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[sedziobs]

Originally Posted by Emperor Snapper

Going all the way back to 2002, UC's current AdjD, 84.4, is tied for 3rd-best in 17 years of Kenpom.

Wow, that's impressive. Nice find.

[cincrulz11]

Originally Posted by Emperor Snapper

Going all the way back to 2002, UC's current AdjD, 84.4, is tied for 3rd-best in 17 years of Kenpom. Only Virginia this year (81.6, an utter anomaly), Memphis in 2009 (84.2), and UK in 2015 (84.4) match our current 84.4 (also of note: John Calipari coached both the top two teams in AdjD prior to this season)

Third best out of over 5,500 team-seasons, and it isn't good enough to lead the nation this year.

and our in conference AdjD is 79.3. think about that one.

[Jon Rycek]

Rewatched the game, unfortunately it only went to the 9 minute mark in the second half, we were up 60-30 at that point so the game was basically over anyway, it's the best I got lol. Made a +/- for as much of the game I was able to watch, 1st half in parenthesis.

Jenifer +10 (+11)
Cumberland +12 (+13)
Evans +26 (+14)
Clark +27 (+13)
Washington +16 (+15)
Broome +20 (+5)
Scott +4 (+3)
Brooks +1 (0)
Nsoseme +15 (+1)
Moore +22 (+5)

A lot of it came down to if you were part of the 14-0 run in the second half.

[waterhead]

Originally Posted by cincrulz11

and our in conference AdjD is 79.3. think about that one.

They kept playing that one replay where Cumberland and Washington both got a clean block on the same ball. That kind of puts things in perspective when you think about our D. Even if someone gets past us going to the hoop we usually have a good chance at swatting it from behind off the backboard (without fouling I might add).

Our on ball D has been very good too. An elite playmaker can always give any team fits...but other than that teams are going to have to knock down their open shots against us at a pretty good clip to win.

[waterhead]

Originally Posted by Jon Rycek

Rewatched the game, unfortunately it only went to the 9 minute mark in the second half, we were up 60-30 at that point so the game was basically over anyway, it's the best I got lol. Made a +/- for as much of the game I was able to watch, 1st half in parenthesis.

Jenifer +10 (+11)
Cumberland +12 (+13)
Evans +26 (+14)
Clark +27 (+13)
Washington +16 (+15)
Broome +20 (+5)
Scott +4 (+3)
Brooks +1 (0)
Nsoseme +15 (+1)
Moore +22 (+5)

A lot of it came down to if you were part of the 14-0 run in the second half.

Nice work! The plus minus numbers can often come down to 2-3 runs per game but we have to figure out why we are going on those runs. Sometimes we just hit shots (more of a coincidence) but other times it's because we are getting better looks or the flow is better.

Often times the first thing we want to do is try to get it down into the paint. The other team being aware of this from film can just work on denying the ball and doubling down for a few minutes. Boom...we get off to a slow start.

Maybe we should mix that up a little so the other team doesn't know what to expect? We can always try that strategy a little later. I think we should be a little less predictable to start the game sometimes unless we have 1 on 1's with our bigs of course.

[Jon Rycek]

Originally Posted by waterhead

Nice work! The plus minus numbers can often come down to 2-3 runs per game but we have to figure out why we are going on those runs. Sometimes we just hit shots (more of a coincidence) but other times it's because we are getting better looks or the flow is better.

Often times the first thing we want to do is try to get it down into the paint. The other team being aware of this from film can just work on denying the ball and doubling down for a few minutes. Boom...we get off to a slow start.

Maybe we should mix that up a little so the other team doesn't know what to expect? We can always try that strategy a little later. I think we should be a little less predictable to start the game sometimes unless we have 1 on 1's with our bigs of course.

Yeah it really does come down to a lot of, we're you just on the game at the right time lol. Especially for a few players. But you definitely can see a pattern of who makes an impact. Gonna start doing this for every game if I can, just hard to find replay, and even harder to do it while you're watching for the first time. Watching for the thrill at that point, hard to be analytical at the same time lol.
You may be right though, teams certainly realize we are gonna try to work it inside, especially early. Shooting some early 3s might get defenses on their heels a little and open the game up a little quicker.

[waterhead]

Originally Posted by waterhead

To put our elite D in perspective. UVA is #1 KenPom AdjD at 81.6 (insane). we are at 84.5. the next best is at 88.8.

Last year #1 was 86.3 and #2 was 88.0

We are elite!

[waterhead]

Originally Posted by Emperor Snapper

Going all the way back to 2002, UC's current AdjD, 84.4, is tied for 3rd-best in 17 years of Kenpom. Only Virginia this year (81.6, an utter anomaly), Memphis in 2009 (84.2), and UK in 2015 (84.4) match our current 84.4 (also of note: John Calipari coached both the top two teams in AdjD prior to this season)

Third best out of over 5,500 team-seasons, and it isn't good enough to lead the nation this year.

This is still hard to fathom

[waterhead]

Originally Posted by cincrulz11

and our in conference AdjD is 79.3. think about that one.

another astounding stat

[kskenyon4]

Originally Posted by waterhead

another astounding stat

For the first time since Cronin has been a head coach, I feel like if we play a good game, and the opponent plays a good game, we make the final 4.

It will take something special (us under performing or opponent shooting lights out) to beat this team on any night. I do truly think we are roughly the 5th-10th best team in the country.