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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 +24NP in 36M season: +354NP in 761M per 40M: +18.6NP
Michael Carter-Williams +16NP in 38M season: +503NP in 1155M per 40M: +17.4NP
CJ Fair +11NP in 36M season: +480NP in 1135M per 40M: +16.9NP
Brandon Triche +7NP in 35M season: +330NP in 1104M per 40M: +12.0NP
Jerami Grant +2NP in 7M season: +125NP in 490M per 40M: +10.2NP
Trevor Cooney +1NP in 7M season +52NP in 373M per 40M: +5.6NP
Baye Moussa Keita +1NP in 24M season: +143NP in 506M per 40M: +11.3NP
DaJuan Coleman 0NP in 0M season: +81NP in 290M per 40M: +11.2NP
Rakeem Christmas -3NP in 17M season: +230NP in 729M per 40M: +12.6NP
Comment: Southerland and Carter-Williams won that game for us. We need more from Fair and Triche to continue to advance.
CJ Fair has led in “net points” 11 times, Michael Carter-Williams 10 times, James Southerland 8 times, Brandon Triche 7 times, Jerami Grant and Trevor Cooney once, (including ties).
Shooting Breakdown:
SU was 10/28, (.357) from inside the arc, 12/19 from outside, (.632) and 6/10 from the line (.600). Pittsburgh was 15/37 (.405) from inside the arc, 6/19, (.316) from outside, and 11/19, (.579) from the line. If you maintain the number of attempts but reverse the percentages, we score 46 points and they score 73 points. If we shot what our opponents shot in every game this year, we’d be 14-19, not 25-8.
For the season we are .494/.330/.683 and our opponents are .427/.299/.680. 14 of our 22 baskets were assisted, (64%), vs. 11 of Pittsburgh‘s 21, (52%). They had more assists than we had baskets.
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 8 offensive rebounds plus 10 turnovers plus 47.5% of 10 free throws = 53.75 possessions. The possessions can’t be more than one off so I’ll call that 55 possessions in which we scored 75 points or 1.127 points per possession. We are 1.084 on the season. Last season it was 1.126.
Pittsburgh: 56-20+12 plus 47.5% of 19 = 57.025 possessions. Let’s call that 56 possessions, (so we won’t be more than one off) in which they scored 59 points or 1.054 points per possession. The opposition is 0.905 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 62 points, 14 in the paint and 6 from the foul line. Thus we had 42 POP, (and 37 vs. Seton Hall after only 11 vs. Georgetown), or 68% of our points. Pittsburgh had 20 POP, or 34%. We averaged 28 POP last year, 33% of our points. So far this year we are averaging 24 POP, 34% of our scoring. We’ve averaged 26 POP at the Dome and 23 away from it. Our opponents have averaged 24 POP, but that’s been 40% of their scoring.
The “Offensive Dude of the Game”, (points + assists) was James Southerland, with 20 points and 1 assists for a total of 21. So far the following players have been “Offensive Dudes”: Michael Carter-Williams (13), CJ Fair (9) Brandon Triche (7) and James Southerland (6).
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 12-11, 28-16, 7-12, 15-20
For the year, the average score per quarter is 16-14, 18-12, 18-15, 19-18. Last year the averages per quarter were: 15-14, 19-12, 18-17, 21-18. We’ve missed the 15 point mark 35 times in 128 quarters this year, and lost 36.
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.
CJ Fair sat us down in the first half, Brandon Triche in the second half. CJ Fair has “sat us down” 15 times, Rakeem Christmas 14 times, Michael Carter-Williams 13 times, Brandon Triche 10 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 8 offensive and 20 defensive rebounds Pittsburgh had 20 offensive and 20 defensive rebounds. That means that when we missed, we got the rebound 29% of the time. When they missed, they got the rebound 50% 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 20 of 33 opponents by this measure.
Pittsburgh had 12 turnovers, of which 9 were Syracuse steals, (75%). Syracuse had 10 turnovers of which 7 were Pittsburgh steals, (70%). We had 40 “manufactured” possessions, (our rebounds + their turnovers). Pittsburgh had 50. We have won this battle 21 times in 33 games, with two games even. We’ve averaged 8 more MP’s per game, +5 in Big East games. Gaining possession has not been a big issue, overall, but it was in the second half of this game. The MP were 25-18 in the first half, 15-32 in the second half.
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 Pittsburgh game Rakeem Christmas had 0 points, 1 rebounds and 1 blocks while Baye Moussa Keita had 4 points, 1 rebounds and 1 blocks, DaJuan Coleman had 0 points, 0 rebounds and 0 blocks for a total of 8. We’ve failed to reach 20 11 times, all in the 20 conference games. The average for the year has been 26 but only 17.5 in conference play. Christmas has contributed the most 20 times, Keita 10 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”.
