Guess who’s leading the country in assist-to-turnover ratio?

[HuskyNan]

For those who may not know, the A/TO ratio is the total number of assists divided by the total number of turnovers. An A/TO of 2:1, or 2 assists for every turnover, is considered ”ideal”

 

[DavidinNaples]

Great stats…!
Also please notice #15 and #20 on the list. Sarah has 51 assists and 18 to’s…. For a 2.83 a/to.
Paige is at 20 with 2.68 ratio…. 51 assists & 19 to’s… 3 Huskies in the top 20..!!
Go Huskies…!

P.S. If you are wondering about Juju Watkins, she has 57 assists, 41 turnovers…. 1.39 ratio.

 

[Jonathan14]

Way to go, KK! Also really impressed—though not surprised—to see Sarah and Paige in the top 20.

I was curious about Kaitlyn’s numbers and, through the Marquette game, she has 53 assists to 26 TOs, also putting her right at that ideal ratio Nan mentioned. Not too shabby!

 

[HuskyNan]

Way to go, KK! Also really impressed—though not surprised—to see Sarah and Paige in the top 20.

I was curious about Kaitlyn’s numbers and, through the Marquette game, she has 53 assists to 26 TOs, also putting her right at that ideal ratio Nan mentioned. Not too shabby!

UConn as a team is #1 in the country in A/TO

State of the stats, 1/4/25

Individual player rankings below, team rankings below that. Still not getting to the line enough

the-boneyard.com

 

[Just.A.Fan]

P.S. If you are wondering about Juju Watkins, she has 57 assists, 41 turnovers…. 1.39 ratio.

Psst - That's not Watkins forte ... it's scoring!

 

[DEpup]

Hmm. So A/TO check.... now can we work on rebounding and 3 pt defense?

 

[NycUcWbbFan]

The high-quality assists distribution supports observations of the state-of-the-team after 14 games and lends itself to some likely hypotheses &1 based on the following empirical data:

• Paige and Sarah (and Azzi, in time) are the best pass (point) players in Geno’s shoot-dribble-pass (motion)-pass (point) half-court read-and-react motion offense because they have the highest BBIQ and are the most-skilled; they need the least familiarity with other players for effective pass (point) and shooting results;
• (they are also the most effective scorers in the half-court — yeah, Azzi will be in their company soon);
• other (talented) players (excluding Kaitlyn and KK who are the primary point guards) will improve in their cohort composite statistics with greater maturity and familiarity with Geno’s system and each other;
• among the cohort composite statistics is the Hollinger Assist Ratio — a barometer that Geno’s team is probably among the nation’s best — since the team has a highly efficient high-assisted (with low-free throw attempts) scoring and low-turnover offense;
• and it will only get better when UConn is firing on all cylinders at a faster efficient sustained pace including a (belated) emphasis on improving cohort rebounding (Total Rebounding Percentage).

&1 Hypotheses such as:

• it seems that Geno’s early emphasis on the half-court, despite the team’s youth, resulted in slower but relatively efficient patchy pace with possessions in the mid-60s with quarters of excellent play interspersed with quarters of plodding play consistent with a young and rapidly maturing roster;
• Geno in the Marquette post-game interview said that efficient half-court possessions naturally jump starts the press, so it stands to reason that a sustained press is more noticeable lately (since the 2nd half of the USC game);
• UConn is on a remarkable virtuous cycle towards post-season form;
• Kaitlyn’s and KK’s assists and ATO numbers are explainable by the cohort game play characteristics (above) of when they are on the floor;
• It is perhaps for the better that Kaitlyn starts and KK (with Aubrey later on) enters the game as the ultimate pace changers (and more assists in the open court) against tired or less-inexperienced opponents;
• Having two quality primary point guards leads to the sustained efficient aggression of a Geno postseason team.

 

[Doctor G]

Imaginé how good these ratios will be once the team starts shooting better.

 

[my2cents]

The pace of the game changes when KK is in it. Not my decision if she should start, but she is earning more minutes.

 

[PhillyCoach]

Excellent numbers. What caught my eye was 14 out of the top 20 were Seniors!! Experience, IQ and talent is necessary to reach these numbers. For the most part, It takes 4 to 5 years to reach that level of skill. KK did it in two and Sara in one year. Wow!