Scouting Louisiana Tech

[hhcmatt]

*************IMPORTANT FIRST SCOUTING POST MESSAGE************

 

Anyone feel free to start this sort of thread per game. I'll provide some pasted in Kenpom stats and observations if that also hasn't been done.

I'm a numbers/analytics guy however that doesn't tell the whole story at all.  Thus if you have a relevant gameplay clip with something to point out about it, please do.  If you see something from just watching a team play and think it is compelling enough to use to point out something about an opponent feel free to message me the approximate time during a game and if it's available for me to gif out I will do this for you.

 

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Thoughts on the below pasted in data

• Michael White really got this program going which earned him the job as Florida's head coach. Konkol thus far has kept the same sort of high tempo.
• The only thing that jumps out at me for the moment is the higher 3PA% and A% allowed by the defense which to me speaks of more emphasis by this team on stopping driving lanes than passing lanes than what White was doing. That might not matter too much considering that tracking Michael White isn't something our team has needed to do.
• Don't over-value the 2017 stats vs just two team, one of which was terrible

 

								Offense										Defense
Coach			Conf	W-L	AdjT	AdjO	AdjD	eFG%	TO%	OR%	FTR	2P%	3P%	FT%	3PA%	A%	APL	eFG%	TO%	OR%	FTR	2P%	3P%	Blk%	3PA%	A%	APL
2017	151	Eric Konkol	CUSA	1-1 0-0	75.0 45	102.1 149	101.2 137	53.3 93	17.4 115	30.0 170	44.2 102	58.1 46	30.4 221	66.0 217	38.3 135	45.6 243	16.4 163	50.9 206	26.7 16	33.3 218	35.7 160	49.3 177	35.9 225	11.0 112	34.8 213	52.0 161	15.8 113
2016	154	Eric Konkol	CUSA	23-10 12-6	72.7 29	103.5 174	102.6 153	51.3 109	16.9 96	28.8 199	43.0 33	52.0 53	33.3 237	66.9 290	35.3 173	50.2 219	15.9 37	49.2 127	19.0 111	29.0 131	34.1 109	49.7 217	32.0 42	10.2 109	33.5 103	51.4 155	17.0 110
2015	76	Michael White	CUSA	27-9 15-3	67.8 42	106.9 80	97.7 92	50.7 95	15.6 12	28.9 253	33.7 259	51.4 49	32.9 231	68.7 200	35.8 133	52.5 177	16.9 40	46.9 83	22.4 19	35.3 330	31.3 54	45.5 87	33.6 139	14.2 16	28.9 24	49.9 84	18.3 169
2014	37	Michael White	CUSA	29-8 13-3	71.4 16	109.8 85	94.8 29	51.2 102	15.7 32	33.5 103	41.7 131	52.2 38	33.0 225	67.4 261	37.9 60	56.4 70	16.5 38	46.0 42	22.8 10	29.9 108	38.6 141	45.6 64	31.5 44	11.9 71	27.3 21	43.0 8	16.8 12
2013	83	Michael White	WAC	27-7 16-2	69.7 29	99.9 186	91.8 34	46.5 267	17.7 50	33.8 99	35.5 186	45.7 251	31.9 258	69.6 173	37.4 59	52.3 193	16.7 39	45.1 38	24.6 13	33.6 251	36.2 176	45.3 88	29.7 15	12.4 47	27.8 32	45.9 18	17.4 65
2012	192	Michael White	WAC	18-16 6-8	68.7 76	98.4 205	101.0 191	48.4 188	18.6 75	30.2 239	31.6 290	47.7 178	33.1 230	65.6 284	38.2 62	51.3 231	16.9 63	49.3 188	21.5 104	34.5 267	42.4 286	49.3 227	32.9 104	9.1 159	28.7 45	47.8 49	18.1 183

 

[hhcmatt]

Here are last year's KenPom numbers with all the seniors crossed out.

Just looking at usage from last year and not knowing who else has come in or out I'd expect Erik McCree to either be the leader in shot attempts or towards the top.

