Baylor Basketball: Why Bears get so many shots blocked in 2019-20

Baylor Basketball: Why Bears get so many shots blocked in 2019-20 season

LAWRENCE, KANSAS - JANUARY 11: Mark Vital #11 and Davion Mitchell #45 of the Baylor Bears congratulate MaCio Teague #31 after a basket during the game against the Kansas Jayhawks at Allen Fieldhouse on January 11, 2020 in Lawrence, Kansas. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images) /

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WACO, TEXAS – FEBRUARY 22: The Baylor Bears (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) /

Baylor Basketball is among the best in all of college basketball. What is the team’s biggest statistical weakness?

Ranked 4th in the latest AP Poll, Baylor Basketball is well-positioned to earn a 1-seed if the team doesn’t struggle down the stretch. With the 16th-best offense and 4th-best defense per KenPom, Scott Drew’s squad is a balanced team without many weaknesses.

(Credit to KenPom and hoop-math for statistics and Big 12 Conference for GIFS)

Baylor does have one big “flaw,” however, at least statistically: offensive block percentage. Only three teams in the nation (Navy, Nebraska, Saint Joseph’s) have had a greater percentage of their shots blocked than the Bears.

Offensive Block Percentage:

Baylor – 13.0% – 350th

Navy – 13.2% – 351st

Nebraska – 13.2% – 352nd

Saint Joseph’s – 13.6% – 353rd

When the bracket comes, it’s worth monitoring whether Baylor could face a team that blocks a ton of shots. It’s just one factor, but what is the one Bears performance that people have struggled to understand all season? It’s the season-opening loss to a Washington team that has since plummeted.

Well, the Huskies have the #1 defensive block percentage in the nation (16.8%), so perhaps this is the explanation. Some notable defensive block percentage teams include Florida State, Virginia, Houston and Seton Hall.

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