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[QUOTE="Millhouse, post: 1225713, member: 78"]
[url]http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/play-index/psl_finder.cgi[/url]

select combined seasons, syracuse, criteria of 3pt fg attempted per game >=4, games>=10

here's the output

[url]http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/play-index/psl_finder.cgi?request=1&match=combined&year_min=&year_max=&conf_id=&school_id=syracuse&class_is_fr=Y&class_is_so=Y&class_is_jr=Y&class_is_sr=Y&pos_is_g=Y&pos_is_gf=Y&pos_is_f=Y&pos_is_fg=Y&pos_is_fc=Y&pos_is_c=Y&pos_is_cf=Y&games_type=A&qual=&c1stat=fg3a_per_g&c1comp=gt&c1val=4&c2stat=g&c2comp=gt&c2val=10&c3stat=&c3comp=gt&c3val=&c4stat=&c4comp=gt&c4val=&order_by=pts[/url]

dump in excel, add formulas to get percentages, do an =correl(ft % column, 3pt % column) formula - i don't remember which columns those are.

rinse and repeat for duke and louisville

i wanted to limit it to guys who shoot a lot in a decent amount of games.

my assumption is that good outside shooters make free throws.  we don't have a measure of uncontested three pointers so I use free throws to judge whether guys can make 3 pointers.  in the NBA, the best free throw shooters are usually great at 3s also.   harder to keep track of the zillion college teams but it seems like a fair assumption

i think there's something broken about our offense compared to better teams like duke and louisville.  it's not just that we can't shoot - that would be reflected in free throws, in my opinion
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