TEMPLE
Kenpom #86 (#130 Offense / #62 Defense)
16 - 8
Big Wins: #27 Cincinnati (Home & Away), #23 UCONN (Home & Away), #19 SMU, #47 Tulsa
Losses: #7 UNC, #46 Butler, #40 Utah, @#33 Wisconsin, #36 St. Joes, #81 Houston, @#96 Memphis, @#191 East Carolina
This team has been up & down all year, but appears to be hitting its stride, having won five in a row. They are an upperclassman heavy team, with three seniors and a junior seeing the most minutes on the team.
How did they manage to beat Cincy, UCONN, and SMU while losing to all those awful teams too?
It helps when you shoot the lights out from 3pt.
SMU 14–29
UCONN 9-22
UCONN 7-18
Cincy 10-22
They have 3 guys that can really shoot it, while the rest can’t throw it in the ocean.
OFFENSE
Shot Distribution: 30% Rim / 32% Mid-Range / 38% Three
Kenpom #130
· Takes care of the ball (#3 in Turnovers)
· Not a great shooting team (# 276 in eFG%)
· Not getting to the line (#344 in free throw rate)
· Not a great 2pt shooting team, get a fairly high percentage of their points from 3pt land, where they are shooting 34%.
· Play at a slow tempo on offense, slower than Villanova and nearly as slow as Virginia.
DEFENSE
Shot Distribution: 35% Rim / 33% Mid-Range / 31% Three
Kenpom #62
· Keep the opponent off the foul line (#48 free throw rate)
· And keep opponents off the 3pt line as well (#38 lowest 3pt rate)
o Opponents are shooting only 30% against them (#16)
· They do not force turnovers (#263)
· They do not rebound well (#251)
THE STARS
Quenton DeCosey (6-5) Senior
Shot Distribution: 36% Rim / 32% Mid-Range / 32% Three
· Playing big minutes (84% of the game)
· Excellent at drawing fouls and getting to the foul line.
· And when he gets to the line he knocks down 81%
· Good rebounding guard
· Excellent shooter (41% from three) and is crazy good on the right side.
Jaylen Bond (6-8) Senior
Shot Distribution: 47% Rim / 51% Mid-Range / 12% Three
· Clearly not a shooter
· Shooting 24% on everything not at the rim.
· But converts 67% at the rim.
· Excellent rebounder (#69 Offensive / #317 Defensive)
· Horrendous foul shooter (39%)
Devin Coleman (6-2) Senior
Shot Distribution: 19% Rim / 25% Mid-Range / 55% Three
· Another sniper, shooting 40% from 3pt. Shot chart is oddly choppy.
· Does not want to go inside the arc, shooting only 25% mid-range, and rarely gets to the rim.
· Takes care of the ball (#14 turnovers)
Josh Brown (6-3) Junior
Shot Distribution: 21% Rim / 45% Mid-Range / 34% Three
· Most minutes on the team (plays 88% of the game)
· The point guard
· Shoots 31% from three
· Not getting to the rim or drawing fouls
Obi Enechionyia (6-8) Soph
Shot Distribution: 15% Rim / 35% Mid-Range / 50% Three
· Big man likes to shoot (and he’s good at it, especially from dead center)
· Shooting 37% from 3pt on high volume. 45% from Mid-Range. He’s got a face-up game.
· Not a great rebounder for his size
· Averaging 5 fouls per 40 min.
· Only thing close to a rim protector on this team, but his block rate is less than half of Ochefu’s for a comparison.
· Typically plays the PF with Jaylen Bond at the C.
Overall Temple is not a huge team, Ochefu should have a significant advantage down low. However their wings are all good size. The key to beating not losing to Temple is not allowing them to go off from three. They have three very capable shooters that must be accounted for and run off of the line. Against SMU, Cincy, and UCONN the trio of Coleman, Enechionyia and DeCosey shot 44% from three. Only DeCosey can take it to the rack, so get out and guard them.
This is not a great rebounding team, so get after them on the boards.
AROUND COLLEGE BB
· It was an excellent weekend for Villanova’s hopes to grab the #1 or #2 seed in the East Regional, with both Maryland and Virginia going down. Virginia has a tough remaining schedule, and Maryland has at Purdue and at Indiana remaining.
· I keep thinking Maryland is going to hit a wall when the huge minutes played by Trimble and Sulaimon catch up to them, but it hasn’t really happened.
- Three point shooting for the duo by month: Nov 44%, Dec 44%, Jan 36%, Feb 35%
· Josh Hart is holding steady at #6 in the KPOY standings. Buddy Hield is still #1 but is no longer lapping the field.
Here is Villanova’s Offensive and Defensive efficiency charted over the course of the season. I think it’s easier to process this stuff visually.
