Iowa/ Gonzaga stats comparison

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Ian Pike Hammer

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Stats as listed on ESPN. I Don't have any defensive shooting % comparisons.

Offense: Iowa first, then Gonzaga.

PPG:
2. Iowa, 100.5 (1. Coastal Carolina, 102.8)
T8. Gonz, 93.0

FG%:
7. Iowa, .553
T30. Gonz, .510

3 Pt/%:
T33. Iowa, .398
T257. Gonz, .291

TF%:
79. Iowa, .745
T84. Gonz, .741

REB.
Total:
31. Iowa, 43 PG= Off, 14.2 PG, "D" 28.8 PG
T134. Gonz, 37.7 PG= Off. 9.7 PG. "D" 28.0 PG

ASSISTS
1. Iowa, 24.0 PG
T24 Gonz, 19.0 PG

TurnOvers
Iowa, 9.3 PG
Gonz, 13.3 PG

Asst. to T.O. Ratio
Iowa, 2.57
Gonz, 1.43

STEALS
T86. Iowa, 8.0 PG
T132. Gonz, 7.17 PG

BLOCKS
T18. Iowa, 5.83 PG
T241. Gonz. 2.33


Individual: Scoring
1. Garza 29.2 PPG
12. Timme, Gonz. 23.3 PPG
17. Kispert, Gonz. 22.3

A couple of things jumped off the page at me. Tell me what you see, and how it is relevant.
 
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Ian Pike Hammer said:
Stats as listed on ESPN. I Don't have any defensive shooting % comparisons.

Offense: Iowa first, then Gonzaga.

PPG:
2. Iowa, 100.5 (1. Coastal Carolina, 102.8)
T8. Gonz, 93.0

FG%:
7. Iowa, .553
T30. Gonz, .510

3 Pt/%:
T33. Iowa, .398
T257 .291

TF%:
79. Iowa, .745
T84. Gonz, .741

REB.
Total:
31. Iowa, 43 PG= Off, 14.2 PG, "D" 28.8 PG
T134. Gonz, 37.7 PG= Off. 9.7 PG. "D" 28.0 PG

ASSISTS
1. Iowa, 24.0 PG
T24 Gonz, 19.0 PG

TurnOvers
Iowa, 9.3 PG
Gonz, 13.3 PG

Asst. to T.O. Ratio
Iowa, 2.57
Gonz, 1.43

STEALS
T86. Iowa, 80 PG
T132. Gonz, 7.17 PG

BLOCKS
T18. Iowa, 5.83 PG
T241. Gonz. 2.33



Iowa
Individual: Scoring
1. Garza 29.2 PPG
12. Timme, Gonz. 23.3 PPG
17. Kispert, Gonz. 22.3

A couple of things jumped off the page at me. Tell me what you see, and how it is relevant.
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A TEAM assist to turnover ratio of 2.57 is nothing short of phenomenal.

It goes a long way in explaining why we are national championship contenders, despite the fact that our backcourt can't stop penetration. 2.57 would be well above average for a point guard, let alone an entire team.

It's geometric compounding interest. When players know teammates are looking for them they are going to cut harder, which leads to better passing and scoring, which leads to harder cutting, repeat the vicious cycle.
 
They have more quality wins that’s the stat that matters. It’s going to take a near perfect game in all phases to win but it’s going to be exciting to watch.
 
Northside Hawk said:
A TEAM assist to turnover ratio of 2.57 is nothing short of phenomenal.

It goes a long way in explaining why we are national championship contenders, despite the fact that our backcourt can't stop penetration. 2.57 would be well above average for a point guard, let alone an entire team.

It's geometric compounding interest. When players know teammates are looking for them they are going to cut harder, which leads to better passing and scoring, which leads to harder cutting, repeat the vicious cycle.
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The next closest team (didn't notice who it was) was under 2.0, I think we were close to double their ratio.
 
We have a lot of good passers IMO and we have an AA that probably creates about 10 assists a game when he scores. Is there an easy way to see how many of our assists are the result of Garza scoring?
 
The Zags have wins over W. Vir, Kansas and Auburn this year. Gonna be a hell of a game. Wish it was for the Natty!
 
vork22 said:
Of course we will the rest of their schedule is trash and we play in the best conference in the country.
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Agree. Thus I’m not overly concerned with their quality wins vs. our quality wins just because they’ve played more good teams early. The good team we played we beat.
 
I wonder if there's ever been a coach thats stayed at a mid major and sustained long term success without moving to a power conference like Mark Few has.

Jerry Tarkanian is the most obvious example, but UNLV was an independent for much of his career (when independents were more plentiful) and he could schedule heavy.

Don Haskins was at UTEP for several eons, and had a famous national championship, but I don't think he ever got back to another Sweet Sixteen (he almost did in 1987 at Iowa’s expense in arguably the most scintillating Iowa game I've ever seen) He was never relevant the way Few has been.

Denny Crum maybe? How long was Louisville either independent or Metro?
 
Def. Reb./Game
#77 Iowa (28.83)
#102 Gonzaga (28.00)

FG% Defense
#67 Iowa (38.916%)
#176 (42.781%)

Scoring Defense
#150 Iowa (68.5)
#275(!) Gonzaga (79.7)

Turnover Margin
#16 Iowa (+7.0)
#104 Gonzaga (+2.3)

Granted, these are skewed because Gonzaga's SOS is #4 and Iowa's is #276 (per Kenpom).
 
WindsorHawk said:
Agree. Thus I’m not overly concerned with their quality wins vs. our quality wins just because they’ve played more good teams early. The good team we played we beat.
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I don't know that the concern is over the quality wins but rather the teams they've played to generate the numbers being compared to ours. I think when you look at who they've played and see the comparison its fair to say the gap would be closer if they played weaker competition or we played tougher opponents, outside of UNC.
 
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