Thursday, March 31, 2011

FINAL-4 PT IV | CONFERENCE PLAY & EFFICIENCY ASSESMENTS

2011 NCAA FINAL FOUR

Leaving no stone un-unturned - whether these are seen/heard/read or utilized in any way or not (If a capper 'stats' in the woods & no one there to hear it.....lol).   

We must compile them for the blogger, & get every number under the microscope to before writeups, & handicap the sharp edges off all the numbers of these electrifying Final Four Games.

Only aspect left after this piece of work:
Assessing 4 Teams Frontcourt Numbers, & we'll get into those shortly.

OFFENSIVE EFFICIENCY
7.  UKY 1.191 O-PPP
11. CON 1.172 O-PPP
29. VCU 1.132 O-PPP
32. BTL 1.127 O-PPP


DEFENSIVE EFFICIENCY
20. UKY 0.910 D-PPP
28. CON 0.922 D-PPP
59. BTL 0.955 D-PPP
88. VCU 0.977 D-PPP



EFFICIENT FG%
35.  UKY 52.7%
72.  VCU 51.2%
84.  BTL 50.9%
200. CON 48.5%



EFFICIENT FG% DEFENSE
9.   UKY 44.2%
21. CON 45.1%
136. BTL 48.5%
185. VCU 49.4%


FREE-THROW%
16.  CON 76%
72.  BTL 72.5%
102. VCU 71.643%
104. UKY 71.63%


3-POINT SHOOTING
7.    UKY 40%
55.  VCU 37%
100. BTL 35.6%
201. CON 33.7%


3-POINT SHOOTING DEFENSE
65.  BTL 32.4%
83.  UKY 32.8%
89.  CON 32.9%
117. VCU 33.5%


3-POINT-DISTRIBUTION
22. VCU 35.4%
70. BTL 31.5%
114. UKY 29.2%
246. CON 24.4%


FT-POINT-DISTRIBUTION
152. BTL 21.4%
174. CON 21.1%
203. VCU 20.7%
242. UKY 19.9%
(1-10, cc. STATS, LLC)



REBOUNDING | AVG MARGIN/GM
1. CON +4.3 Reb/Gm
2. UKY +3.7 Reb/Gm
3. BTL +3.2 Reb/Gm
4. VCU -3.8 Reb/Gm



OFFENSIVE REBOUNDING%
7.     CON 38.5%
122. UKY 33.7%
160. BTL 32.5%
218. VCU 31.2% 

(cc. Ken Pom)


ASSIST|TURNOVER RATIO%
25. VCU 1.28
50. UKY 1.19
59. CON 1.17
96. BTL 1.09


EFFECTIVE HEIGHT
12.  CON +3.4" Above Avg Height
65.  UKY +1.6" Above Avg Height
147. BTL +0.407" Above Avg Height
149. VCU +0.4" Above Avg Height 


DEPTH
193. CON 70.2% Minutes Logged by Starters
234. BTL 71.9% Minutes Logged by Starters
258. VCU 72.9% Minutes Logged by Starters
334. UKY 79.6% Minutes Logged by Starters


TEMPO (Covered this)
ALL FINAL-4 TMS IN SLOWEST 3/5ths of D-I TMS 
(2010-2011 Season) Fastest to Slowest
202. VCU 66.1 Poss/Gm
209. UKY 66.0 Poss/Gm
225. CON 65.7 Poss/Gm
270. BTL 64.6 Poss/Gm


These Tms Tempo numbers are remarkably bunched
All w/in 1½ Possessions of one another (Reg Season #'s)


Can't recall this many similarities among Final Four Teams
(cc Ken Pom, 11, 12 & 14-16)

2010-2011 FINAL FOUR TEAMS CONFERENCE RESULTS

11 VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH RAMS 28-11

VCU Regular Season Colonial Conference Record: 12-6

VCU Finished 4th Colonial Athletic Association

VCU Lost 70-65 to ODU in CAA Tourney Final

8 BUTLER BULLDOGS 27-9

Butler Regular Season Horizon League Record: 13-5

Butler Finished Horizon League in 3-Way Tie for 1st Place.
(Tied w/Wisconsin-Milwaukee & Cleveland State).

