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Take all the positives: points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks and subtract the negatives: missed field goals, miss free throws, turnovers and fouls. The result is “Net Points.” (NP). M = minutes.
James Southerland +24NP in 31M season: +163NP in 254M per 40M: +25.7NP
Michael Carter-Williams +13NP in 34M season: +194NP in 320M per 40M: +24.3NP
CJ Fair +10NP in 31M season: +111NP in 264M per 40M: +16.8NP
Rakeem Christmas +9NP in 19M season: +107NP in 202M per 40M: +21.2NP
DaJuan Coleman +5NP in 17M season: +68NP in 179M per 40M: +15.2NP
Baye Moussa Keita +4NP in 10M season: +76NP in 149M per 40M: +20.4NP
Jerami Grant +3NP in 12M season: +37NP in 114M per 40M: +14.0NP
Trevor Cooney +2NP in 17M season: +40NP in 147M per 40M: +10.9NP
Brandon Triche -4NP in 29M season: +115NP in 304M per 40M: +15.1NP
Comment: The normally reliable Brandon Triche had a really awful game. I think it’s an anomaly and doubt he’ll be that bad again the rest of the season. But I am concerned about his shooting. Going into this year he was a career .354 three point shooter and .755 free throw shooter. This year he’s .317/.711. Last night he was 0 for 2 and 5 for 9. Trevor Cooney has faded again just as James Southerland is coming on. Someday we’ll get them both going at the same time.
The following players have led the team in net points in a game this year: James Southerland (4) Michael Carter-Williams (3), CJ Fair (2) and Brandon Triche (1).
Shooting Breakdown: SU was 16/318, (.516) from inside the arc, (16/31 in the second half .516), 6/16 from outside, (.375) and 22/32 from the line (.688). Detroit was 25/42 (.595), 3/18, (.167), and 9/12, (.750). For the season we are .534/.340/.661 and our opponents are .391/.264/.661. 15 of our 22 baskets were assisted, (68%), vs. 19 of Detroit‘s 28, (68%).
POP: I’ll credit the Axeman for naming this. A common stat is “points in the paint”. But what about the points outside the paint? The game gets a lot harder if you have to plow through the defense to get to the basket to score. Jump shots, (and not just three pointers), are an important part of any team’s offense. You can’t rely on them too much as they are the most inconsistent part of the game but you have to have the capacity to score over the defense or else you are likely to struggle. The formula is simple: Total points minus points in the paint minus free throws.
We scored 72 points in this game, 28 in the paint and 22 from the foul line. Thus we had 22 POP, or 31% of our points. Detroit had 23 POP, or 34%. We averaged 28 POP last year, 33% of our points. So far this year we are again averaging 28 POP, 34% of our scoring. Our opponents have averaged 24 POP, but that’s been 41% of their scoring.
The “Offensive Dude of the Game”, (points + assists) was James Southerland with 22 points and 2 assists for a total of 24. So far the following players have been “Offensive Dudes”: Michael Carter-Williams (6), James Southerland (3) and Brandon Triche (1).
Rebounding: Syracuse had 14 offensive and 20 defensive rebounds. Detroit had 13 offensive and 15 defensive rebounds. That means that when we missed, we got the rebound 48% of the time. When they missed, they got the rebound 39% of the time. It was the first time we’d been out-rebounded since the San Diego State game. For the year we have rebounded 41% of our misses and the opposition have rebounded 31% of theirs. Detroit had 11 turnovers, of which 6 were Syracuse steals, (54.5%). Syracuse had 18 turnovers of which 9 were Detroit steals, (50%). We had 53 “manufactured” possessions, (our rebounds + their turnovers). Detroit had 46. We are an average of +14 MP for the year.
And, thanks to Blacksquirrels and Knicks411, I now understand how to compute “points per possession, (field goal attempts – offensive rebounds + turnovers plus 47.5% of free throws attempted) and here they are:
Syracuse: 47 FGA minus 14 offensive rebounds plus 18 turnovers plus 47.5% of 32 free throws = 66.2 possessions. The possessions can’t be more than one off so I’ll call that 65 possessions in which we scored 72 points or 1.108 points per possession. We are 1.127 on the season. Last season it was 1.126. Our offense really isn’t quite performing at full capacity yet.
Detroit: 60-13+11 plus 47.5% of 12 = 63.7 possessions. Let’s call that 64 possessions, (so we won’t be more than one off) in which they scored 68 points or 1.063 points per possession. They were the first team this year to get up over the 1.000 mark, (Arkansas was 0.965). They are 0.774 on the season. Last season it was 0.799.
I decided it should be a goal to score at least 15 points in every 10 minute “quarter” of the game, (college is the only level that doesn’t have quarters). You want to score more than that, of course, but if we can avoid falling under 15 in any ten minute period we should have a good scoring average because we’ll have 20 and 25 point quarters as well. The “quarterly” splits in this game were 20-13, 20-8, 18-18, 14-29. Even though we didn’t score in the last 5:36, the real problem was the easy baskets we were giving up on the other end because of turnovers and fouls on rebound attempts. For the year, the average score per quarter is 20-13.5, 20-12, 22-14, 21-17. Last year the averages per quarter were: 19-13, 19-12, 21-14, 22-16. We’ve missed the 15 point mark 6 times in 32 quarters this year and lost 7 quarters, the first three of them by a single point.
