Off the Dribble vs. Catch-and-Shoot: How Shot Creation Differs by Position in Division I Basketball
Note: Throughout this post, ‘bigs’ includes both forwards and centers. ‘OTD’ refers to off-the-dribble attempts, ‘CAS’ refers to catch-and-shoot attempts, and ‘FGA’ refers to field goal attempts. *All data sourced from ShotTracker. Analysis covers Division I men’s and women’s basketball ShotTracker tracked every field goal attempt across Division I men’s and women’s basketball and broke […]
Casey Alexander Is Bringing His Proven Blueprint to the Big 12.
There are coaches who inherit systems. Then there are coaches who are the system. Casey Alexander is the latter. After building one of college basketball’s most analytically sophisticated programs at Belmont, he has taken his blueprint to Manhattan, Kansas. Kansas State is getting one of the most underrated coaching minds in the country, and the […]
Guarded Field Goal Percentage Leaders 2025 – 2026
ShotTracker tracked every guarded field goal attempt across Division I basketball in 2025-26 and identified the top returning players by contested FG%, with a minimum of 100 contested attempts. The tables below break it down by conference on the men’s side and across all of Division I on the women’s side. These are the finishers […]
Guarded vs. Unguarded: What Division I Shot Data Reveals Heading Into 2026-27
In basketball, not all shots are created equal. A wide open look from the corner and a heavily guarded jumper off the dribble are two completely different propositions, and treating them the same in a stat line has always been one of the biggest blind spots in traditional evaluation. ShotTracker tracked contested and uncontested field […]
NBA Summer League 2026: What We Saw in Vegas
Every year, a player’s college stat line becomes the most important document in his professional life. Every year, it quietly misleads the people reading it. NBA Summer League 2026 showed why. A box score can tell you what a player did inside one specific system, in one specific role, surrounded by one specific group of […]
From Elite High School Basketball to the NCAA: How Shot Selection Changes
Part 1 of this series covered pace of play. Despite the jump in athleticism at the college level, the game actually slows down. Fewer transition possessions. More shot clock usage in the half court. A more patient approach to offense overall. Part 2 shifts focus to shot selection: where players are shooting from, the types […]
Three Myths About Analytics That Are Holding Programs Back
The analytics debate has been loud lately. Most of it has been missing the point entirely. Here is what serious analytics actually does, and what it does not. When an anonymous NBA analytics source ranked Jaylen Brown as the seventh-best player on the Boston Celtics, Brown responded directly. “Analytics nowadays used to discredit and control […]
From Elite High School Basketball to the NCAA: How the Game Changes
PART 1 OF SERIES | PACE OF PLAY The jump from elite high school basketball to the NCAA is the most significant transition a player faces. New coaches, new systems, new defensive schemes, and a faster, stronger, more physical game on every possession. Most players know the competition gets better. What surprises them is how […]
Top Men’s Transfers to Watch in College Basketball for 2026-27
Not all portal movement is created equal. These are the transfers whose skill sets, efficiency profiles, and system fits make them the names most likely to define next season. This list highlights the Top Mens Transfers College Basketball 2026-27 to watch. Every offseason, hundreds of players enter the portal. Most find a new home. A […]
Celebrating a Season of Excellence: The ShotTracker 2025-26 Partner Awards
A season worth remembering. Every season, the data we track tells a story. Shot attempts logged in early November practice sessions. Free throw percentages built through thousands of reps. Records improved through months of work that most people never see. The ShotTracker Awards exist to make sure that work does not go unrecognized. This year, […]