Yes the Bobcats made Cleveland with a five seed. I would not call that decent. Don’t you expect more from Boals than a five or third seed every season? The man is being paid way better than a “decent five seed.” His non conference record was very mediocre. The fans should expect more than a decent five seed.

But not all 2pt shots are created equal. You're missing the math. I went back and compiled full season stats for the MAC this year based on shot type using Torvik's stats. I figured it was the most applicable to us/this discussion and I didn't have time to do it for the full NCAA. This is all 12 teams combined for this year.

Dunks: 522-616 .847. Pts/shot = 1.695
Close 2s: 5017-8630 .581. Pts/shot = 1.163
Far 2s: 1696-4454 .381. Pts/shot = 0.762
FT: 5143-7046 .730. Pts/poss = 1.361*
3pt: 2820-8401 .336. Pts/shot = 1.007

*note: I assumed 50% were 2 shot attempts and 50% were 1-and-1s bc this data wasn't readily available. The actual value will scale proportion to the # of 2 shot trips, but the final value will still end up above close 2s and behind dunks.

For you to purposely take away a 3 and instead give them a close 2, the team would need to be shooting above 39% from 3 given a normal 58% from close 2.

Zero teams in the MAC shot 39% or above from 3. The highest was Miami at 38.3%. Next was Akron at 36.6%. Of course both were good shooting teams so they actually shot 60.5% and 61.8% from close 2s, higher than the 58% league average. So close 2s were still worth more per shot than 3s even for them.


If you add all 2 pt shots together you get
2pt: 7235-13700 .528. Pts/shot = 1.056
3pt: 2820-8401 .336. Pts/shot = 1.007

If you are satisfied with a 3-5 seed yearly from the highest paid coach in the league, then maybe you can buy the beachfront property in Coolville that is going cheap. The Bobcat head coach is compensated to finish better than a 3/5 seed yearly.

Is he? Or did he get paid for that NCAA win?

+1

I have a friend who refers to the area of eastern Athens County where you find the Village of Coolville, the hamlet of Frost and the hamlet of Torch as the "Temperature Triangle."

This isn't football. P5 schools barely play ANY non con road games. They surely aren't clamoring to come to Athens in December. And there wouldn't be any $$ windfall by doing so anyway.

You play those games to be resume and experience builders for March.

Is there anything we won’t respond to that way? Like, does a waiter try to take his order, only to get a screed against Boals’ salary and beachfront property in greater Athens County?