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Who is this AF35 I wonder

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I realized this graph is just the last 10 games, but Azzi has only 23 personal fouls in 30 games, or 857 minutes..! That is one foul every 37+ minutes. Incredibly efficient…

Sarah has incredible steal and blocked shot stats. Not normally two stats that go together. Sarah has 91 steals and 47 blocked shots, for the year. KK is 2nd with 83 steals, but only 5 blocks. Serah is 2nd in blocks with 40, but only 20 steals. Strong is uniquely versatile, steals like a small player and blocks like a “Big.”

Go Huskies..!!

Edit- Seriously, someone dislikes Azzi and Sarah’s stats..?? SMH 🤦
 
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Thiis appears to be more evidence that Azzi could indeed be the best all around player in the country & that the notion is not too far fetched.
If defense wins championships then Azzi is the cat's meow - head & shoulders above the rest of the field & part of being a complete player.
Thanks for posting the chart HuskyNan!
 
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JoePgh said:
Could someone please define "Personal Foul Efficiency "? Is it some comparison of fouls to minutes played?
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Joe, good question.
Personal Foul Efficiency is a comparison of personal fouls versus steals & blocked shots. For the year, Azzi has 76 steals and 13 blocked shots. Compared to just 23 fouls, she is very efficient at defensive disruptions with very few fouls. The graph above is just for last 10 games.

Go Azzi..!
 
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Last ten games played by the player or by the team - in either case SS was 'struggling' with illness during this span, and missed one game and was limited in a couple of others. Wonder where she would rank when healthy.

Along those lines - 10 games means Uconn played TN and 9 BE teams. TX for example played OK, LSU, KY, Vandy, TN, GA (all ranked) during the same time frame. The same would be true for most of the other SEC and BigTen teams. SOS does matter for these stats. Uconn has a great defense and great individual defenders, so the results are not out of line with what I would expect, but would rather see full year, or at least 2026 numbers.
 
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ucmiami2 said:
Last ten games played by the player or by the team - in either case SS was 'struggling' with illness during this span, and missed one game and was limited in a couple of others. Wonder where she would rank when healthy.

Along those lines - 10 games means Uconn played TN and 9 BE teams. TX for example played OK, LSU, KY, Vandy, TN, GA (all ranked) during the same time frame. The same would be true for most of the other SEC and BigTen teams. SOS does matter for these stats. Uconn has a great defense and great individual defenders, so the results are not out of line with what I would expect, but would rather see full year, or at least 2026 numbers.
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Top Defensive Players (by DBPM &1):
  • UConn has 5 of the top 19 defensive players.
  • Source: Torvik.
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There has been some predictable roster envy in point guards expressed elsewhere (e.g. here).
  • We have the best 2-headed (5th scoring option: right USG%, high TS%, high AST%, low TO%) point guards.
&1 Meta defensive stats have known weaknesses in the off-Boxscore defensive skills that these stats don’t capture.
 
ucmiami2 said:
Last ten games played by the player or by the team - in either case SS was 'struggling' with illness during this span, and missed one game and was limited in a couple of others. Wonder where she would rank when healthy.

Along those lines - 10 games means Uconn played TN and 9 BE teams. TX for example played OK, LSU, KY, Vandy, TN, GA (all ranked) during the same time frame. The same would be true for most of the other SEC and BigTen teams. SOS does matter for these stats. Uconn has a great defense and great individual defenders, so the results are not out of line with what I would expect, but would rather see full year, or at least 2026 numbers.
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I think it’s ok to have a thread celebrating Azzi and not have it seen as some kind of insult to Sarah. We all love them both
 
The most impressive and entertaining thing about this UConn team this year is the relentless defense they throw at opponents. Good defense is hard and tiring, mentally and physically. Coaches all (presumably) preach to players the importance of good D, but rarely get the effort they hope for. I'm trying to think of another team I've followed that seriously buys in. Maybe the Celtics of a couple of years ago. A good and relentless D can make up for off shooting games, errant free throws and injuries. There are good teams out there come the NCAAs but how many are really prepared for 40 minutes of a well executed, in your face defense? I look forward to seeing how it plays out.
 
