Interesting MVC metrics

[Aargh]

Ever think that opposing teams focus so much on DJ / Colt / Jason Holsinger / Shy Ely etc that it increases the FG % of the other players by creating good looks for them. Not saying Marty is a genius but it is his team and the only offense he knows.

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[rlh04d]

Ever think that opposing teams focus so much on DJ / Colt / Jason Holsinger / Shy Ely etc that it increases the FG % of the other players by creating good looks for them. Not saying Marty is a genius but it is his team and his offense of choice.

Creating good looks for players to score on high % plays is a good way to run an offense. I'm sure DJ wouldn't have such a low % if the entire Evansville offense wasn't running him off screens and forcing shots, so that he's the only player on the court the opposing team has to defend. But it's not a particularly good or efficient strategy, and it has never been particularly successful.

There's a reason Evansville's only been ranked in the top 100 of KenPom's offensive efficiency once in Marty's entire run there. Living and dying by the hot hand of a single shooter is not an efficient or effective offense. It'll beat teams it shouldn't when that hand is hot, and it'll lose to teams it shouldn't when that hand is cold.

[Ricardo del Rio]

Mock is top 10 in offensive efficiency in the conference since the start of the 2009 season. The only guys a head of him, you may have heard of...I can say all them them by last name and everyone will know who I'm talking about McDermott, Tuttle, Early, Echenique, Weems, Jackson.

DJ is down at 36 on that list. He is behind guys like Ethan Wragge, J.T. Durley, Andrew Warren, Mamadou Seck, Nate Buss, Will Creekmore, All good players in the own right, but...yeah. His rating is nearly identical to Ben Smith, Christian Thomas, Richard Carter, Seth Van Deast, Lucas O'Rear, Dwayne Lathan and Caleb Patterson.


The offense could be SO MUCH better than it is if a couple easy adjustments were made.

Durley? Am I reading a misstatement?

[uniftw]

Mock is top 10 in offensive efficiency in the conference since the start of the 2009 season. The only guys a head of him, you may have heard of...I can say all them them by last name and everyone will know who I'm talking about McDermott, Tuttle, Early, Echenique, Weems, Jackson.

DJ is down at 36 on that list. He is behind guys like Ethan Wragge, J.T. Durley, Andrew Warren, Mamadou Seck, Nate Buss, Will Creekmore, All good players in the own right, but...yeah. His rating is nearly identical to Ben Smith, Christian Thomas, Richard Carter, Seth Van Deast, Lucas O'Rear, Dwayne Lathan and Caleb Patterson.


The offense could be SO MUCH better than it is if a couple easy adjustments were made.

Durley? Am I reading a misstatement?

You misread nothing.

30. Andrew Warren 19.92
31. Jake Koch 19.78
32. J.T. Durley 19.77
33. Tony Lewis 19.66
34. Tyshon Pickett 19.35
35. Ethan Wragge 19.31
36. D.J. Balentine 19.26
37. Ben Smith 19.06