RE: MBB - Game 13 - JMU
Given the claims of youth, I was curious about where we stack up against our conference brethren. Below are some quick numbers, in case anyone else finds it interesting.
Number of underclassmen on the roster:
Hofstra - 5
Northeastern - 5
Charleston - 7
UNCW - 7
William & Mary - 8
Towson - 8
Drexel - 9
Delaware - 9
Elon - 10
JMU - 10
Since number of underclassmen is a fairly blunt tool, I thought I'd dig a little deeper into meaningful minutes returning for the teams this year. These numbers are for the number of minutes a player had booked coming into the year (thus this year's numbers are excluded); however, in order for it to count as meaningful returning experience the player must have appeared in at least half of the team's games this year and must average more than 5 minutes. So the below numbers are the previous years' experience for all players who are playing regularly on this year's CAA squads (again, it's 8 in the morning, so there may be a slight slip up or two in here; all are based on ESPN #s and minutes at previous schools do count. For the extreme example, Allen has only played in 3 games for Delaware this year, so his previous minutes don't count).
Total conference meaningful returning minutes: 65,575
Team Most: Northeastern (9,201)
Team Fewest: Drexel (3,402)
Team Mean: 6,575.5
W&M Team: 5,508
Player Most: Elon's Seibring (3,034)
No. of Players with 1,000+ Minutes:
Drexel - 1
Elon - 2
JMU - 2
Towson - 2
Delaware - 2
Hofstra - 3
Charleston - 3
W&M - 4
Northeastern - 5
UNCW - 5
2,000+ minute players:
JMU - Mosley
Elon - Seibring, Santa Ana
Hofstra - Pemberton, Wright-Foreman
Northeastern - Pusica
Charleston - Riller, Brantley, Harris
% of total conference returning meaningful minutes for each team (in an ideal world, everyone would be around 9-11% for perfect balance).
Drexel - 5.2%
Towson - 7.4%
Delaware - 8.3%
William & Mary - 8.4%
JMU - 10.4%
Hofstra - 10.9%
Elon -11.7%
UNCW - 11.8%
Charleston - 11.9%
Northeastern - 14%
Outside of the three outliers (Northeastern, Towson, Drexel), the conference seems to be fairly decently balanced, experience-wise (obviously, Charleston still has an advantage over Delaware, but it will never be perfect).
I also willingly admit that this year's minutes are starting to really count toward experience with half of a season in the books, but I thought these numbers gave a decent look at where everyone stood coming into the season. Further, I readily admit you would probably prefer to have a Junior who averaged 900 minutes his first two years than a senior who averaged 650 his first three years, but I have neither the time nor the patience to delve into that mess.
Just thought it was interesting, so I'd share.
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