Atlantic 10 Advanced Stats Page
This page attempts to explain some of the more advanced stats metrics out there and to apply
them to college basketball, and specifically, the Atlantic 10. It is maintained by Stephen Greenwell,
a senior journalism major at the University of Rhode Island. If you have any questions, comments
or concerns about the page, e-mail me at [email protected].
Disclaimer
Please realize that this is NOT an attempt to establish a "stats over everything" philosopy.
However, it also doesn't mean that scouts or personal observation is king either. Like other
evaluation methods, this should be used in conjunction with other tools to analyze a player.
Consider it like comparison shopping - You wouldn't buy a car from the first place you shop,
and you should not solely trust this site, ESPN.com or a bulletin board when evaluating players.
Using all the available info will give you the greatest clarity.
Also, certain concessions must be made when undertaking a project of this size. Stats for defense
are still primative and more work than they're worth. This will create some noise when trying
to evaluate one player over another because of defense, since this is largely subjective. Unless
you think one player has a huge advantage over another in terms of defense, the one with the higher
PER value is probably still better. Studies on the issue have determined that even great defensive
players (Ben Wallace, Ron Artest) only add about five points maximum to their PER, and the majority
of players add around two to three points to their PER when position defense is taken into account.
Finally, sample size caveats apply. I only used stats from Atlantic 10 games (sixteen) to avoid
noise from teams playing D2 and ACC schools in their non-conference schedule. I felt that more
accuracy would be gained by excluding these games, although this in turn increases the effect of
Atlantic 10 games. Also, players who did not play often were excluded because of a lack of data.
Click here for definitions on the various terms thrown around on the site.
Last Update: July 26, 3:30 p.m.
Overall Rankings
PER - 2004, 2005
Gross PER - 2004, 2005
Usage Rate - 2004, 2005
Rebound Rate - 2004, 2005
Turnover Ratio - 2004, 2005
Assist Ratio - 2004, 2005
PSA - 2004, 2005
Team Pace Factors - 2004, 2005
Team Defense Efficiency - 2004, 2005
Team Offense Efficiency - 2004, 2005
Team Gross PER - 2004, 2005
Team Expected Winning Percentage - 2004, 2005
Team By Team Stats
Dayton - 2004, 2005
Duquesne - 2004, 2005
Fordham - 2004, 2005
George Washington - 2004, 2005
La Salle - 2004, 2005
Richmond - 2004, 2005
Rhode Island - 2004, 2005
St. Bonaventure - 2004, 2005
St. Joesph - 2004, 2005
Temple - 2004, 2005
UMass - 2004, 2005
Xavier - 2004, 2005
- Many thanks to John Hollinger, who developped many of the formulas contained on these pages.
His Pro Basketball Forecast and Prospectus books are required reading if you like what I'm
doing here. He does what I've done for the entire NBA, with defense thrown in too.
- Sorry about the shabby overall appearance of the site, but I am not HTML expert. In fact,
I hate doing it, since it takes me longer to post this than to do the actual computations. If
anyone knows of a GOOD, free HTML editor that works like, say, Paint, I'd love to hear about it.
- If you're in contact with any newspapers, athletic directors or coaches, I am willing to do
work for hire. Whether this is indepth articles on other subjects or adapting some of this
material to other sources, I'm willing to listen.