Butler Won 3rd Consecutive Horizon League Tournament Championship, overcoming #1 Seed Wisconsin-Milwaukee on Panthers Home Floor, 59-44 at "The Cell" in Milwaukee.

Bulldogs automatic NCAA Entry, turned out to be only NCAA participant from Horizon League.

KENTUCKY WILDCATS 29-8


Kentucky Regular Season SEC Conference Record: 10-6

Kentucky 3rd Best Conference Record (Ky 2nd | SEC-East)

Kentucky rolled to SEC Conference Title w/wire-to-wire 70-54 Win over #1 Seed Florida.  Cats' 3 solid Conference Tourney Wins averaged 13 points each.

3 CONNECTICUT HUSKIES 30-9

UConn Regular Season Big East Conference Record: 9-9

UConn Finished 9th in 16 Team Big East Conference 

UConn engineered a near-impossible, undeniably astonishing 5 Game in 5 Night w/5 Win Run to capture Big East Tournament Championship, Beating Louisville 69-66 in MSG, NYC. The Huskies' Kemba Walker staged a one-man assault on Big-East Teams, scoring 26 PPG in New York City

UConn's 5 Wins | Big East Championship Scores:

  • DePaul, 97-71
  • Georgetown, 79-62
  • Pittsburgh (#1 Seed) 76-74
  • Syracuse in OT, 76-71 and finally
  • Louisville, 69-66
All the best, guys

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

FINAL-4 BREAKDOWN PT-III

2011 NCAA FINAL FOUR

Saturday, April 2, 2011 | TV-CBS
Reliant Stadium | Houston, Texas

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GAME #1

6:09 PM, EDT | TV-CBS

8 Butler Bulldogs
     27-9 | 12-6 Conference (20-14 ATS)

11 Virginia Commonwealth Rams
     28-11 | 15-6 Conference (18-20 ATS)

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GAME #2
5:49 PM, EDT | TV-CBS

4 Kentucky Wildcats 
   29-8 | 13-6 Conference (16-16 ATS)

3 Connecticut Huskies
   30-9 | 14-9 Conference (21-12 ATS)
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STARTING 1's

4 UKY 6-3 | 187 Fr Brandon Knight 
3 CON 6-1 | 172 Jr Kemba Walker

11 VCU 5-10 | 174 Sr Joey Rodriguez 
8 BTL 6-3 | 221 Jr Sheldon Mack


STARTING 2's

4 UKY 6-4 | 197 Fr Doron Lamb  
3 CON 6-0 | 169 Fr Shabazz Napier

11 VCU 6-2 | 185 Sr Brandon Rozzell  
8 BTL 6-0 | 171 Sr Shawn Vanzant

STARTING 3's

4 UKY 6-6 | 218 Jr DeAndre Liggins 
3 CON 6-5 | 188 Fr Jeremy Lamb

11 VCU 6-4 | 210 Sr Ed Nixon 
8 BTL 6-0 | 173 Jr Ronald Nored

STARTING 4's

4 UKY 6-7 | 228 Jr Darius Miller 
3 CON 6-8 | 206 Fr Roscoe Smith

11 VCU 6-5 | 227 Jr Bradford Burgess 
8 BTL 6-8 | 233 Sr Matt Howard

 STARTING 5's


4 UKY 6-8 | 241 Fr Terrance Jones 
3 CON 6-9 | 244 Soph Alex Oriakhi

11 VCU 6-9 | 246 Sr Jamie Skeen 
8 BTL 6-11 | 243 Soph Andrew Smith

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NCAA TOURNEY GAME DETAILS

POINTSPREAD RECORDS | STREAKS

1. VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH 5-0 ATS TRN
Rams Favored All But-1 Tourney Gm  
Rams Avg Spread | VCU +5.6
(VCU was -11/2 vs So Cal, Play-In Gm/Dayton)

