Going through some of the advanced stats websites this morning and just thought I'd share a few things that jumped out:
Assist rate: We currently sit #1 in the country in the percentage of our baskets that are assisted (an insane 71.4%). We're obviously a better passing team than we've been any time lately but this is also due to:
Three point rate: We're #15 in the percentage of our shots that are threes (50.8%). Not only that, we've really heated up from beyond the arc and have jumped all the way up to #41 in 3pt% at 38%. I was getting a little worried that we weren't going to be as good from beyond the arc as we hoped we'd be but we've done a better job of taking good shots, making the extra pass the find the more open player, and having the right guys (namely Dominguez and not Agee) taking the shots. Speaking of Dominguez...
En Fuego: Despite a Defensive BPR (per EvanMiya) that's the worst on the team other than Isaacs, Dominguez has the second highest overall BPR thanks to his absolutely nuclear three point shooting lately. His numbers are even better on Torvik's PORPAGATU!, which is basically a fancy basketball version of an offensive WAR in which Dominguez sits as one of the top 75 players in college basketball. I figured Dominguez was going to take a couple of months to adjust to college basketball but it seems like he's found his footing. Even if being a three point sniper is all he does, just having someone on the floor that the defense can't leave (though Florida State continued to for some reason...) should open things up for everyone else.
Lane's hidden value: If someone asked you who our best players have been so far, I think most people say something like Dominguez, obviously, then Marcus Hill and Rashaun Agee even though Agee has been absolutely ice cold beyond the arc or maybe Rylan Griffen. Yet, by EvanMiya's BPR our most valuable isn't any of these guys, it's Jacari Lane. Lane has a great assist rate at 33.7%, which is second on the team to Holloway, but Holloway turns the ball over at a much higher rate. I don't expect this number to hold all season, but it's interesting at this point, the data is pretty clear that our offense is better when Lane is on the floor.
Turnover bailout: Our defense is improving a bit across the board, with a profile that now looks more mediocre that truly bad, but it's buoyed into "actually kinda good" territory because we currently sit #9 in the country in turnover percentage. Now, this number being THIS high is due in large part to Texas southern and Mississippi Valley State apparently not knowing how wide the court is, but even without those two games it would be pretty high. We've forced a turnover percentage of at least 20% in every game except Oklahoma State.
Anything else jumping out to y'all?
Assist rate: We currently sit #1 in the country in the percentage of our baskets that are assisted (an insane 71.4%). We're obviously a better passing team than we've been any time lately but this is also due to:
Three point rate: We're #15 in the percentage of our shots that are threes (50.8%). Not only that, we've really heated up from beyond the arc and have jumped all the way up to #41 in 3pt% at 38%. I was getting a little worried that we weren't going to be as good from beyond the arc as we hoped we'd be but we've done a better job of taking good shots, making the extra pass the find the more open player, and having the right guys (namely Dominguez and not Agee) taking the shots. Speaking of Dominguez...
En Fuego: Despite a Defensive BPR (per EvanMiya) that's the worst on the team other than Isaacs, Dominguez has the second highest overall BPR thanks to his absolutely nuclear three point shooting lately. His numbers are even better on Torvik's PORPAGATU!, which is basically a fancy basketball version of an offensive WAR in which Dominguez sits as one of the top 75 players in college basketball. I figured Dominguez was going to take a couple of months to adjust to college basketball but it seems like he's found his footing. Even if being a three point sniper is all he does, just having someone on the floor that the defense can't leave (though Florida State continued to for some reason...) should open things up for everyone else.
Lane's hidden value: If someone asked you who our best players have been so far, I think most people say something like Dominguez, obviously, then Marcus Hill and Rashaun Agee even though Agee has been absolutely ice cold beyond the arc or maybe Rylan Griffen. Yet, by EvanMiya's BPR our most valuable isn't any of these guys, it's Jacari Lane. Lane has a great assist rate at 33.7%, which is second on the team to Holloway, but Holloway turns the ball over at a much higher rate. I don't expect this number to hold all season, but it's interesting at this point, the data is pretty clear that our offense is better when Lane is on the floor.
Turnover bailout: Our defense is improving a bit across the board, with a profile that now looks more mediocre that truly bad, but it's buoyed into "actually kinda good" territory because we currently sit #9 in the country in turnover percentage. Now, this number being THIS high is due in large part to Texas southern and Mississippi Valley State apparently not knowing how wide the court is, but even without those two games it would be pretty high. We've forced a turnover percentage of at least 20% in every game except Oklahoma State.
Anything else jumping out to y'all?
