2014 NCAA TOURNAMENT | SWEET 16
Compelling time for College Basketball Fans
College Basketball advanced sports statistician salivates at everything the NCAA Tournament represents – especially at Sweet-16 time.
The National Regional Semifinal Rounds represent the ultimate exhilarating & nearly unmatched aggregate data set; a wholeheartedly magnificent 3½ day, frozen-frame season snapshot.
Similar to the lead up to NBA Playoffs, Sixteen teams provides a substantial yet ‘manageable’ number of quality teams to evaluate, with an abundance of distinctive players, coaches to isolate all these independent & distinguishing schemes.
March Madness just has to get any self-professed basketball 'addict', advanced statistician & capper juiced beyond words.
Only paradox?
While taking great care to avoid drooling on our keyboard(s),
We are only allowed 84¼ Hours to slice up these 8 Games & 16 Teams.
2014 NCAA SWEET 16 ADVANCED STATISTICS
(3) 1-SEEDS
1 FLORIDA 34-2 (AP #1)
1 VIRGINIA 30-6 (AP #3)
1 ARIZONA 32-4 (AP #4)
(2) 2-SEEDS
2 MICHIGAN 27-8 (AP #7)
2 WISCONSIN 28-7 (AP #12)
(1) 3-SEED
3 IOWA STATE 28-7 (AP #9)
(ALL 4) 4-SEEDS
4 LOUISVILLE 31-5 (AP #5)
4 MICHIGAN STATE 28-8 (AP #11)
4 SAN DIEGO STATE 31-4 (AP #13)
4 UCLA 28-8 (AP #20)
(1) 6-SEED
6 BAYLOR 26-11 (AP #23)
(1) 7-SEED
7 CONNECTICUT 28-8 (AP #18)
(1) 8-SEED
8 KENTUCKY 26-10
(1) 10-SEED
10 STANFORD 23-12
(2) 11-SEEDS
11 TENNESSEE 24-12
11 DAYTON 25-10
CONFERENCE BREAKDOWN
3 PAC-12
3 BIG-TEN
3 SEC
2 BIG-12
2 AMERICAN
1 ATLANTIC-10
1 MOUNTAIN WEST
1 ACC
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‘EFFECTIVE’ SIZE (Avg Size w/% of Contribution)
6. UKy +6.0” Above Average NCAA
10. Baylr +4.4” Above Average NCAA
13. Stan +4.0” Above Average NCAA
16. Ariz +3.7” Above Average NCAA
20. UCLA +3.4” Above Average NCAA
20. UCon +3.4” Above Average NCAA
50. Wisc +2.1” Above Average NCAA
67. UVa +1.7” Above Average NCAA
76. SDSU +1.6” Above Average NCAA
103. Louvl +1.1” Above Average NCAA
103. MchSt +1.1” Above Average NCAA
122. Fla +0.8” Above Average NCAA
145. Daytn +0.4” Above Average NCAA
157. Tenn +0.2” Above Average NCAA
215. Mich -0.7” Below Average NCAA
325. IowSt -3.0” Below Average NCAA
EXPERIENCE (Avg Age | % w/Contribution Level)
21. Stan 2.36 Avg NCAA Years
67. UCon 2.10 Avg NCAA Years
80. Tenn 2.05 Avg NCAA Years
92. Baylr 2.02 Avg NCAA Years
92. Fla 2.02 Avg NCAA Years
123. Louvl 1.91 Avg NCAA Years
150. SDSU 1.80 Avg NCAA Years
192. Wisc 1.70 Avg NCAA Years
202 MchSt 1.65 Avg NCAA Years
212. Daytn 1.64 Avg NCAA Years
234. IowSt 1.57 Avg NCAA Years
260. UVa 1.46 Avg NCAA Years
292. UCLA 1.34 Avg NCAA Years
327. Ariz 1.07 Avg NCAA Years
331. Mich 1.06 Avg NCAA Years
351. UKy 0.33 Avg NCAA Years
BENCH USAGE (% of Bench Game Minutes)
62. Daytn 36.0% Bench Minutes
81. MchSt 34.5% Bench Minutes
88. Louvl 34.0% Bench Minutes
152. UCLA 31.5% Bench Minutes
178. Baylr 30.0% Bench Minutes
178. Fla 30.0% Bench Minutes
200. UVa 29.2% Bench Minutes
220. UCon 28.3% Bench Minutes
233. SDSU 27.8% Bench Minutes
274. Mich 25.5% Bench Minutes
287. Ariz 25.0% Bench Minutes
303. Tenn 24.0% Bench Minutes
326. UKy 23.1% Bench Minutes
329. IowSt 21.5% Bench Minutes
332. Wisc 20.7% Bench Minutes
346. Stan 19.0% Bench Minutes
TEMPO | PACE (Total Average Possessions per Game)
14. IowSt 71.5 Total Average Possessions per Game