2. BUTLER 4-0 ATS TOURNEY 
Bulldogs Won 6 in a Row, ATS
Bulldogs Won 13 in a Row Overall
Bulldogs 'Dogs Every Tourney Gm 
Bulldogs Avg Spread | Butler +4.375

3. CONNECTICUT 3-1 ATS TOURNEY 
Huskies Failed to Cover Last Gm vs AZ by Half-Pt
Huskies Covered 8x Row till AZ
Huskies Won 9x Row Overall
Huskies Favored All 4 Tourney Gms
Huskies Avg Spread | UConn -4.5


4. KENTUCKY 3-1 ATS TOURNEY 
'Cats Covered Last 3x Row ATS'Cats 7-1 ATS Last 8
'Cats Won 10x in a Row Overall
'Cats Favored 3 of 4 Tourney
'Cats Avg Spread | Ky -3.125


VICTORY MARGIN
  1. CONNECTICUT +12.25 PPG
  2. VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH +12 PPG 
  3. KENTUCKY +4.75 PPG
  4. BUTLER +3.25 PPG


TOURNEY SCORING PPG AVG
  1. VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH 74 PPG
  2. CONNECTICUT 72.25 PPG
  3. KENTUCKY 67 PPG
  4. BUTLER 66.5 PPG


TOURNEY OPPONENT PPG AVG
  1. CONNECTICUT 60 PPG ALWD
  2. VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH 62 PPG ALWD
  3. KENTUCKY 62.25 PPG ALWD
  4. BUTLER 63.25 PPG ALWD


2010-2011 SEASON AVG's

2010-2011 VICTORY MARGIN 
  1. KENTUCKY +11.7
  2. CONNECTICUT +7.6
  2. BUTLER +7.6
  4. VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH +5.1


2010-2011 TEAM SCORING PPG AVG 
  1. KENTUCKY 75.4 PPG
  2. CONNECTICUT 73.3 PPG
  3. BUTLER 72.1 PPG
  4. VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH 71.8 PPG


2010-2011 OPPONENT PPG AVG 
  1. KENTUCKY 63.7 OPP PPG ALWD
  2. BUTLER 64.5 OPP PPG ALWD
  3. CONNECTICUT 65.7 OPP PPG ALWD
  4. VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH 66.7 OPP PPG ALWD

Sunday, March 27, 2011

SUNDAY ELITE-8 MATCH-UPS | 2 FINAL FOUR SPOTS REMAINING

Sunday, March 27, 2011 | 2:17 PM, EDT | CBS-TV
2011 NCAA EAST REGIONAL FINAL

Prudential Center | Newark, New Jersey

4 KENTUCKY WILDCATS 28-8 | 10-6 Cf (16-15 ATS)
2 NORTH CAROLINA TAR HEELS 29-7 | 16-3 Cf (17-16 ATS)


UK 'Cats

SEC Conference (East) 2nd Place Regular Season
SEC Tournament Champions

KENTUCKY WILDCATS LINEUP

KY 6-3 | 185 Fr Brandon Knight
  • 17.4 PPG
KY 6-4 | 195 Fr Doron Lamb

KY 6-6 | 210 Jr DeAndre Liggins

KY 6-7 | 228 Jr Darius Miller

KY 6-8 | 244 Fr Terrence Jones
  • 16.1 PPG

UK Bench

KY 6-10 | 287 Sr Josh Harrellson
  • #6 NCAA OTR: Offensive Efficiency Rate
  • Over 60% True & Effective Shooting
  • #8 O-Reb Rate (15.2%)
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UNC Heels

ACC Conference Regular Season Outright Champion
ACC Tournament Runner-up


NORTH CAROLINA TAR HEELS LINEUP

UNC 6-3 | 186 Fr Kendall Marshall

UNC 6-3 | 180 So Dexter Strickland

UNC 6-8 | 210 Fr Harrison Barnes
  • 15.5 PPG
UNC 6-10 | 210 So John Henson
  • #9 Most Rebounds NCAA (353)
  • #4 NCAA Most Blocks (113)
UNC 7-0 | 250 Jr Tyler Zeller
  • 15.3 PPG
  • 54.4% FG
  • #9 Most Rebounds NCAA (353)
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Sunday, March 27, 2011 | 5:15 PM, EDT | CBS-TV
2011 NCAA SOUTHWEST REGIONAL FINAL

