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Just as a refresher in statistics as a method of showing and predicting success

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There are what is called the "4 factors" and they're made up of eFG%, offReb%, TO%, and FTA/FGA.  This is the way to quantify how teams win/lose by how they shoot, how many "extra" possessions they can gain to take those shots, how many possessions will end in a shot attempt instead of a turnover, and how often you can add to your point total with FTs.

 

Here is Nebraska's at the moment

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We're getting to the FT line, we're not shooting well, etc....it does a pretty bang up job of encapsulating what we've done over the first two games relative to other teams.

 

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Now that we've set the table, here are a couple of articles on something John Gasaway calls Shot Volume Index.

https://johngasaway.com/2017/11/15/peer-performance-pressure-and-the-limits-of-coaching-theory/

https://johngasaway.com/2017/03/15/these-are-the-teams-that-can-generate-shots/

 

The overarching point is to think of Turnover% and Off Reb% not as some sort of individual items with numbers you need to hit but as an individual pieces in how you get more shot attempts. Thus, a team like Michigan who didn't turn the ball over but punted on offensive rebounds generates the amount of extra shots that a team like Oklahoma St did by crashing the offensive boards but not taking care of the ball.  Also, last year Virginia Tech was the best shooting team in the conference; however with their poor turnover rate and lack of offensive rebounds their limited possessions had them as the 7th best offense in the conference.

 

I don't know that these numbers are really available anywhere. (Maybe at ESPN Insider where Gasaway works) Overall, I found it helpful when looking at advanced metrics to not overfocus on a poor rebound or turnover rate.

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59 minutes ago, Vinny said:

Thanks or posting this, I really enjoy all the stats and metrics out there as a way of evaluating a team. Just so I understand a bit better, the first column is our offense, the second column is our defense, what is the third column? 

 

Yup, D1 average.

If you want to see a free version of a lot of the KenPom stuff, check out http://www.barttorvik.com/team.php?team=Nebraska

The site is a little hard to understand and a little underexplained, but a lot of different views on there.

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52 minutes ago, hhcdimes said:

 

Yup, D1 average.

If you want to see a free version of a lot of the KenPom stuff, check out http://www.barttorvik.com/team.php?team=Nebraska

The site is a little hard to understand and a little underexplained, but a lot of different views on there.

Thanks, book marked that page after a Norm post a while back and will certainly be following it throughout the season.  Just couldn't find what that third column meant.  

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