4th in assists/turnovers and 9th in total assists per game.
If your opponents are continually playing a slow it down, drag it out game plan the available time to make FG attempts is reduced.
When you efficiency is higher (#1 in fg%) an extremely high number of attempts isn' really as important as it might be.
My "wow" stems from the discrepancy of attempts to makes. It is amazing to me that they have made more fgs than any team while attempting only the 107th most.
Not sure I want to see Zag FT% ..... although it would be interesting to compare FT% now with FT% on March 11 (day after last WCC Tourney game). I hope it improves.
And that stat matters more than most might think.
Someone posted recently that if the season ended today, GU's FG% would be the highest in over 20 years. I haven't been able to find the post or confirm its veracity.
Most teams would kill to have 1 guy shooting over 60% for any 9 game stretch and we have 2 shooting better than 73%!!!!!
Tied for 122nd at 70.2%.
Is this what your looking to confirm?
The poster stated that the fg% was the highest of any NCAA school since the early 90s, not just GU's. I didn't make that clear earlier.
What are the chances we could get closer to the record?
Gonzaga is currently shooting about 53.5%. This is the highest since 1989 when Michigan shot 56%. From 1990-1992 the leaders all shot 53.something. So at this pace, it truly would be the highest in over 2 decades.
A few tenths of a percent maybe with WCC play. An important distinction is that there was no 3 point shot until the mid 80's. The Zags are currently at .596 on 2 pointers, but it's really hard to compare because good shooters would shoot the open 20 footer back then, but logic would suggest there were fewer long shots going up.
The game was different then as well in that there wasn't nearly the level of contact allowed that there is today. Scoring was higher even without the 3.
So it's apples and oranges; kind of like comparing baseball stats from the dead ball era and the steroid era. Given all that, GU's shooting % is pretty remarkable.
Gonzaga is tied with Virginia and West Virginia for most wins away from home.
So far Gonzaga has played 23 games. That's 925 minutes. So far Gonzaga has trailed for only 56 of those minutes! That averages out to less than 2 minutes 30 seconds per game.
Fun stat of the night was having Kevin going 2 for 9 from the field, but having the team aggregate be over 55%.
College guys screwing around with a 24 point lead led to some angst from the perfectionists. But once Karno was reinserted late in the game, the defense smothered the Tiger mini-rally and the margin bumped right back up to 18.
This is by far the most dominant Gonzaga team ever! There's way too much angst over the big wins.
So far this season, Gonzaga has played in only 4 games where they didn't win by more than 10 points. 4 of 23!
In 2005-06 Gonzaga's 29 win season with Ammo and Batista they had 18 such games in the regular season. And all 5 of their tourney (WCC and NCAA) games were 10 points or less. That's 23 of 33 games.
I've tracked these numbers over the years... I don't recall ANY GU team being in the top 50 in so many categories... ever.
Kyle Dranginis leads the team in FT% at 84% (21-25). I wouldn't have predicted that going into the year. He was a 56% FT shooter coming into the year.
Also, according to the broadcast tonight on Root, the WCC leads the nation in FG% at 45%.
Should be higher than that, they were 1st shooting above 53% when I checked on Saturday.
The conference as a whole is shooting 45%.
My bad, I misread your post. Saw the same stat tonight about the conference. Pretty impressive.
Combined the Men's and Women's teams are 28-0 in the WCC and 47-5 overall.
The 47 victories are the most in the NCAA for one school.
Kyle Wiltjer's 45 points vs Pacific are the most by a Zag since Frank Burgess scored 52 in 1961.
Gonzaga tied their all time record of 20 straight wins tonight.
Adam Morrison did have 44, 43 and 42 point games in his career.
There was no 3 point line back then; that's insane.
He did lead the nation in scoring that year at 32 ppg. He was 2nd in the nation the year before at 29ppg. He was good.
Another fun fact. Frank was almost 26 years old when he scored 52 points.
With this win Gonzaga set their all time record with their 21st straight victory.
The game was played and officiated differently then. Maravich averaged 44 for his career w/ no 3; with the 3 he'd be in the mid/upper 20's today.
Of course, there's only one way he can hold onto that record at the end of the year. NC!
That's 11 of 21 teams Gonzaga has played! Pretty remarkable.
That looks like cause for worry to me!