Alamodome | San Antonio, Texas

11 VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH 27-11 | 12-6 Cf (17-20 ATS)1 KANSAS JAYHAWKS 35-2 | 17-2 Cf (18-17 ATS)

KU Jayhawks

BIG-XII Ouright Regular Season & Tournament Champions

KANSAS JAYHAWKS LINEUP

KU 6-3 | 185 Jr Tyshawn Taylor

KU 6-3 | 185 Sr Brady Morningstar

KU 6-3 | 185 Sr Tyrel Reed
  • #11 OTR | Offensive Efficiency Rating (NCAA)
  • 17.3 PPG
KU 6-8 | 225 Jr Marcus Morris

KU 6-9 | 232 Jr Markieff Morris
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VCU Rams

CAA Conference 4th Place Regular Season
CAA Tournament Runner-up


VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH RAMS LINEUP

VCU 5-10 | 175 Sr Joey Rodriguez
  • 2.3 Asst|T-Over Ratio
VCU 6-2 | 190 Sr Brandon Rozzell

VCU 6-4 | 210 Sr Ed Nixon

VCU 6-5 | 225 Jr Bradford Burgess
  • #5 Min Played (1369)
  • 14.1 PPG
  • 49% FG
VCU 6-9 | 240 Sr Jamie Skeen
  • 15.2 PPG
  • 52.6% FG

Saturday, March 26, 2011

ELITE-8 KEY OFFENSIVE STATISTICS

QUICK POST-SEASON STAT UPDATE

FT's | 3's | OFFENSE

ELITE-8 TEAM KEY RANKINGS:

3-PT SHOOTING | ATTEMPTS/GM
  1. Virginia Commonwealth 24 Att/Gm
  2. Butler 23.704
  3. Florida 23.7
  4. Connecticut 18.7
  5. Kansas 17
  6. Arizona 16
  7. Kentucky 15.3
  8. North Carolina 15
3-POINT SHOOTING | %'s
  1. Arizona 45.8% (#11 | All 120 Post/Tms)
  2. Kansas 43.1% (#20)
  3. Virginia Commonwealth 42.7% (#22)
  4. Connecticut 41.1% (#27)
  5. Kentucky 37% (#52)
  6. Florida 35.2% (#64)
  7. Butler 33.8% (#76)
  8. North Carolina 31% (#96)
FREE-THROW's | ATTEMPTS/GM
  1. North Carolina 28.7 Att/Gm
  2. Arizona 24.7 Att/Gm
  3. Virginia Commonwealth 22 Att/Gm
  4. Florida 18.7 Att/Gm
  5. Connecticut 18.3 Att/Gm
  6. Kentucky 18 Att/Gm
  7. Butler 17 Att/Gm
  8. Kansas 12.7 Att/Gm
FREE THROWS | %'s
  1. Connecticut 82% (#13 | All 120 Postseason Teams)
  2. Arizona 76% (#42 | All 120 Post/Tms)
  3. Butler (#50 | All 120 Post/Tms)
  4. Kansas 73.7% (#54 | All 120 Post/Tms)
  5. North Carolina 73.3% (#54 | All 120 Post/Tms)
  6. Kentucky 72.8% (#56 | All 120 Post/Tms)
  7. Virginia Commonwealth 68.3% (#83 | All 120 Post/Tms)
  8. Florida 64.3% (#103 | All 120 Post/Tms)
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'Junk-Punch'-of-the-Week

Parlay (3 Teams) 03/25/11 21:04 ET
bet 2.22 to win 222.22  Result: Pending

Arizona
Connecticut  03/26/11(19:10 ET)

Arizona +130                   WIN

Iona
East Tennessee State  03/26/11(14:00 ET)

East Tennessee State +120 

Virginia Commonwealth 72
Florida State 71  03/25/11(22:00 ET)
Virginia Commonwealth +170     WIN


2-of-3 already in the Barn Here....
Just needed smallest M-L of the bunch to come thru & we're back on top for week by C-Note

Checked in at 5:10 of First Half:
ETSU 30, IONA 20

FINAL SCORE:
IONA 83 EAST TENNESSEE STATE 80

Doggone it.

