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VCU Tempo- Free Box Score

Visitor - Georgetown Home - VCU
1st Half 2nd Half Total 1st Half 2nd Half Total
Pace 35 41
Points 29 55 84 30 50 80
Efficiency 81.0 136.7 109.9 87.6 132.1 110.7
Dunk % 100.0% N/A 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
Layup% 40.0% 71.4% 50.0% 33.3% 57.1% 50.0%
(Dunk + Layup)% 43.8% 71.4% 52.2% 50.0% 66.7% 61.5%
2-Pt Jumper% 66.7% 75.0% 71.4% 18.8% 42.9% 26.1%
2-Pt% 47.4% 72.7% 56.7% 25.0% 56.3% 38.9%
3-Pt Jumper% 42.9% 75.0% 54.5% 33.3% 33.3% 33.3%
Jumper% 83.3% 85.7% 84.6% 27.8% 63.6% 41.4%
FT% 66.7% 88.2% 86.5% 73.7% 71.4% 72.3%
Dunk Rate 2.5% 0.0% 1.2% 2.3% 4.1% 3.3%
Layup Rate 38.1% 16.7% 27.1% 6.9% 14.5% 10.9%
(Dunk + Layup) Rate 45.3% 17.1% 30.2% 10.7% 21.8% 16.5%
2-Pt Jumper Rate 7.6% 9.5% 8.6% 36.9% 14.5% 25.1%
2-Pt Rate 52.9% 26.6% 38.8% 47.6% 36.3% 41.6%
3-Pt Jumper Rate 17.8% 9.5% 13.5% 13.8% 24.8% 19.6%
Jumper Rate 25.4% 19.1% 22.1% 50.7% 39.3% 44.7%
FT Rate 3.4% 36.5% 20.5% 19.7% 26.1% 23.1%
Effective Field Goal % 51.9% 83.3% 63.4% 30.8% 53.6% 42.6%
True Shooting % 53.1% 91.8% 73.3% 43.7% 62.0% 53.6%
Assist Rate 41.7% 27.3% 34.8% 57.1% 38.5% 45.0%
Unforced TOV Rate 12.7% 9.5% 11.0% 9.2% 10.3% 9.8%
Forced TOV Rate 17.8% 18.9% 18.4% 11.5% 6.2% 8.7%
TOV Rate 30.5% 28.4% 29.4% 20.7% 16.5% 18.4%
Block Rate 7.7% 6.7% 7.3% 15.4% 0.0% 7.4%
OR% 33.3% 16.7% 28.6% 29.2% 38.9% 33.3%
DR% 70.8% 61.1% 66.7% 66.7% 83.3% 71.4%

  • The pressing VCU defense resulted in Georgetown posting its highest turnover rate of the year. Almost 2/3 of the turnovers resulted from VCU steals and while the unforced rate was high, it was still lower than the Northeastern game.
  • To compensate for the lost possessions, Georgetown had to shoot lights out from the field....and they did, especially in the 2nd half where the Hoyas posted an incredible 83.3% eFG and 91.3% TS. (Note: Both measures adjust for the additional points from shooting 3's. TS% includes free throws).
  • VCU blocked 15.4% of Georgetown attempts in the first half, but zero in the 2nd half. This also correlated with an increase in Georgetown's efficiency on shots close to the rim, from 43.8% in the first half to 71.4% in the second half.
  • After barely getting to the line in the first half, Georgetown posted its highest free throw rate of the year in the second half.
  • On defense, Georgetown was able to keep VCU away from the paint, with only 16.5% of their shots close to the rim. While I think that this may be biased low as a result of all the foul shots taken by VCU, the close-shot rate is still much lower than Georgetown's opponent's average for the season (32.7%).

Adjusted 3-pt Makes

This doesn't account for shot selection, but can help to calm down everyone's emotional swings by trying to adjust for volatility. A positive number indicates that the expected points were greater than the realized points. Shooting percentages for each player are from the 2012-2013 season when available. Otherwise, the team's 3-pt percentage for the 2013-2014 season is used in the calculation for each player.

GTOWN -6.3 / VCU -0.4 / GTOWN + 5.9

Other Notes

  • Over the holiday, I put together heat maps in the file that I use to produce the box scores. I tried to upload the box score w/ the coloration, but I'm having some issues getting the HTML coding to work. If anyone has any experience with this, please let me know because I think it would be a great visual aid.
  • I'm constructing shot charts for each of the Georgetown players, but CBS Sportsline has only posted shot charts for 2 of the 5 games and so sample size is still too small. I'm really excited to share the results though once we have more data.

Stay Casual, my friends.

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