I’d also note that while Dunn hasn’t turned into a breakout offensive star, he has significantly improved his game. He’s cut his fouls per possession by 1/3 and his TOs by half, while doubling his assist rate per possession. He’s also clearly more assertive offensively than he was last year.
KenPom tracks what % of a team’s possessions are “used” by each player for players who get at least 40% of their team’s minutes over a season. Dunn didn’t quite qualify last year because he only played 30.3% of UVA’s minutes. But if he had, with the same rate-numbers, he would have been the 3rd least offensively involved player in the entire ACC. Out of 90 qualifying players, VT’s MJ Collins was dead last at 11.0%, Wake’s Matthew Marsh was #2 at 11.2% and Dunn would have been #3 at 11.3%.
This year, Dunn is at 17.3% which still isn’t very high (67th out of 91) but is into respectable territory. On the leaderboard he’s sandwiched between FSU’s Baba Miller and Duke’s Caleb Foster. Its not “taking over games” territory, but it is a big step up from where he was last year.
TL;DR - Dunn isn’t having an offensive breakout season, but he has improved significantly in a bunch of little ways, beyond his otherworldly defense, and we should appreciate that.
Analysis: This Justin Jackson must’ve been an alumni… and Seth Davis still hates us.
Ranking
Voters
7
Justin Jackson
11
Bruce Pascoe
14
Brian Holland Luke DeCock
15
Scott Richey
16
Todd Golden
17
Pat Rooney
18
JB Ricks
19
Bob Ballou Donna Ditota Jeff Neiburg Jeff Borzello Kevin Sjuts Parth Upadhyaya Stefan Krajisnik
20
Chris Murray Jeff Welsch Michelle Gardner
21
Adam Cole Chad Leistikow Jay Tust Jerry CarinoKevin McNamara Mark Zeigler Mark Berman
22
Andrew Quinn Ben Steele Bob Holt Brice Cherry Calum McAndrew Darnell Dickson Dave Preston David Jablonski Kate Rogerson Kevin Brockway Lauren Walsh Marcus Fuller Mia O’Brien Sheldon Mickles Steve Hewitt Tony Garcia Zach Klein
23
Bret Bloomquist Geoff Grammer Steve Greenberg
24
Chandler Mack Dave Borges Rick Bozich Shane Mettlen
25
Dick Vitale Jon Wilner Jon Rothstein Kyle Austin
NR
Kellis Robinett Seth Davis Dave Reardon Jerry DiPaola Dylan Sinn Brenna Greene Justin Martinez Luca Evans Nick Alvarez
With the NET having no preseason prior, sometimes the changes after each game also have a lot to do with what happened with your previous opponents, as the ratings can be quite volatile. I haven’t looked at Clemson’s schedule closely, but maybe some of their previous wins look less good after the latest round of games?
You may be right. Language is technically that you can’t play before X date, and the scrimmages are an exception to that. So, unless there’s something I’m missing, I supposed you could scrimmage during the season… which leaves us with the question – why would you want to? (maybe if you were one of those teams with a super long layoff post conference tourney, but pre-NCAA?)
You could play a secret scrimmage immediately before a real game, so the players are all tired for the game. And maybe do a super-hard practice before the scrimmage too? I don’t know why you’d do that but I’m not a HOF coach
The rules define the practice window (no more than 42 days before the first contest) and when the playing season can start (this is tied to a specific calendar date). But a team doesn’t have to play its first contest on opening day. It could conceivably play a scrimmage after the playing season starts but before its first contest. But since you can only practice 42 days before your first contest, and coaches want to start practice as early as possible, they’ll of course schedule the first contest early. That’s how I read it all, but I’ve never heard of anyone doing that.
The Hoos have played 9 First Round NCAA Tournament games under CTB. All have come after a bit of a layoff and played on Thursday or Friday - also days we don’t usually play on.
Which time did they come out blazing and have at least a 10 point lead with 6 minutes left in the first half?
