I would be interested in knowing our shooting percentage the 10 years prior to playing at PBA and building the new practice facility compared to our percentage since.
I had forgotten that the Hendricks Center opening coincided with the move to the B1G. So it would be basically impossible to distinguish the effects of the two. And this analysis really should be done relative to the conference/national average instead of the raw data. But...
Nebraska 3-point shooting percentage:
Big XII, Devaney, Barry Collier Coaching:
2002-03 - 27.7%
2003-04 - 38.9%
2004-05 - 31.7%
2005-06 - 34.7%
Big XII, Devaney, Doc Sadler Coaching:
2006-07 - 37.5%
2007-08 - 34.2%
2008-09 - 36.1%
2009-10 - 39.7% *14th in the country
2010-11 - 31.4%
*** Hendricks Training Center opens in 2011 ***
*** Huskers Move to the B1G ***
B1G, Devaney+Hendricks, Doc Sadler Coaching:
2011-12 - 32.4%
B1G, Devaney+Hendricks, Tim Miles Coaching:
2012-13 - 30.7%
*** Pinnacle Bank Arena opens in 2013 ***
B1G, PBA+Hendricks, Tim Miles Coaching:
2013-14 - 33.3%
2014-15 - 28.4%
2015-16 - 34.7%
2016-17 - 32.0%
2017-18 - 34.6%
2018-19 - 33.8%
B1G, PBA+Hendircks, Fred Hoiberg coaching:
2019-20 - 31.8%
2020-21 - 33.3%
2021-22 - 32.0%
2022-23 - 29.4% *through January 10, 2023
So....
By venues:
Big XII, pre-Hendricks Center straight average: 34.65%
B1G, Hendricks Center straight average: 32.2%
By coaches:
Big XII, Devaney, Barry Collier Coaching straight average: 33.25%
Doc Sadler Coaching straight average: 35.21%
Tim Miles Coaching straight average: 32.5%
Fred Hoiberg Coaching straight average: 31.62%
So there is a difference in venues. But there are so many variables I don't know how you could separate them out. And it's continued to go down under Hoiberg so it's not all the venue.
And I'm not sure how much that difference really affects the games. We are attempting 20.6 threes per game. There is a 2.45% difference overall pre-Hendricks to post. That calculates out to one fewer made three pointer every two games. So pretty small and mostly random as to when it actually occurs.