For the life of me I will never understand how reasonably intelligent sports fans tolerate being fed sports statistics that require AI, a slide rule and a Quantum Physics professor to purport to make the stats comprehensible and of some utility.
 
RockyMTblue2 said:
For the life of me I will never understand how reasonably intelligent sports fans tolerate being fed sports statistics that require AI, a slide rule and a Quantum Physics professor to purport to make the stats comprehensible and of some utility.
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I'm sort of with you on the stats issue. In general stats can tell you something but not give the whole story. Stats can tell you things, for good or bad, that give you insight about non-obvious things about a player. General managers find advanced stats helpful in making contract and roster decisions. I'm not a GM and generally don't pay much attention to most of them. I can pretty much see the value of Sarah and Azzi without needing to resort to some of the more arcane stats that quantify what can be seen. I don't know what the stats say about Ashley's performance, nor do I care. I know I want that woman on my team and if the stats say I might be wrong about that well, the stats don't tell the right story.
 
RockyMTblue2 said:
For the life of me I will never understand how reasonably intelligent sports fans tolerate being fed sports statistics that require AI, a slide rule and a Quantum Physics professor to purport to make the stats comprehensible and of some utility.
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I would recommend against the quantum Physics professor, as patterns that don't exist would be forced and skew the relation equations, but I, for one, am pretty good with a slide rule... 🔥 😎 🔥

Go Huskies!!!
 
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When you see results like this, it's a testament to A: how good each individual is, and B: How good they function as a team. While one player (doesn't matter who with this team) is guarding someone, they have a better chance at a steal or causing a turnover because the other four players have their assignment so tightly covered. There's simply no easy pass to make. Hold on to the ball a second too long and you're done for when playing against UConn. The synergy makes everyone's stats even better. But this doesn't happen with players who aren't both really talented and really driven.
 
Dogdude said:
When you see results like this, it's a testament to A: how good each individual is, and B: How good they function as a team. While one player (doesn't matter who with this team) is guarding someone, they have a better chance at a steal or causing a turnover because the other four players have their assignment so tightly covered. There's simply no easy pass to make. Hold on to the ball a second too long and you're done for when playing against UConn. The synergy makes everyone's stats even better. But this doesn't happen with players who aren't both really talented and really driven.
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The term that got a lot of play last season relative to UConn’s defense, and became even more apparent this year is “connected.” Watch how fluid UConn players perform primary switches on the ball and secondary switches off the ball. See how many “opportunity traps” and double teams occur anywhere on the court at anytime.

This defense is connected, relentless and will be the leading factor for the Huskies should they win #13 this season.
 
I love stats, advanced or otherwise. The only caveat I have concerns the size of the data set. But at this point in the season we have a good sized set, which means lots of different stats can tell a whole bunch of stuff.

I also have no qualms whatsoever about suggesting that Azzi is a prime contender for NPoY. I will not complain one little bit if she gets the nod over Sarah.
 
The CDR-Ret said:
I would recommend against the quantum Physics professor, as patterns that don't exist would be forced and skew the relation equations, but I, for one, am pretty good with a slide rule... 🔥 😎 🔥

Go Huskies!!!
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Slide rule... used to be a looonnnggg time ago.
 
I recall Pitino or Calipari saying that one of their more important stats was deflections per game. He felt if they got 12 to 14 deflections a game they would probably win, since deflections disrupted the offensive flow.
 
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HuskyNan said:
I think it’s ok to have a thread celebrating Azzi and not have it seen as some kind of insult to Sarah. We all love them both
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Wasn't trying to detract from Azzi's stand alone position in the graph - I doubt a healthy Sarah would move much on the personal foul efficiency.

Just wondered if her Hakeem percentage would increase. It is a % which would presumably compensate for a decrease in minutes played, but not for health while on the court.
 
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