In doing our research the average collegiate basketball team shoots .510 and gives up .510. Our goals at Oregon Tech were to hold our opponents to .450 which is top 5% nationally. Offensively we want to shoot at .570 which is also top 5 % nationally. During our 2004 National Championship season, we had a 30-9 record and shot .541 on offense and held our opponents to .493, for a plus .48.  Our 2008 National Championship season saw us have an overall record of 31-5 and we shot .545 on offense and held our opponents to .477 effective shooting percentage, a plus .68.  Our 2012 National Championship team shot .557 and defensively held our opponents to .488 for a plus .69 and a 34-4 record. 

 

One of our goals at Tech was to be very stingy giving up the 3 ball. On the offensive end we averaged close to 22 attempts a game from the 3 during my career. Several times over the past 10 years we have finished near the middle of the conference in defensive field goal % but first in effective shooting defense. We feel the effective shooting statistic is a much better way to evaluate the real shooting efficiency of your team and individuals.

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