March Madness: College Basketball’s Top Shooting Teams

Isolating Each Conference’s Top Shooting Teams

I recently provided college basketball information on defensive dominators and undefeated home teams. Now we turn to the top shooting teams in each conference which includes many of the top scoring teams. I also included teams that are favorites to reach the NCAA Tournament from smaller conferences. This late season guide can assist you during March Madness and when evaluating match-ups in post season play.

The race to conference titles and post season positioning is in the home stretch and final weeks of the regular season. There is so much to evaluate and analyze when reviewing teams stats, performances, power ratings and point spreads. I spend endless hours studying stats, evaluating situations and understanding motivation, letdown, second meets, revenge, home court, coaching strengths and weaknesses along with injury and suspension updates. The pursuit of profit never ends when evaluating the fundamental match-ups and evaluation of players, teams and situations noted.

As you continue to evaluate offensive and defensive stats and try to interpret the data and project performance, be sure you evaluate current form, but also understand the impact of such on the adjusted betting line. Also, review strength of schedule and know that teams in the major conferences usually play a stronger schedule and the stats must be considered in that regard. I often reference conference only stats when isolating conference match-ups, and look at current form and injuries.

At this time of year near Valentine’s Day and moving forward, there is more love and attention paid to the attractive, highly-ranked hotties than the hard-trying ugly underdog, and the linesmaker knows which you prefer. Thus, the price to pay is often not worth the risk. However, the shot clock reduction in recent seasons has benefited the stronger, more athletic and often higher-scoring teams. Still, look at the weekly upsets and even the more recent undefeated home teams that lost as a favorite at home and you’ll see the competitive nature of college basketball in conference play.

Below are the top shooting teams in many of the conferences – and others that are in position and favorites to win their conference tournament and make the NCAA Tournament. I’ve outlined FG% as a primary stat and also included 3-point shooting, scoring and adjusted offensive efficiency rankings from Kenpom. Hopefully this will assist you and save you time when evaluating and researching information and match-ups.

Best wishes as you shoot for more birdies and green on the hardwood and may most your shots find the net!

Overall stats through February 17, 2019

Conference	Team	FG%	3-pt FG %	Scoring	Adj Off Eff
American-AAC	Houston	44.1	35.3	75.4	34
American-AAC	Cincinnati	44.6	35.7	74.1	37
American-AAC	Central Fla (UCF)	46.8	34.9	73.6	55
American East	Vermont	45.2	35.4	73.6	61
Atlantic 10	Dayton	50.3	33.1	73.8	39
Atlantic 10	Davidson	44.6	35.3	70.6	112
Atlantic 10	VCU	43.7	30.1	70.8	202
Atlantic Sun	Liberty	48.2	37.2	72.7	52
Atlantic Sun	Lipscomb	48.1	37.1	83.1	63
ACC	Duke	48.6	31.3	86.4	3
ACC	Virginia Tech	48.6	41.8	75.4	9
ACC	North Carolina	47.5	38.2	87.5	7
ACC	Virginia	47.4	40.1	72.1	5
ACC	Clemson	46.3	32.4	69.6	71
ACC	NC State	47.2	36.6	81.6	33
ACC	Louisville	45.2	36.3	77.4	20
ACC	Florida State	45.2	33.7	77.2	28
Big 12	Iowa State	48.2	36.9	78.9	10
Big 12	Texas Tech	46.7	35.7	35.7	65
Big 12	Kansas	47.2	36.1	76.9	27
Big 12	Baylor	44.8	33.9	71.8	30
Big 12	Kansas State	43.1	33.1	65.8	107
Big 12	Texas	43.8	33.1	71.7	32
Big East	Marquette	46.4	39.6	79.1	23
Big East	St. John’s	45.9	36.9	79.3	53
Big East	Villanova	45.1	36.2	75.8	11
Big East	Seton Hall	45.3	33.8	74.1	68
Big Ten	Michigan State	48.9	38.6	80.6	6
Big Ten	Iowa	47.4	38.1	81.2	8
Big Ten	Maryland	46.2	36.2	33.7	22
Big Ten	Purdue	45.2	37.8	77.8	4
Big Ten	Michigan	45.1	34.3	70.4	35
Big Ten	Wisconsin	46.7	39.1	70.1	36
Big Ten	Minnesota	44.2	32.1	72.6	47
Big Sky	Montana	48.4	37.9	77.1	116
Big West	Cal Irvine	44.1	36.1	70.5	174
Colonial	Hofstra	48.8	39.1	82.5	18
Conf. USA	Southern Miss	45.7	38.2	38.2	146
Horizon	Northern Kentucky	47.5	36.4	77.8	59
Ivy	Yale	49.1	36.9	80.6	90
MAC	Buffalo	46.1	33.8	84.6	26
MAC	Toledo	45.1	37.1	78.1	73
MAC	Bowling Green	44.5	37.6	78.5	103
Missouri Valley	Drake	46.9	36.1	74.7	126
Missouri Valley	Loyola-Chicago	49.1	36.7	66.1	126
Mountain West	Utah State	47.9	36.7	78.7	43
Mountain West	Nevada	47.1	34.4	82.5	19
Ohio Valley	Belmont	49.1	36.4	86.1	24
Ohio Valley	Murray State	48.1	34.6	80.9	51
Patriot	Bucknell	44.9	34.2	76.3	140
Patriot	Lehigh	49.2	44.2	80.6	62
Pac 12	Washington	46.3	35.1	71.7	81
Pac 12	Utah	47.4	37.8	76.6	21
Pac 12	Oregon State	47.1	32.3	74.1	54
Pac 12	Arizona State	44.8	34.2	79.4	67
SEC	Tennessee	50.8	36.3	84.7	2
SEC	Kentucky	47.7	35.3	78.7	14
SEC	Mississippi State	47.3	37.2	78.5	17
SEC	LSU	47.2	32.7	82.9	12
SEC	Ole Miss	47.9	36.8	77.1	29
SEC	Auburn	45.2	37.9	80.8	15
Southern	Wofford	48.3	41.9	81.2	13
Summit	South Dakota State	50.4	41.9	84.5	45
Sun Belt	Georgia Southern	49.1	33.7	80.4	97
Sun Belt	Texas State	45.4	35.1	72.7	167
West Coast	Gonzaga	52.8	37.1	90.2	1