James Southerland +24NP in 31M season: +163NP in 254M per 40M: +25.7NP
Michael Carter-Williams +13NP in 34M season: +194NP in 320M per 40M: +24.3NP
CJ Fair +10NP in 31M season: +111NP in 264M per 40M: +16.8NP
Rakeem Christmas +9NP in 19M season: +107NP in 202M per 40M: +21.2NP
DaJuan Coleman +5NP in 17M season: +68NP in 179M per 40M: +15.2NP
Baye Moussa Keita +4NP in 10M season: +76NP in 149M per 40M: +20.4NP
Jerami Grant +3NP in 12M season: +37NP in 114M per 40M: +14.0NP
Trevor Cooney +2NP in 17M season: +40NP in 147M per 40M: +10.9NP
Brandon Triche -4NP in 29M season: +115NP in 304M per 40M: +15.1NP
Comment: The normally reliable Brandon Triche had a really awful game. I think it’s an anomaly and doubt he’ll be that bad again the rest of the season. But I am concerned about his shooting. Going into this year he was a career .354 three point shooter and .755 free throw shooter. This year he’s .317/.711. Last night he was 0 for 2 and 5 for 9. Trevor Cooney has faded again just as James Southerland is coming on. Someday we’ll get them both going at the same time.
The following players have led the team in net points in a game this year: James Southerland (4) Michael Carter-Williams (3), CJ Fair (2) and Brandon Triche (1).
Shooting Breakdown: SU was 16/318, (.516) from inside the arc, (16/31 in the second half .516), 6/16 from outside, (.375) and 22/32 from the line (.688). Detroit was 25/42 (.595), 3/18, (.167), and 9/12, (.750). For the season we are .534/.340/.661 and our opponents are .391/.264/.661. 15 of our 22 baskets were assisted, (68%), vs. 19 of Detroit‘s 28, (68%).
POP: I’ll credit the Axeman for naming this. A common stat is “points in the paint”. But what about the points outside the paint? The game gets a lot harder if you have to plow through the defense to get to the basket to score. Jump shots, (and not just three pointers), are an important part of any team’s offense. You can’t rely on them too much as they are the most inconsistent part of the game but you have to have the capacity to score over the defense or else you are likely to struggle. The formula is simple: Total points minus points in the paint minus free throws.
We scored 72 points in this game, 28 in the paint and 22 from the foul line. Thus we had 22 POP, or 31% of our points. Detroit had 23 POP, or 34%. We averaged 28 POP last year, 33% of our points. So far this year we are again averaging 28 POP, 34% of our scoring. Our opponents have averaged 24 POP, but that’s been 41% of their scoring.
The “Offensive Dude of the Game”, (points + assists) was James Southerland with 22 points and 2 assists for a total of 24. So far the following players have been “Offensive Dudes”: Michael Carter-Williams (6), James Southerland (3) and Brandon Triche (1).
Rebounding: Syracuse had 14 offensive and 20 defensive rebounds. Detroit had 13 offensive and 15 defensive rebounds. That means that when we missed, we got the rebound 48% of the time. When they missed, they got the rebound 39% of the time. It was the first time we’d been out-rebounded since the San Diego State game. For the year we have rebounded 41% of our misses and the opposition have rebounded 31% of theirs. Detroit had 11 turnovers, of which 6 were Syracuse steals, (54.5%). Syracuse had 18 turnovers of which 9 were Detroit steals, (50%). We had 53 “manufactured” possessions, (our rebounds + their turnovers). Detroit had 46. We are an average of +14 MP for the year.
And, thanks to Blacksquirrels and Knicks411, I now understand how to compute “points per possession, (field goal attempts – offensive rebounds + turnovers plus 47.5% of free throws attempted) and here they are:
Syracuse: 47 FGA minus 14 offensive rebounds plus 18 turnovers plus 47.5% of 32 free throws = 66.2 possessions. The possessions can’t be more than one off so I’ll call that 65 possessions in which we scored 72 points or 1.108 points per possession. We are 1.127 on the season. Last season it was 1.126. Our offense really isn’t quite performing at full capacity yet.
Detroit: 60-13+11 plus 47.5% of 12 = 63.7 possessions. Let’s call that 64 possessions, (so we won’t be more than one off) in which they scored 68 points or 1.063 points per possession. They were the first team this year to get up over the 1.000 mark, (Arkansas was 0.965). They are 0.774 on the season. Last season it was 0.799.
I decided it should be a goal to score at least 15 points in every 10 minute “quarter” of the game, (college is the only level that doesn’t have quarters). You want to score more than that, of course, but if we can avoid falling under 15 in any ten minute period we should have a good scoring average because we’ll have 20 and 25 point quarters as well. The “quarterly” splits in this game were 20-13, 20-8, 18-18, 14-29. Even though we didn’t score in the last 5:36, the real problem was the easy baskets we were giving up on the other end because of turnovers and fouls on rebound attempts. For the year, the average score per quarter is 20-13.5, 20-12, 22-14, 21-17. Last year the averages per quarter were: 19-13, 19-12, 21-14, 22-16. We’ve missed the 15 point mark 6 times in 32 quarters this year and lost 7 quarters, the first three of them by a single point.