ATPTourFan wrote:Josephski, what do you mean by 130 in scoring defense? Are you referring to simple unadjusted points against per game?
Right now we have a top 50 adjusted defense and elite defense of 3pt shots and blocking opponents.
Points against us per game.
http://www.ncaa.com/stats/basketball-me ... eam/146/p3
Also this site has us as 129th in defensive efficiency, not sure how they calculate it.
https://www.teamrankings.com/ncaa-baske ... efficiency
I know we're very good at defending the 3 and getting blocks but I don't understand how those move us to top 50 for adjusted defense when we're outside the top 100 in steals, turnovers created, rebounding margin and opponent field goal percentage.
I'm assuming you're going with kenpom? In which case he has us ranked 38th overall so not as good as everyone here thinks we are.
Edit: I just did a little bit of research and if you are using the kenpom ranking then from what I've read he uses data from previous seasons to calculate things like defensive adjusted efficiency at least until later in the season. So if what I read is correct then the fact we were ranked 65 last year and 13 in 2015 would definitely inflate our current adjusted defense.
Also (assuming you're using kenpom) kenpom's explanation for his system says it's purely speculative and not rating the team based on how they've played so far this season. Assuming I'm understanding his site correctly he is predicting as of right now we'll finish 49th in adjusted defensive efficiency so most likely that's not where we're rated at this point of the season.
Even if we are ranked 49 in adjusted defensive efficiency right now then I still think the fouls are an issue. If being top 50 in defense means we're going to constantly have starters in foul trouble then at what point do you adjust the defense so your starters have a better chance of staying on the floor?