42. UCLA 70.0 Total Average Possessions per Game
64. Louvl 69.0 Total Average Possessions per Game
180. Stan 69.0 Total Average Possessions per Game
192. MchSt 66.4 Total Average Possessions per Game
209. UKy 66.0 Total Average Possessions per Game
236. UCon 65.6 Total Average Possessions per Game
236. Daytn 65.5 Total Average Possessions per Game
262. Ariz 64.6 Total Average Possessions per Game
262. Wisc 64.6 Total Average Possessions per Game
297. SDSU 63.7 Total Average Possessions per Game
320. Fla 63.1 Total Average Possessions per Game
326. Tenn 62.8 Total Average Possessions per Game
326. Baylr 62.8 Total Average Possessions per Game
333. Mich 62.3 Total Average Possessions per Game
346. UVa 61.0 Total Average Possessions per Game
OFFENSIVE EFFICIENCY (Points Per Possession)
3. Mich 1.227 O-PPP
4. Wisc 1.204 O-PPP
6. Baylr 1.192 O-PPP
9. MchSt 1.178 O-PPP
10. IowSt 1.178 O-PPP
12. UCLA 1.173 O-PPP
15. Louvl 1.164 O-PPP
16. Tenn 1.162 O-PPP
17. UKy 1.161 O-PPP
18. Fla 1.16 O-PPP
20. UVa 1.147 O-PPP
27. Ariz 1.136 O-PPP
38. Daytn 1.122 O-PPP
56. UCon 1.111 O-PPP
62. Stan 1.106 O-PPP
104. SDSU 1.081 O-PPP
EFFICIENT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE | eFG%
(Three-Point FG’s Weighted 50% More)
8. Mich 55.5% eFG
13. MchSt 54.7% eFG
16. UCLA 54.4% eFG
18. IowSt 54.3% eFG
29. Louvl 53.6% eFG
31. Wisc 53.4% eFG
44. Fla 52.6% eFG
50. Daytn 52.4% eFG
68. Ariz 52% eFG
68. Baylr 52% eFG
82. Stan 51.6% eFG
86. UCon 51.5% eFG
104. UVa 51.2% eFG
160. UKy 49.8% eFG
170. Tenn 49.6% eFG
282. SDSU 46.8% eFG
3-POINT RATE (% of Points from Deep)
32. Mich 40.3% 3-Distribution
40. Wisc 40.0% 3-Distribution
61, IowSt 38.0% 3-Distribution
92. MchSt 35.8% 3-Distribution
109. Louvl 35.2% 3-Distribution
116. Fla 35.0 % 3-Distribution
127. Baylr 34.5% 3-Distribution
145. UCon 34% 3-Distribution
205. Daytn 31.5% 3-Distribution
221. Tenn 31% 3-Distribution
252. UVa 29.6% 3-Distribution
264. Stan 29.1% 3-Distribution
284. UKy 28.3% 3-Distribution
303. UCLA 27.4% 3-Distribution
321. Ariz 26.6% 3-Distribution
331. SDSU 25.6% 3-Distribution
3-POINT SHOOTING PERCENTAGE
6. Mich 40.0% Three-Pointers
14. MchSt 39.4% Three-Pointers
17. UCon 39.2% Three-Pointers
30. UCLA 38.6% Three-Pointers
30. Baylr 38.6% Three-Pointers
52. Daytn 37.6% Three-Pointers
52. Wisc 37.6% Three-Pointers
67. Louvl 37.0% Three-Pointers
67. UVa 37.0% Three-Pointers
67. Stan 37.0% Three-Pointers
87. Fla 36.1% Three-Pointers
87. Ariz 36.1% Three-Pointers
102. IowSt 35.8% Three-Pointers
172. SDSU 34.3% Three-Pointers
240. UKy 32.7% Three-Pointers
293. Tenn 32.0% Three-Pointers
FREE THROW RATE (% of Points from FT Line)
16. UKy 26.7% FT Rate
61. SDSU 24.4% FT Rate
98. Tenn 23.5% FT Rate
104. Stan 23.3% FT Rate
104. Wisc 23.3% FT Rate
130. Baylr 23.0% FT Rate
160. UCon 22.3% FT Rate
192. UVa 21.8% FT Rate
230. Fla 21.0% FT Rate
230. Daytn 21.0% FT Rate
230. UCLA 21% FT Rate
262. Ariz 20.6% FT Rate
276. Louvl 20.3% FT Rate
307. Mich 19.6% FT Rate
322. IowSt 19.2% FT Rate
341. MchSt 18.0% FT Rate
FREE THROW SHOOTING PERCENTAGE
9. UCon 76.5%
10. Mich 76.2%
23. UCLA 75.0%
28. Wisc 74.4%
90. Tenn 72.1%
161. MchSt 70.4%
164. Stan 70.3%
180. IowSt 70.2%
224. UKy 68.4%
250. Daytn 68.0%
252. Baylr 67.8%
267. SDSU 67.1%
267. UVa 67.1%
286. Fla 66.4%
290. Louvl 66.3%
313. Ariz 65.5%
OFFENSIVE REBOUNDING%
