TAT: Arkansas Basketball A-Z - Offense

This article originally appeared on December 28, 2013 on The Arkansas Traveler website, uatrav.com.


The season is still young, but Arkansas has established itself as one of the top offenses in the country.

Through 11 games, the Razorbacks are scoring an average of 85.5 points per game. That is the best in the Southeastern Conference and tied with Duke for 13th in the NCAA.

While Arkansas is one of the top scoring teams in the country, it lacks a single major scoring threat. The Razorbacks’ leading scorer, Michael Qualls, averages only 14.1 points per game.

Of the top 30 scoring teams in the NCAA, none have a leading scorer that averages fewer points than Qualls.

Arkansas is one of the most efficient shooting teams in the country, too. At 49.1 percent, the Razorbacks’ field goal percentage is second in the SEC and tied for 25th in the country.

The Razorbacks aren’t quite as proficient behind the three-point line, as their 38.8 three-point field goal percentage is only 51st in the NCAA. However, that is still 1.6 percentage points higher than Ole Miss, the second-best three-point shooting team in the SEC.

This type of offense has not been seen at Bud Walton Arena since the 1994-95 season, when the Razorbacks averaged 87.6 points per game.

This is the 15th of a series of short articles about the Arkansas basketball team. Each day leading up to SEC play, I will post an entry about something basketball related that starts with the next letter of the alphabet. Here are links to the previous entries, as well as the dates for the next five…

A - Anderson

B - Balance

C – Charity Stripe

D – Defense

E – Expectations

F – Fastest 40

G – Gulley

H – Harris

I – Identity

J – JUCO Transfer

K – Kingsley

L – Lackadaisical

M – Madden

N – Natives

P – Dec. 29

Q – Dec. 30

R – Dec. 31

S – Jan. 1

T – Jan. 2