Sunday, March 16, 2008

Analysis: Pittsburgh 74, Georgetown 65

Well, Edited, to use the vernacular. The tempo-free box has everything I want to talk about, so I'll go ahead and run the numbers:

                        Offense                            Defense
1st Half 2nd Half Total 1st Half 2nd Half Total
Pace 27 37 64

Eff. 102.9 100.1 101.3 114.0 116.3 115.3

eFG% 61.4 48.4 53.7 48.3 54.5 51.0
TO% 22.1 21.6 21.8 22.1 16.2 18.7
OR% 18.2 27.8 24.1 55.0 38.1 46.3
FTA/FGA 9.1 21.9 16.7 27.6 163.6 86.3
FTM/FGA 4.5 18.8 13.0 10.3 86.4 43.1

Assist Rate 63.6 57.1 60.0 58.3 54.5 56.5
Block Rate 10.0 10.0 10.0 20.0 18.8 19.4
Steal Rate 7.4 10.8 9.4 11.0 5.4 7.8

2FG% 60.0 55.0 56.7 40.0 56.3 47.2
3FG% 41.7 25.0 33.3 44.4 33.3 40.0
FT% 50.0 85.7 77.8 37.5 52.8 50.0


Pittsburgh Panthers vs Georgetown
03/15/08 9:07 p.m . at New York, N.Y. @ MSG
Final score: Pittsburgh Panthers 74, Georgetown 65

Pittsburgh Panthers Min +/- Pts 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FGA A Stl TO Blk OR DR PF
Benjamin, Keith 25:28 + 7 4 /43 2 -6 0 -1 0 -0 7 /34 4 /14 0 /35 1 /35 0 /15 3 /27 3 /17 2
Young, Sam 36:12 + 4 16/63 5 -8 1 -4 3 -8 12/45 0 /13 0 /59 4 /59 3 /29 3 /39 3 /26 1
Blair, DeJuan 19:03 + 9 10/38 3 -8 0 -0 4 -8 8 /29 0 /11 1 /28 1 /27 0 /13 7 /22 3 /13 3
Fields, Levance 36:17 + 12 10/68 1 -7 1 -3 5 -13 10/48 6 /19 2 /59 1 /61 0 /30 1 /40 4 /28 0
Ramon, Ronald 36:38 + 1 17/66 2 -2 2 -5 7 -10 7 /46 1 /16 3 /58 1 /57 0 /28 1 /38 4 /24 1
Biggs, Tyrell 24:45 + 5 5 /47 2 -2 0 -0 1 -2 2 /28 1 /11 0 /39 1 /40 0 /20 0 /21 4 /19 4
Brown, Gilbert 21:37 + 7 12/45 2 -3 2 -2 2 -3 5 /25 1 /8 0 /37 1 /36 0 /20 3 /18 0 /18 1
TOTALS 40:00 74 17-36 6 -15 22-44 51 13/23 6 /63 10/63 3 /31 19/41 22/29 12
0.472 0.400 0.500 0.565 0.095 0.159 0.097 0.463 0.759

Georgetown Min +/- Pts 2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FGA A Stl TO Blk OR DR PF
Summers, DaJuan 22:50 - 6 9 /29 4 -4 0 -3 1 -2 7 /26 1 /8 0 /34 3 /33 0 /25 1 /14 5 /27 5
Sapp, Jessie 23:23 + 6 9 /41 0 -2 3 -6 0 -0 8 /31 1 /12 0 /30 3 /35 1 /18 0 /15 2 /22 2
Hibbert, Roy 28:31 + 5 17/50 8 -15 0 -0 1 -1 15/42 1 /11 0 /40 1 /48 1 /21 2 /23 4 /26 4
Wallace, Jonathan 32:47 - 5 12/56 2 -3 2 -6 2 -2 9 /47 5 /18 0 /55 1 /55 0 /30 1 /24 1 /35 1
Freeman, Austin 25:37 - 9 9 /44 0 -1 3 -6 0 -0 7 /37 1 /14 0 /41 0 /40 0 /25 0 /19 0 /22 2
Macklin, Vernon 10:54 - 14 0 /15 0 -0 0 -0 0 -0 0 /12 1 /6 0 /22 0 /16 1 /15 0 /6 1 /14 1
Wright, Chris 17:45 - 15 0 /31 0 -2 0 -2 0 -0 4 /29 0 /12 0 /32 2 /30 0 /18 0 /17 2 /18 3
Rivers, Jeremiah 10:07 - 5 1 /12 0 -0 0 -0 1 -2 0 /9 0 /4 1 /18 1 /14 0 /7 0 /5 3 /11 5
Crawford, Tyler 01:52 - 3 0 /0 0 -0 0 -0 0 -0 0 /2 0 /0 1 /3 0 /1 0 /0 0 /1 1 /1 0
Ewing, Patrick 26:14 + 1 8 /47 3 -4 0 -1 2 -2 5 /40 3 /15 3 /41 1 /43 3 /21 1 /21 1 /29 5
TOTALS 40:00 65 17-31 8 -24 7 -9 55 13/25 5 /63 13/63 6 /36 7 /29 22/41 28
0.548 0.333 0.778 0.520 0.079 0.206 0.167 0.241 0.537

Efficiency: Pittsburgh Panthers 1.175, Georgetown 1.032
eFG%: Pittsburgh Panthers 0.510, Georgetown 0.527
Substitutions: Pittsburgh Panthers 65, Georgetown 65

2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: Pittsburgh Panthers 2-2, Georgetown 2-2
Layups/Tips: Pittsburgh Panthers 7-17, Georgetown 14-23
Jumpers: Pittsburgh Panthers 8-17, Georgetown 1-6

Comments:

  • For the second time in three games (Villanova), the Hoyas played a Hoya-paced first half, and a North Carolina-paced second. Of course, when fouls short-circuit possessions and you spend a couple minutes in the three-and-foul strategy, that will increase the pace (the real meaning of "extend the game," formerly the sole appearance of tempo-free stats).
  • No, Pitt's second half FTA rate is not a typo, unfortunately.
  • Nor are the offensive rebounding numbers, either for Pitt or the Hoyas. To the extent this game wasn't lost on free throws, it was lost on the boards. Then again, losing on the boards is not an unfamiliar story against the Panthers.
  • The other familiar story from the first game is that the Hoya offense did about as well as expected (Exp OffEff: 108.9), but the defense didn't do nearly as well as expected (Exp DefEff: 99.9). Granted, it still wasn't the 133.8 of the second half of the previous Pitt game, but it's still not good.
  • Another familiar story: Pitt's block rate. The Hoyas did at least manage to block some shots of their own this time, unlike the first game.
  • One of the keys to winning three games in three days is bench scoring. For the Hoyas today, that was 1 FT by Baby Doc and PE2's 8 coming late in the game. Pitt had 17, including 8 by Gilbert Brown in that first half when it looked like Pitt might be blown out of the building.
  • I haven't stopped by HoyaTalk in a while, but I suspect it's in mini-meltdown mode. Admittedly, this is really a downer way to go into the NCAA tournament, but Pitt ain't bad and the Hoyas are still a very good team. Check out the KenPom ratings: the Hoyas are at .973, 7th overall, right where they were before this game. Compare that to a couple weeks ago, when they were at .966, 11th or 12th overall, and behind Marquette. This is a #2 seed that's won 8 of its last 10, not a reeling team that ends up as a #4.


Individual and team stats will be updated tomorrow.
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UPDATE (3/16/08, 1604 CT): Individual and team stats are now updated.

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