Florida International (3/13/19)

[CMJ]

NT 52 ----------- FIU 34

 

 

11:17 to go

 

 

Feeling cautiously optimistic.

[Mean Green Matt]

5 minutes ago, Marty said:

watching on ESPN+, did I hear them say Coach Mike Petersen is doing the color commentary? Is that our ex women's coach?

It sure looks like him. 

[Andrew]

8 minutes ago, emmitt01 said:

PLEASE stop pretending Arikawe is some x-factor.  He’s a minutes eater, that’s it.

He does his job. He actually blocks out and bodies up his man. He is the reason our guards have atleast 6 rebounds in this game. Just because he doesn’t fill up the stat sheet doesn’t mean he isn’t contributing in a major way. I prefer to not give up second chance points.

[greenminer]

1 minute ago, Andrew said:

He does his job. He actually blocks out and bodies up his man. He is the reason our guards have atleast 6 rebounds in this game. Just because he doesn’t fill up the stat sheet doesn’t mean he isn’t contributing in a major way. I prefer to not give up second chance points.

Aren’t we in the minus when he’s on the floor?

[CMJ]

NT 58 ----------- FIU 38

 

 

7:57 to go

 

 

Okay, I'm starting to feel confident.  Let's hold on boys.

[Andrew]

5 minutes ago, greenminer said:

Aren’t we in the minus when he’s on the floor?

Not usually no. I don’t know the official stats but I kept up for it for 6 games in the middle of the season after taking about him and we were plus 9 across those games. I am unsure about for this game.

[Matt from A700]

Crazy stat from Mo:

21 pts on 15 field goals. 14 of those attempts are 3-balls.

[CMJ]

NT 67 ----------- FIU 50

 

 

3:42 to go

 

 

About ready to call this one.

[Salsa_Verde]

Gooooooooo

meeeaaaaaaaan

greeeeeeeeeaaaaaan! 

[Andrew]

2 minutes ago, Matt from A700 said:

Crazy stat from Mo:

21 pts on 15 field goals. 14 of those attempts are 3-balls.

Grant got onto him earlier while he was on the bench for not attacking the basket more.

[CMJ]

 

NT 71 ----------- FIU 57

 

 

Final

 

 

 

[laxtonto]

Light the Tower!!

Nice to see us healthy

[Philip Ferguson]

1 minute ago, CMJ said:

 

NT 71 ----------- FIU 57

 

 

Final

 

 

 

Hell yeah!

[Marty]

Yes! Light that tower!

[greenjoe]

Next !

[GangGreen]

Losing streaks suck. Nice to see a win.

[NorthTexasWeLove]

Good time to break the losing streak dating back to I believe Feb 7th. May have to head over tomorrow. 

[greenminer]

47 minutes ago, Andrew said:

Not usually no. I don’t know the official stats but I kept up for it for 6 games in the middle of the season after taking about him and we were plus 9 across those games. I am unsure about for this game.

FWIW:

OBPM -8.1
DBPM -0.5
BPM -8.6

 

EDIT: Here’s the roster table so you can see how everyone else compares

Edited March 14, 2019 by greenminer

[UNT 90 Grad]

1 hour ago, DeepGreen said:

That will be on the highlights tonight!

http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=26259306

[Andrew]

8 minutes ago, greenminer said:

Here’s what I found:

OBPM -8.1
DBPM -0.5
BPM -8.6

I will take him for defense bursts any game. Analytics can only tell you so much. Offensively he is probably our worst player (other than maybe Alcindor), but his hustle is always welcome. 

[FirefightnRick]

Nice win.

 

Rick

[greenminer]

3 minutes ago, Andrew said:

I will take him for defense bursts any game. Analytics can only tell you so much. Offensively he is probably our worst player (other than maybe Alcindor), but his hustle is always welcome. 

[UNTLifer]

On 3/12/2019 at 9:13 PM, UNTLifer said:

Sad to say but I have zero expectations after our late season collapse. 

Wow, what a pleasant surprise. Hope we can keep this going. 

[GrandGreen]

A healthy Woolridge makes all the difference.   Super game by Zack, he can dominate.  

[Andrew]

Just now, greenminer said:

You truly trust analytics? There are holes in the system and it even says so on the website.

 

There are limitations on all box score stats – if the box score doesn't measure a particular contribution, a box-score-based metric can only approximate that contribution. This is not a great hindrance on the offensive side, as nearly everything of importance on offense is captured by the box score (only missing things like screen-setting), but on defense the box score is quite limited. Blocks, steals, and rebounds, along with minutes and what little information offensive numbers yield about defensive performance are all that is available. Such critical components of defense as positioning, communication, and the other factors that make Kevin Garnett and Tim Duncan elite on defense can't be captured, unfortunately.

He gets zero credit toward the 6 rebounds that he helped Miller and Gibson acquire and he doesn’t get any for forcing the ball back out onto the perimeter.