Well, thatâs something, I guess.
I think that if the team was experienced together then that makes sense but I agree for this year it was great to allow the 10 or 11 new players to mesh a bit.
Now next year if say Chance, Sam Lewis, GrĂźnloh, Thijs and Elijah are all here and we add more pieces together then I think the earlier season could be a bit more challenging.
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Interesting roster update for Ohio State
https://twitter.com/jonrothstein/status/2012281370005905919?s=46&t=vkjgQUekzGC7z44tIfnIRQ
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Chance reposting screenshots of Torvik stats, what a time to be alive:
Also, this season having 6 of the top 20 freshman in BPM (since 2008) is pretty cool.
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His former STAB coach might be doe
I think itâs a lot better for your brand to play OOC games that basketball fans, not just Hoo fans, want to watch. If you have any aspirations of becoming an elite program, and you have the resources to assemble a talented roster every year, why wouldnât you want a challenging OOC schedule? At the end of the day, it doesnât really impact tourney seeding. It probably does more to help than hurt.
Most elite teams are going have massive roster turnover every year. Fear of getting ran one night by an elite team shouldnât dictate scheduling for a program like Virginia.
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Iâm surprised, a little. Our D has certainly improved, but it feels like our O has gotten worse. Maybe its been balanced by playing tougher opponents, but our 3FG% has drifted from ânear-eliteâ down to âgood to very goodâ.
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I am sure there are a few reasons for the drop in 3FG%, but at least some of it is likely Jacari being out.
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Oh it has but not by all that much. If you sort for dates since Dec 1 itâs like 16th offense 10th defense whereas before it was 4th offense and 30th defense or something.
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Itâs down a little on average from beginning of the season but to me it just seems more like we had a couple outlier games vs Dayton and Texas
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Our average is lower than the middle of the season, but youâre right its not by a ton. And the 5-game moving average is lower than the overall average but since the overall didnât keep moving down, it looks like its really just the VT game. If we score well vs SMU that should hop back up once VT drops off.
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Intuitive explanation is that our offense is three heavy and three point percentage has a ton of game-to-game variance.
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Good stuff, everyone. Someone tell Chance to hop on LRA. Friday night Torvik talk.
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We are getting good looks. Not worried - it will be fine.
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Would love to see a chart that tracks our shooting percentage through the course of a game. Seems like we alternate very hot streaks with very cold slumps. Maybe thatâs just the nature of the game and every team goes through something similar. But it feels like our swings are more extreme.
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Guessing this tracks somewhat closely to the kill shot metric - runs of 10+ points or something like that. I think we are top 10 in that.
EvanMiya posted this chart yesterday. Not exactly what youâre asking for, but Virginia does go on more kill shot runs than they concede.
https://twitter.com/evanmiya/status/2012222617336283555?s=46&t=vkjgQUekzGC7z44tIfnIRQ
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