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Post by trimster on Dec 30, 2023 9:25:35 GMT -5
According to team rankings, we average just over 8 ppg from the charity strip. Only two teams in all of D1 men’s hoops average less. How do we only shoot 11 free throws against a weak D3 team?
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Post by trimster on Dec 25, 2023 9:16:29 GMT -5
Felice Navidad.
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Post by trimster on Dec 24, 2023 13:11:46 GMT -5
For those of us who attended HC in the 70’s, this would be like rehashing decisions made in the Twenties. Time to let it go. Merry Christmas.
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Post by trimster on Dec 23, 2023 15:29:42 GMT -5
Milan Years, FTR Rank 2010-11. 239th 2011-12. 257th 2012-13. 315th 2013-14. 197th 2014-15. 234th Willard Years . . . 1999-00. 1st 2000-01. 1st 2001-02. 13th 2002-03. 54th 2003-04. 102nd
2004-05. 159th 2005-06. 68th 2006-07. 75th 2007-08. 63rd 2008-09. 155th Szatko, Sankes and Whearty. Monsters, especially the latter two.
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Post by trimster on Dec 23, 2023 11:01:32 GMT -5
As Ray has noted elsewhere, getting to the line frequently is one of Paulsen's mantras. Free throw rate (FTA/FGA) is one of Dean Oliver's "four factors" shown to correlate with successful play. An average D1 team's FTR is about 33% (one free throw attempt for every three field goal attempts). Unsurprisingly, we have been pretty terrible at this for almost a decade - thus far this year, 22% (ranked 357th). Only two players this season have an FTR greater than 33% - Louth (36%) and Declan, with an eye-popping 95% (20 FTA/21 FGA) and 85% FT% to boot. Do you know the other 3 factors?
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Post by trimster on Dec 23, 2023 10:59:49 GMT -5
I appreciate Coach Paulsen's update, covered most of the bases adequately and with the necessary discretion. He is a breath of fresh air for a program that desperately needed one.
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Post by trimster on Dec 23, 2023 10:02:19 GMT -5
It’s Duff Then a HUGE gap Then whoever #2 is If you factor in the state of the cupboard after Carter and Gilmore, Ches looks a little better. He didn't have Duff's record but the degree of difficulty was higher for his dive. I love Coach Duffner but he had a six year window of scholarships when much of the PL didn't have them, the Ivies had not yet gone to free for almost everyone and State University scholarships were for much less actual dollars than the equivalent schollie to HC. To Duff's credit, he maximized his advantages superbly. Duffner’s teams were loaded with talent. I would have loved to see those teams play a schedule from the 60’s or 70’s. I think they would have done well.
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Post by trimster on Dec 23, 2023 9:57:00 GMT -5
According to team rankings, HC scores 8.5 points per game from the charity stripe. Only two teams in all of D1 score less than that number. Interestingly, 4 of the bottom 5 are PL teams. I believe HC attempts about 12 per game. The leader in that category, Tulane, attempts 31 free throws per game.
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Post by trimster on Dec 23, 2023 9:22:19 GMT -5
Without a doubt. One of HC’s greats. John Andreoli might deserve a look at DE. Another outstanding DE was Dick Krysiak in the 60’s.
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Post by trimster on Dec 22, 2023 19:55:30 GMT -5
UMass Lowell downs BU.
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Post by trimster on Dec 22, 2023 14:21:23 GMT -5
PL non-con winning % vs D1 teams is 20%. Only the SWAC is lower at 15 and change.
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Harvard
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Post by trimster on Dec 21, 2023 20:12:13 GMT -5
Free Throws HC 5 of 6 Harvard 11 of 14 I just noticed the same thing. How do you play 40 minutes of basketball and only get 6 free throw attempts?
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Post by trimster on Dec 21, 2023 20:07:47 GMT -5
Colgate getting doubled up on at the half by Iona, 48-24. Army is the only hope to avoid an 0-7 day.
