FSU Basketball: Top 5 Areas to Improve in 2016

By Kelvin Hunt | Mar 21, 2016

Feb 20, 2016; Blacksburg, VA, USA; Florida State Seminoles head coach Leonard Hamilton speaks with an official in the first half of the game against the Virginia Tech Hokies at Cassell Coliseum. Virginia Tech defeated Florida State 83-73. Mandatory Credit: Michael Shroyer-USA TODAY Sports /

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Three Point Shooting

The ‘Noles three point shooting regressed from the 2014 season. FSU basketball made 36 percent of their long-range shots in 2014, but only made 34.1 percent in 2015.

There were too big problems with this area in 2015:

Shot Selection
Who took the shot

Sophomore Xavier Rathan-Mayes made 28.5 percent of his three-point attempts as a freshman. Guess what? He shot more three pointers this since than last, which accounted for 26 percent of the teams three-point attempts.

He made 28.1 percent of his three-point attempts this season.

Freshman Dwayne Bacon took 18 percent of the team’s total three-point, but only hit on 28.1 percent of them. He would often force three pointers which is a freshman mistake.

Freshman Benji Bell made three-point attempts at a 42.6 percent clip, but only took eight percent of the three-point shots.

Again, it boils down to team maturity and recognizing the strengths and weakness of each team member.

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