The Big East has become a bit clearer in the second week of conference play, but the conference’s gut — teams ranked fourth through sixth in the chart below — is still considerably murky. The efficiency margin separating Georgetown, Marquette, and Providence ranges up to .05, too small a margin to predict which team might pose a challenge to the conference’s top tier. Continue reading “Big East Tempo-Free Metrics: Week Two”
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Impact of Grant Gibbs’ Injury
Based on video replay of the incident and subsequent Twitter reactions, the extant of Grant Gibbs’ injury could have been much worse. Continue reading “Impact of Grant Gibbs’ Injury”
Tempo-Free Big East: Week One
After two months of non-conference play and guarantee games, the Big East slate tipped last week. It is still ridiculously early to begin evaluating these squads — other than Creighton and Seton Hall, the remaining eight teams have played just two games — we can still begin to identify potential trends, possible standout players, and break down which team(s) to closely monitor in the coming weeks. Continue reading “Tempo-Free Big East: Week One”
Creighton’s Three-Point Strategy
When Creighton hired Greg McDermott in the spring of 2010, it wasn’t expected that the former Iowa State coach, who reportedly made his decision to leave Ames in roughly 48 hours, would engineer a squad that would transform into the nation’s top shooting team over the 2012 and ’13 seasons. Continue reading “Creighton’s Three-Point Strategy”
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