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 Interesting passage in ESPNtheMag article
(Again, ESPNtheMag comes to me free with an ESPN Insider subscription - which is definitely worth the money for more info and more candid observations from blog and feature writers - I wouldn't pay a cent for this otherwise)
Latest ESPNtheMag issue is on Analytics and the feature article re: college basketball is on how detailed metrics show that Florida is the best team in the country this year...regardless of how they've been relatively ignored by pollsters. It had this paragraph about North Carolina which I thought was instructive after watching our players develop under Haase this season:
Quote:For those of you still in the dark about basketball's next-level revolution, DER stands for Defensive Efficiency Rating. And when it comes to advanced metrics in college hoops, efficiency is all the rage. To understand why, consider North Carolina last season: The Tar Heels made it to the Elite Eight. They finished 170th among D1 teams in scoring defense, allowing 67.1 points per game. But what that stat failed to account for is that UNC averaged 72.8 possessions per game, the 9th-fastest tempo in the country. Crunching the pace-adjusted numbers reveals that the Heels gave up a paltry 92.2 points per 100 possessions (or .922 points per possession). When adjusted based on schedule, that figure dips to 88.6 (.866 ppp), according to KenPom.com, good for 11th in D1.
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Interesting passage in ESPNtheMag article
