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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 1573556, member: 289"] Here are the details on the “Net Points” averaged by each scholarship player on the Syracuse team this season, plus the best years of famous SU players of the past for comparison. I’ll make this post once a month. I compute the minutes, (M), per game for which the player was available. Thus Jeremy Grant’s average is over 21 games because he was suspended for one game. On the other hand Tyler Roberson, BJ Johnson and Ron Patterson have played in only 14, 8 and 8 games each but they’ve been available for all 22 games so their average is per14, 8, 8 games. All the other statistics: points, (P), rebounds, (R ), assists (A), steals, (S), blocks, (B), missed field goals, (MFG), missed free throws, (MFT), turnovers, (TO) and personal fouls (PF), are per 40 minutes of play. You add the “positives” (P,R,A,S,B) and subtract the “negatives”, (MFG,MFT,TO,PF) and you have “net points” (NP). Subtract MFG and MFT from P and you have “offensive efficiency” (OE). Then subtract OE from NP and you get “floor game” (FG). We have some versatile players on this team. I’ll list Coleman and Okoboh as centers because that’s all they play. I’ll list Lydon has a forward because that’s ideally where we want him to be if the center can produce. Roberson is obviously a forward. I’ll list Richardson, who is a swingman, among the forwards. Gbinije will clearly be in the backcourt this year so I’ll list him there with Cooney, Joseph and Howard. After November: CENTERS DaJuan COLEMAN 14.8m 7.2p 12.6r 1.3a 0.9s 3.1b = 25.1+ 4.0mfg 0.0mft 3.6to 8.1pf = 15.7- = 9.4NP 3.2OE 6.2FG Chinoso OBOKOH 3.8m 1.7p 10.4r 1.7a 1.7s 7.0b = 22.5+ 1.7mfg 1.7mft 1.7to 13.9pf = 19.0- = 3.5NP 0.0OE 3.5FG Comments: Both guys are rebounding. Coleman’s scoring could be adequate with all the shooters we’ve got. Both men have the same problem: staying in the game with all those fouls. FORWARDS Tyler LYDON 31.0m 14.8p 11.2r 1.3a 1.7s 2.8b = 31.8+ 4.1mfg 0.9mft 1.3to 3.0pf = 9.3- = 22.5NP 9.8OE 12.7FG Tyler ROBERSON 31.5m 11.0p 12.1r 1.9a 0.4s 0.6b = 26.0+ 5.1mfg 2.3a 2.5to 3.6pf = 12.5NP 3.6OE 8.9FG Mal RICHARDSON 32.2m 17.2p 5.0r 2.3a 1.2s 0.0b = 25.7+ 6.8mfg 1.5mft 3.5to 3.5 pf = 15.3- = 10.4NP 8.9OE 1.5FG COMMENTS: All three players have been productive, although Roberson and Richardson have bene a bit erratic. Most of Roberson’s production comes from his dominant 20 point 16 rebound performance against Elon. He still looks mechanical when he has the ball. He’s best when he’s going to get the bal. Richardson has developed a bait of playing poorly in the first half and lights out in the second. “Mr. Second Half.” I suppose if you’re going to have a good half, that’s the one to choose. Lydon has yet to have a bad game- or a bad half. GUARDS Michael GBINIJE 35.3m 22.3p 3.4r 4.7a 3.2s 0.6b = 34.2+ 6.2mfg a.7mft 3.2to 2.8pf = 13.9- = 20.3p 14.4OE 5.9Fg Trevor COONEY 38.3m 15.7p 3.0r 3.7a 2.1s 0.2b = 24.74+ 8.6mfg 1.2mft 3.5to 0.7pf = 14.0- = 10.7NP 5.9OE 4.8FG Kaleb JOSEPH 8.5m 6.3p 1.6r 3.1a 1.6s 0.0b = 12.6+ 7.0mfg 0.0mft 3.1to 3.9pf = 14.0pf = -1.4NP -0.7OE -0.7FG Frank HOWARD 4.5m 1.5p 10.4r 7.4a 0.0s 0.0b = 19.3+ 5.9mfg 4.4mft 0.0to 1.5pf = 11.8- = 7.5NP -8.8OE 16.3FG Comments: Gbinije at 6-7 and Cooney at 6-4 give us a huge backcourt, perfect for a zone. Their 5th year senior experience helps too. It makes you think of teams that have won the national championship form the backcourt, like those last two Connecticut teams. But that’s getting way ahead of us. We need depth, too and Howard and Joseph need to take advantage of their opportunities to show that they can help us, too. Unfortunately, they are unlikely to get them against Wisconsin and Georgetown. They will have a narrow window of opportunity to make their case after that before the conference schedule starts. [/QUOTE]

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