Ubbulls84 Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 Lots of ups and downs this season we looked really good for pretty much the whole second half of season. I was convinced they were going back to the dance until they layed an egg in the Mac championship game. NIT was a nice consolidation considering but once again performance was just not where it needed to be with no defense and too many turnovers. To me the biggest suprise of the season was the underperformance of Jayvon graves. There was a lot of talk about him being Mac player of the year, and he came well far from that. He’s shooting was atrocious for most of the year, and his free throw shooting fell to a career low when you would expect some improvement there. At times he looked lost even on defensive end also. Can blame it on COVID, but I really don’t know about that. If anyone saw his Kent state overtime performance his junior year he never showed any glimpse of that this year. We definitely need another starting capable PG, our lack of depth at that position def hurt us this year also. Hopefully Whitesell can land some guys this off-season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 18 minutes ago, Ubbulls84 said: Lots of ups and downs this season we looked really good for pretty much the whole second half of season. I was convinced they were going back to the dance until they layed an egg in the Mac championship game. NIT was a nice consolidation considering but once again performance was just not where it needed to be with no defense and too many turnovers. To me the biggest suprise of the season was the underperformance of Jayvon graves. There was a lot of talk about him being Mac player of the year, and he came well far from that. He’s shooting was atrocious for most of the year, and his free throw shooting fell to a career low when you would expect some improvement there. At times he looked lost even on defensive end also. Can blame it on COVID, but I really don’t know about that. If anyone saw his Kent state overtime performance his junior year he never showed any glimpse of that this year. We definitely need another starting capable PG, our lack of depth at that position def hurt us this year also. Hopefully Whitesell can land some guys this off-season. Spot on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UB05 Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 Not making the big dance was a letdown, but this team grew a lot over the course of the season and have nothing to hang their heads over. Next year we’ll be considered front runners in the MAC along with Ohio. The question marks don’t come in until the 2022-2023 season. There’s still plenty of time to figure it out and I’m certainly not panicking over it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
promotherobot Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 Certain posters harp on Whitesell for every loss. But sometimes a player has to make a play. I think that was the case vs. CSU. Whitesell is around .650 winning pct. He's not getting fired for that. If in 2 or 3 years his teams can't get over that hump, or start to dive, then maybe they consider a change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocCas86 Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 First wanted to give a historic perspective - providing ranking range and win percentage (MAC conference regular season) From a winning percentage perspective - the current year of .706 is fifth best in the past ten years. From a ranking perspective it is fourth best, a shade below Hurley's second year and Oats third year. Here are summary statistics from Barttorvik.com (MAC Conference games only). The positives are team defense (lowest opponent eFG% in MAC) and rebounding both offensive and defensive both best in MAC. Areas where the team lagged was in shooting - 6th overall in the MAC and TO% on offense - 7th in the MAC. Another issue was relatively small contribution from bench. Overall getting the second seed and invite to NIT, while not the ultimate goal of this team, I would say merits a 'B' Now on to the offseason - keys will be retaining the core for next year and completing the recruiting class and getting players that can extend the bench beyond what was available this year. If they are successful, next year should be an improvement over this and hopefully we are back in the tournament. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ub2019 Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 2 hours ago, DocCas86 said: First wanted to give a historic perspective - providing ranking range and win percentage (MAC conference regular season) From a winning percentage perspective - the current year of .706 is fifth best in the past ten years. From a ranking perspective it is fourth best, a shade below Hurley's second year and Oats third year. Here are summary statistics from Barttorvik.com (MAC Conference games only). The positives are team defense (lowest opponent eFG% in MAC) and rebounding both offensive and defensive both best in MAC. Areas where the team lagged was in shooting - 6th overall in the MAC and TO% on offense - 7th in the MAC. Another issue was relatively small contribution from bench. Overall getting the second seed and invite to NIT, while not the ultimate goal of this team, I would say merits a 'B' Now on to the offseason - keys will be retaining the core for next year and completing the recruiting class and getting players that can extend the bench beyond what was available this year. If they are successful, next year should be an improvement over this and hopefully we are back in the tournament. Do you have any stats showing our pace under Whitesell vs under Oats? I would be curious to see that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocCas86 Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 2 hours ago, ub2019 said: Do you have any stats showing our pace under Whitesell vs under Oats? I would be curious to see that. Don't have time to capture tonight, but you can get that stat - adjusted tempo from https://barttorvik.com/team.php?team=Buffalo&year=2021 They also show game by game possessions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocCas86 Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 On 3/20/2021 at 7:25 PM, ub2019 said: Do you have any stats showing our pace under Whitesell vs under Oats? I would be curious to see that. I have had a chance to compile some stats. The first chart shows pace under Whitesell and Oats limited to MAC conference games to lessen any distortion that may be caused by non-conference opponents. This shows that the 'Pace' for first two years under Whitesell is comparable to the last two under Oats (~75 possessions per game). As each team will generally have the same number of possessions in each game it is useful to see how many points per possession you score vs what you allow. The following is chart showing Points Per Possession on offense: You will see that our offensive efficiency improved this year relative to last year, but was less than 2018 and 2019 seasons. Our points per possession improved during 2021 - as some of the early season issues were addressed. One area that prevented us from doing more with our possessions during 2021 was turnovers which we will need to address in 2022 to improve upon this year. Hopefully we continue the good work on offensive rebounding. On defensive side, points per possession allowed was comparable to Oats last year and in my opinion a positive to take away from this past season. Again, hope we can force a few more turnovers in 2022 and continue defensive rebounding. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocCas86 Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 (edited) Here are some historical offensive statistics, eFG%, TO% and OR%: eFG% ((FG + 0.5 * 3P) / FGA) - This has been relatively stable (between 51%-52%) with the exception of last two years of Oats, which were significantly higher. Would be nice to improve upon this next year. TO% (TOV / Poss) - This is an area that the team will need to work on next year - to get closer to Oats / Hurley levels. This would mean eliminating 1-2 turnovers per game. Note this is an area where current results are better than Reggie teams. OR% (ORB / (ORB + DRBopp) - This was a strength of the team this year. Let's keep this going in 2022! Edited March 24, 2021 by DocCas86 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
121Merrimac Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 56 minutes ago, DocCas86 said: ... OR% ... was a strength of the team this year. ... The Mballa Effect can be seen in that chart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocCas86 Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 3 minutes ago, 121Merrimac said: The Mballa Effect can be seen in that chart. Agreed. His rebounding has helped significantly in giving us second chance opportunities and limiting them for our opponents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikescherrer8 Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 13 hours ago, DocCas86 said: Agreed. His rebounding has helped significantly in giving us second chance opportunities and limiting them for our opponents. Not only him but the team as a whole. We were the best rebounding team in the nation. A key component to that great run we had late in the season. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocCas86 Posted March 24, 2021 Share Posted March 24, 2021 Just now, mikescherrer8 said: Not only him but the team as a whole. We were the best rebounding team in the nation. A key component to that great run we had late in the season. I had started to add rebounding of rest of team in my reply, but ended up leaving off. Thank you for addition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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