Friday, March 25, 2011

SWEET-16 TEAM ROSTER BREAKDOWN

Few more Roster Stats broken down, For Starting lineups, ect


11 MARQUETTE GOLDEN EAGLES 22-14 | 9-9 Conf (18-12 ATS)

MQTE 6-1 | 205 So Junior Cadougan

MQTE 6-3 | 190 Sr Dwight Buycks
  • #1 NAT'L FEWEST T-Over % Starter
MQTE 6-2 | 215 Jr Darius Johnson-Odom
  • 16 PPG
MQTE 6-7 | 220 Sr Jimmy Butler
  • #14 Most FT's Made NCAA (186) 87% of Mqte Gm Min
  • 16 PPG
MQTE 6-6 | 225 Jr Jae Crowder
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2 NORTH CAROLINA TAR HEELS 28-7 | 16-3 Conf (16-16 ATS)

UNC 6-3 | 186 Fr Kendall Marshall

UNC 6-3 | 180 So Dexter Strickland

UNC 6-8 | 210 Fr Harrison Barnes
  • 15.5 PPG
UNC 6-10 | 210 So John Henson
  • #9 Most Rebounds NCAA (353)
  • #4 NCAA Most Blocks (113)
UNC 7-0 | 250 Jr Tyler Zeller
  • 15.3 PPG
  • 54.4% FG
  • #9 Most Rebounds NCAA (353)
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HEELS: #2 Fewest Alwd FT per FG (Opp) 24%
HEELS: #4 Fewest Shots Blocked (6.2%)


BIGGEST STAT DIFFERENCE (Marquette vs North Carolina): UNC's SIZE
  • Heels #2 NCAA Size (+4.7") 
  • Eagles Dead-Avg (+0.0")
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12 RICHMOND SPIDERS 29-7 | 13-3 Conf (21-12 ATS)

RICH 6-0 | 175 Sr Kevin Anderson
  • #3 NCAA Minutes Played (1301)
  • 16.8 PPG
RICH 6-3 |195 So Darien Brothers

RICH 6-5 | 200 Sr Kevin Smith

RICH 6-9 | 255 Sr Dan Geriot

RICH 6-10 | 225 Sr Justin Harper
  • 17.8 PPG
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RICHMOND:
  • #7 FEWEST T-Over% (16.4% Poss Ends in T-Over)
  • #9 BIGGEST TM NCAA (+3.0" Avg)
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1 KANSAS JAYHAWKS 34-2 | 17-2 Conf (17-17 ATS)

KU 6-3 | 185 Jr Tyshawn Taylor

KU 6-3 | 185 Sr Brady Morningstar

KU 6-3 | 185 Sr Tyrel Reed
  • #11 OTR | Offensive Efficiency Rating (NCAA)
  • 17.3 PPG
KU 6-8 | 225 Jr Marcus Morris

KU 6-9 | 232 Jr Markieff Morris
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KANSAS:
  • #1 NCAA eFG (57.6%)
  • #1 2-Pt FG (57.4%)
BIG STAT DIFFERENCE (Kansas vs Richmond): PACE
  • Richmond 65 Avg Poss/Gm (#318 of 345 NCAA Teams)
  • Kansas 69.3 Avg Poss/Gm (#48)
KU: 16 TTL O-Rebounds in their two easy Wins
Richmond: Alwd 22 TTL O-Rebounds in their 2 Wins
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4 KENTUCKY WILDCATS 27-8 | 10-6 (15-15 ATS)

