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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.
Jerami Grant +12NP in 21M season: +118NP in 414M per 40M: +11.4NP
CJ Fair +11NP in 35M season: +351NP in 803M per 40M: +17.5NP
Michael Carter-Williams +9NP in 32M season: +367NP in 812M per 40M: +18.1NP
Rakeem Christmas +8NP in 25M season: +214NP in 551M per 40M: +15.5NP
James Southerland +7NP in 25M season: +226NP in 433M per 40M: +20.9NP
Baye Moussa Keita +3NP in 15M season: +115NP in 348M per 40M: +13.2NP
Trevor Cooney -3NP in 9M season: +57NP in 312M per 40M: +7.3NP
Brandon Triche -5NP in 38M season: +256NP in 771M per 40M: +13.3NP
DaJuan Coleman Did not play season: +82NP in 279M per 40M: +11.8NP
Comment: Jerami Grant only played 21 minutes but had the bets numbers on the team. Good for him and bad for us. Brandon Triche’s numbers continue to decline. By net points per 40 minutes, he’s now the 5th best player on the team. I’m not sure I buy that but as the team’s senior leader and with the most balanced skill set, he should be doing much better. It’s hard to lead when you aren’t performing.
CJ Fair has led in “net points” 8 times, Michael Carter-Williams 7 times, Brandon Triche 5 times, James Southerland 3 times, Jerami Grant and Trevor Cooney once, (including ties).
Shooting Breakdown:
SU was 19/42, (.452) from inside the arc, 4/23 from outside, (.174) and 8/14 from the line (.571). Connecticut was 13/31 (.419) from inside the arc, 8/14, (.571) from outside, and 16/22, (.727) from the line. 8 of our 23 baskets were assisted, (35%), vs. 15 of Connecticut‘s 21, (71%).
For the season we are .506/.320/.680 and our opponents are .422/.289/.684.
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 58 points, 26 in the paint and 8 from the foul line. Thus we had 24 POP, or 41% of our points. Connecticut had 26 POP, or 39%. We averaged 28 POP last year, 33% of our points. So far this year we are averaging 23 POP, 31% of our scoring. Our opponents have averaged 23.5 POP, but that’s been 40% of their scoring.
The “Offensive Dude of the Game”, (points + assists) was Michael Carter-Williams with 15 points and 1 assists for a total of 16, (the lowest figure since the Alcorn State game). So far the following players have been “Offensive Dudes”: Michael Carter-Williams (11), CJ Fair (6), Brandon Triche (5) and James Southerland (3).
I’ve always thought getting points for putting the ball in the basket was probably Naismith’s first idea and his best one. When we lost to Pittsburgh I noted that they had attempted one more field goal than us, (and it was one more three pointers, which was a miss, since we made the same number of treys), and one more free throw, (which they made since they made one more than we did). Whatever else you want to talk about regarding the game, it was hard to argue that the Panthers just shot better than we did and that’s why they won. Sometimes that could be about the quality of defense played but sometime it’s just better, and occasionally luckier, shooting. I decided to see what the score of games might have been like if the shooting percentages of the teams on two pointers, three pointers and free throws were reversed. If that reversed the actual out-come of the game or made it a different game, we need to understand that the most basic part of the game still matters most.
In this game, we attempted 42 two point shots and shot 45.2%. We attempted 23 three point shots and shot 17.4%. We attempted 14 free throws and shot 57.1%. That produced 58 points. Connecticut attempted 31 two pointers and made 41.9%. They attempted 14 three pointers and made 57.1%, (we were 8 for 14 from the line: they were exactly the same from the arc). They attempted 22 free throws and made 72.7%, scoring 66 points. If you maintain the number of attempts but reverse the percentages, we score 85 points and they score 47 points. Put the ball in the basket!
Possession:
Syracuse had 20 offensive and 16 defensive rebounds. Connecticut had 11 offensive and 27 defensive rebounds. That means that when we missed, we got the rebound 43% of the time. When they missed, they got the rebound 41% of the time. For the year we have rebounded 40% of our misses and the opposition have rebounded 33% of theirs. We’ve out-rebounded 15 of 24 opponents by this measure.
Connecticut had 18 turnovers, of which 11 were Syracuse steals, (61%). Syracuse had 10 turnovers of which 7 were Connecticut steals, (70%). We had 54 “manufactured” possessions, (our rebounds + their turnovers). Connecticut had 48. We have won this battle 17 times in 24 games, with two games even.