 

 

		Ht	Wt	Yr	G	%Min	ORtg	%Poss	%Shots	eFG%	TS%	OR%	DR%	ARate	TORate	Blk%	Stl%	FC/40	FD/40	FTRate	FTM-FTA	Pct	2PM-2PA	Pct	3PM-3PA	Pct
	Go-to guys (>28% of possessions used)
0	Alex Hamilton National Rank	6-4	195	Sr	31	87.9 61	113.2 399	28.8 66	24.8 460	53.1 389	58.3 269	3.2	13.6	35.6 23	17.2	1.4	2.9 175	1.9 77	6.9 39	66.3 51	191-269	.710	166-297	.559 301	33-109	.303
	Major Contributors (24-28% of possessions used)
2	Erik McCree National Rank	6-8	222	Jr	28	71.6	101.9	24.8 355	26.5 256	50.6	54.5	4.5	21.1 152	7.8	16.4	1.6	1.1	2.9	4.9 456	40.2 488	101-142	.711	111-225	.493	45-128	.352
	Significant Contributors (20-24% of possessions used)
4	LeAntwan Luckett	6-5	180	Sr	28	22.9	80.3	20.5	21.9	33.9	38.0	5.6	7.1	7.3	15.8	0.7	1.5	6.4	3.9	36.6	20-34	.588	24-57	.421	5-36	.139
25	Qiydar Davis	6-6	210	Sr	6	11.4	114.5	21.3	21.2	42.2	51.9	12.0	18.7	8.9	9.0	3.5	2.3	4.4	5.1	55.6	21-25	.840	16-40	.400	2-5	.400
	Role Players (16-20% of possessions used)
10	Dayon Griffin National Rank	6-5	200	So	31	72.0	107.0	17.8	20.6	56.3 188	56.5 416	2.0	13.4	11.1	15.3	0.9	2.6 287	2.6 390	2.8	24.3	37-67	.552	79-136	.581 188	51-140	.364
1	Derric Jean National Rank	6-4	185	Fr	31	52.0	106.8	18.5	18.1	52.9	56.0	4.5	10.2	17.8	19.9	1.1	2.4 399	4.4	3.1	32.0	41-56	.732	55-113	.487	25-62	.403 214
21	Merrill Holden National Rank	6-8	220	Jr	24	42.6	105.7	17.6	15.9	52.4	57.5	9.4 297	13.6	0.7	18.5	4.8 198	0.9	5.8	4.3	61.1	55-77	.714	63-117	.538 431	2-9	.222
	Limited roles (12-16% of possessions used)
13	Jacobi Boykins National Rank	6-6	170	So	30	68.2	106.4	15.1	18.4	51.9 499	53.8	2.5	9.6	5.8	12.2 247	1.9	1.4	3.2	2.5	23.5	37-55	.673	48-99	.485	49-135	.363
22	Jy'lan Washington	6-8	185	Fr	30	25.9	89.2	15.3	13.3	42.2	45.3	7.3	14.8	3.6	18.6	6.7	2.0	5.0	4.0	65.6	22-42	.524	21-43	.488	4-21	.190
	Nearly invisible (<12% of possessions used)
15	Branden Sheppard	6-8	222	Fr	29	29.4	100.8	9.7	8.6	63.8	57.3	7.6	10.4	2.3	23.0	1.4	1.5	4.5	1.9	31.9	2-15	.133	30-47	.638	0-0	.000

 

Here's the box score from their first game vs South Carolina

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		Name	Min	ORtg	%Ps	Pts	2PM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	OR	DR	A	TO	Blk	Stl	PF
6-2 185 So	1	Derric Jean	33	105	29	18	2-8	2-3	8-9	3	2	1	4	0	1	4
6-9 255 Jr	24	Omar Sherman	32	121	13	12	6-7	0-2	0-0	0	7	0	1	2	0	2
6-8 225 Sr	2	Erik McCree	31	75	21	8	1-4	0-4	6-8	2	2	1	2	0	0	4
6-6 220 Sr	25	Qiydar Davis	26	67	13	5	1-1	1-3	0-0	0	0	0	3	0	2	3
6-6 175 Jr	0	Jacobi Boykins	20	125	26	14	2-3	2-4	4-7	1	1	0	1	0	3	5
5-11 170 Fr	4	DaQuan Bracey	23	156	16	12	3-5	2-2	0-2	0	1	2	0	0	0	5
6-4 190 Fr	3	Jalen Harris	18	75	26	6	2-5	0-2	2-2	0	3	2	2	1	3	4
6-8 220 Fr	35	Oliver Powell	9			0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	4	1	0	0	2	0
7-0 205 So	5	Joniah White	8			1	0-2	0-0	1-2	3	0	0	0	1	0	1
6-8 190 So	22	Jy'lan Washington	0			0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
		Team								0	0		1
		TOTAL	200			76 1.03	17-35 .486	7-20 .350	21-30 .700	9 .265	20 .667	8 .333	14 .189	4 .103	11 .149	28

 

In addition to McCree Sherman and Jean all played 30+ minutes.  Not sure if Boykins played less because of foul trouble or just rotations.

[Huskerpapa]

http://www.latechsports.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/111616aaa.html