KY 6-3 | 185 Fr Brandon Knight
  • 17.4 PPG
KY 6-4 | 195 Fr Doron Lamb

KY 6-6 | 210 Jr DeAndre Liggins

KY 6-7 | 228 Jr Darius Miller

KY 6-8 | 244 Fr Terrence Jones
  • 16.1 PPG
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Bench
KY 6-10 | 287 Sr Josh Harrellson
  • #6 NCAA OTR: Offensive Efficiency Rate
  • Over 60% True & Effective Shooting
  • #8 O-Reb Rate (15.2%)
KENTUCKY BRINGS A FEW WEAK NUMBERS TO NEWARK:
  • 11th Fewest Asst/FG Made Only 47% Ky FG's were Assisted
  • Cats Top-3 Scorers all under 44% FG
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1 OHIO STATE BUCKEYES 34-2 | 19-2 Conf (18-15 ATS)

OHST 6-2 | 195 Fr Aaron Craft

OHST 6-5 | 205 Jr William Buford

OHST 6-6 | 205 Sr Jon Diebler

As mentioned, Diebler is #1
  • eFG (70.7%) &
  • T-Shooting (72.5%)
  • Deibler also #4 NCAA FT-Rate (1.1 FT Att per FG Att)
  • 12.6 PPG
OHST 6-5 | 220 Sr David Lighty
  • 12 PPG
OHST 6-9 | 280 Fr Jared Sullinger
  • #8 NCAA FT Att (258)
  • 17 PPG
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OHIO STATE #1 NCAA:
  • OFFENSIVE EFFICIENCY (1.264 O-PPP)
  • 3-PT PERCENTAGE (42.4%)
  • FEWEST ALLOWED FTA/FGA (20.4%)
  • FEWEST OPPONENT STEALS (6.13%)
Both Ky & Ohio St Lowest 15% D-I Tms:
  • FT Point Distribution
  • Ky & Ohio St Tied at #295 | 18.6%
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11 VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH RAMS 26-11 | 12-6 (16-20 ATS)

VCU 5-10 | 175 Sr Joey Rodriguez
  • 2.3 Asst|T-Over Ratio
VCU 6-2 | 190 Sr Brandon Rozzell

VCU 6-4 | 210 Sr Ed Nixon

VCU 6-5 | 225 Jr Bradford Burgess
  • #5 Min Played (1369)
  • 14.1 PPG
  • 49% FG
VCU 6-9 | 240 Sr Jamie Skeen
  • 15.2 PPG
  • 52.6% FG
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10 FLORIDA STATE SEMINOLES 22-10 | 11-6 Conf (17-11 ATS)

FSU 6-4½ | 204 Sr Derwin Kitchen

FSU 6-5 | 196 Jr Deividas Dulkys

FSU 6-5 | 200 So Michael Snaer

FSU 6-9 | 227 Jr Chris Singleton
  • High T-Over Rate (4%)
  • Sat Out Noles' Huge Win over Notre Dame
FSU 6-10 | 240 Jr Bernard James
  • #3 Ast Rate among NCAA Post Players (13.3%)
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FSU #1 NCAA, DEFENSIVE EFFICIENCY 0.859 D-PPP

FSU #1 TWO-PT DEFENSE:
  • 39.9% ALWD

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

NCAA TOURNAMENT SWEET-16 TEAM EFFICIENCY NUMBERS

EFFICIENCY DIFFERENCE RATINGS:

Analysts & cappers have been slicing up Efficiency Data Sets
Long before John Gassaway coined his term, 'Tuesday Truths'
(Gassaway: Basketball Prospectus)
(O-PPP - D-PPP = EFF DIFF)

1.  OHIO STATE +0.383
2.  DUKE +0.334
3.  KANSAS +0.315
4.  WISCONSIN +0.297
5.  KENTUCKY +0.272
6.  SAN DIEGO STATE +0.267
7.  BRIGHAM YOUNG +0.256
8.  CONNECTICUT +0.244
9.  NORTH CAROLINA +0.236
10. FLORIDA +0.230
11. MARQUETTE +0.199
12. ARIZONA +0.195
13. RICHMOND +0.176
14. FLORIDA STATE +0.171
15. BUTLER +0.161
16. VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH +0.140

