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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.
Brandon Triche +20NP in 40M season: +182NP in 466M per 40M: +15.6NP
James Southerland +16NP in 30M season: +207NP in 382M per 40M: +21.7NP
CJ Fair +11NP in 39M season: +200NP in 448M per 40M: +17.9NP
Michael Carter-Williams +5NP in 38M season: +248NP in 489M per 40M: +20.2NP
Rakeem Christmas +4NP in 22M season: +142NP in 309M per 40M: +18.4NP
Jerami Grant +3NP in 8M season: +53NP in 177M per 40M: +12.0NP
Baye Moussa Keita -3NP in 16M season: +97NP in 224M per 40M: +17.3NP
DaJuan Coleman -1NP in 5M season: +82NP in 238M per 40M: +13.8NP
Trevor Cooney +1NP in 2M season: +51NP in 212M per 40M: +9.6NP
Comment: Leading the way: the upperclassmen. Bringing up the rear: The big men and the underclassmen.
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), Brandon Triche (2). and Trevor Cooney.
Shooting Breakdown: SU was 19/46, (.413) from inside the arc, 4/17 from outside, (.235) and 5/9 from the line (.556). South Florida was 10/18 (.556) from inside the arc, 6/22, (.273) from outside, and 6/10, (.600). For the season we are .524/.333/.628 and our opponents are .409/.268/.684. 12 of our 23 baskets were assisted, (52%), vs. 10 of South Florida‘s 16, (62.5%).
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 55 points in this game, 28 in the paint and 5 from the foul line. Thus we had 22 POP, or 40% of our points. South Florida had 20 POP, or 46%. We averaged 28 POP last year, 33% of our points. So far this year we are again averaging 24 POP, 30% 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 Brandon Triche with 20 points and 4 assists for a total of 24. So far the following players have been “Offensive Dudes”: Michael Carter-Williams (7), James Southerland and Brandon Triche (3), and CJ Fair (2).
Possession: Syracuse had 23 offensive and 20 defensive rebounds. South Florida had 6 offensive and 20 defensive rebounds. That means that when we missed, we got the rebound 53% of the time. When they missed, they got the rebound 23% of the time. For the year we have rebounded 42% of our misses and the opposition have rebounded 30% of theirs. We’ve out-rebounded 12 of 15 opponents by this measure. South Florida had 17 turnovers, of which 11 were Syracuse steals, (65%). Syracuse had 10 turnovers of which 7 were South Florida steals, (70%). We had 60 “manufactured” possessions, (our rebounds + their turnovers). South Florida had 36. 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: 63 FGA minus 23 offensive rebounds plus 10 turnovers plus 47.5% of 9 free throws = 54.275 possessions. The possessions can’t be more than one off so I’ll call that 54 possessions in which we scored 55 points or 1.019 points per possession. We are 1.106 on the season. Last season it was 1.126.
South Florida: 40-6+17 plus 47.5% of 10 = 55.75 possessions. Let’s call that 55 possessions, (so we won’t be more than one off) in which they scored 44 points or 0.800 points per possession. They are 0.805 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 14-19, 16-4, 15-12, 10-9. For the year, the average score per quarter is 19-14, 20-11, 21-15, 19-16. Last year the averages per quarter were: 19-13, 19-12, 21-14, 22-16. We’ve missed the 15 point mark 11 times in 60 quarters this year, and lost 15.
Brandon Triche +20NP in 40M season: +182NP in 466M per 40M: +15.6NP
James Southerland +16NP in 30M season: +207NP in 382M per 40M: +21.7NP
CJ Fair +11NP in 39M season: +200NP in 448M per 40M: +17.9NP
Michael Carter-Williams +5NP in 38M season: +248NP in 489M per 40M: +20.2NP
Rakeem Christmas +4NP in 22M season: +142NP in 309M per 40M: +18.4NP
Jerami Grant +3NP in 8M season: +53NP in 177M per 40M: +12.0NP
Baye Moussa Keita -3NP in 16M season: +97NP in 224M per 40M: +17.3NP
DaJuan Coleman -1NP in 5M season: +82NP in 238M per 40M: +13.8NP
Trevor Cooney +1NP in 2M season: +51NP in 212M per 40M: +9.6NP
Comment: Leading the way: the upperclassmen. Bringing up the rear: The big men and the underclassmen.
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), Brandon Triche (2). and Trevor Cooney.
Shooting Breakdown: SU was 19/46, (.413) from inside the arc, 4/17 from outside, (.235) and 5/9 from the line (.556). South Florida was 10/18 (.556) from inside the arc, 6/22, (.273) from outside, and 6/10, (.600). For the season we are .524/.333/.628 and our opponents are .409/.268/.684. 12 of our 23 baskets were assisted, (52%), vs. 10 of South Florida‘s 16, (62.5%).
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 55 points in this game, 28 in the paint and 5 from the foul line. Thus we had 22 POP, or 40% of our points. South Florida had 20 POP, or 46%. We averaged 28 POP last year, 33% of our points. So far this year we are again averaging 24 POP, 30% 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 Brandon Triche with 20 points and 4 assists for a total of 24. So far the following players have been “Offensive Dudes”: Michael Carter-Williams (7), James Southerland and Brandon Triche (3), and CJ Fair (2).
Possession: Syracuse had 23 offensive and 20 defensive rebounds. South Florida had 6 offensive and 20 defensive rebounds. That means that when we missed, we got the rebound 53% of the time. When they missed, they got the rebound 23% of the time. For the year we have rebounded 42% of our misses and the opposition have rebounded 30% of theirs. We’ve out-rebounded 12 of 15 opponents by this measure. South Florida had 17 turnovers, of which 11 were Syracuse steals, (65%). Syracuse had 10 turnovers of which 7 were South Florida steals, (70%). We had 60 “manufactured” possessions, (our rebounds + their turnovers). South Florida had 36. 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: 63 FGA minus 23 offensive rebounds plus 10 turnovers plus 47.5% of 9 free throws = 54.275 possessions. The possessions can’t be more than one off so I’ll call that 54 possessions in which we scored 55 points or 1.019 points per possession. We are 1.106 on the season. Last season it was 1.126.
South Florida: 40-6+17 plus 47.5% of 10 = 55.75 possessions. Let’s call that 55 possessions, (so we won’t be more than one off) in which they scored 44 points or 0.800 points per possession. They are 0.805 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 14-19, 16-4, 15-12, 10-9. For the year, the average score per quarter is 19-14, 20-11, 21-15, 19-16. Last year the averages per quarter were: 19-13, 19-12, 21-14, 22-16. We’ve missed the 15 point mark 11 times in 60 quarters this year, and lost 15.
