Have watched the game 2.5x through now and I did some positive/negative play charting.
A non-exhaustive list of positive plays are nice takes, noteworthy passes (not necessarily just assists), offensive or contested rebounds, strong 1v1 defense, drawing fouls, steals, denials, blocks, especially strong screens. Negative plays are sloppy plays, bad passes, lazy efforts, poor communication, awareness, or positioning on D, bricking wide open shots (missing the right contested shot is neutral), actual detrimental fouls (not just what was called). Sometimes a positive and negative play will cancel out on same play (eg Sanogo passes out of double team to open cutting Newton, gets a pass back from Newton and airballs a floater). Even if net result of the play is positive/negative I'm looking at the cumulative individual processes not the result.
Name (Positive/Negative, Net)
Newton - 12/8 +4 - Better stretch in last 10 minutes of game. Couple nice passes, couple wide open bricks from 3. Quietly used 2nd most possessions on team behind Sanogo. Drew 12.9 fouls per 40.
Hawkins - 6/2 +4 - Shot was slightly off, but liked the aggression. Had a couple nice defensive moments in limited action.
Alleyne - 9/5 +4 - Strong defense, missed a few wide open shots. Good team passing and transition work. 6.9% steal rate in this game (although got credit for a couple steals off Diarra deflections).
Samson - 4/4 +0 - Bad fouls, needs to use his brain more and hands less on D. Not that involved in the game. Hands were shaky too. Couple orebs. Made all 3 of his FTs.
Sanogo - 18/2 +16, MVP - Wrote down 2 "All-American plays". The catch and bank finish on ATO play and face up lefty drive dunk. Monster rebounding and efficiency numbers.
Diarra - 16/8 +8 - I wrote down first to the floor 3x and dove a couple additional times. Couple nice crossovers and nice takes, couple missed layups and wide open shots. Absolutely a menace to ballhandlers. The most "involved" player of the game, alongside Clingan. Big impact. 48% assist rate is Trae Young esque and 5.9% steal rate.
Karaban - 18/5 +13 - Really strong performance in a debut. Passing was outstanding, especially in middle of zone. Defense was mostly very good, too, forced a couple bad passes with pressure. Hits a few more open looks and he might've been the MVP. Got on the glass a bit too. 17.6% assist rate to 10% turnover rate.
Clingan - 17/8 +9 - Warps the game when he's in there. Per minute production is going to be high. Passing was really good. We're going to hit a lot of 3s off his kickouts. Monster on the glass. Turnovers will be a small issue. The PnR D absolutely needs work as Hurley has mentioned, caught in no man's land a few times. But rim protection was elite. 30% block % for Clingan would be an NCAA record.
Calcaterra - 4/7 -3 - Not a great game for Calcaterra. He was left on an island a few times on defense on back cuts, which wasn't totally his fault. Also had to guard an athletic 6'6" wing a few times since Hawkins/Jackson were out which is not a great matchup for a slim 6'3" guy. A couple bad passes and catches. But made shots from 3. Expecting better games in the future.
You guys, I think this Sanogo guy is really good. We're a much, much better passing team than we've been in years and Jackson didn't even play. Sanogo has improved his passing a bit and Karaban/Clingan are elite passers for their positions and age. Woe to any teams that try to zone us. It's Stonehill, but rebounded well on both ends. Forced a ton of turnovers, Diarra is going to be our best perimeter defender since Vital. Mostly made our FTs.
A non-exhaustive list of positive plays are nice takes, noteworthy passes (not necessarily just assists), offensive or contested rebounds, strong 1v1 defense, drawing fouls, steals, denials, blocks, especially strong screens. Negative plays are sloppy plays, bad passes, lazy efforts, poor communication, awareness, or positioning on D, bricking wide open shots (missing the right contested shot is neutral), actual detrimental fouls (not just what was called). Sometimes a positive and negative play will cancel out on same play (eg Sanogo passes out of double team to open cutting Newton, gets a pass back from Newton and airballs a floater). Even if net result of the play is positive/negative I'm looking at the cumulative individual processes not the result.
Name (Positive/Negative, Net)
Newton - 12/8 +4 - Better stretch in last 10 minutes of game. Couple nice passes, couple wide open bricks from 3. Quietly used 2nd most possessions on team behind Sanogo. Drew 12.9 fouls per 40.
Hawkins - 6/2 +4 - Shot was slightly off, but liked the aggression. Had a couple nice defensive moments in limited action.
Alleyne - 9/5 +4 - Strong defense, missed a few wide open shots. Good team passing and transition work. 6.9% steal rate in this game (although got credit for a couple steals off Diarra deflections).
Samson - 4/4 +0 - Bad fouls, needs to use his brain more and hands less on D. Not that involved in the game. Hands were shaky too. Couple orebs. Made all 3 of his FTs.
Sanogo - 18/2 +16, MVP - Wrote down 2 "All-American plays". The catch and bank finish on ATO play and face up lefty drive dunk. Monster rebounding and efficiency numbers.
Diarra - 16/8 +8 - I wrote down first to the floor 3x and dove a couple additional times. Couple nice crossovers and nice takes, couple missed layups and wide open shots. Absolutely a menace to ballhandlers. The most "involved" player of the game, alongside Clingan. Big impact. 48% assist rate is Trae Young esque and 5.9% steal rate.
Karaban - 18/5 +13 - Really strong performance in a debut. Passing was outstanding, especially in middle of zone. Defense was mostly very good, too, forced a couple bad passes with pressure. Hits a few more open looks and he might've been the MVP. Got on the glass a bit too. 17.6% assist rate to 10% turnover rate.
Clingan - 17/8 +9 - Warps the game when he's in there. Per minute production is going to be high. Passing was really good. We're going to hit a lot of 3s off his kickouts. Monster on the glass. Turnovers will be a small issue. The PnR D absolutely needs work as Hurley has mentioned, caught in no man's land a few times. But rim protection was elite. 30% block % for Clingan would be an NCAA record.
Calcaterra - 4/7 -3 - Not a great game for Calcaterra. He was left on an island a few times on defense on back cuts, which wasn't totally his fault. Also had to guard an athletic 6'6" wing a few times since Hawkins/Jackson were out which is not a great matchup for a slim 6'3" guy. A couple bad passes and catches. But made shots from 3. Expecting better games in the future.
You guys, I think this Sanogo guy is really good. We're a much, much better passing team than we've been in years and Jackson didn't even play. Sanogo has improved his passing a bit and Karaban/Clingan are elite passers for their positions and age. Woe to any teams that try to zone us. It's Stonehill, but rebounded well on both ends. Forced a ton of turnovers, Diarra is going to be our best perimeter defender since Vital. Mostly made our FTs.
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