Coming off last nights 93 point "performance," there's rightfully been a lot of discussion about the Deacs defensive effort.
I spent a little time crunching some numbers this evening, and though I surely haven't come across any conclusions, I am actually a little surprised at a couple things I've found.
In three-consecutive games, the Deacs allowed less points and a worse shooting percentage than the opponents' season average.
at UL -16.9 pts and -8%
at LSU - 12.2 pts and -.4%
Xavier -2.4 pts and -2.9% (despite giving up 50 pts in the 2nd half)
NC St scored 1.6 pts less than their average and shot .6% better from the field and the numbers against Duke weren't terrible (+3.6% and +2.9 points).
The big recent outlier is last night's game against Virginia Tech where they scored 16 pts over their average and hit 5.1% better than their average. (plus was unreal from the FT line).
I spent a little time crunching some numbers this evening, and though I surely haven't come across any conclusions, I am actually a little surprised at a couple things I've found.
In three-consecutive games, the Deacs allowed less points and a worse shooting percentage than the opponents' season average.
at UL -16.9 pts and -8%
at LSU - 12.2 pts and -.4%
Xavier -2.4 pts and -2.9% (despite giving up 50 pts in the 2nd half)
NC St scored 1.6 pts less than their average and shot .6% better from the field and the numbers against Duke weren't terrible (+3.6% and +2.9 points).
The big recent outlier is last night's game against Virginia Tech where they scored 16 pts over their average and hit 5.1% better than their average. (plus was unreal from the FT line).
