January: Other NCAA Games

[RuffRuff]

Kansas’ lack of perimeter shooting has been a pretty glaring weakness this season. I’m sure Self did not expect Dickinson and Storr to just fall off a cliff in that regard. Makes it far too easy to collapse on Dickinson in the paint. Griffen is a good shooter off their bench but definitely a weaker point defensively. They need some of these guys to pick up their shooting quickly.

There is something off with Self and the Portal - gets guys and then just socks them to the bench. He has no idea how to assimilate them. Then there's Barnes who takes them and makes them his centerpiece, successfully. This evaluation clearly is more of an art than a science.

Right now it feels like the all portal team to date is:

Haggerty - Memphis
Lanier - Tennessee
UK team

Seems the trend that works is taking rising players from mid majors or low end high, or out of highs that currently have a bad coach/system (ie Reed). Guys like Griffen and Storr are available for a reason.

 

[RuffRuff]

Charmin Ultra Soft team. They're 360th in the country in free throws attempted this season.

Uconn is 230th, so not quite Charmin, maybe one less ply.

KenPom’s Four Factors are widely regarded as a predictor of success:

1. Effective Field Goal Percentage (eFG%)
2. Turnover Percentage (offense and defense)
3. Offensive Rebound Percentage
4. Free Throw Rate

The only one that I'm seeing this Uconn team excels in is #1.

 

[navery12]

Uconn is 230th, so not quite Charmin, maybe one less ply.

KenPom’s Four Factors are widely regarded as a predictor of success:

1. Effective Field Goal Percentage (eFG%)
2. Turnover Percentage (offense and defense)
3. Offensive Rebound Percentage
4. Free Throw Rate

The only one that I'm seeing this Uconn team excels in is #1.

This UConn team is also very good at 2 and 3 on this list too, even if they're not elite. The only weak spot is free throw rate, and we've already seen that's not a detrimental factor the last 2 years

 

[superjohn]

Uconn is 230th, so not quite Charmin, maybe one less ply.

KenPom’s Four Factors are widely regarded as a predictor of success:

1. Effective Field Goal Percentage (eFG%)
2. Turnover Percentage (offense and defense)
3. Offensive Rebound Percentage
4. Free Throw Rate

The only one that I'm seeing this Uconn team excels in is #1.

We're probably the best passing team in the country, we make our shots and we make our free throws.

We have the #3 most efficient offense in the country, it's exactly where the UConn offense was last season. Defense is where we need to improve. Kansas has the #100 most efficient offense in the country.

 

[HooperScooper]

Uconn is 230th, so not quite Charmin, maybe one less ply.

KenPom’s Four Factors are widely regarded as a predictor of success:

1. Effective Field Goal Percentage (eFG%)
2. Turnover Percentage (offense and defense)
3. Offensive Rebound Percentage
4. Free Throw Rate

The only one that I'm seeing this Uconn team excels in is #1.

Pretty good at #3 also. See #7 in the linked article.

Transition defense can be a bit of a noisy stat that's buffed up by 3-point variance, especially against buy-game competition in non-conference play, but there are 11 teams that rate in the top-30 in fewest transition points per game allowed while also securing over 34% of its misses.

1. SMU
2. Tennessee
3. UConn
4. Iowa State
5. Utah
6. Drake
7. Clemson
8. Duke
9. Missouri State
10. Utah State
11. Saint Mary's

Trotter's 10 Trends: Inside Arizona's offensive dichotomy, how Ian Jackson is sparking UNC and top takeaways

Baylor's 3-point defense and San Diego State's internal development are other trends that Isaac Trotter is tracking

www.cbssports.com

 

[Brochacho]

I get so agitated every time I see a Colorado score. That team is cheeks and might not win a B12 game. Baffled we lost that.

 

[Hey Adrien!]

So uhhhhh Rahsool Diggins scored 46 points tonight

Triple OT game at Fordham during their 100th Anniversary celebration of the opening of Rose Hill. Pretty awesome and glad to see the A-10 ending up a real nice level of play for him to show up.

 

[HooperScooper]

Triple OT game at Fordham during their 100th Anniversary celebration of the opening of Rose Hill. Pretty awesome and glad to see the A-10 ending up a real nice level of play for him to show up.

An entire thread devoted to this

OT: Rahsool (UMass-Fordham)

It’s a glorious mess of a game - third overtime, nine players have already fouled out, 120 free throws(!) - but Rahsool has 44 points for UMass tonight. They’re down 117-114 midway through the third OT.

www.the-boneyard.com

 

[BigTenFan]

Kansas’ lack of perimeter shooting has been a pretty glaring weakness this season. I’m sure Self did not expect Dickinson and Storr to just fall off a cliff in that regard. Makes it far too easy to collapse on Dickinson in the paint. Griffen is a good shooter off their bench but definitely a weaker point defensively. They need some of these guys to pick up their shooting quickly.

Storr on his 3rd team- just there for the paycheck

 

[RuffRuff]

 

[gsmooth]

Storr on his 3rd team- just there for the paycheck

I was never really impressed with the guy going back to his days at St. John's. He had a horrible first round game last year vs James Madison. Look at his stat here:

AJ Storr Career Stats - NCAAM - ESPN

Complete career NCAAM stats for the Kansas Jayhawks Guard AJ Storr on ESPN. Includes points, rebounds, and assists.

www.espn.com

This could not have been what Bill Self had in mind when he recruited him through the transfer portal.