(02-03-2013 12:25 AM)Memphis Blazer Wrote: (02-03-2013 12:17 AM)TheGORILLA Wrote: (02-02-2013 10:28 PM)Memphis Blazer Wrote: (02-02-2013 10:24 PM)TheGORILLA Wrote: No doubt, what a performance by USM point guard and yes, a couple of UAB players hustled hard but finished with 12 missed shots out of 16 tries. It seemed that late in the game when UAB was pounding the boards to get several key rebounds, and they came so close to getting some big ones on both ends, but the ball somehow was rebounded by USM. Only 12 turnovers, tonight, but a couple of turnovers in a row, both fumbles, I think, off of the dribble, really hurt when they were down by 4 with about 9 minutes left and USM all of a sudden went up by 11 and UAB was forced to call time out, I think. That was a huge turning point.
I knew you would post to point out all of the bad things they did.
Looked pretty sloppy, at times, scrambling on the floor for balls that got away from themselves. Most of their turnovers are not on fast breaks but well after they have crossed half court, while they are running the offense, and usually dribbling into traffic. They got their pockets picked a few times by a blind side defenseman. They never saw the defensive man even pick their pocket, and away they went for a fast break layup or a dunk. Duh!
Guess what, dude. You can say the same thing about USM as well. USM was scrambling after balls that got away from them, They had their pockets picked from the blindside. It was that type of game. USM had 19 turnovers. UAB had only 12. USM had only six fast break points, so it didn't happened that much.
You are so intent on pointing out everything you think UAB did wrong that you refuse to acknowledge what they did wrong. Gene Bartow would be very ashamed of you.
Nah! Coach Bartow allowed me to familiarize his players, individually, about offensive possessions(a made field goal possession, a missed field goal possession, a free throw possession, and a turnover possession). There are several types of turnovers. The most frequent type of turnover is the bad pass, which accounts for about 40% of all turnovers, on average. The next most frequent type of turnover is the fumble, which accounts for about 30% of all turnovers. Bad passes and fumbles account for 70% of all turnovers. The next most common turnover, surprisingly, is the offensive foul, which accounts for about 15% of all turnovers. That covers about 85% of all turnovers. The remaining 15% of all turnovers are travelling, three seconds in the lane, a five second call, a shot clock violation, or stepping on the out of bounds line.
I know the game, friend(and not dude). I kept my own personal play by play chart for all road games I listened to on the radio or watched on TV, for several seasons, along the way. The above figures are based on averages that I compiled and, of which, I compared to play by play stats that Ray Mears compiled, over the years, as Coach at Tennessee. Not surprisingly, my averages nearly matched his, in every catagory.
Is this way over your head? It is certainly not over the players heads. Maybe they will read it, and improve their offensive efficiency(number of points scored per offensive possession).
The whole point in educating players with such statistical knowledge about turnovers, it takes the mystery out of why and how teams commit so many offensive miscues, and it provides players with a keen ability to be more conscientious, individually, and as a team, during offensive possessions.
One time, in the history of UAB Basketball, UAB had zero turnovers in the first 20 minutes of a game, against Auburn at Auburn, the year George Wilkerson was a senior, and the same night George was assigned to guard Wesley Person for forty minutes. UAB won that game. I might add that George had the flue and did not feel well, at the time. That same team averaged 10 turnovers per game, that season. Several of Coach Bartows teams averaged around 10-12 turnovers per game, well below the national average of 14-16 turnovers per team, per game, and yes that particular statistic did contribute to numbers of wins over the course of a season, and to the number of NCAA and NIT appearances that his teams earned.
Coach Bartow was always proud of me, and players were not the least bit offended at the way I would humbly point out....mistakes. You seem to be offended. Coaches scratch their heads, pat players on the back, tell them that it will get better, but the question is, how can they get better? My philosophy has always been to further educate players as to how to eliminate mistakes, and be more efficient, in offensive play. Besides turnovers, which accounts for a bunch of zeros, shooting percentages determine the average number of points scored per offensive possession, per game. And improving shooting percentages comes from constant individual practice and taking higher percentage shots. For instance, what is the highest percentage shot on the court? The layup, of course, and most of those are bank shot layups, or dunks.
The second highest percentage shot is the 15-18 foot shot. The lowest percentage shot on the court is the 5-10 foot shot, usually taken under a lot of pressure in or around the lane. Those statistics are compiled from averaging shot charts.
Have a good day! I hope you learned something.
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Good Hard fought game for the Blazers
