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South Florida has been playing much better than their record indicates recently. Overall they are #123 on Torvik, but #81 over the last 10 games. The improvement can mostly be attributed to offense, especially 3pt shooting. In the first 8 games they shot just 29% from beyond the arc, but are shooting 37% in the last 10 games. In that span the offensive efficiency has improved from 0.96 points per possession to 1.05, an incredible turnaround.
Individually, Tyler Harris is shooting it much better. He started the year 1 for 16 from deep but is now up to 39% on 130 attempts. Russel Tchewa is very efficient inside, converting 63% of his 2pt attempts and getting to the foul line 5 times per game. The offense mainly runs through those two guys.
As a team they don't have a lot of glaring holes. They are good at offensive rebounding and interior defense. They aren't good on the defensive glass. The biggest weakness is fouling, where they rank #324. But we are #340 in getting to the line, so we may not be able to take advantage. USF is close to national averages in shot selection both on offense and defense. They don't force a lot of midrange shots and give up a lot of threes though.
With USF not allowing much inside except at the free throw line, we might really struggle to score if the threes aren't falling. On defense we need to chase Harris off the 3pt line and try to make things difficult for Tchewa.
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