Analytics

[sedz]

In 2010, 187 teams took at least a third of their shots from midrange. This year only 8 teams did that.

MS Valley St, the worst team in the country, had the highest midrange rate at 38.7% this year. In 2010, 76 teams exceeded that mark.

[leo from jersey]

I do not hold the cynical attitude that teams are scoring more because defense is worse. Strategy is different now. More threes and rim, less midrange. The data is clear on that. Innovation works.

Duke and Arizona both have top 3 defenses, holding average opponents to 0.91 points per possession. Defending the modern game is just as important.

why the insult? Because I questioned? Hey this is a forum. I defended my dissertation years ago. Thanks for the answering my sincere question.

[London 'Cat]

why the insult? Because I questioned? Hey this is a forum. I defended my dissertation years ago. Thanks for the answering my sincere question.

I did not interpret sedz post insulting. Let's keep posts on topic and not get defensive. And we don't need the sarcasm either.

[leo from jersey]

I did not interpret sedz post insulting. Let's keep posts on topic and not get defensive. And we don't need the sarcasm either.

I am for that. It is a forum and nothing more.

[sedz]

Play by play data is incomplete before 2008 but some people try to compile advanced metrics from what's available. This guy found that Kenyon Martin had a BPM of 15.2 in 2000, the highest in the 1997 to 2002 period he was looking at. It would have been top 10 in Torvik's history until this year. Yaxel Lendeborg grabbed #9 with a 15.3 and Cameron Boozer #2 with 17.1. Zion Williamson's 18.7 in 2019 sits at the top.

https://x.com/slipthescreen/status/2...274645/photo/1

[sedz]

Baba Miller posted the 7th best Bearcats season since 2008 with an 8.5 BPM, tying 2019 Jarron Cumberland. His 28% defensive rebounding rate is #1, beating out Tre Scott's 26% in 2020. And Baba's 23% assist rate is the best mark for any frontcourt player, beating Titus Rubles' 19% in 2013.

[BearKatz]

Baba Miller posted the 7th best Bearcats season since 2008 with an 8.5 BPM, tying 2019 Jarron Cumberland. His 28% defensive rebounding rate is #1, beating out Tre Scott's 26% in 2020. And Baba's 23% assist rate is the best mark for any frontcourt player, beating Titus Rubles' 19% in 2013.

We could use another year of Baba in the frontcourt.