Another one in the stat book...

[JRRRJ]

...and I'm pleased with the play minus Moriah, even against an overmatched opponent. Everyone seemed to have an idea where they should be and what they should be doing, with only a couple of mis-communication events that I saw.

Get well soon, Moriah!

Get the data here.

Natalie continues to lead the team in most per-40 categories.

I'm impressed by the team's FT shooting. They don't shoot many (16.67/game) but they make 76.5% of them, which is good for 22nd out of the 344 NCAA Div I WBB teams. UConn usually doesn't rank anywhere near that high, but Napheesa & Katie Lou have added their 80%+ results to Moriah and Stewie's and Saniya is filling in for Kiah.

The team A/To is a very high 1.82, but that's not good enough for first place this year. Villanova is at 1.94! There are 71 teams at or over 1.00, which is unusual.

BTW, those last data re 'Nova come from the NCAA's statistics pages. I've created a link page to some of the interesting places on the NCAA site, and it's been updated for this year's changes. You can find it here. There is a ton of information on every sport in all 6 divisions (yes, 6), including archives that go back to the 1988-89 season. (The stats for some of the old years are scans of the handwritten scorer's sheet.)

Enjoy!

 

[CTtransplant]

Wow! The link page is awesome. What w wealth of data.

With regard to the free throw percentage, I would bet that a huge portion of the improvement is attributable to Gabby. I no longer cringe when she gets fouled this year. The girl obviously put in the work in the off season.

 

[Blakeon18]

Gabby was somewhere in the mid-forties on free throws last year....great job by her over the summer when for the first time in several years she could spend time working on her game and not rehabbing some injury.

BTW: at one point last night she took [and hit] a jumper from maybe 17 feet. I am guessing that is the first shot she has taken at UConn from beyond the foul line. One for one!! The more she expands her game the better we will be....and the better shot she has at the WNBA should that be a goal.

 

[UcMiami]

Uconn trailing Villanova in A/TO ratio is not that surprising - Villanova, Baylor, and DePaul are usually up there - Uconn typically leads in assists, but is not quite as good in turnovers per game.

 

[chrissaran]

When have you ever seen Villanova run? Easy not to have turnovers when you walk the ball up.

 

[UcMiami]

When have you ever seen Villanova run? Easy not to have turnovers when you walk the ball up.

Ah, but they also tend to use most of the shot clock, which does mean they are making a lot of passes on each possession. They are usually a talent/physically challenged team, but Harry recruits good basketball players and he runs a very disciplined offense - drives you nuts and is not exactly exciting, but it is consistently at the top of the assist/TO stats.

On edit - and when was the last time you saw a Villanova player go one on one! Which means most of their baskets have an assist associated with them, especially because they are never that tall and not renowned for their offensive rebounding.