Tennessee Volunteers v. Mississippi State Bulldogs: stats comparison

by Joel Hollingsworth on Feb 1, 2008 7:20 AM EST in Tennessee Volunteer Basketball

Once again, thanks to Tru for the idea and the assistance and to StatSheet.com for the stats. I'm aware that there's some redundancy here -- will remedy next time.


Rankings
Conf Standing	1		1
AP Rank	7		0
RPI	0.6854		0.5742
RPI Rank	1		56
SOS	0.6135		0.541
SOS Rank	2		75
Shooting
Field Goal Pct	46.5	(69)	46.5	(69)
Free Throw Pct	64.6	(286)	60.7	(327)
3pt FG Pct	35.8	(147)	33.3	(234)
Rebounds
Rebounds Per Game	39.1	(137)	44.3	(15)
Off Rebs Per Game	14.4	(19)	13.0	(71)
Def Rebs Per Game	23.0	(192)	28.6	(7)
Assists, Steals, & Blocks
Assists Per Game	19.9	(1)	13.5	(169)
Steals Per Game	10.8	(2)	6.8	(181)
Blocks Per Game	3.3	(160)	8.6	(2)
Turnovers & Fouls
Turnovers	260	(276)	316	(103)
Turnovers Per Game	13.0	(296)	15.8	(107)
Fouls	401	(88)	345	(234)
Fouls Per Game	20.1	(69)	17.3	(255)

	All Games		Conference Games		Delta	Comments

Total Games	20	20	6	6	0
Wins	18	14	5	5	4
Losses	2	6	1	1	-4	Yeah, but they're first in their division
Pct	0.9	0.7	0.83	0.83	0.2
Field Goals Made	596	531	172	147	65	The teams shoot the same percentage, but we shoot more often
Field Goals Attempted	1281	1143	373	317	138
Field Goal Percentage	0.47	0.47	0.46	0.46	0
Free Throws Made	317	250	89	67	67	Wow. Two in a row where we have an advantage in free throws!
Free Throws Attempted	491	412	139	118	79
Free Throw Percentage	0.65	0.61	0.64	0.57	0.04
3pt Field Goals Made	190	141	56	41	49	Pretty good advantage here for the Vols. We shoot 3s more often and hit a better percentage of them . . .
3pt Field Goals Attempted	530	423	145	124	107
3pt Field Goal Percentage	0.36	0.33	0.39	0.33	0.02
Points	1699	1453	489	402	246	. . . which probably explains this.
Points Per Game	85	72.7	81.5	67	12.3
Rebounds	781	886	250	254	-105	Rebounds could be a real problem for us in this game. We have an advantage in o-boards, but everything else belongs to the Bulldogs. If we don't hit a high percentage of our shots, it could be a long night.
Rebounds Per Game	39.1	44.3	41.7	42.3	-5.2
Offensive Rebounds	287	259	90	66	28
Offensive Rebounds Per Game	14.4	13	15	11	1.4
Defensive Rebounds	460	571	147	171	-111
Defensive Rebounds Per Game	23	28.6	24.5	28.5	-5.6
Assists	397	270	108	67	127	Big advantage in ball control for the Vols.
Assists Per Game	19.9	13.5	18	11.2	6.4
Steals	216	135	48	29	81
Steals Per Game	10.8	6.8	8	4.8	4
Turnovers	260	316	88	91	-56
Turnovers Per Game	13	15.8	14.7	15.2	-2.8
Blocks	65	172	22	60	-107	Yikes! But see The BruceBall Blog's post on this topic for a bit of comfort.
Blocks Per Game	3.3	8.6	3.7	10	-5.3
Fouls	401	345	128	101	56
Fouls Per Game	20.1	17.3	21.3	16.8	2.8	Depth again. We have more people, more fouls, fewer disqualifications.
Disqualifications	0	9	0	1	-9

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Seriously?

We haven't had anybody foul out all year long?! That's incredible, yet an excellent testament to our team's depth.

We're going to have to have another 'lights out' shooting night from behind the arc against these guys. At 10 (are you kidding me, 10?!) blocks per game for the Bulldogs in SEC play, our inside game is going to struggle.

Of our 260 turnovers this season, I'm pretty sure 98 of them were from earlier this week vs. Bammer. Let's try to fix that tomorrow, shall we?

by Aerobab on Feb 1, 2008 8:27 AM EST reply actions

Nice sheet

That's certainly a lot easier to follow than anything ess-pin's website puts out.

On a generic note: one thing that's always made these hard for me to read is that you don't get a feel of what the teams have put their numbers up against. For example, how many blocks per game have UT opponents averaged throughout the year? If it's a number like 5 or 6, then the discrepancy you see might not be so injurious. If it's a number like 1 or 2, then whichever team can exert their influence will have a huge edge.

Of course, opponent-average stats are hard to track down, and I'm not suggesting that you do, it's just something I notice when I try to read them.

Thanks again!

by David Hooper on Feb 1, 2008 10:13 AM EST reply actions

True

True. If you ever think of any fairly easy to incorporate that info, let me know.

Go Vols!

by Joel Hollingsworth on Feb 1, 2008 10:38 AM EST up reply actions

This weekend's game

Well, Joel, I think we're walking into the hornet's nest this weekend. If we win this game, I think it could be a run through the rest of the SEC season with one more loss (perhaps two) either at Vandy or at Florida. UF is good, but we always surprisingly play well in the O-Dome.

Varnado is going to be a killer for us this weekend along with Gordon. What was the deal with the recruitment of him at Tennessee ... other than Stansbury's suitcase full of money??

by ghostofneyland on Feb 1, 2008 12:30 PM EST reply actions