When Florida’s offense has sputtered this season one of the common sentiments has been that the Gators should increase in their pace of play and try to get more shots in transition. In the off-season it was assumed this would be a strategy the Gators would try to employ, an up-tempo attack that coach Mike White has been trying to bring to Gainesville since he played a similar style at Louisiana Tech.
It makes sense why looking to score in transition would be a goal of the team. Scoring on the break is always easier than scoring in the half court when the game slows down because in transition the defense isn’t set and getting open looks against a defense that’s backpedaling and scrambling to get into position is easier than going against a group of five that’s dug in.