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Message: [QUOTE="NycUcWbbFan, post: 5160919, member: 13453"] The high-quality assists distribution supports observations of the [URL='https://the-boneyard.com/threads/marquette-postgame-thread.204634/post-5158600']state-of-the-team[/URL] after 14 games and lends itself to some likely hypotheses &1 based on the following empirical data: [LIST] [*]Paige and Sarah (and Azzi, in time) are the best [URL='https://the-boneyard.com/threads/pg-for-this-season-paige-azzi-kk-kaitlyn-morgan.202465/post-5080346']pass (point)[/URL] 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 [URL='https://www.fromtherumbleseat.com/pages/advanced-basketball-statistics-formula-sheet']cohort composite statistics[/URL] with greater maturity and familiarity with Geno’s system and each other; [*]among the cohort composite statistics is the [URL='https://www.fromtherumbleseat.com/pages/advanced-basketball-statistics-formula-sheet']Hollinger Assist Ratio[/URL] — a [B]barometer[/B] 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 [URL='https://the-boneyard.com/threads/state-of-the-stats-1-4-25.204705/']offense[/URL]; [*]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 ([URL='https://www.fromtherumbleseat.com/pages/advanced-basketball-statistics-formula-sheet']Total Rebounding Percentage[/URL]). [/LIST] &1 Hypotheses such as: [LIST] [*]it seems that Geno’s early emphasis on the half-court, despite the team’s youth, resulted in slower but relatively efficient patchy [URL='https://the-boneyard.com/threads/uconn-oregon-state-postgame-thread.203757/post-5126905']pace[/URL] 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 [URL='https://the-boneyard.com/threads/its-all-about-the-terrible-threes-or-is-it.204576/#post-5157218']Geno postseason team[/URL]. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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