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Post by trimster on Dec 20, 2023 11:22:28 GMT -5
#8 and #9 Alijah Cason WR from TX and Sircharles Gordon WR from OH Sircharles is most likely the first Sircharles WR at HC.
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Post by trimster on Dec 20, 2023 11:20:42 GMT -5
The KIT as it is called, was an 8 team tourney. Perhaps Hare isn’t the project I thought he was from initial appearances. Then again, CDP said he made huge strides last summer. KO is playing in Mass on 1-24 at Beaver Country Day in Newton and 2-5 at The Rivers School in Weston.
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Post by trimster on Dec 19, 2023 13:19:32 GMT -5
More frustration. Injuries and Quinnipiac is good but its just another loss at the Hart Center. Let's beat Harvard to try and turn this season around. I watched the first half of last night's game this morning on replay. It was an interesting game for almost the entire first half. It seemed to me CDP was encouraging an uptempo approach on offense. Perhaps he feels that will work better vs PL comp than OOC foes. Could also be he isn't that happy with the half-court offense. The other thought I just had is why not try something different on D like a press? I think someone posted that KenPom had HC as the 2nd worst defensive team in the country. (Not sure what metric that was based on).
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Post by trimster on Dec 19, 2023 12:03:23 GMT -5
With my second son going through the college application process, I am reading a lot about admissions rates and related info. Below are some recently released ED (binding) and REA/EA (non-binding) admissions rates from schools of potential interest. Will add HC info about ED1 when I find it. ED/ED1 American 65% Bucknell 63% Fordham 60% (combined ED and EA) BU 34% BC 34% Emory 32% UVA 25% Williams 23% Dartmouth 17% Rice 15% Brown 14% Duke 13% REA/EA Fairfield 37% Notre Dame 15% Georgetown 10% Harvard 9% Yale 9% MIT 5% The Vermont Basketball Message Board had a couple of screen shots about 2023 acceptance rates broken down by conference under a thread called Conference Expansion or Realignment. A couple of figures that really surprised me at first glance were Ole Miss accepted 97 % of applicants and Marquette, that fine Jesuit institution in Milwaukee, accepted 87 %.
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Post by trimster on Dec 19, 2023 8:55:00 GMT -5
Chesney’s first year started 1 and 6.
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Post by trimster on Dec 18, 2023 20:50:17 GMT -5
One of the announcers said Bo is out for a couple of weeks. Did they say earlier what is wrong?
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Post by trimster on Dec 18, 2023 20:35:27 GMT -5
JVR just said the PL is so tough from top to bottom. He mustn't have a computer.
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Post by trimster on Dec 18, 2023 20:23:53 GMT -5
30 percent shooting doesn't win many games.
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Post by trimster on Dec 18, 2023 20:16:40 GMT -5
Play by play guy is better but neither he nor babbler vanRyn tells how many fouls players have Ryan just got it his 3rd He actually has 4.
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Post by trimster on Dec 18, 2023 12:14:05 GMT -5
The PL did not kill our hoops program. We (HC) did that all by ourselves with some poor coaching hires and unfortunate recruiting. The PL did not do either of those things. Let's see what comes under Paulson's leadership. I am hoping for the best. It’s probably a combination of the two. Bad hires within a bad conference ain’t a good combo.
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Post by trimster on Dec 17, 2023 17:47:42 GMT -5
Massey Rank for Men 137 Colgate (6-4) 282 Bucknell (5-8) 289 American (5-6) 291 Boston Univ. (4-7) 298 Navy (2-6) 331 Lehigh (2-7) 344 Lafayette (1-10) 352 Army (1-8) 355 Loyola (1-10) 357 HOLY CROSS (2-8) This is even worse than Pomeroy's ranking. Nine of the bottom 80.
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Post by trimster on Dec 17, 2023 14:30:21 GMT -5
He runs the floor very well... He looks very different in this video than the kid who looked like a plodder in a video from late last season.
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