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Date Posted: 09:08:41am 01/13/06 Fri,
Author: Stagman
Subject: Interesting Stat
In reply to: campion109 's message, "We totally blew it..." on 08:27:21am 01/13/06 Fri,

One of the ratings sites has a stat called Defensive Efficiency. Interesting concept, since it doesn't simply look at the number of points a team gives up, but how many points it gives up PER POSSESSION. This should be a much better measure of a team's defensive ability.

There are 334 D-1 schools. Guess where the Stags are ranked for this statistic? #331.

Please don't tell me that we are a better team without Deng Gai. He was our most valuable player by far. Not our best offensive player, but our most valuable player.

Defensive Efficiency(DE) = Points allowed / (100 possessions)

http://www.kenpom.com/stats.php

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[> [> [> Re: Interesting Stat -- JoeStag, 11:15:38am 01/13/06 Fri, [1]

What a great stat. Possesion analysis is a great way to look at it. Here is what it shows as far as our offensive and defesnive efficiency rank for the last 3 years.

2005- 2006....... OFF=113....... DEF=330
2004- 2005....... OFF=174....... DEF=115
2003- 2004....... OFF=151....... DEF=48

What these stats show is probably close to reality:

- prior 2 years we had an average offensive team abound 160
- this year our offense is better and ranked 113
- this years defense is awful
- last years offense was good at 115, but not nearly as good 2 years ago when it was 48th
- They did not have stats from 3 years ago, but I bet it was pretty close to 2003-2004

We have to do whatever it takes to improve the defense, cause we are kidding ourselves if we can be competitve without it.

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