PhoenixRising2 wrote:

Since I am using KenPom stats for the above, I thought that I would also include team strengths and weaknesses based on the Four Factors theory (https://kenpom.com/blog/four-factors/). The four factors gives you a bit of a clue on why a team is good or bad when they have or don’t have the ball.
- Effective field goal percentage
- Turnover percentage
- Offensive rebounding percentage
- Free throw rate
If a team ranks in the Top 100 in these stats, I will call it a strength; bottom 100 will receive a weakness - roughly a Top or Bottom 30% rating.

Here's a look at Cornell:
Offensive Strength:  None
Offensive Weakness:  None
Defensive Strength: Limits opponents FT chances
Defensive Weakness:  Does not create turnovers; allows offensive rebounds

Here's a look at the Dukes (national ranking out of 351 teams):
Offensive Strength:  Getting to the FT Line (1); Offensive Rebounds (78)
Offensive Weakness:  Effective FG% (315)
Defensive Strength: Creates turnovers (28), hold opponents to low Effective FG% (56), Limits opponents FT chances (68)
Defensive Weakness:  Allows offensive rebounds (342)


 

Wow I'm reading this as we are #1 in the nation in getting to the free throw line? Thats awesome, big change from the Ferry days when we were all complaining about the lack of interior offense and guys driving to the basket.

Getting to the line is crucial to winning games. Not only do you get the free points, you get the other team in foul trouble.

Good to see this is being made a priority. Lewis, Smith, and Castro have looked much more aggressive going to the basket with the ball so far this year.

Boy did that Robert Morris loss kill our RPI.  if we beat Bobby Mo, this is more like an 8 to 10 point Dukes win.  Tejas says take the Dukes and give up to 5

And no Eric James in uniform.

Tejas_Duke wrote:

PhoenixRising2 wrote:

And no Eric James in uniform.

And Kellon Taylor, the football walk on starting?  Really?
 

Yep. And no Mike Lewis starting.

Lewis has stitches in his eyebrow,maybe precautionary non start?

I was wrong about Chas Brown. He is taller than Hughes and just slightly shorter than Krivacevic. Probably 6'8"

Did Ray just say Eric James was out for weeks, and we are down to seven men?  Ugh

Kellon Taylor thought he was still playing football when he fouled that kid shooting a 3 at the end of the half. Absolutely crushed him.

Sloppy sloppy play in the last 30 seconds of the half. Too many mental mistakes.

35-32 at half, Lewis 9, Castro 7, Smith 7 , Williams Jr 8 with JRob 4-4 Cornell killing Dukes with back door cuts

Duques102 wrote:

Phildog wrote:

35-32 at half, Lewis 9, Castro 7, Smith 7 , Williams Jr 8 with JRob 4-4 Cornell killing Dukes with back door cuts

Murdering them with the backdoor cuts, it's the only way they're scoring on us. They may be the worst shooting team I've ever seen for D1 basketball.

We've been comfortably ahead basically the whole game even when the score got close at times.

Cornell is really bad.

It's not very comfortable now, down 58-53

They're blowing our doors off now.