Stat comparison: Tennessee Volunteers v. Memphis, I mean, Auburn Tigers

Again with the disclaimers: stats only describe "stuff that has already happened," they don't generally account for the strength of the opponents against which they have been accumulated (hello, MTSU! (yes, that joke's good twice)), and relying on them to predict future results is hazardous to the future of our nation.

All right, now that that's out of the way, let's talk about Vols-Tigers, Saturday night, 9:00 p.m., No. 1 v. No. 2.

Wait. Oh, yeah. Auburn Tigers, I meant. Tomorrow night, 7:30 p.m.

I was really surprised to find that not only are Tennessee and Memphis neck and neck in the rankings, they're also Nos. 1 and 2 in the all-important RPI.

I'm sorry. Auburn. Tomorrow.

Right. So, one ranking that shows a bit of a disparity is strength of schedule: we're No. 2 (woo!); Memphis is No. 28. They get that No. 2 RPI because they haven't lost to anybody yet, but we've played stronger opponents overall.

Sigh. Blue and Orange, not Blue and White. Got it.

Coach Pearl's and Coach Cal's teams are essentially even in field goal percentage and three-point percentage (they're a bit better at twos, we're slightly better at threes), and turnovers are basically even as well. They have slightly better rebounding numbers, and we have slightly better ball control numbers.

Oh, nevermind. I give up. Charts, for the Auburn game, because charts don't lie:

Stats once again courtesy of StatSheet.com.

Rankings
Conf Standing	1		3
AP Rank	4		0
RPI	0.6857		0.5139
RPI Rank	1		149
SOS	0.6056		0.508
SOS Rank	2		137
Wins & Losses
Overall	23-2	(92.0%)	13-10	(56.5%)
Home	13-0	(100.0%)	7-5	(58.3%)
Away	7-1	(87.5%)	4-4	(50.0%)
Neutral	3-1	(75.0%)	2-1	(66.7%)
Conference	10-1	(90.9%)	3-7	(30.0%)
Top 25	2-1	(66.7%)	1-1	(50.0%)
Blowout (> 19)	8-0	(100.0%)	2-3	(40.0%)
Close (< 6)	6-0	(100.0%)	3-2	(60.0%)
Overtime	0-0	(0.0%)	0-0	(0.0%)
NCAA Tourney	0-0	(0.0%)	0-0	(0.0%)

Yes, that's a lot of orange.

	All Games		Conference Games
					Difference (adjusted for total games played)
Total Games	23	25	10	11	2
Wins	13	23	3	10	10
Losses	10	2	7	1	8
Pct	0.57	0.92	0.3	0.91	0.36
Field Goals Made	603	735	256	311	3.18
Field Goals Attempted	1271	1606	563	698	8.98
Field Goal Percentage	0.47	0.46	0.46	0.45	-0.02
Free Throws Made	271	388	131	160	3.74
Free Throws Attempted	414	605	183	253	6.2
Free Throw Percentage	0.66	0.64	0.72	0.63	-0.01
3pt Field Goals Made	165	235	82	101	2.23
3pt Field Goals Attempted	475	648	231	263	5.27
3pt Field Goal Percentage	0.35	0.36	0.36	0.38	0.02
Points Per Game	71.4	83.7	72.5	80.3	12.3
Rebounds Per Game	35.3	40.2	33.1	43.2	4.9
Offensive Rebounds Per Game	10.3	15	10.1	16.1	4.7
Defensive Rebounds Per Game	22.3	23	19.8	23.9	0.7
Assists Per Game	15.1	19.2	13.9	17.3	4.1
Steals Per Game	8.9	10.3	8.1	8.1	1.4
Turnovers Per Game	14.3	12.9	12.6	13.6	1.4
Blocks Per Game	2.6	3.4	2.4	3.7	0.8
Fouls Per Game	16.3	20.1	16.6	20.9	3.8
Disqualifications	8	1	6	1	7

Um, ditto.

See ya Saturday night. Tomorrow, I mean. Yeah, tomorrow.