Kenpom #86 (#130 Offense / #62 Defense)
16 - 8
Big Wins: #27 Cincinnati (Home & Away), #23 UCONN (Home & Away), #19 SMU, #47 Tulsa
Losses: #7 UNC, #46 Butler, #40 Utah, @#33 Wisconsin, #36 St. Joes, #81 Houston, @#96 Memphis, @#191 East Carolina
This team has been up & down all year, but appears to be hitting its stride, having won five in a row. They are an upperclassman heavy team, with three seniors and a junior seeing the most minutes on the team.
How did they manage to beat Cincy, UCONN, and SMU while losing to all those awful teams too?
It helps when you shoot the lights out from 3pt.
SMU 14–29
UCONN 9-22
UCONN 7-18
Cincy 10-22
They have 3 guys that can really shoot it, while the rest can’t throw it in the ocean.
OFFENSE
Shot Distribution: 30% Rim / 32% Mid-Range / 38% Three
Kenpom #130
· Takes care of the ball (#3 in Turnovers)
· Not a great shooting team (# 276 in eFG%)
· Not getting to the line (#344 in free throw rate)
· Not a great 2pt shooting team, get a fairly high percentage of their points from 3pt land, where they are shooting 34%.
· Play at a slow tempo on offense, slower than Villanova and nearly as slow as Virginia.
DEFENSE
Shot Distribution: 35% Rim / 33% Mid-Range / 31% Three
Kenpom #62
· Keep the opponent off the foul line (#48 free throw rate)
· And keep opponents off the 3pt line as well (#38 lowest 3pt rate)
o Opponents are shooting only 30% against them (#16)
· They do not force turnovers (#263)
· They do not rebound well (#251)
THE STARS
Quenton DeCosey (6-5) Senior
Shot Distribution: 36% Rim / 32% Mid-Range / 32% Three
· Playing big minutes (84% of the game)
· Excellent at drawing fouls and getting to the foul line.
· And when he gets to the line he knocks down 81%
· Good rebounding guard
· Excellent shooter (41% from three) and is crazy good on the right side.
Jaylen Bond (6-8) Senior
Shot Distribution: 47% Rim / 51% Mid-Range / 12% Three
· Clearly not a shooter
· Shooting 24% on everything not at the rim.
· But converts 67% at the rim.
· Excellent rebounder (#69 Offensive / #317 Defensive)
· Horrendous foul shooter (39%)
Devin Coleman (6-2) Senior
Shot Distribution: 19% Rim / 25% Mid-Range / 55% Three
· Another sniper, shooting 40% from 3pt. Shot chart is oddly choppy.
· Does not want to go inside the arc, shooting only 25% mid-range, and rarely gets to the rim.
· Takes care of the ball (#14 turnovers)
Josh Brown (6-3) Junior
Shot Distribution: 21% Rim / 45% Mid-Range / 34% Three
· Most minutes on the team (plays 88% of the game)
· The point guard
· Shoots 31% from three
· Not getting to the rim or drawing fouls
Obi Enechionyia (6-8) Soph
Shot Distribution: 15% Rim / 35% Mid-Range / 50% Three
· Big man likes to shoot (and he’s good at it, especially from dead center)
· Shooting 37% from 3pt on high volume. 45% from Mid-Range. He’s got a face-up game.
· Not a great rebounder for his size
· Averaging 5 fouls per 40 min.
· Only thing close to a rim protector on this team, but his block rate is less than half of Ochefu’s for a comparison.
· Typically plays the PF with Jaylen Bond at the C.
Overall Temple is not a huge team, Ochefu should have a significant advantage down low. However their wings are all good size. The key to beating not losing to Temple is not allowing them to go off from three. They have three very capable shooters that must be accounted for and run off of the line. Against SMU, Cincy, and UCONN the trio of Coleman, Enechionyia and DeCosey shot 44% from three. Only DeCosey can take it to the rack, so get out and guard them.
This is not a great rebounding team, so get after them on the boards.
AROUND COLLEGE BB
· It was an excellent weekend for Villanova’s hopes to grab the #1 or #2 seed in the East Regional, with both Maryland and Virginia going down. Virginia has a tough remaining schedule, and Maryland has at Purdue and at Indiana remaining.
· I keep thinking Maryland is going to hit a wall when the huge minutes played by Trimble and Sulaimon catch up to them, but it hasn’t really happened.
- Three point shooting for the duo by month: Nov 44%, Dec 44%, Jan 36%, Feb 35%
· Josh Hart is holding steady at #6 in the KPOY standings. Buddy Hield is still #1 but is no longer lapping the field.
Here is Villanova’s Offensive and Defensive efficiency charted over the course of the season. I think it’s easier to process this stuff visually.
