Team Stats 9 games in; Review

Defensively, the thing that jumps out at you (and credit to Fun for pointing this out) is our opponents apparently forgot how to shoot foul shots. Last year out opponents shot 70%, this year 58%. But generally speaking, our defense is better across the board. More steals, lower opponent shooting%s, less fouls. And noticeably, our 3pt defense is substantially improved. From being 178th in the country, to 15th in opponent 3pt %.

Quote from: desco80 on December 16, 2014, 04:46:53 PM

Defensively, the thing that jumps out at you (and credit to Fun for pointing this out) is our opponents apparently forgot how to shoot foul shots. Last year out opponents shot 70%, this year 58%. But generally speaking, our defense is better across the board. More steals, lower opponent shooting%s, less fouls. And noticeably, our 3pt defense is substantially improved. From being 178th in the country, to 15th in opponent 3pt %.

The opposing FT% will climb, but there is more to it than them being unlucky SJUs defense, as a few commentators have pointed out, makes them work and gets them winded. It is like jabs from a boxer...no single jab does that much, but it adds up.

Great posts Desco - very interesting. Some stats I'd love to know are the following Points off Turnovers (both offensively and defensively) for both years, AND assist/FG ratio both this year and last year offensively.

How about assists? Ball movement has been much better. Also, stats don't measure toughness. We were incredibly soft last year.

Quote from: desco80 on December 16, 2014, 04:46:53 PM

Defensively, the thing that jumps out at you (and credit to Fun for pointing this out) is our opponents apparently forgot how to shoot foul shots. Last year out opponents shot 70%, this year 58%. But generally speaking, our defense is better across the board. More steals, lower opponent shooting%s, less fouls. And noticeably, our 3pt defense is substantially improved. From being 178th in the country, to 15th in opponent 3pt %.

The opposing FT% will climb, but there is more to it than them being unlucky SJUs defense, as a few commentators have pointed out, makes them work and gets them winded. It is like jabs from a boxer...no single jab does that much, but it adds up.

How about assists? Ball movement has been much better. Also, stats don't measure toughness. We were incredibly soft last year.

So, I've been reviewing Ken Poms stats a lot today, and I thought it would be interesting to look at this year's team v. last season, and see where, statistically at least, the improvement has come from. Note: the number in parenthesis is SJU's national rank in that category. Offense 2014 2015 Effective FG%: 48.7 /(211) 49.2 /(149) Turnover %: 15.6 /(29) 17.1 /(43) Off. Reb. %: 31.1 /(180) 28.8 /(246) FTA/FGA: 37.1 /(263) 42.4 /(84) 3P%: 34.9/ (145) 31.3 /(230) 2P%: 47.6 /(215) 50.2 /(97) FT%: 69.9 /(178) 69.1 /(157) The first things that pop out at me are that we're shooting slightly better than last season, and getting to the free throw line a lot more often. But by and large, this is a similar team offensively.

Are you saying the ball movement and unselfish play to date(granted it is against the mighty rams etc) is the same as last year? Open looks? Better execution?

Quote from: Marillac on December 16, 2014, 04:59:51 PM

Quote from: desco80 on December 16, 2014, 04:46:53 PM

Defensively, the thing that jumps out at you (and credit to Fun for pointing this out) is our opponents apparently forgot how to shoot foul shots. Last year out opponents shot 70%, this year 58%. But generally speaking, our defense is better across the board. More steals, lower opponent shooting%s, less fouls. And noticeably, our 3pt defense is substantially improved. From being 178th in the country, to 15th in opponent 3pt %.

The opposing FT% will climb, but there is more to it than them being unlucky SJUs defense, as a few commentators have pointed out, makes them work and gets them winded. It is like jabs from a boxer...no single jab does that much, but it adds up.

Green's minutes have increased: his FT % has increased Obekpa's minutes have increased: his FT % has increased Branch's minutes have increased: his FT % has increased Question: why do our more tired players this year shoot FTs better than our less tired players last year?

Quote from: Marillac on December 16, 2014, 04:59:51 PM

Quote from: desco80 on December 16, 2014, 04:46:53 PM

Defensively, the thing that jumps out at you (and credit to Fun for pointing this out) is our opponents apparently forgot how to shoot foul shots. Last year out opponents shot 70%, this year 58%. But generally speaking, our defense is better across the board. More steals, lower opponent shooting%s, less fouls. And noticeably, our 3pt defense is substantially improved. From being 178th in the country, to 15th in opponent 3pt %.

The opposing FT% will climb, but there is more to it than them being unlucky SJUs defense, as a few commentators have pointed out, makes them work and gets them winded. It is like jabs from a boxer...no single jab does that much, but it adds up.

Green's minutes have increased: his FT % has increased Obekpa's minutes have increased: his FT % has increased Branch's minutes have increased: his FT % has increased Question: why do our more tired players this year shoot FTs better than our less tired players last year?

Defensively, the thing that jumps out at you (and credit to Fun for pointing this out) is our opponents apparently forgot how to shoot foul shots.   Last year out opponents shot 70%,  this year 58%.
But generally speaking, our defense is better across the board.   More steals, lower opponent shooting%s, less fouls.     And noticeably, our 3pt defense is substantially improved.  From being 178th in the country, to 15th in opponent 3pt %.

Quote from: action jackson on December 16, 2014, 05:55:17 PM

Are you saying the ball movement and unselfish play to date(granted it is against the mighty rams etc) is the same as last year? Open looks? Better execution?

Well its not my opinion, it's a fact. We're not executing much better this year. If we were, we would have higher scoring %s, and more assists to fieldgoals. We are shooting slightly better, and playing substantially better defense.

Defensively, the thing that jumps out at you (and credit to Fun for pointing this out) is our opponents apparently forgot how to shoot foul shots.   /quote]





credit goes to the defensive distraction of Obekpa's nut hugger shorts