Iona got a solid victory over Richmond this afternoon 88-79 at the Robins Center. This certainly wasn’t a guaranteed win and there are a number of positives for the Gaels to take from it. One of the best is that Iona really imposed its pace on the Spiders. This was an approximately 75-possession game. That’s fast, much faster than Richmond wanted to play.
Tag: Scott Machado
A better way to find assists
Tracking where assists go and what types of baskets they create is becoming more and more important in college basketball analysis. Dave Ryan did a great post the other day about Scott Machado’s assists. Everyone has also seen the great graphics that Luke Winn does in his Power Rankings. This week he even went and checked for erroneous assists (see the North Carolina section). But whenever someone wants to do analysis of assists they have to go over the box score by hand. (At least I think they were.) I’m hoping to eliminate that effort.
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.
The Mikan Drill looks at Iona’s defense
The Mikan Drill, an excellent site for breaking down strategy in college basketball, wrote about Iona’s defense this morning. Go check out how the Gaels used their 2-1-2 press and 3-2 matchup zone to stifle Western Michigan and Maryland and what some of the weaknesses could be moving forward. It’s an information read.
Note: Scott Machado was featured, Iona received a shout out and the Purdue loss was included in the games of the week in Ballin’ is a Habit’s Week in Review.
Sunday Wrap Up: Iona crushes Maryland
It was a really good day for the New York area teams as every single one won. Three of the games were blowouts. Here are a few notes from each of the games.
Friday Night Notes
There were three games played on Friday involving area teams. Iona, Fordham and Fairleigh Dickinson all got into the win column for the first time this season tonight. Below are some important takeaways.
Quick hits from Iona’s loss to Purdue
Iona lost out on a golden opportunity to get a win versus talented, but raw Purdue team this afternoon at the 5-Hour Energy Puerto Rico Tip-Off. The 91-90 defeat was especially difficult because it basically was decided by two last-season heaves. Purdue’s at the end of the first half went in, Iona’s at the end of the game was wide left.
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Mike Glover picked as MAAC Preseason POY
The MAAC gave out its preseason awards on Tuesday in Springfield, MA and the Iona Gaels were the big winners. Forward Mike Glover was selected as the Preseason Player of the Year after he averaged 18.4 PPG and 10.1 RPG last season. The Gaels were also selected No. 1 in the preseason standings.
A Bleacher Report article worth reading
I tweeted about this over the weekend (and you should follow my account), but this article on Bleacher Report about the Top 30 Mid-Major Players at every position for 2011-12 is actually pretty insightful. The ranks of the New York area players are after the jump.
Who’s the man? Machado vs. Glover
If you look at Iona’s tempo-free profile one thing immediately stands out: The impact that juniors Scott Machado and Michael Glover had on the Gaels’ offense. The two of them used 24.4% and 26.3% of Iona’s possessions respectively when they were on the court. For the season their shot percentages were nearly identical at 22.9% and 22.0%.
But there was a big difference in how the team played when one of them got more shots than the other.
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