Tuesday, March 16, 2004

A look at UNI

For a complete look at UNI's season, click here.

UNI is a small, perimeter oriented team that runs a lot of half-court sets. They have 4 guys who average more than 29 minutes a game, 2 more who average about 21, then 3 between 9-12. They have 3 guys who have taken more than 117 3pt shots this season. They shoot 35% from 3pt range and 44% overall. Opponents are shooting 42% and 32.5% from 3pt range. They have maintained a fairly even overall rebounding margin with opponents. However when looking a offensive / defensive, they clearly get out-boarded on the offensive end. They average 69.6 points a game and opponents average 65 points. They shoot 74% from the charity stripe.

UNI has 4 players averaging over 10 points/game. Ben Jacobson is their leading scorer at 14.1 / game. David Gruber is next at 11.9 / game. Gruber also leads the team in rebounding at 6.9/game. Matt Schniederman comes in at 10.9/game and Erik Crawford at 10.3.

Here is how they rank nationally in some key stats:

#171......Scoring offense (69.6)
#74........Scoring defense (65)
#89........Scoring margin (4.6)
#150......FG%
#82........FG% defense
#83........3pt FG / game
#128......3pt FG%
#26........FT%
#174......Rebound margin
#200......Assists / game
#278......Blocks/game
#306......Steals / Game
#26........Turnovers /game
#32........Personal fouls

Funny, the media has talked about them as a team that is prone to turnovers but the stats show they are pretty good at protecting the ball.