We always here the same thing.
"The road to the Big 12 championship goes through Lawrence."
There is always some partial truth to that.
But what if it is less important as to what places the road goes through and it is most important the speed of the road?
Seems the team that stays on the autobahn road to the Big 12 championship is more likely to get there ahead of the rest of the teams that are taking their sweet time on dirt roads.
Is it possible that the Big 12 champion will be determined by which team plays the best transition offense? Or... which team defends best against transition offense?
I've been watching the ISU/Baylor game this afternoon. It is in the second half and Baylor has put up a good fight. Then, suddenly, ISU runs off a flurry of quick, easy points from their transition offense. Made me ask myself... "how much of a threat is ISU if they DIDN'T have transition offense?" And, the same question for OU.
There were moments in our game with OU on Monday where they ran off a bunch of quick points through transition.
Do we need to push harder for more transition opportunities?
Do we need to do a better job of stopping our opponents from scoring in transition?
I think it would be a great help to know the stats on transition scoring in our league. What percentage of offense is each team getting through transition? How well does each team defend against transition offense?
This is something to ask @Jesse-Newell
I would like to see some revealing stats on our team. I'd like to see a graph where on one side it shows the shot clock, and the other side it shows our offensive efficiency. Are we more likely to be efficient when taking a shot at the 12-second mark of our possession, or the 24-second mark? This graph would not only show our efficiency in transition offense, but also offense in general as relating to pace and aggressiveness.
