Wednesday, March 02, 2005
BLOGGIES DAY THREE: BETTER LATE THAN NEVER
Today's bloggies go out to the league's finest rebounders. That doesn't mean the league leaders in rebounds, it means those who rebound the most in the time they have. Moreover, resulted are adjusted for the pace that each team plays at. Quit reading now if you don't like numbers: the formula is rebounds over team possessions, divided by minutes played. Thus, if you play for Navy, you lose some stature in this measure because you have more opportunities for rebounds due to the extraordinary amount of possessions your team has.
Note that this doesn't make them the best players in their alloted time. If that was the case, then they would be seeing more time on the floor, wouldn't they? Rather, this measures rebounds only, so take it with a grain of salt.
Does that make sense? Let me know if it doesn't.
In the meantime, the award for the league's finest rebounder goes to HC freshman Tim "Big Purple Dogg" Clifford by a significant margin. Making the most of his time on the hardwood, Clifford outrebounded the entire league. Congratulations to him. HC fans (and the league itself) have railed me for missing their freshman PG on my all-league team, but Clifford got a lot more consideration in my mind, as he alone was responsible for HC's OT victory at the Splaver Center. HC's future is bright with this young man.
UPDATE 3/3/5:
As I wandered into PL blog HQ this morning, a thought occured. Yes, this is an exciting phenomenon. Perhaps part of the reason that Clifford and others who come off the bench are ranked so high in this chart is that a lot of their minutes come in "junk time", when a game is close, or when a team is playing Army. Therefore, perhaps, rebounds are easier to attain in the minutes they play. Maybe so, maybe not.
What you really need to make those kind of determinations is data on who's on the court at a given time. But we don't have that, so we'll have to make due with the above. I'm not 100% confident in it, but 80% will have to do for now. @ 10:38 PM
Today's bloggies go out to the league's finest rebounders. That doesn't mean the league leaders in rebounds, it means those who rebound the most in the time they have. Moreover, resulted are adjusted for the pace that each team plays at. Quit reading now if you don't like numbers: the formula is rebounds over team possessions, divided by minutes played. Thus, if you play for Navy, you lose some stature in this measure because you have more opportunities for rebounds due to the extraordinary amount of possessions your team has.
Note that this doesn't make them the best players in their alloted time. If that was the case, then they would be seeing more time on the floor, wouldn't they? Rather, this measures rebounds only, so take it with a grain of salt.
Does that make sense? Let me know if it doesn't.
In the meantime, the award for the league's finest rebounder goes to HC freshman Tim "Big Purple Dogg" Clifford by a significant margin. Making the most of his time on the hardwood, Clifford outrebounded the entire league. Congratulations to him. HC fans (and the league itself) have railed me for missing their freshman PG on my all-league team, but Clifford got a lot more consideration in my mind, as he alone was responsible for HC's OT victory at the Splaver Center. HC's future is bright with this young man.
UPDATE 3/3/5:
As I wandered into PL blog HQ this morning, a thought occured. Yes, this is an exciting phenomenon. Perhaps part of the reason that Clifford and others who come off the bench are ranked so high in this chart is that a lot of their minutes come in "junk time", when a game is close, or when a team is playing Army. Therefore, perhaps, rebounds are easier to attain in the minutes they play. Maybe so, maybe not.
What you really need to make those kind of determinations is data on who's on the court at a given time. But we don't have that, so we'll have to make due with the above. I'm not 100% confident in it, but 80% will have to do for now. @ 10:38 PM
