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Message: [QUOTE="Niastri, post: 5766008, member: 722"] The bolded is what struck me as an important criteria for GMAC in roster building. Dual had a 4.4 assists to 1.6 turnovers, a 2.75 ratio, 28 assists% and only 17 TO% Tobiason 2.0 assists to 1.4 turnovers, a 1.43 ratio, 12 assists% and only 10 TO% Doty 2.2 assists to 1 turnover, a 2.2 ratio, 13 assists% and only 6TO% Even Goodrick and Wilson are low 11 TO% players. White and Anthony are a little bit of outliers, White at 14 TO%. Though Anthony had a low TO% of less than 11, a lot of his shots look like turnovers because of bad shot selection When you add in the guard transfers all have very good Steal% over 2, the pattern seems clear: protect the ball with low turnovers, play aggressive defense that forces steals, pass the ball well, and score efficiently, with Dual* being low man with a somewhat efficient .548 TS%, Doty .570 and Tobiason .604. GMAC's Siena team was a bad three point shooting team, and so they shot very few, ranking 346th in 3pt attempts on the season. Instead, they shot very well inside the arc, .525 2pt% and were 98th in 2pt shots, despite a pace of 65, good for 349th slowest pace in the country. All of these guys are dragged down by inefficient 3pt shooting. If one or more of them have dramatic variation to the positive this season, they become very dangerous offensive players. A team that knows its weaknesses and focuses on its strengths will be a lot more fun to watch than one that loosely throws the ball all over in an effort to make things happen. With greater talent, I imagine GMAC will pick up the pace, but it might just be how he prefers to play. I still think we could throw an effective press on from time to time, especially when Sibi is out there. It is fun running press when you have long athletes and an elite rim protector at the back end. Nobody will be Jerami McNeal again, but mostly because nobody is as as stupid as Oklahoma State to keep driving into an elite shotblocker play after play. *Dual's .548 is barely into the "efficient" level of TS%, but he greatly increased his TS% year over year, marked by a big jump in 2pt shooting percentage. His sophomore to junior year leap would be a huge buy signal if he hadn't dropped down a league. If Dual turns out to be great for us, it will be a scouting victory, not an analysis one. He looks like a decent player, but not somebody you are excited to put your whole season on. That said, he is the prototype of a GMAC player (based on two seasons as a head coach). I am not looking forward to grind it out 65 pace games, but if we win them, I am all for it. Scoring 80 and losing by 5 on average isn't a fun season. [/QUOTE]

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