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: 65 FGA minus 20 offensive rebounds plus 10 turnovers plus 47.5% of 14 free throws = 61.65 possessions. The possessions can’t be more than one off so I’ll call that 62 possessions in which we scored 58 points or 0.935 points per possession. We are 1.087 on the season. Last season it was 1.126.
Connecticut: 45-11+18 plus 47.5% of 22 = 62.45 possessions. Let’s call that 62 possessions, (so we won’t be more than one off) in which they scored 66 points or 1.065 points per possession. The opposition is 0.875 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 13-12, 11-17, 18-13, 16-24.
For the year, the average score per quarter is 17-14, 18-13, 19-15, 20-17. Last year the averages per quarter were: 19-13, 19-12, 21-14, 22-16. We’ve missed the 15 point mark 23 times in 96 quarters this year, and lost 24.
“My Man”
Casey Stengel was once asked the secret of his success with the Yankees. He said “I never play a game without my man.” He didn’t explain but the reporter noticed that Yogi Berra was always in the line up somewhere, even when he wasn’t catching. Casey didn’t want to play a game without him. I decided to keep track of which players played the most minutes in each game to see which player, (or players) were Jim Boeheim’s “man”.
Brandon Triche played 38 minutes in this game. Michael Carter-Williams has led in minutes played 10 times, CJ Fair and Brandon Triche 8 times and Jerami Grant twice, (this includes ties).
For fun I’ve decided to add another stat. We picked up the tradition of standing and clapping before SU’s first basket of each half from New Mexico after one of Coach Boeheim’s favorite early victories back in the 70’s. I wondered which player had done the best job of “sitting us down”: who scored the first field goal of each half? I decided to include road games.
Rakeem Christmas sat us down in the first half and CJ Fair did it in the second half. CJ Fair has “sat us down” 13 times, Rakeem Christmas 10 times, Michael Carter-Williams 8 times, DaJuan Coleman 6 times, Brandon Triche 5 times, Jerami Grant, James Southerland 2 times and Baye Moussa Keita, and Trevor Cooney 1 time each.
Jerami Grant +12NP in 21M season: +118NP in 414M per 40M: +11.4NP
CJ Fair +11NP in 35M season: +351NP in 803M per 40M: +17.5NP
Michael Carter-Williams +9NP in 32M season: +367NP in 812M per 40M: +18.1NP
Rakeem Christmas +8NP in 25M season: +214NP in 551M per 40M: +15.5NP
James Southerland +7NP in 25M season: +226NP in 433M per 40M: +20.9NP
Baye Moussa Keita +3NP in 15M season: +115NP in 348M per 40M: +13.2NP
Trevor Cooney -3NP in 9M season: +57NP in 312M per 40M: +7.3NP
Brandon Triche -5NP in 38M season: +256NP in 771M per 40M: +13.3NP
DaJuan Coleman Did not play season: +82NP in 279M per 40M: +11.8NP
Comment: Jerami Grant only played 21 minutes but had the bets numbers on the team. Good for him and bad for us. Brandon Triche’s numbers continue to decline. By net points per 40 minutes, he’s now the 5th best player on the team. I’m not sure I buy that but as the team’s senior leader and with the most balanced skill set, he should be doing much better. It’s hard to lead when you aren’t performing.
CJ Fair has led in “net points” 8 times, Michael Carter-Williams 7 times, Brandon Triche 5 times, James Southerland 3 times, Jerami Grant and Trevor Cooney once, (including ties).
Shooting Breakdown:
SU was 19/42, (.452) from inside the arc, 4/23 from outside, (.174) and 8/14 from the line (.571). Connecticut was 13/31 (.419) from inside the arc, 8/14, (.571) from outside, and 16/22, (.727) from the line. 8 of our 23 baskets were assisted, (35%), vs. 15 of Connecticut‘s 21, (71%).
For the season we are .506/.320/.680 and our opponents are .422/.289/.684.
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 58 points, 26 in the paint and 8 from the foul line. Thus we had 24 POP, or 41% of our points. Connecticut had 26 POP, or 39%. We averaged 28 POP last year, 33% of our points. So far this year we are averaging 23 POP, 31% of our scoring. Our opponents have averaged 23.5 POP, but that’s been 40% of their scoring.
