Shot Selection Analytics Just Got Even Better
When the best shots are taken, and the number of team shot attempts outnumbers the opponents, and those shots are going in at a winning rate (better than your opponent’s EFG%), a team’s chances of winning the game rise 40%. Turnover percentage, defensive rebounding and free throw factor are also considered part of the four most important combined stats.
At Hoopsalytics, you can re-define what the most important stat combinations are. Your factors are your own – not that those 4 factors above are wrong, because they are most definitely not – but as your team is unique every year, the most important factors may change, or added to the 4, and Hoopsalytics has the customization tools to help you find those keys to winning more games.
One of those keys is Shot Analysis. Our shot analysis data reveals previously unknown shot information, such as individual (and lineup) 3pt. shooting % in the last five minutes of the last six games. Six games? Yes, the six games that Florida won to claim their 2025 National Championship! We tagged and detailed every shot (153/336 45.5%), adding attributes: contested (2ft.), lightly contested (4ft.), uncontested (6ft.), and wide open (6ft+). Want to see just the last five minutes of the game? Ok. Hoopsalytics now has a time bar on the Shot Analysis page to see and part of the game, or 1H only, or 2H, or last two/first two minutes of quarters, or first five minutes of the game or … you get the idea.
Also in Shooting Analysis you can now see Types & Attributes combined: Types of Shots (Catch and Shoot, for example) along with Attributes (contested, uncontested, etc.) plus Percentages, Points Per Shot, Frequency (per 100) and Quality Score (per shot and average). You can even segment on parts of your game(s), like the last 5 minutes. Here’s how to set it up in Hoopsalytics:
Hoopsalytics Timelines provide visuals of when the shots were taken (along with rebounds, steals, turnovers, etc.) but the Shot Analysis adds so much more detail and information to work with.
This year’s Florida Gators played with a passion like the Rick Pitino-led Providence Friars circa 1986-87 when they were captained by a crew-cut guard out of St. Agnes H.S in Rockville Centre, New York named Billy Donovan. In the first four games of the NCAA Tournament, those Friar teams scored 90, 90, 103, 88 in their four wins on 5-9, 14-20, 11-25 and 10-22 from 3 (40-76, 53%). Donovan had 35pts and 12 assists in the first NCAA Tournament game vs. UAB on 6-8 from 2 and 6-9 from 3. In the NCAA Tournament this past season, Florida scored 95, 77, 87, 84, 79 and 65 points, respectively, in their 6 wins, and shot 35.3% from 3 vs. 27.5% for their opponents, and averaged 25 3pt attempts per game (the Friars of ’87 avg.’ed 19 3’s/per).
Not only do we get to compare and contrast modern basketball strategy to old school hoops, but by using the Hoopsalytics Shot Analysis tools, a coach and player can drill down to see where the best shots come from in the most combined shot data detail available for teams of all levels.
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