Michael Carter-Williams played 38 minutes played in this game. Michael Carter-Williams has led in minutes played 17 times, CJ Fair 12 times, Brandon Triche 10 times Jerami Grant twice and James Southerland , (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 +24NP in 36M season: +354NP in 761M per 40M: +18.6NP
Michael Carter-Williams +16NP in 38M season: +503NP in 1155M per 40M: +17.4NP
CJ Fair +11NP in 36M season: +480NP in 1135M per 40M: +16.9NP
Brandon Triche +7NP in 35M season: +330NP in 1104M per 40M: +12.0NP
Jerami Grant +2NP in 7M season: +125NP in 490M per 40M: +10.2NP
Trevor Cooney +1NP in 7M season +52NP in 373M per 40M: +5.6NP
Baye Moussa Keita +1NP in 24M season: +143NP in 506M per 40M: +11.3NP
DaJuan Coleman 0NP in 0M season: +81NP in 290M per 40M: +11.2NP
Rakeem Christmas -3NP in 17M season: +230NP in 729M per 40M: +12.6NP
Comment: Southerland and Carter-Williams won that game for us. We need more from Fair and Triche to continue to advance.
CJ Fair has led in “net points” 11 times, Michael Carter-Williams 10 times, James Southerland 8 times, Brandon Triche 7 times, Jerami Grant and Trevor Cooney once, (including ties).
Shooting Breakdown:
SU was 10/28, (.357) from inside the arc, 12/19 from outside, (.632) and 6/10 from the line (.600). Pittsburgh was 15/37 (.405) from inside the arc, 6/19, (.316) from outside, and 11/19, (.579) from the line. If you maintain the number of attempts but reverse the percentages, we score 46 points and they score 73 points. If we shot what our opponents shot in every game this year, we’d be 14-19, not 25-8.
For the season we are .494/.330/.683 and our opponents are .427/.299/.680. 14 of our 22 baskets were assisted, (64%), vs. 11 of Pittsburgh‘s 21, (52%). They had more assists than we had baskets.
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 8 offensive rebounds plus 10 turnovers plus 47.5% of 10 free throws = 53.75 possessions. The possessions can’t be more than one off so I’ll call that 55 possessions in which we scored 75 points or 1.127 points per possession. We are 1.084 on the season. Last season it was 1.126.
Pittsburgh: 56-20+12 plus 47.5% of 19 = 57.025 possessions. Let’s call that 56 possessions, (so we won’t be more than one off) in which they scored 59 points or 1.054 points per possession. The opposition is 0.905 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 62 points, 14 in the paint and 6 from the foul line. Thus we had 42 POP, (and 37 vs. Seton Hall after only 11 vs. Georgetown), or 68% of our points. Pittsburgh had 20 POP, or 34%. We averaged 28 POP last year, 33% of our points. So far this year we are averaging 24 POP, 34% of our scoring. We’ve averaged 26 POP at the Dome and 23 away from it. Our opponents have averaged 24 POP, but that’s been 40% of their scoring.
The “Offensive Dude of the Game”, (points + assists) was James Southerland, with 20 points and 1 assists for a total of 21. So far the following players have been “Offensive Dudes”: Michael Carter-Williams (13), CJ Fair (9) Brandon Triche (7) and James Southerland (6).
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 12-11, 28-16, 7-12, 15-20
For the year, the average score per quarter is 16-14, 18-12, 18-15, 19-18. Last year the averages per quarter were: 15-14, 19-12, 18-17, 21-18. We’ve missed the 15 point mark 35 times in 128 quarters this year, and lost 36.
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.
CJ Fair sat us down in the first half, Brandon Triche in the second half. CJ Fair has “sat us down” 15 times, Rakeem Christmas 14 times, Michael Carter-Williams 13 times, Brandon Triche 10 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 8 offensive and 20 defensive rebounds Pittsburgh had 20 offensive and 20 defensive rebounds. That means that when we missed, we got the rebound 29% of the time. When they missed, they got the rebound 50% 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 20 of 33 opponents by this measure.
Pittsburgh had 12 turnovers, of which 9 were Syracuse steals, (75%). Syracuse had 10 turnovers of which 7 were Pittsburgh steals, (70%). We had 40 “manufactured” possessions, (our rebounds + their turnovers). Pittsburgh had 50. We have won this battle 21 times in 33 games, with two games even. We’ve averaged 8 more MP’s per game, +5 in Big East games. Gaining possession has not been a big issue, overall, but it was in the second half of this game. The MP were 25-18 in the first half, 15-32 in the second half.
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 Pittsburgh game Rakeem Christmas had 0 points, 1 rebounds and 1 blocks while Baye Moussa Keita had 4 points, 1 rebounds and 1 blocks, DaJuan Coleman had 0 points, 0 rebounds and 0 blocks for a total of 8. We’ve failed to reach 20 11 times, all in the 20 conference games. The average for the year has been 26 but only 17.5 in conference play. Christmas has contributed the most 20 times, Keita 10 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”.
Michael Carter-Williams played 38 minutes played in this game. Michael Carter-Williams has led in minutes played 17 times, CJ Fair 12 times, Brandon Triche 10 times Jerami Grant twice and James Southerland , (this includes ties).