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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.
(I’ve just double-checked these numbers against the raw data on the SU athletic website so there may be some minor adjustments beyond adding in the Marquette game.)
James Southerland +18NP in 35M season: +316NP in 665M per 40M: +19.0NP
Michael Carter-Williams +17NP in 36M season: +457NP in 1038M per 40M: +17.6NP
CJ Fair +14NP in 36M season: +452NP in 1025M per 40M: +17.6NP
Brandon Triche +11NP in 35M season: +307NP in 1003M per 40M: +12.2NP
Rakeem Christmas +8NP in 22M season: +225NP in 666M per 40M: +13.5NP
Baye Moussa Keita +7NP in 13M season: +136NP in 452M per 40M: +12.0NP
DaJuan Coleman +1NP in 4M season: +80NP in 286M per 40M: +11.2NP
Jerami Grant 0NP in 8M season: +118NP in 476M per 40M: +9.9NP
Trevor Cooney 0NP in 9M season: +57NP in 350M per 40M: +6.5NP
Comment: Southerland had the most meaningless double-double of all time, scoring 22 points and getting 10 rebounds but shooting 5 for 18, (1 for 10 from the arc and getting 6 offensive rebounds, 5 off of his own misses, 3 on one possession.
CJ Fair has led in “net points” 11 times, Michael Carter-Williams 8 times, Brandon Triche 6 times, James Southerland 4 times, Jerami Grant and Trevor Cooney once, (including ties).
Shooting Breakdown:
SU was 24/49, (.499) from inside the arc, 2/18 from outside, (.111) and 24/31 from the line (.774). DePaul was 15/35 (.429) from inside the arc, 5/18, (.278) from outside, and 12/24, (.500) from the line. If you maintain the number of attempts but reverse the percentages, we score 81 points and they score 59 points, (basically, the same game). If we shot what our opponents shot in every game this year, we’d be 12-18, not 23-7.
For the season we are .498/.317/.688 and our opponents are .426/.289/.681. 11 of our 26 baskets were assisted, (42%), vs. 11 of DePaul‘s 20, (55%).
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: 67 FGA minus 22 offensive rebounds plus 10 turnovers plus 47.5% of 31 free throws = 69.725 possessions. The possessions can’t be more than one off so I’ll call that 69 possessions in which we scored 87 points or 1.130 points per possession. We are 1.089 on the season. Last season it was 1.126.
DePaul: 53-15+18 plus 47.5% of 24 = 67.4 possessions. Let’s call that 68 possessions, (so we won’t be more than one off) in which they scored 57 points or 0.838 points per possession. The opposition is 0.885 on the season. Last season it was 0.830.
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 78 points, 40 in the paint and 24 from the foul line. Thus we had 14 POP, or 18% of our points. DePaul had 19 POP, or 33%. We averaged 28 POP last year, 33% of our points. So far this year we are averaging 24 POP, 32% of our scoring. We’ve averaged 26 POP at home and 22 on the road. Our opponents have averaged 24 POP, but that’s been 39% of their scoring.
The “Offensive Dude of the Game”, (points + assists) was James Southerland with 22 points and 1 assist for a total of 23. So far the following players have been “Offensive Dudes”: Michael Carter-Williams (12), CJ Fair (9) Brandon Triche (6) and James Southerland (5).
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 17-21, 18-5, 12-11, 31-20.
For the year, the average score per quarter is 17-14, 18-12, 19-15, 20-18. Last year the averages per quarter were: 17-14, 18-12, 19-15, 20-18. We’ve missed the 15 point mark 30 times in 120 quarters this year, and lost 32.
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.
Michael Carter-Williams sat us down in the first half, Rakeem Christmas in the second half. CJ Fair has “sat us down” 14 times, Rakeem Christmas and Michael Carter-Williams 12 times, Brandon Triche 9 times, DaJuan Coleman 6 times, James Southerland 3 times, Jerami Grant 2 times and Baye Moussa Keita, and Trevor Cooney 1 time each.
Possession:
Syracuse had 22 offensive and 25 defensive rebounds DePaul had 15 offensive and 23 defensive rebounds. That means that when we missed, we got the rebound 49% of the time. When they missed, they got the rebound 37.5% of the time. For the year we have rebounded 40% of our misses and the opposition have rebounded 34% of theirs. We’ve out-rebounded 19 of 30 opponents by this measure.
DePaul had 18 turnovers, of which 9 were Syracuse steals, (50%). Syracuse had 10 turnovers of which 6 were DePaul steals, (60%). We had 65 “manufactured” possessions, (our rebounds + their turnovers). DePaul had 48. We have won this battle 20 times in 30 games, with two games even. We’ve averaged 9 more MP’s per game, +6 in Big East games. Gaining possession has not been a big issue, overall.
The Centers
I think our tandem of centers should get a total of at least 20 points + rebounds + blocks per game. They are averaging 27 on the season but only 18 in Big East games. In the DePaul game Rakeem Christmas had 6 points, 6 rebounds and 5 blocks while Baye Moussa Keita had 4 points,4 rebounds and 1 block, for a total of 21. DuJuan Coleman had 2 points, 2 rebounds and 0 blocks. Christmas has contributed the most 19 times, Keita 8 times and the injured DaJuan Coleman 5 times, (includes ties).
“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”.
CJ Fair and Michael Carter-Williams both played 36 minutes played in this game. Michael Carter-Williams has led in minutes played 14 times, CJ Fair 12 times, Brandon Triche 10 times and Jerami Grant twice, (this includes ties).