OFFENSIVE EFFICIENCY

1.  OHIO STATE 1.264 O-PPP
2.  WISCONSIN 1.250 O-PPP
4   DUKE 1.207 O-PPP
5.  KANSAS 1.203 O-PPP
7.  KENTUCKY 1.188 O-PPP
8.  BRIGHAM YOUNG 1.181 O-PPP
12. CONNECTICUT 1.165 O-PPP
14. FLORIDA 1.162 O-PPP
18. ARIZONA 1.156 O-PPP
22. MARQUETTE 1.146 O-PPP
27. SAN DIEGO STATE 1.136 O-PPP
32. VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH 1.146 O-PPP
34. BUTLER 1.129 O-PPP
39. NORTH CAROLINA 1.121 O-PPP
40. RICHMOND 1.120 O-PPP
127. FLORIDA STATE 1.033 O-PPP

DEFENSIVE EFFICIENCY

1.  FLORIDA STATE 0.859 D-PPP
2.  SAN DIEGO STATE 0.087 D-PPP
3.  DUKE 0.873 D-PPP
6.  OHIO STATE 0.882 D-PPP
7.  NORTH CAROLINA 0.885 D-PPP
8.  KANSAS 0.888 D-PPP
24. KENTUCKY 0.915 D-PPP
28. CONNECTICUT 0.922 D-PPP
32. BRIGHAM YOUNG 0.926 D-PPP
36. FLORIDA 0.931 D-PPP
48. RICHMOND 0.944 D-PPP
54. MARQUETTE 0.951 D-PPP
60. WISCONSIN 0.953 D-PPP
71. ARIZONA 0.964 D-PPP
74. BUTLER 0.969 D-PPP
111. VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH 0.990 D-PPP

TEMPO | PACE
AVERAGE POSSESSIONS PER GAME

16.  NORTH CAROLINA 71.8 (+5.1 NCAA Avg Pos/Gm) 
21.  BRIGHAM YOUNG 71.2 (+4.5 NCAA Avg Pos/Gm) 
49.  KANSAS 69.3 (+2.6 NCAA Avg Pos/Gm)
54.  DUKE 69.2 (+2.5 NCAA Avg Pos/Gm)
70.  FLORIDA STATE 68.5 (+1.8 NCAA Avg Pos/Gm) 
126. MARQUETTE 67.4 (+0.7 NCAA Avg Pos/Gm)
179. ARIZONA 66.4 (-0.3 NCAA Avg Pos/Gm)
193. KENTUCKY 66.3 (-0.4 NCAA Avg/Gm)
201. VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH 66.1 (-0.6 NCAA Avg/Gm)
217. CONNECTICUT 65.9 (-0.8 NCAA Avg Pos/Gm) 
239. OHIO STATE 65.4 (-1.3 NCAA Avg Pos/Gm) 
279. BUTLER 64.3 (-2.4 NCAA Avg Pos/Gm)
291. FLORIDA 64.1 (-2.6 NCAA Avg Pos/Gm) 
307. SAN DIEGO STATE 63.6 (-3.1 NCAA Avg Pos/Gm)
318. RICHMOND 63.0 (-3.7 NCAA Avg Pos/Gm)
345. WISCONSIN 57.6 (-9.0 NCAA Avg Pos/Gm)

Badgers' dead-last Tempo, NCAA
(By a Half Possession over Denver-U) 

3-PT SHOOTING | OFFENSE

3-PT SHOT PT | % OFFENSIVE PTS FROM DEEP 
3-PT DISTRIBUTION:

18.  Wisconsin 36% Points from 3's
29.  Virginia Commonwealth 34.6%
45.  Richmond 33.7%
70.  Butler 31.5%
84,  Arizona 31%
88.  Brigham Young 30.6%
101. Ohio State 30%
111. Duke 29,4%
128. Kentucky 28.7%
167. Florida State 28.2%
183. Kansas 26.5%
198. Florida 26.1%
235. San Diego State 25%
248. Connecticut 24,8%
315. Marquette 21%
325. North Carolina 20%

