Net Points, etc. - Pittsburgh 1

[SWC75]

I will again be doing a report after each game this season and a summary report at the end of each month. (I’ve eliminated some stats from previous years to streamline this post.) This is limited to recruited scholarship players only.

Net Points
(points + rebounds + assists + steals + blocks minus missed field goals and free throws, turnovers and personal fouls)

Average net points/40 by position, (based on averaging 20+ minutes per game), since the 1980-81 season:
Centers 18.6; Power Forwards: 18.4; Small Forwards: 16.1, Shooting Guards: 13.3; Point Guards: 13.5

Judah Mintz +20NP in 34 minutes = +153NP in 401 minutes = +15.3NP/40 for season
Quadir Copeland +15NP in 13 minutes = +19NP in 79 minutes = +9.6NP/40 for season
Maliq Brown +14NP in 27 minutes = +78NP in 130 minutes = +24.0NP/40 for season
Jesse Edwards +12NP in 33 minutes = +291NP in 400 minutes = +29.1NP/40 for season
Joe Girard +11NP in 33 minutes = +128NP in 426 minutes = +12.0NP/40 for season
Justin Taylor +3NP in 14 minutes = +53NP in 195 minutes = +10.9NP/40 for season
Chris Bell +2NP in 13 minutes = +40NP in 257 minutes = +6.2NP/40 for season
Mounir Hima +2NP in 7 minutes = +40NP in 89 minutes = +18.0NP/40 for season
Symir Torrence +1NP in 13 minutes = +63NP in 181 minutes = +13.9NP/40 for season
Benny Williams -1NP in 13 minutes = +97NP in 354 minutes = +11.0NP/40 for season


DNP coach’s decision
John Bol Ajak 0NP in 0 minutes = +34NP in 103 minutes = +13.2NP/40 for season
Peter Carey 0NP in 0 minutes = -2NP in 20 minutes = -4.0NP/40 for season

Injured or ill and couldn’t play
None

Suspended
None

Redshirting
None

Out for the year
None

Left Team
None


Awards

Offensive Dude of the Game, (O-Dog)
(Points plus assists)
Judah Mintz 24 points and 4 assists = 28

Shooting Efficiency
(Points minus missed field goal and free throw attempts)
Joe Girard 16 points – 6mfg – 0mft = +10
and Judah Mintz 24 points – 10mfg – 4mft = +10

Scoring Efficiency
(Percentage of points scored divided by points they would have scored if they made every shot- minimum 10 possible points)
Quadir Copeland 10 points of 13 = 76.9%

My Man
(Who played the most minutes?)
Judah Mintz 34 minutes

TEAM STATS

Possession

Rebounding
(Add each team’s offensive rebounds to their opponent’s defensive rebounds. Then figure the offensive rebounds as a percentage of that)
We rebounded 15 of our 45 misses = 33.3%
They rebounded 14 of their 34 misses = 41.2%

Unsettled Situations
[Second Chance Points+ Points off Turnovers] divided by [Offensive Rebounds + Opposition Turnovers)
We had 41 points in 31 unsettled situations = 1.323 points/situation
They had 14 points in 23 unsettled situations = 0.609 points/situation

Manufactured Possessions
(One teams rebounds + the other team’s turnovers)
We had 35 + 16 = 51
They had 44 + 9 = 53


Scoring

Shooting
(Shots made and attempted and the percentage for two point goal attempts, three point attempts and free throws)
We were 24 for 45 on twos, (53.3%), 6 for 24 on threes (25.0%) and 16 for 25 on frees (64.0%)
They were 15 for 28 on twos, (53.6%), 13 for 32 on threes (40.6%) and 15 for 21 on frees (71.4%)

Points
(PIP= points in the paint, “The Inner Sanctum”
POP = points outside the paint, which is total points – PIP -free throws made
OL= points from “The Outer Limits” (three point shots)
TZ= “Twilight Zone”, which is POP – TREY, (two point jumpers from outside the paint)
FT = Free Throws

We had 40 PIP, 26 POP, 24 OL, 2 TZ, 16 FT
They had 28 PIP, 41 POP, 39 OL, 2 TZ, 15 FT

Fast Break Percentage
(FBP/(defensive rebounds + blocks + steals)
We scored 27 FBP in 38 opportunities (71.1%)
They scored 17 FBP in 38 opportunities (44.7%)

First Chance/Second Chance
(FCP is First Chance Points, which is total points - second chance points – fast break points – free throws made. SCP is second chance points.)
We had 24 FCP and 15 SCP
They had 48 FCP and 4 SCP

Starters/Bench
(Total points – bench points = starters points)
Our starters scored 55 points and our bench scored 27 points.
Their starters scored 75 points and their bench scored 9 points.

Efficiency

Assists
(The percentage of a team’s baskets that were assisted)
We assisted 16 of our 30 field goals = 55.3%
They assisted 20 of their 28 field goals = 71.4%

Team Offensive Possession Efficiency
(Possessions: Field goals attempted - offensive rebounds + turnovers + 47.5% of free throws attempted. Efficiency is total points divided by possessions)
We scored 82 points in 75 possessions = 1.093 points/ possession
They scored 84 points in 72 possessions = 1.167 points/possession
It was a 147-possession game.

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 82 points in 81 possessions = 1.012 points/ possession
They scored 84 points in 70 possessions = 1.200 points/possession

Team Shooting Efficiency

(Points minus missed field goals and free throws)

We scored 82 points, missed 39 field goals and missed 9 free throws = net +34
They scored 84 points, missed 32 field goals and missed 6 free throws = net +46

(Points scored divided by potential points scored if we’d made every shot)

We scored 82 on 45 two-point attempts, 24 three-point attempts and 25 free throw attempts = 82 of a possible 187 points = 43.9% of possible points scored.
They scored 84 on 28 two-point attempts, 32 three-point attempts and 21 free throw attempts = 84 of a possible 173 points = 48.6% of possible points scored.


Fouls

(Most fouls are called on two point shot attempts.)
We attempted 45 two-point shots and were fouled 19 times = 2.37
They attempted 28 two-point shots and were fouled 15 times = 1.87


Comments:

- Quadir Copeland’s NP per 40 went from 2.4 to 9.6. 15 of the 19NP he’s earned this year came against Pittsburgh. I suspect he’s going to get more playing time now: can he make the most of it?

- We had 41 points in unsettled situations to 14, (it’s amazing we lost with that number).

- 16 takeovers, (vs. 9), 26 points off them and 27 fast break points suggest that we are, indeed a good pressing team.

- The fact that this Jim Boeheim team had led in bench scoring in 6 of 13 games and in starter scoring only 8 of 13 games indicates Jim’s struggles in determining his final rotation – and that the starting line-up may need some adjustment.

 

[AlaskaSU]

Coach says that Brown does not do things that the starting forwards do. Translation is that Jesse needs the starters because they spread the floor.

Winning requires favorable matchups. Our starting fowards do not win their matchups. It is reasonable to assume that Jesse will win his matchup regardless of the forwards. Brown is most likely to win a foward matchup. Perhaps Benny would do better at SF or perhaps Copeland would be a better alternative? We are going nowhere with Benny at PF and Bell at SF. Such a shame given that we win most matchups at C and the backcourt.