Instead, you'll get a dump article, which is a lot easier for me to crank out. Yes, it's time again for: Georgetown shot selection and lineup efficiencies.
As last time, these stats are for all games from the Washington win forward. This is because of the natural break in the schedule between easy opponents (excluding the Temple game) and better competition. I'm not able to include the Butler game since no play-by-play was available.
First up, shot selection:
Player Dunks Layups 2pt J's 3FGA FTA Freeman, Austin 6 /7 70/93 20/63 45/93 61/75 . 0.753 0.317 0.484 0.813 Wright, Chris 0 /0 71/115 19/47 23/80 63/86 . 0.617 0.404 0.287 0.733 Monroe, Greg 15/15 79/132 24/69 5 /17 93/140 . 0.598 0.348 0.294 0.664 Clark, Jason 2 /2 19/38 6 /17 42/99 29/40 . 0.500 0.353 0.424 0.725 Vaughn, Julian 21/21 39/64 12/33 0 /4 30/47 . 0.609 0.364 0.000 0.638 Thompson, Hollis 1 /1 6 /17 8 /23 12/36 17/25 . 0.353 0.348 0.333 0.680 Benimon, Jerrelle 0 /0 4 /11 2 /4 1 /5 13/18 . 0.364 0.500 0.200 0.722 Sanford, Vee 0 /0 1 /2 1 /2 2 /7 6 /9 . 0.500 0.500 0.286 0.667 Sims, Henry 1 /2 1 /4 1 /4 0 /1 5 /10 . 0.250 0.250 0.000 0.500
Pithy comments on the starters:
- At this point, the only player with anything resembling a mid-range game is Chris Wright (40% on 2-pt jumpers). Austin Freeman, who most fans cite as the player with the best mid-range shot, actually has the worst shooting percentage of the regulars.
- Wright and Greg Monroe are about equally likely to make a 3FG, but Wright shoots nearly as many as Freeman and Jason Clark. At this point, his game reminds me a lot of senior Dominic James, although Chris is bigger and stronger. He's also got one more summer and season to either improve his shooting mechanics or become more selective.
- Freeman gets it done from behind the arc or driving to the rim. I think people are starting to understand what a devastating offensive force he really is - he's the player I always thought Darrel Owens would become.
- I'll bet Greg Monroe's shooting percentages will go up across the board his junior season. I'd like to be proven correct.
- I often criticize Jason Clark for not driving to the basket more often, but his shooting percentage on layups shows that this isn't necessarily a good option. Perhaps he needs to add some more strength.
- Julian Vaughn, in contrast to Monroe, goes for the dunk when possible. Throw it down, big fella.
Lineup stats (minimum of ten possession played on offense and defense):
. Offense Defense Lineup # Poss Eff. Secs/poss # Poss Eff. Secs/poss Clark--Freeman--Monroe--Vaughn--Wright 474 114 17.6 474 105 18.0 Clark--Freeman--Monroe--Thompson--Wright 157 108 16.6 141 101 17.8 Benimon--Clark--Freeman--Monroe--Wright 127 108 19.0 118 103 16.6 Benimon--Freeman--Monroe--Thompson--Wright 82 88 17.9 76 108 14.0 Clark--Monroe--Thompson--Vaughn--Wright 72 97 17.7 71 96 21.5 Freeman--Monroe--Thompson--Vaughn--Wright 68 128 18.5 70 96 19.0 Clark--Freeman--Monroe--Thompson--Vaughn 46 111 18.2 41 98 15.0 Benimon--Clark--Monroe--Thompson--Wright 39 123 18.8 36 131 23.6 Benimon--Clark--Freeman--Monroe--Thompson 33 94 18.5 37 95 15.8 Clark--Freeman--Thompson--Vaughn--Wright 31 107 15.4 35 91 17.6 Clark--Freeman--Monroe--Sims--Wright 29 110 20.2 31 123 18.5 Freeman--Monroe--Sims--Thompson--Wright 22 127 17.8 21 86 22.4 Benimon--Clark--Freeman--Vaughn--Wright 21 129 16.5 27 115 20.4 Benimon--Freeman--Thompson--Vaughn--Wright 17 77 17.3 20 100 22.5 Clark--Monroe--Sims--Thompson--Wright 16 69 15.8 15 80 16.1 Benimon--Clark--Freeman--Thompson--Vaughn 15 100 19.1 17 65 18.6 Benimon--Clark--Monroe--Sanford--Wright 14 121 11.1 13 69 18.5 Clark--Monroe--Sanford--Thompson--Wright 13 115 12.0 10 120 16.0 Clark--Freeman--Sims--Vaughn--Wright 10 90 21.8 10 80 12.6
It's important to keep in mind that I'm not accounting for the quality of the opposition in the lineup efficiencies, so those will a small number of possessions can be greatly skewed depending upon who else was on the court.
Below are Alan's comments on the lineups:
- It's not surprising, but the two lineups with more than 60 total possessions (30 each way) that register a negative net efficiency feature two bench players at once (Benimon and Thompson). There's a whole lot of obvious reason for this, but the Hoyas are losing the game when two of their starters are out.
- The "big" lineup -- with 6'8" Hollis Thompson replacing 6'2" Jason Clark, has been our most effective lineup that's played anything close to a significant number of possessions. Thompson seems to like to coach small; perhaps he should press to see some size more often.
- Vaughn's lack of playing time is somewhat of a shame, simply because the team is much better when he's in and playing well. Now it might be simply match-ups or performance, and then his lower minutes might be a good decision. But if it is some other reason, it is disappointing, because the team seems to be substantially better when he's in.
Great stuff, even for a dump article!
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