Stats, with a different take...

[JRRRJ]

...on the game.

I am stunned by Gabby's never-tiring efforts and the results they produce, and the team as a whole continued to create mostly beautiful basketball last night.

But I want to talk about last night's opponent. Download the updated per-40 spreadsheet here and follow along...

Tulsa is now 5-13 (1-4 AAC) and has a passel of youngsters on the team, many who start. Yet, last night they accomplished a number of things that many top-10 teams could not do so far this season:
-- Their A/FG ratio was .619. The rest of the field comes in at .468
-- They are one of the very few teams in the entire streak to have an A/TO ratio greater than 1. (1.08) All other opponents this year averaged .556.
-- They only had 12 turnovers. Everyone else averaged 18.4.
-- Doing what the Huskies knew they were going to do, they still shot 38.4% from 3 for the game (47.1% in the first half) while the others shot 25.1%

Me 'at's off to the Golden Hurricane! A very good, dogged effort. If they can build on this, they'll be a significant part of the hoped-for improvement of WBB in the ACC.

 

[Sonny44]

...on the game.

I am stunned by Gabby's never-tiring efforts and the results they produce, and the team as a whole continued to create mostly beautiful basketball last night.

But I want to talk about last night's opponent. Download the updated per-40 spreadsheet here and follow along...

Tulsa is now 5-13 (1-4 AAC) and has a passel of youngsters on the team, many who start. Yet, last night they accomplished a number of things that many top-10 teams could not do so far this season:
-- Their A/FG ratio was .619. The rest of the field comes in at .468
-- They are one of the very few teams in the entire streak to have an A/TO ratio greater than 1. (1.08) All other opponents this year averaged .556.
-- They only had 12 turnovers. Everyone else averaged 18.4.
-- Doing what the Huskies knew they were going to do, they still shot 38.4% from 3 for the game (47.1% in the first half) while the others shot 25.1%

Me 'at's off to the Golden Hurricane! A very good, dogged effort. If they can build on this, they'll be a significant part of the hoped-for improvement of WBB in the ACC.

Very interesting JRRJ, thanks.

 

[UcMiami]

Nice use of stats to identify positives - you should send this to the coaching staff as one more thing to use for the team.

I will say, the HC identified the futility of trying to play inside the paint against Uconn, and made sure her team did not try to force the issue - that probably helped reduce the TO numbers. It was likely a good choice on her part, but there might be a little extra flattery built in because of the choice.

 

[victor64]

With all due respect to the original poster, stats are misleading. Tulsa lost by 40 and weirdly their coach isn't frustrated by it.

 

[JRRRJ]

To those who may have downloaded the blank workbook to use for your own purposes, I have added a link to a new 4.7 version to the downloads page.

The update is relatively minor:
1. A change to the formula for the EP column so that players who were not in a game get a blank there instead of "0.00"
2. Un-protecting the "Season Start" page so you don't need to un-protect each copy made before recording filllng in the copy

As usual, please remit any suggestions for improvements or bug reports you may have regarding the worksheet.

Enjoy!