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Probably a game that we should have won by more, but a win is a win. While Vilanova doesn't look like a great team, Kenpom has them at #51 which would be a Quad 2 win on a neutral court, but if they can get into top 50 it becomes a Quad 1 win.
Some notes about stats since it's a new season:
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Some notes about stats since it's a new season:
- In my box score I moved TO to be right after Assists since that's how Yahoo Sports is organizing it. ESPN is showing it in a completely different way compared to past years, and I'm trying to completely avoid ESPN right now if I can help it
- PER is my own calculation for Player Efficiency Rating that I've developed over the years and I continue to tweak it. In general, 10+ is a good game and 20+ is a really good game
- GSc is Hollinger's measure of productivity, on a scale of 0-40. It's a pretty well known formula, although quite basic and outdated IMO.
- TS% is True Shooting Percentage. It basically shows how many points per FGA a player is making, so if you are good at 3s and FTs, it really helps your percentage, and yes, it can be above 100%. I only award the best/worst to players that have made at least 3 shot attempts in a game.
- ORtg is Offensive Rating; a complicated calculation that estimates a player's total offensive contribution, including points from shots, assists, and offensive rebounds.
- DRtg is Defensive Rating, the same as above except it measures a player's total defensive contribution.
- Saunders was sick and missed the morning shoot around, not sure how much that really impacted though
- I lost count of how many times I heard that AJ likes to drive left. I got it. That being said, he does need to learn to drive to the right (yes I know he's left handed)
- We should have rebounded better
- We got very few assists - per another comment, yeah, we were playing too much hero ball
- Our own TOs were very low, so that's great. Just 3 TOs is fantastic.
- Player of the Game - Richie Saunders. He had the best PER and had an all-around good game, which was great to see after a subpar two exhibition games. He could have shot better (47.4% TS%), but his rebounds, assists, steals, and no TOs is what won him this award
- Best GSc - Dybansta - He took over when everyone else was cold. A few misses at the rim hurt him (although he wasn't the only one guilty of that). 3 assists to zero TOs shows he's a good ball handler. Gotta hit those FTs.
- Best TS% - Keita. I'll take 11 points on 80% shooting every night.
- Best ORtg - Ketia. When you're efficient on scoring and grab offensive rebounds, you win this award
- Best DRtg - Mboup. I like what I see from him and I think he's capable of doing more offensively too.
- Struggled to Perform - Dawson Baker. 5 points, but nothing else in 15 minutes of play. If all you are is a shooter/scorer, then you better be really good at it.
- Worst GSc - Also Baker
- Worst TS% - Wright III. He's gotta be smarter about trying to score against 3 big guys. He can do it sometimes....Also, can he hit a 3?
- Worst ORtg - Mboup. Didn't attempt a shot or get an offensive rebound.
- Worst DRtg - Baker.
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