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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 5266325, member: 289"] (I was working on this today but couldn't finish by game time, (fighting the flu has slowed me down). When tonight's game got out of hand I decided to finish it and get it posted as the Net Points portion is my double-check on the Net Points numbers I put in the "Upside post". This does not include tonight's game which was played in December and will be part of the Net Points Etc. post I will do a month from now.) In past years I made a report called “Net Points, etc.” after each game. I’ve decided to try to find ways to cut back on the time I spent doing these posts. I’ve decided to do them once a month rather than after each game. Again, the ‘net points’ (NP) formula is to add up all the positives in the box scores for each player: points (p), rebounds (r), assists (a), steals (s) and blocks (b) and subtract the negatives: missed field goals (mfg), missed free throws (mft), turnovers (to) and personal fouls (pf). In addition to NP, I provide offensive efficiency (OE) and floor game (FG). OE is p – (mfg + mft), the points you are producing minus the missed shots you are making trying to produce them. FG is NP – OE. What are you doing for – or to- your team other than the attempts to score points. These numbers are all per 40 minutes of play. I also offer the average minutes per the number of games the player has played. Only recruited players are listed. Walk-ons, even if they get scholarships, are not. Players are listed by average minutes played per game. All numbers are from the ‘stats’ page and game box scores, (see ‘schedule’) on Cuse.com: [URL="https://cuse.com/sports/mens-basketball"]Men's Basketball - Syracuse University Athletics[/URL] NET POINTS (I’ve limited this to players who have played at least 40 minutes, the equivalent of a full game, this seas. Kyle Cuffe and Naheem McCloud didn’t make that cut.) Donnie Freeman 89NP 26.0m 18.5p 14.1r 2.1a 0.5s 0.5b = 35.7+ 8.7mfg 0.5mft 2.1to 1.5pf = 12.8- = 22.9NP 9.3OE 13.6FG JJ Starling 80NP 36.7m 21.6p 4.9r 3.3a 0.5s 0.4b = 30.7+ 9.1mfg, 1.8mft, 2.4to, 2.9pf = 16.2- = 14.5NP 10.7OE 3.8FG Eddie Lampkin Jr. 79NP 27.2m 15.5p 10.8r 4.7a 0.7s 0.5a = 37.2+ 5.4mfg, 2.0mft 3.9to 1.5pf = 19.4NP 8.1OE 11.3FG Jyare Davis 70NP 21.8m 15.9p 11.6r 3.1a 0.3s 0.3b = 31.2+ 4.9mfg 3.1mft 0.6to 1.2pf = 9.8- 21.4NP 7.9OE 13.5FG Chris Bell 51NP 30.0m 18.0p 4.0r 1.3a 0.7s 1.1b = 25.1+ 8.4mfg 0.9mft 1.6to 2.9pf = 13.8- = 11.3NP 8.7OE 2.6FG Elijah Moore 31NP 14.7m 18.2p 5.0r 2.3a 0.5s 0.0b = 31.2+ 8.2mfg 0.5mft 1.8to 1.4pf = 11.9- = 14.1MP 9.5OE 4.6FG Petar Majstorovic 16NP 9.0m 13.3P 16.0R 0.9a 0.9s 0.0b = 31.1+ 7.1mfg 0.9mft 0.9to 8.0pf = 16.9- = 14.2NP 5.3OE 8.9FG Jaquan Carlos 12NP 27.2m 4.9p 3.2r, 4.7a 1.5s 0.7b = 15.0+ 5.6mfg 1.2mft 1.2to 3.7pf = 11.7- = 3.3NP -1.9OE 5.2FG Lucas Taylor 11NP 15.3m 8.7p 4.3r 0.9a 1.3s 1.3b = 16.5+ 4.8mfg 0.9mft 0.4to 5.7pf = 11.8- = 4.7MP 3.0OE 1.7FG TEAM STATS Some old favorites: Unsettled Situations [Second Chance Points+ Points off Turnovers] divided by [Offensive Rebounds + Opposition Turnovers) We had 137 points in 143 unsettled situations = 0.958 points/situation They had 124 points in 108 unsettled situations = 1.157 points/situation We’ve created more unsettled situations but taken less advantage of them. That’s largely about guard play. Manufactured Possessions (One teams rebounds + the other team’s turnovers) We had 259 + 58 = 317 They had 203 + 58 = 261 We’ve won the battle of the boards and have had the ball more than our opposition. Fast Break Percentage (FBP/(defensive rebounds + blocks + steals) We scored 64 FBP in 221 opportunities (29.0%) They scored 84 FBP in 223 opportunities (37.7%) This is the saddest stat. we were once the equivalent of the Showtime Lakers in college basketball. This year we were 2-22 fast break points against Colgate and 13-23 vs. Cornell. And Red said he wanted to bring back the Orange running game. First Chance Points (First Chance Points, which is total points - second chance points – fast break points – free throws made) We had 486 – 67 – 64 – 96 = 259 FCP They had 470 - 38 – 84 – 97 = 251 FCP This is about how teams are performing in the initial sets of a possession. So far not a big gap. Assists (The percentage of a team’s baskets that were assisted) We assisted 89 of our 177 field goals = 50.3% They assisted 80 of their 167 field goals = 47.9% Assists are given for jump shots more than anything else We haven’t been a good jump shooting team but Lamkin and Davis are exceptional passing big men. Team Offensive Possession Efficiency If we just use FGA + (47.5% FTA) and thus count an offensive rebound as an additional possession and a turnover as a lost possession: We scored 398 points in 466 possessions = 0.854 points/ possession They scored 376 points in 429 possessions = 0.876 points/possession Both teams are ;eavign a lot of meat on the bone. Team Shooting Efficiency We scored 486 points on 276 two-point attempts, 122 three-point attempts and 143 free throw attempts = 486 of a possible 1,061 points = 45.8% of possible points scored. They scored 470 points on 214 two-point attempts, 162 three-point attempts and 117 free throw attempts = 470 of a possible 1,031 points = 46.8% of possible points scored. Driving to the basket and running increases your efficiency, even if they are two-point shots. Fouls (Most fouls are called on two point shot attempts.) We attempted 226 two-point shots and were fouled 139 times = 1.63 They attempted 214 two-point shots and were fouled 88 times = 2.43 If there is a bias against us it sure doesn’t show up in the numbers. [/QUOTE]

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