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Pretty obvious stats, but I thought they were interesting.

Free Throws

When FT% ≥ 77%

-UAB is 12-2

When FT% is between 71% and 75%

-UAB is 3-4

When FT% ≤ 70%

-UAB is 1-7

-We shot free throws under 69% on average in OOC games. In 3 of our 4 CUSA losses we shot 70% of worse. The only other one was UTEP where we shot 80%, but only 5 total free throws.

Turnovers

When Turnovers ≥ 14

-UAB is 5-9

When Turnovers = 13

-UAB is 3-3

When Turnovers ≤ 12

-UAB is 8-1

- We averaged 14.75 turnovers in D1 OOC games. We're averaging 12.31 turnovers in CUSA games. In 7 of our 12 D1 OOC games we had 16 or more turnovers (Morehead St, Florida, JSU, USF, ULM, UNC, Wisconsin). We've only had 16 or more turnovers in 3 CUSA games (FIU, @Rice, @LT). I think these numbers are significant, considering we've played more true road games in conference. We've only gave up more than 13 turnovers in a single CUSA home game against FIU. I think Our @La. Tech performance was the most disappointing one because we gave up 20 turnovers in regulation and still only lost the game by one possession. Pretty uncharacteristic of this team since January. @Rice with 19 turnovers was still bad, but we gave up 5 of those in the two overtimes...obviously at bad times (like overtime 1).
Yes, obvious, but still interesting.
hit FT's, don't turn the ball over ==>win
in our OOC losses, id be interested to know how many points we left at the line (including the front ends of 1 and 1's)
My parents are old Hoosiers (both went to IU). They were raised on the age-old adage, "If you think small things don't matter, think of the last game you lost by one point." Free throws were the difference of that one point.
I'd be interested to know what our FT percentage in the last 5 minutes of games in conference play are.

We've been money down the stretch, which is frankly amazing in a team this young.
(03-02-2015 07:01 PM)Smaug Wrote: [ -> ]I'd be interested to know what our FT percentage in the last 5 minutes of games in conference play are.

We've been money down the stretch, which is frankly amazing in a team this young.

Especially Hakeem Baxter's late game numbers. Seems like he is always at the line late in the game, going 7 of 8 or 8 of 9.
(03-02-2015 07:01 PM)Smaug Wrote: [ -> ]I'd be interested to know what our FT percentage in the last 5 minutes of games in conference play are.

We've been money down the stretch, which is frankly amazing in a team this young.

I agree and I think that it has a lot to do who is at the line shooting free throws during the late stages of the game. We have been ahead in most of the conference games so often the opponents were having to foul to try to catch up.

This is a very good free throw shooting top to bottom - probably the best I have seen at UAB in a long time - but we do have some weaker spots. For example, the three worst season average for players with a lot of playing time are Mahinti - 60.0%, Cokely - 62.3% and Brown - 69.9%, These are valuable players in other ways so they are likely to shoot foul shots during most of the game.

The best foul shooters are Norton 87.5%, Baxter 80.2%, Madison 79.9%, Lee 78.2%, and Watts - 77.8%. And I think they have all improved their averages in in conference play. If we are ahead late and the other team is more likely to foul, either because they are playing defense very aggressively or because they are fouling on purpose, Haas usually has most of his best foul shooters in the game and the worst ones on the bench. Not many teams have five very good players hitting right at 80% of their foul shots that they can play at the same time late in a game.
We're 16th in FT shooting percentage in the country at 75.1% overall, but #123 in the country for attempts per game (still pretty good).

We're shooting over 80% in conference play, which is crazy good.
(03-02-2015 08:33 PM)CajunBlazer Wrote: [ -> ]
(03-02-2015 07:01 PM)Smaug Wrote: [ -> ]I'd be interested to know what our FT percentage in the last 5 minutes of games in conference play are.

We've been money down the stretch, which is frankly amazing in a team this young.

This is a very good free throw shooting top to bottom - probably the best I have seen at UAB in a long time - but we do have some weaker spots. For example, the three worst season average for players with a lot of playing time are Mahinti - 60.0%, Cokely - 62.3% and Brown - 69.9%, These are valuable players in other ways so they are likely to shoot foul shots during most of the game.

Damn, I never realized that. I thought he was 80% or above for some reason.

That aside, it seemed like a lot of C-USA teams suffered at the line this season in the games that I watched. I don't mean crunch time, hands shaking because the game is on the line free throws or the fatigued, too many minutes disrupting the stroke free throws, either. Just bricks.

Turnover wise, the guys are miles better than they were at the beginning.
It's made a huge difference for us. Look at the last game, for instance - MT was 24 of 36, UAB was at 26 of 31. A couple of made free throws could have turned those OT's into a loss.
Neat to see the splits for conference vs OOC games.

Free throws and turnovers are two crucial ingredients in Dean Olliver's Four Factors of Basketball Success. Basically, if you control these four areas of the game, you'll win. eFG% is usually the most important factor.

Here are the four factors from the Middle Tennessee game:
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Interestingly, Brown is only attempting 1 free throw per 5 field goal attempts, whereas someone like Baxter attempts 3 FT per 5 FGA. Also, since Cokley primarily operates in the paint, I would have assumed he'd be going to the charity stripe more often.
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Prior to the year, I assumed Brown was a slasher, but he's turned out to primarily be a jump shooter. Luckily, his shooting numbers are better during conference play, but he's starting to cool off again. However, unlike earlier in the year, we have guys ready to pick up the slack.
(03-03-2015 11:37 AM)jthrashr Wrote: [ -> ]Neat to see the splits for conference vs OOC games.

Free throws and turnovers are two crucial ingredients in Dean Olliver's Four Factors of Basketball Success. Basically, if you control these four areas of the game, you'll win. eFG% is usually the most important factor.

Here are the four factors from the Middle Tennessee game:
[Image: uouJzGz.png]

Interestingly, Brown is only attempting 1 free throw per 5 field goal attempts, whereas someone like Baxter attempts 3 FT per 5 FGA. Also, since Cokley primarily operates in the paint, I would have assumed he'd be going to the charity stripe more often.
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Prior to the year, I assumed Brown was a slasher, but he's turned out to primarily be a jump shooter. Luckily, his shooting numbers are better during conference play, but he's starting to cool off again. However, unlike earlier in the year, we have guys ready to pick up the slack.

Brown can be a defensive liability sometimes as well. I wouldn't give him up though!
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