The “Offensive Dude of the Game”, (points + assists) was Michael Carter-Williams with 15 points and 1 assists for a total of 16, (the lowest figure since the Alcorn State game). So far the following players have been “Offensive Dudes”: Michael Carter-Williams (11), CJ Fair (6), Brandon Triche (5) and James Southerland (3).
I’ve always thought getting points for putting the ball in the basket was probably Naismith’s first idea and his best one. When we lost to Pittsburgh I noted that they had attempted one more field goal than us, (and it was one more three pointers, which was a miss, since we made the same number of treys), and one more free throw, (which they made since they made one more than we did). Whatever else you want to talk about regarding the game, it was hard to argue that the Panthers just shot better than we did and that’s why they won. Sometimes that could be about the quality of defense played but sometime it’s just better, and occasionally luckier, shooting. I decided to see what the score of games might have been like if the shooting percentages of the teams on two pointers, three pointers and free throws were reversed. If that reversed the actual out-come of the game or made it a different game, we need to understand that the most basic part of the game still matters most.
In this game, we attempted 42 two point shots and shot 45.2%. We attempted 23 three point shots and shot 17.4%. We attempted 14 free throws and shot 57.1%. That produced 58 points. Connecticut attempted 31 two pointers and made 41.9%. They attempted 14 three pointers and made 57.1%, (we were 8 for 14 from the line: they were exactly the same from the arc). They attempted 22 free throws and made 72.7%, scoring 66 points. If you maintain the number of attempts but reverse the percentages, we score 85 points and they score 47 points. Put the ball in the basket!
Possession:
Syracuse had 20 offensive and 16 defensive rebounds. Connecticut had 11 offensive and 27 defensive rebounds. That means that when we missed, we got the rebound 43% of the time. When they missed, they got the rebound 41% of the time. For the year we have rebounded 40% of our misses and the opposition have rebounded 33% of theirs. We’ve out-rebounded 15 of 24 opponents by this measure.
Connecticut had 18 turnovers, of which 11 were Syracuse steals, (61%). Syracuse had 10 turnovers of which 7 were Connecticut steals, (70%). We had 54 “manufactured” possessions, (our rebounds + their turnovers). Connecticut had 48. We have won this battle 17 times in 24 games, with two games even.
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: 65 FGA minus 20 offensive rebounds plus 10 turnovers plus 47.5% of 14 free throws = 61.65 possessions. The possessions can’t be more than one off so I’ll call that 62 possessions in which we scored 58 points or 0.935 points per possession. We are 1.087 on the season. Last season it was 1.126.
Connecticut: 45-11+18 plus 47.5% of 22 = 62.45 possessions. Let’s call that 62 possessions, (so we won’t be more than one off) in which they scored 66 points or 1.065 points per possession. The opposition is 0.875 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 13-12, 11-17, 18-13, 16-24.
For the year, the average score per quarter is 17-14, 18-13, 19-15, 20-17. Last year the averages per quarter were: 19-13, 19-12, 21-14, 22-16. We’ve missed the 15 point mark 23 times in 96 quarters this year, and lost 24.
“My Man”
Casey Stengel was once asked the secret of his success with the Yankees. He said “I never play a game without my man.” He didn’t explain but the reporter noticed that Yogi Berra was always in the line up somewhere, even when he wasn’t catching. Casey didn’t want to play a game without him. I decided to keep track of which players played the most minutes in each game to see which player, (or players) were Jim Boeheim’s “man”.
Brandon Triche played 38 minutes in this game. Michael Carter-Williams has led in minutes played 10 times, CJ Fair and Brandon Triche 8 times and Jerami Grant twice, (this includes ties).
For fun I’ve decided to add another stat. We picked up the tradition of standing and clapping before SU’s first basket of each half from New Mexico after one of Coach Boeheim’s favorite early victories back in the 70’s. I wondered which player had done the best job of “sitting us down”: who scored the first field goal of each half? I decided to include road games.
Rakeem Christmas sat us down in the first half and CJ Fair did it in the second half. CJ Fair has “sat us down” 13 times, Rakeem Christmas 10 times, Michael Carter-Williams 8 times, DaJuan Coleman 6 times, Brandon Triche 5 times, Jerami Grant, James Southerland 2 times and Baye Moussa Keita, and Trevor Cooney 1 time each.