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Five interesting stats for individual Vol players so far:
Stat #1: 17.7%
That would be Jarnell Stokes' offensive rebound percentage during SEC play. Basically 18% of Tennessee's possessions end with Jarnell Stokes grabbing an offensive rebound. That's #1 in the conference (for SEC games only). When you have a guy giving you extra possessions like that, it's invaluable. It also shows his hard work. Offensive rebounding is about effort.
Stat #2: 2.2
That would be Trae Golden's AST/TO ratio. That would be ninth in the conference and in the top 100 in the nation (which doesn't seem impressive till you remember there's close to 3,500 D1 basketball players). Despite the fact Golden has been highly criticized year (and some of that is deserved...for example his TS% is down 7% from last year) he actually has improved his AST/TO ratio.
Stat #3: 33.1% and 16.7%
To continue on Golden, he also has improved his assist percentage and cut down his turnover percentage. His assist percentage is up two percent from last year and his turnover percentage is down 5.7%. Maybe Golden hasn't been as bad as we thought.
Stat #4: 111.8
Take this stat with a grain of salt. Tennessee's offensive rating (points per possession over 100 possessions) is 103.1, sixth in the SEC, 127th in the nation (which means UT is a slightly above average offensive team). The 111.8 number? Interesting enough, that is Derek Reese's offensive rating. This means that when Reese is on the floor, UT averages 111.8 points per 100 possessions. Now, Reese has barely played during UT's four game winning streak and recent offensive explosions, hence the first sentence of the paragraph. But I find this interesting. Could this mean Reese's spacing means more than we realized? Just an interesting thought.
Stat #5: 5.9% and 3.9%
Those are the percentage differences between Yemi Makanjoula and Kenny Hall's rebounding. Yemi has a 5.9% plus difference on defensive rebounds and a 3.9% plus difference on offensive rebounds. Tennessee is one of the better rebounding teams in the league (2nd in total rebounding percentage behind Florida in the SEC, 28th in the country). Yet they are still playing more minutes to a worse rebounding player over a better rebounding player. Kenny helps on offensive more than Yemi (seven points better per 100 possessions) but that could easily be a small sample size, especially since Yemi was 15.6 points better last year per 100 possessions). Either way, Martin needs to give Yemi more time at center backing up Jarnell. It helps UT with their rebounding.
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Stat #1: 17.7%
That would be Jarnell Stokes' offensive rebound percentage during SEC play. Basically 18% of Tennessee's possessions end with Jarnell Stokes grabbing an offensive rebound. That's #1 in the conference (for SEC games only). When you have a guy giving you extra possessions like that, it's invaluable. It also shows his hard work. Offensive rebounding is about effort.
Stat #2: 2.2
That would be Trae Golden's AST/TO ratio. That would be ninth in the conference and in the top 100 in the nation (which doesn't seem impressive till you remember there's close to 3,500 D1 basketball players). Despite the fact Golden has been highly criticized year (and some of that is deserved...for example his TS% is down 7% from last year) he actually has improved his AST/TO ratio.
Stat #3: 33.1% and 16.7%
To continue on Golden, he also has improved his assist percentage and cut down his turnover percentage. His assist percentage is up two percent from last year and his turnover percentage is down 5.7%. Maybe Golden hasn't been as bad as we thought.
Stat #4: 111.8
Take this stat with a grain of salt. Tennessee's offensive rating (points per possession over 100 possessions) is 103.1, sixth in the SEC, 127th in the nation (which means UT is a slightly above average offensive team). The 111.8 number? Interesting enough, that is Derek Reese's offensive rating. This means that when Reese is on the floor, UT averages 111.8 points per 100 possessions. Now, Reese has barely played during UT's four game winning streak and recent offensive explosions, hence the first sentence of the paragraph. But I find this interesting. Could this mean Reese's spacing means more than we realized? Just an interesting thought.
Stat #5: 5.9% and 3.9%
Those are the percentage differences between Yemi Makanjoula and Kenny Hall's rebounding. Yemi has a 5.9% plus difference on defensive rebounds and a 3.9% plus difference on offensive rebounds. Tennessee is one of the better rebounding teams in the league (2nd in total rebounding percentage behind Florida in the SEC, 28th in the country). Yet they are still playing more minutes to a worse rebounding player over a better rebounding player. Kenny helps on offensive more than Yemi (seven points better per 100 possessions) but that could easily be a small sample size, especially since Yemi was 15.6 points better last year per 100 possessions). Either way, Martin needs to give Yemi more time at center backing up Jarnell. It helps UT with their rebounding.
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