(I’ve just double-checked these numbers against the raw data on the SU athletic website so there may be some minor adjustments beyond adding in the Marquette game.)
James Southerland +18NP in 35M season: +316NP in 665M per 40M: +19.0NP
Michael Carter-Williams +17NP in 36M season: +457NP in 1038M per 40M: +17.6NP
CJ Fair +14NP in 36M season: +452NP in 1025M per 40M: +17.6NP
Brandon Triche +11NP in 35M season: +307NP in 1003M per 40M: +12.2NP
Rakeem Christmas +8NP in 22M season: +225NP in 666M per 40M: +13.5NP
Baye Moussa Keita +7NP in 13M season: +136NP in 452M per 40M: +12.0NP
DaJuan Coleman +1NP in 4M season: +80NP in 286M per 40M: +11.2NP
Jerami Grant 0NP in 8M season: +118NP in 476M per 40M: +9.9NP
Trevor Cooney 0NP in 9M season: +57NP in 350M per 40M: +6.5NP
Comment: Southerland had the most meaningless double-double of all time, scoring 22 points and getting 10 rebounds but shooting 5 for 18, (1 for 10 from the arc and getting 6 offensive rebounds, 5 off of his own misses, 3 on one possession.
CJ Fair has led in “net points” 11 times, Michael Carter-Williams 8 times, Brandon Triche 6 times, James Southerland 4 times, Jerami Grant and Trevor Cooney once, (including ties).
Shooting Breakdown:
SU was 24/49, (.499) from inside the arc, 2/18 from outside, (.111) and 24/31 from the line (.774). DePaul was 15/35 (.429) from inside the arc, 5/18, (.278) from outside, and 12/24, (.500) from the line. If you maintain the number of attempts but reverse the percentages, we score 81 points and they score 59 points, (basically, the same game). If we shot what our opponents shot in every game this year, we’d be 12-18, not 23-7.
For the season we are .498/.317/.688 and our opponents are .426/.289/.681. 11 of our 26 baskets were assisted, (42%), vs. 11 of DePaul‘s 20, (55%).
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: 67 FGA minus 22 offensive rebounds plus 10 turnovers plus 47.5% of 31 free throws = 69.725 possessions. The possessions can’t be more than one off so I’ll call that 69 possessions in which we scored 87 points or 1.130 points per possession. We are 1.089 on the season. Last season it was 1.126.
DePaul: 53-15+18 plus 47.5% of 24 = 67.4 possessions. Let’s call that 68 possessions, (so we won’t be more than one off) in which they scored 57 points or 0.838 points per possession. The opposition is 0.885 on the season. Last season it was 0.830.
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 78 points, 40 in the paint and 24 from the foul line. Thus we had 14 POP, or 18% of our points. DePaul had 19 POP, or 33%. We averaged 28 POP last year, 33% of our points. So far this year we are averaging 24 POP, 32% of our scoring. We’ve averaged 26 POP at home and 22 on the road. Our opponents have averaged 24 POP, but that’s been 39% of their scoring.
The “Offensive Dude of the Game”, (points + assists) was James Southerland with 22 points and 1 assist for a total of 23. So far the following players have been “Offensive Dudes”: Michael Carter-Williams (12), CJ Fair (9) Brandon Triche (6) and James Southerland (5).
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 17-21, 18-5, 12-11, 31-20.
For the year, the average score per quarter is 17-14, 18-12, 19-15, 20-18. Last year the averages per quarter were: 17-14, 18-12, 19-15, 20-18. We’ve missed the 15 point mark 30 times in 120 quarters this year, and lost 32.
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.
Michael Carter-Williams sat us down in the first half, Rakeem Christmas in the second half. CJ Fair has “sat us down” 14 times, Rakeem Christmas and Michael Carter-Williams 12 times, Brandon Triche 9 times, DaJuan Coleman 6 times, James Southerland 3 times, Jerami Grant 2 times and Baye Moussa Keita, and Trevor Cooney 1 time each.
Possession:
Syracuse had 22 offensive and 25 defensive rebounds DePaul had 15 offensive and 23 defensive rebounds. That means that when we missed, we got the rebound 49% of the time. When they missed, they got the rebound 37.5% of the time. For the year we have rebounded 40% of our misses and the opposition have rebounded 34% of theirs. We’ve out-rebounded 19 of 30 opponents by this measure.
DePaul had 18 turnovers, of which 9 were Syracuse steals, (50%). Syracuse had 10 turnovers of which 6 were DePaul steals, (60%). We had 65 “manufactured” possessions, (our rebounds + their turnovers). DePaul had 48. We have won this battle 20 times in 30 games, with two games even. We’ve averaged 9 more MP’s per game, +6 in Big East games. Gaining possession has not been a big issue, overall.
The Centers
I think our tandem of centers should get a total of at least 20 points + rebounds + blocks per game. They are averaging 27 on the season but only 18 in Big East games. In the DePaul game Rakeem Christmas had 6 points, 6 rebounds and 5 blocks while Baye Moussa Keita had 4 points,4 rebounds and 1 block, for a total of 21. DuJuan Coleman had 2 points, 2 rebounds and 0 blocks. Christmas has contributed the most 19 times, Keita 8 times and the injured DaJuan Coleman 5 times, (includes ties).
“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”.
CJ Fair and Michael Carter-Williams both played 36 minutes played in this game. Michael Carter-Williams has led in minutes played 14 times, CJ Fair 12 times, Brandon Triche 10 times and Jerami Grant twice, (this includes ties).