Post by SFHoya99 on Nov 23, 2014 12:54:19 GMT -5
Just some way too early against easy competition stats, both impressive and concerning:
- The offense, at least on an individual level, is somewhat clear-cut in terms of efficiency. The Good: Smith, Bowen, DSR, Peak and Trawick are all above 110 in O Efficiency, and that's even with DSR's "slow start." This is almost universally driven by a high 2pt FG% and a low turnover rate with an exception or two. On the other hand, no one else is higher than 95.1 and Hopkins and Paul White are in the 80s. Lotta turnovers in this group, including Hopkins, who is turning it over in 1/3 of his possessions. Given that we haven't played anyone good yet, hopefully the folks who can't hold onto the ball will improve or just keep funneling to those who can.
- Four players are still committing fouls at a higher rate than 4 FC/40 minutes: Smith, Hopkins, White and Trawick. Good news is that Peak and Campbell seem to be doing just fine, but the big men have to stay out of trouble (Hayes is also at 8 fc/40. 8.)
- Will the rebounding keep up? Hopkins is at 18.5/23.8 O/D%, which would make him one of the better statistical rebounders in the country. Yes, some of those offensive boards are off his own misses, but that's still a pretty good line. Despite his Ofer in 1/3rd of his games Smith is at 23/16% and Paul White is grabbing 18% of D rebounds. Our offensive rebounding has been a strong source of our offense -- it;s been nice to get those easy buckets. Will be interesting to see if Hopkins and Smith can continue that against Florida's frontline.
- This team looks weird for a recent Georgetown team. While the high 2FG% and good 2FG% defense are hallmarks, the strong offensive rebounding, poor three-point shooting, mediocre defense overall, fastbreak point and quick offensive possessions all make it look very, very different. I think once we stop playing the cupcake portion of the schedule it will slide a bit back to what we've seen before, but not completely. I'm just hoping the defense comes around. I think that is going to require more Paul White and Isaac Copeland once they improve. Their physical skills are not going to be matched by many, and I think by the end of the year they could help transform a relatively slack D a bit.
