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Message: [QUOTE="YKCornelius, post: 5355406, member: 9864"] David, I found your NISE presentation to be quite thought-provoking. I love the simplicity in it, and as I mentioned in my response to Puppy Love, I think the figures can sometimes point/underscore other storylines or perceptions. Let me explain: I used your formula to compare two aspects of the results. First, I compared the 2024-25 NISE of the top players in many of the top programs. What I found is that a majority of these players had NISE values slightly above 1.00, which was not surprising to me. (As an aside, the closest NISE score I found to Sarah Strong was 1.15 from Gianna Kneepkens. We truly have a Sensational Sophomore!). So I took a closer look at those "top players" that [B]did not[/B] have a NISE above 1.00 to see if anything popped out. Suffice to say, interesting storylines appeared, especially when I compared the second aspect: the NISE scores of these "top players" against the overall NISE score of their team. Here are three examples of the hidden storylines: - Juju Watkins had a relatively poor NISE score of 0.915, not just in comparison to most other top players across WCBB, but also in comparison to USC's overall NISE score of 0.939. Her efficiency was way below her teammates: Avery Howell (1.106), Kayleigh Heckel (0.958), Kiki Iriafen (0.942), Rayah Marshall (0.929) and Kennedy Smith (0.927). Conclusion: the nation's fourth leading scorer's 42.6/32.5/82.0 shooting percentages masked her overall inefficiency, especially relative to those of her teammates. This should have been addressed and corrected by Lindsey Gottleib. IMO, this helps explain why Howell and Heckel quickly sought out other options. - Ta'Niya Latson had an even greater disparity between her NISE (0.925) and that of FSU's overall NISE score (0.961). The next three top scorers for FSU (who all had double-digit averages by the way) had NISE scores [U]well above[/U] Latson's: Makayla Timpson at 1.002, O'Mariah Gordon at 0.980, and Sydney Bowles at 0.997. Conclusion: The nation's leading scorer shot the ball way too much for the Seminoles last year. The average fan looking simply at Ta'Niya's 45.1/34.3/81.8 percentages without comparison to her teammates might conclude her high volume shooting was justified. IMO, it wasn't and NISE underscores this contention. - Behind UConn, Notre Dame had the second highest NISE of Top Twenty programs at 1.024 (As another aside, UCLA was the only other program above 1.000 (at 1.004). Of their eight rotational players, Irish had four above the team average (Sonia Citron at 1.077, Olivia Miles at 1.076, Liza Karlen at 1.056, and Maddie Westbeld at 1.032) and one close to team average (Liatu King at 1.021). The other three? Hannah Hidalgo at 0.988, Cass Prosper at 0.916 and Kate Koval at 0.868. Conclusions: (1) Hannah Hidalgo shot the ball way too much. Her 46.3/40.0/85.6 percentages are - at best - comparable to Miles' 48.3/40.6/79.0 and Citron's 48.4/37.2/89.0, but do not justify shooting approximately 200 more field goal attempts than each of her stellar teammates. (2) How much of Hannah's ball dominance drove the downfall of the Irish in the latter half of the season? How does this translate into this year? Thanks for dreaming up this NISE score. When used in a certain context, I find it illuminating. Good stuff! [/QUOTE]

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