit 30% from mid-range for it to be worth it.  Our overall two point shooting was 16/42 (38%), but that includes layups.  If you strip out the points in the paint, I really wonder if we were accurate enough from mid-range as to be worth it, and that is on a day when our two point shooting was pretty bad.  For the year, we are shooting almost 35% from three, so the equivalent two-point efficiency would have to be 52% shooting.

Of course, there are second order effects, in that hitting a larger variety of shots forces defenders to defend more of the court, but if I am an opposing coach trying to figure out how to defend Stanford, I would focus my attention on packing the paint and stopping Hannah Jump's three point shooting and de-emphasize defending the mid-range jumpers and three point shots to players other than Jump.

BC

You and your pesky math.  Many thanks.  It seems to me that, at minimum, having a few players who develop the mid-range jumper is probably a move in the direction of greater offensive diversification.  Lepolo, Prechtel, Demetre are names that come to mind. iriafen showed real potential, but may be more valuable playing under the hoop.