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Bison137 
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11-14-19 11:07 AM - Post#290955    

It's obviously very early, but some Bison players have interesting statistical rankings.

- Paul Newman ranks 9th in the nation in defensive rebounding rate, grabbing 38.3% of all available rebounds at his defensive end. That leaves the other nine players on the court with less than 62%. Newman is also 45th in the nation in offensive rebounds, grabbing 18.1% of all missed shots at the Bison offensive end.
- In terms of pure stats, Newman has grabbed 29 rebounds in 51 minutes. Now if he could only figure out a way to stay out of foul trouble, as he is committing 8.6 fouls per 40 minutes. For whatever reason, refs seem to love calling borderline fouls on him and Bruce.
- Kahliel Spear is 43rd in the nation in blocked shots - blocking 11.1% of all opposition shots taken while he is on the court. He also ranks 190th in defensive rebounding rate.
- John Meeks is 110th in 3-point pct (very small sample size), shooting 5-9, and 330th in fouls drawn per 40.
- Bruce Moore ranks 146th in shooting pct, hitting 10-14 (.746)
- Walter Ellis is 48th in the nation in threes , hitting 7-11. Obviously a very small sample size.
- Sotos is 383rd in assist rate and 398th in steal rate.
- As a team, the Bison rank 71st in 3-point shooting (38.4%) and rank 21st in defense against the 3-pointer (21.4%). The bad news is that Pomeroy has demonstrated statistically that much of a team's success defending the three is luck. Teams that are near the top in the first half often fall significantly, for example. And vice versa.
- They rank 100th in the nation in opponents' 2-point FG pct. The good news is that this ranking is more sustainable. Less randomness over the course of a year.
- The Bison rank 113th defensively despite a few very poor defensive stats. To begin, they rank 286th in forcing turnovers and 326th in steals. Also they are 277th in giving up FT's relative to FGA's.
- Despite the great defensive rebound rates of Newman and Spear, the Bison only rank 195th in defensive rebounding. Other than the two centers, only Meeks and Sotos have respectable numbers in that category.




 
Bison137 
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12-09-19 06:13 PM - Post#294248    
    In response to Bison137

Interesting twitter tidbit:

"Bucknell is one of 14 D-I teams with 5 players with double-figure scoring averages.

The others: Coastal Carolina, UConn, Geo. Wash., Georgia Southern, Gonzaga, Kent St., Kentucky, LSU, Nicholls St., NC St., Texas Tech, Wagner & Western Kentucky."


https://twitter.com/Bucknell_MBB/status/1 204145847...

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It will be tough to maintain this mark, since Funk (10.4 ppg) and Meeks (10.3 ppg) are barely above the threshold.

I was curious when the last Bison team had five or more 10+ ppg scorers. Not surprisingly, you have to go back to Charlie Woollum's last season: Simpson (20.5), Anderson (14.8), Hamer (11.9), Golden (11.6), and Mboya (10.5). Raymond Brown almost made it six in double figures, averaging 9.6 ppg. The 1992 team came close, but you have to go back to 1989 to find the next time this was done - and that team had six in double figures: Butts, Joseph, Aceto, Heiden, Watson, and Leggett all between 10.6 ppg and 14.1 ppg. The previous year they had five: Butts, Joseph, Aceto, Watson, and Heiden.

The 1968 team barely missed having five, but the only other time it happened in Bison history was in 1955.




 
Bison137 
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01-13-20 11:54 PM - Post#296645    
    In response to Bison137

Here is how the top seven Bison rank in a number of offensive categories (Pomeroy). A lot of good stats for Meeks at the offensive end:


OFFENSIVE RATING: *
Meeks 102.0
Toomer 101.0
Sotos 100.8
Moore 98.2
Funk 95.6
Newman 88.3
Rice 79.9
* = Offensive Efficiency, based on shooting, offensive rebounds, assists, turnovers

Effective FG %: *
Meeks 53.5%
Toomer 52.3%
Sotos 50.0%
Funk 46.9%
Newman 44.6%
Rice 42.3%
Moore 40.4%
* = FG pct but threes are given 50% more credit.

True Shooting Pct: *
Meeks 56.5%
Toomer 55.5%
Sotos 54.9%
Moore 49.5%
Funk 49.1%
Newman 46.9%
Rice 45.9%
* = Effective FG pct, but factors in how many FT's a player earns and converts

Offensive Rebound Pct.
Newman 11.8%
Moore 9.5%
Meeks 5.5%
Toomer 4.8%
Sotos 1.4%
Funk 1.0%
Rice 0.0%

Defensive Rebound Pct.
Newman 27.9%
Meeks 15.6%
Funk 15.1%
Sotos 13.8%
Toomer 11.9%
Rice 7.3%
Moore 6.7%

Asst.Rate: *
Sotos 27.4%
Rice 19.5%
Toomer 11.3%
Newman 9.1%
Funk 8.0%
Moore 7.8%
Meeks 7.7%
* = Assists / Teammates FG's

2 PT %:
Meeks 52.2%
Funk 50.5%
Moore 50.0%
Rice 46.2%
Sotos 45.5%
Newman 44.6%
Toomer 37.7%

3 PT %:
Toomer 43.5%
Meeks 37.3%
Sotos 36.5%
Funk 28.6%
Rice 23.1%
Moore 4.0%
Newman N/A




 
HuskyColonial 
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01-14-20 02:54 PM - Post#296669    
    In response to Bison137

I never would have thought when the season started Funk would br bricking at less than 30% from 3.

 
jkrun80 
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01-14-20 04:17 PM - Post#296673    
    In response to HuskyColonial

  • HuskyColonial Said:
I never would have thought when the season started Funk would br bricking at less than 30% from 3.


His 0-8 vs. Navy didn't help along with a slump in December. The adjustment to the new 3-pt line has clearly been more difficult for some.

 
Bison137 
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01-15-20 02:58 PM - Post#296723    
    In response to jkrun80

Bison defense is allowing opponents to hit 53.5% of their two-point attempts - 303rd in the nation. Checking back, I believe this is the worst defense against the two in Bison history.

Moore and Toomer are very good defenders. Newman, Moore, and Spear are very good shot blockers, and Newman does a good job defending the low post against most players. Sotos and Rice are solid defenders against guards. But the overall defense is poor. I attribute part of it to the strategy of automatically switching in numerous instances, allowing the opposition to end up with Sotos or Toomer guarding a post player, while Newman or Meeks tries to stay with a quick guard.




 
Bison89 
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01-15-20 05:14 PM - Post#296729    
    In response to Bison137

  • Bison137 Said:
I attribute part of it to the strategy of automatically switching in numerous instances, allowing the opposition to end up with Sotos or Toomer guarding a post player, while Newman or Meeks tries to stay with a quick guard.



137, I absolutely can't stand it when the Bison switch and leave a C defending a 6' tall, quick G on the perimeter. Coach Davis needs to change his coaching strategy. This is not working with the players that he has now.
New season, new team, new dream . . .


 
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