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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.
Michael Carter-Williams +30NP in 34M season: +228NP in 414M per 40M: +22.0NP
CJ Fair +19NP in 26M season: +167NP in 354M per 40M: +18.9NP
Rakeem Christmas +18NP in 26M season: +132NP in 265M per 40M: +19.9NP
DaJuan Coleman +14NP in 20M season: +85NP in 237M per 40M: +14.3NP
James Southerland +12NP in 17M season: +183NP in 327M per 40M: +22.4NP
Jerami Grant +9NP in 20M season: +47NP in 151M per 40M: +12.5NP
Baye Moussa Keita +4NP in 10M season: +99NP in 195M per 40M: +20.3NP
Brandon Triche +4NP in 23M season: +127NP in 394M per 40M: +12.9NP
Trevor Cooney +2NP in 19M season: +52NP in 200M per 40M: +10.4NP
Comment: We get a lot more net points” when we score 96 real points than when we score 57 of them.
The following players have led, (or tied for the lead), the team in net points in a game this year: Michael Carter-Williams, CJ Fair and James Southerland (4) and Trevor Cooney and Brandon Triche (1).
Shooting Breakdown: SU was 29/55, (.527) from inside the arc, 10/22 from outside, (.455) and 8/13 from the line (.615). Central Connecticut was 12/31 (.387) from inside the arc, 9/35, (.257), and 11/14, (.786). For the season we are .531/.342/.647 and our opponents are .394/.269/.692. 18 of our 39 baskets were assisted, (46%), vs. 13 of Central Connecticut‘s 21, (62%).
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 96 points in this game, 56, (CCS scored just 6 more points from every spot on the court than we scored in the paint) in the paint and 8 from the foul line. Thus we had 27 POP, or 28% of our points. Central Connecticut had 30 POP, or 48%. We averaged 28 POP last year, 33% of our points. So far this year we are again averaging 26 POP, 32% of our scoring. Our opponents have averaged 23 POP, but that’s been 40% of their scoring.
The “Offensive Dude of the Game”, (points + assists) was Michael Carter-Williams with 18 points and 13 assists for a total of 31. So far the following players have been “Offensive Dudes”: Michael Carter-Williams (7), James Southerland (3), CJ Fair (2) and Brandon Triche (1).
Possession: Syracuse had 21 offensive and 36 defensive rebounds. Central Connecticut had 11 offensive and 21 defensive rebounds. That means that when we missed, we got the rebound 50% of the time. When they missed, they got the rebound 23% of the time. For the year we have rebounded 42.5% of our misses and the opposition have rebounded 31% of theirs. We’ve out-rebounded 10 of 13 opponents by this measure. Central Connecticut had 15 turnovers, of which 7 were Syracuse steals, (46%). Syracuse had 16 turnovers of which 9 were Central Connecticut steals, (56%). We had 72 “manufactured” possessions, (our rebounds + their turnovers). Central Connecticut had 48. We are an average of +15 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: 77 FGA minus 21 offensive rebounds plus 16 turnovers plus 47.5% of 13 free throws = 78.175 possessions. The possessions can’t be more than one off so I’ll call that 78 possessions in which we scored 96 points or 1.231 points per possession. We are 1.199 on the season. Last season it was 1.126.
Central Connecticut: 66-11+15 plus 47.5% of 14 = 76.65 possessions. Let’s call that 77 possessions, (so we won’t be more than one off) in which they scored 62 points or 0.805 points per possession. They are 0.787 on the season. Last season it was 0.830.
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 18-15, 29-11, 30-16, 19-20. For the year, the average score per quarter is 20-13, 20-12, 22-15, 20-17. Last year the averages per quarter were: 19-13, 19-12, 21-14, 22-16. We’ve missed the 15 point mark 8 times in 48 quarters this year, and lost 13.
Michael Carter-Williams +30NP in 34M season: +228NP in 414M per 40M: +22.0NP
CJ Fair +19NP in 26M season: +167NP in 354M per 40M: +18.9NP
Rakeem Christmas +18NP in 26M season: +132NP in 265M per 40M: +19.9NP
DaJuan Coleman +14NP in 20M season: +85NP in 237M per 40M: +14.3NP
James Southerland +12NP in 17M season: +183NP in 327M per 40M: +22.4NP
Jerami Grant +9NP in 20M season: +47NP in 151M per 40M: +12.5NP
Baye Moussa Keita +4NP in 10M season: +99NP in 195M per 40M: +20.3NP
Brandon Triche +4NP in 23M season: +127NP in 394M per 40M: +12.9NP
Trevor Cooney +2NP in 19M season: +52NP in 200M per 40M: +10.4NP
Comment: We get a lot more net points” when we score 96 real points than when we score 57 of them.
The following players have led, (or tied for the lead), the team in net points in a game this year: Michael Carter-Williams, CJ Fair and James Southerland (4) and Trevor Cooney and Brandon Triche (1).
Shooting Breakdown: SU was 29/55, (.527) from inside the arc, 10/22 from outside, (.455) and 8/13 from the line (.615). Central Connecticut was 12/31 (.387) from inside the arc, 9/35, (.257), and 11/14, (.786). For the season we are .531/.342/.647 and our opponents are .394/.269/.692. 18 of our 39 baskets were assisted, (46%), vs. 13 of Central Connecticut‘s 21, (62%).
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 96 points in this game, 56, (CCS scored just 6 more points from every spot on the court than we scored in the paint) in the paint and 8 from the foul line. Thus we had 27 POP, or 28% of our points. Central Connecticut had 30 POP, or 48%. We averaged 28 POP last year, 33% of our points. So far this year we are again averaging 26 POP, 32% of our scoring. Our opponents have averaged 23 POP, but that’s been 40% of their scoring.
The “Offensive Dude of the Game”, (points + assists) was Michael Carter-Williams with 18 points and 13 assists for a total of 31. So far the following players have been “Offensive Dudes”: Michael Carter-Williams (7), James Southerland (3), CJ Fair (2) and Brandon Triche (1).
Possession: Syracuse had 21 offensive and 36 defensive rebounds. Central Connecticut had 11 offensive and 21 defensive rebounds. That means that when we missed, we got the rebound 50% of the time. When they missed, they got the rebound 23% of the time. For the year we have rebounded 42.5% of our misses and the opposition have rebounded 31% of theirs. We’ve out-rebounded 10 of 13 opponents by this measure. Central Connecticut had 15 turnovers, of which 7 were Syracuse steals, (46%). Syracuse had 16 turnovers of which 9 were Central Connecticut steals, (56%). We had 72 “manufactured” possessions, (our rebounds + their turnovers). Central Connecticut had 48. We are an average of +15 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: 77 FGA minus 21 offensive rebounds plus 16 turnovers plus 47.5% of 13 free throws = 78.175 possessions. The possessions can’t be more than one off so I’ll call that 78 possessions in which we scored 96 points or 1.231 points per possession. We are 1.199 on the season. Last season it was 1.126.
Central Connecticut: 66-11+15 plus 47.5% of 14 = 76.65 possessions. Let’s call that 77 possessions, (so we won’t be more than one off) in which they scored 62 points or 0.805 points per possession. They are 0.787 on the season. Last season it was 0.830.
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 18-15, 29-11, 30-16, 19-20. For the year, the average score per quarter is 20-13, 20-12, 22-15, 20-17. Last year the averages per quarter were: 19-13, 19-12, 21-14, 22-16. We’ve missed the 15 point mark 8 times in 48 quarters this year, and lost 13.