3% SHOOTING

1.  Ohio State 42.4%
9.  Arizona 40%
10. Richmond 39.9%
11. Kentucky 39.6%
19. Kansas 38.3%
33. Wisconsin 38%
46. Duke 37.9%
73. Virginia Commonwealth 36.4%
74. Brigham Young 36.3%
80. Butler 36.2%
93. Florida 35.8%
101. Marquette 35.6%
174. San Diego State 34.2%
212. Connecticut 33.4%
215. Florida State 33.3%
223. North Carolina 33.2%

3-POINT DEFENSE

2.   Arizona 29.1% Alwd
8.   Kansas 29.6% Alwd
10.  Florida State 30.113% Alwd
11.  Richmond 30.114% Alwd
22.  San Diego State 31% Alwd
30.  Florida 31.5% Alwd
32.  Duke 31.6% Alwd
88.  North Carolina 32.9% Alwd
96.  Kentucky 33.1% Alwd
97.  Butler 33.14% Alwd
104. Brigham Young 33.4% Alwd
107. Connecticut 33.42 Alwd
148. Ohio State 34% Alwd
162. Virginia Commonwealth 34.3% Alwd
248. Marquette 36% Alwd
313. Wisconsin 37.3% Alwd

FREE-THROWS
% OFFENSIVE POINTS | DISTRIBUTION

53. Arizona 23.4%
63. Marquette 23.2%
114. Brigham Young 22%
163. Connecticut 21.3%
169. Butler 21.2%
201. Virginia Commonwealth 20.83%
203. North Carolina 20.82%
208. Duke 20.743%
209. Florida State 20.732%
235. Kentucky 20%
275. Kansas 19%
284. Wisconsin 18.8%
286. Florida 18.7%
293. Ohio State 18.6%
309. San Diego State 18%
323. Richmond 17.3%

FT%

1.   WISCONSIN 82.3%
15.  BRIGHAM YOUNG 76.034% 
16.  CONNECTICUT 76.033%
27.  DUKE 75.1%
31.  ARIZONA 74.7%
58.  BUTLER 73%
96.  VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH 71.8%
104. KENTUCKY 71.5%
135. SAN DIEGO STATE 70.4%
146. OHIO STATE 70%
165. MARQUETTE 69.5%
192. RICHMOND 68.6%
203. KANSAS 68.2%
243. FLORIDA 67.04%
246. NORTH CAROLINA 67.023%
261. FLORIDA STATE 66.5%

    MISCELLANEOUS | FF'S

WISCONSIN | FREE-THROW SHOOTING
Pretty darn good
   Badgers #1 NCAA during season: 82.3%
   Badgers RAISED FT%, Big Ten Play: 85.1%

OHIO STATE BUCKEYE STARTERS | TRUE SHOOTING%
   ALL STARTERS SHOOT 56% or Better

OHST 6-6 | 210 Sr JON DEILBER
   #1 NCAA TRUE SHOOTING: 72.5%
   #1 NCAA PERSONAL OFFENSIVE RATING: 140.7

SEE IF THIS ONE JUMPS OUT:
   DEIBLER 3-POINT SHOOTING, w/220 ATTEMPTS
   DEIBLER HAS MADE EXACTLY HALF 110 MADE 3's
    AGAIN, THAT'S HALF...PLAYING IN #1 RATED CONFERENCE....FIVE-OH, 'Fiddy'

FOR ALL THE TALK OF 'CLOSE GAMES'
A GENEROUS ¼ OF SWEET-16 TEAMS MOVED ON
W/ALL DOUBLE DIGIT WINS:
   OHIO STATE Avg Win 30.5 Pts (29 & 32 Pt Wins)
   CONNECTICUT (29 & 11 Pt Wins)
   KANSAS (19 & 14 Pt Wins)
   VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH (17 | 18 | 18 Pt Wins)

THREE TEAMS HAVE REACHED SWEET-16
W/O A DOUBLE-DIGIT TURNOVER GAME:
   CONNECTICUT (6 | 8)
   VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH (9 | 6 | 4)
   RICHMOND, 9 TOTAL TURNOVERS IN TOURNEY (4 | 5)

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