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)