As the season goes on New York City has apparently realized there’s something to play for. St. John’s, Iona, Manhattan, Wagner, Stony Brook, St. Francis Brooklyn, Quinnipiac and more are competing for a league title and competing hard. It makes these weekly awards even more difficult. An excellent problem to have. Continue reading “Big Apple Buckets Weekly Awards: Feb. 17”
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Columbia 71, Cornell 61
One win. No losses. Continue reading “Columbia 71, Cornell 61”
Columbia 68, Stony Brook 63
Columbia may not be the best team in the Ivy League heading into conference action, but they are certainly one of the most methodical, fascinating teams out there. Continue reading “Columbia 68, Stony Brook 63”
Columbia 81, St. Francis Brooklyn 61
Columbia head coach Kyle Smith likes to compare his team to Mohammad Ali. They fight with patience, but when given an opportunity to attack, they don’t shy away. Continue reading “Columbia 81, St. Francis Brooklyn 61”
Columbia 81, Army 64
Columbia built an 12-point halftime lead and coasted to an 81-64 victory over Army at Levien Gymnasium on Wednesday night. The win brings the Lions above .500 overall at 5-4 on the season. They’ll be put to the test though on Saturday at Bucknell. Continue reading “Columbia 81, Army 64”
Columbia 61, American 47
Kyle Smith and Alex Rosenberg walked down the halls of Levien Lobby smiling and laughing. The Lions had just dispatched of American 61-47, and their mood was lighthearted following the win. Continue reading “Columbia 61, American 47”
Using Roland Ratings to Determine Team MVPs
I don’t believe in +/- too much at the collegiate level, but sometimes derivative statistics can provide some interesting jumping off points. One of those is +/- for lineups. Another is Roland Rating. Basically, Roland Rating is the difference between a team’s +/- when a player is on the court and off of it. It’s a way of judging how valuable player is if you’ve got a large enough sample size. Let’s see what it says about each of the NYC teams and who the most valuable players are.
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Checking out Columbia’s plus/minus
I was reading Princeton Basketball and catching up on the Tigers when I came across his post about Princeton’s plus/minus numbers through the first 10 games of the season. Now, I think people read into these numbers a bit too much, and last season Ken Pomeroy wrote a good takedown of +/-. Still, there’s value in looking at lineup combinations and just having the numbers confirm what your eyes, or other stats, are seeing. Let’s look at some for Columbia through the Lions’ first 11 games of the season.
Dribble Handoffs: End of November
The first month of college basketball season is coming to an end, but that means the information available is just heating up. Lots of great stuff is being written about all the teams in the area.
Season Snapshot: Columbia
The first five games of Columbia’s season were quite dramatic. The Lions lost their leading scorer from a year ago, Noruwa Agho, at the end of the second game of the season against Furman. That has forced Kyle Smith to change up some of the things he intended to do, but on Saturday against Manhattan his team finally broke through for its first victory of the season, 59-41.
NYC Buckets Archive 