(Team % Rebs that are Offensive)
2. UKy 42.0% OReb
3. Baylr 40.6% OReb
4. Tenn 40.0% OReb
23. Louvl 37.2% OReb
26. Ariz 36.5% OReb
35. SDSU 35.7% OReb
40. Fla 35.6% OReb
72. Daytn 35.5% OReb
93. UVa 34.4% OReb
103. MchSt 33.4% OReb
188. UCon 31.1% OReb
223. UCLA 30.1% OReb
255. Mich 29.0% OReb
255. Stan 29.0% OReb
270. IowSt 28.5% OReb
278. Wisc 28.1% OReb
TURNOVER PERCENTAGE
(% of Possessions ending in Turnover)
2. Wisc 12.6% T-Over Rate
10. IowSt 14.6% T-Over Rate
10. UCLA 14.6% T-Over Rate
10. Mich 14.6% T-Over Rate
22. SDSU 15.2% T-Over Rate
25. Louvl 15.3% T-Over Rate
36. Ariz 16.0% T-Over Rate
65. UVa 16.6% T-Over Rate
73. Stan 17.0% T-Over Rate
73. Tenn 17.0% T-Over Rate
90. MchSt 17.2% T-Over Rate
108. UCon 17.4% T-Over Rate
126. Fla 17.6% T-Over Rate
146. Baylr 18.0% T-Over Rate
167. Daytn 18.3% T-Over Rate
167. UKy 18.3% T-Over Rate
ASSIST PERCENTAGE
(% of Scores that are Assisted)
9. IowSt 63.0% Assist Rate
13. MchSt 62.0% Assist Rate
26. UCLA 60.0% Assist Rate
41. Ariz 58.0% Assist Rate
41. Baylr 58.0% Assist Rate
66. UVa 56.8% Assist Rate
74. Mich 56.1% Assist Rate
111. Louvl 54.3% Assist Rate
120. Fla 53.8% Assist Rate
173. Daytn 51.2% Assist Rate
181. UCon 51.1% Assist Rate
210. Wisc 50.0% Assist Rate
210. Tenn 50.0% Assist Rate
296. Stan 46.3% Assist Rate
308. UKy 45.5% Assist Rate
349. SDSU 40.0% Assist Rate
DEFENSIVE EFFICIENCY
(Points Per Possession Allowed)
1. Ariz 0.872 D-PPP
2. Fla 0.888 D-PPP
3. Louvl 0.894 D-PPP
5. UVa 0.899 D-PPP
7. SDSU 0.903 D-PPP
11. UCon 0.932 D-PPP
17. Tenn 0.942 D-PPP
25. UKy 0.960 D-PPP
36. Stan 0.974 D-PPP
41. MchSt 0.967 D-PPP
45. UCLA 0.970 D-PPP
55. Wisc 0.983 D-PPP
59. IowSt 0.988 D-PPP
73. Daytn 0.999 D-PPP
77. Baylr 1.002 D-PPP
96. Mich 1.011 D-PPP
EFFICIENT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE DEFENSE
eFG% Defense (3-Pt FG Defense Weighted 50% More)
1. Ariz 42.2% eFG Defense
6. Louvl 43.8% eFG Defense
8. UVa 44.0% eFG Defense
10. SDSU 44.1% eFG Defense
11. UCon 44.3% eFG Defense
21. Fla 45.0% eFG Defense
30. UKy 45.4% eFG Defense
44. Tenn 46.0% eFG Defense
44. MchSt 46.0% eFG Defense
85. IowSt 47.4% eFG Defense
91. Wisc 47.6% eFG Defense
99. Stan 47.8% eFG Defense
121. Baylr 48.5% eFG Defense
131. Mich 49.0% eFG Defense
147. Daytn 49.2% eFG Defense
167. UCLA 49.7% eFG Defense
3-POINT SHOOTING PERCENTAGE DEFENSE
2. Louvl 28.6% Three-Point Shooting Allowed
18. SDSU 30.6% Three-Point Shooting Allowed
36. Mich 31.3% Three-Point Shooting Allowed
55. Ariz 32.0% Three-Point Shooting Allowed
55. UKy 32.0% Three-Point Shooting Allowed
65. UVa 32.2% Three-Point Shooting Allowed
95. Fla 33.0% Three-Point Shooting Allowed
95. UCon 33.0% Three-Point Shooting Allowed
120. MchSt 33.5% Three-Point Shooting Allowed
120. Daytn 33.5% Three-Point Shooting Allowed
134. IowSt 33.7% Three-Point Shooting Allowed
134. Tenn 33.7% Three-Point Shooting Allowed
171. UCLA 34.3% Three-Point Shooting Allowed
174. Wisc 34.4% Three-Point Shooting Allowed
203. Stan 35.0% Three-Point Shooting Allowed
243. Baylr 35.5% Three-Point Shooting Allowed
BLOCKED SHOT PERCENTAGE
(% Op Shots Blocked)
10. UCon 15.7% Op Shots Blocked
12. UKy 15.4% Op Shots Blocked
19. Baylr 14.2% Op Shots Blocked
27. SDSU 13.7% Op Shots Blocked
32. MchSt 13.6% Op Shots Blocked
52. Louvl 12.6% Op Shots Blocked
66. UVa 12.0% Op Shots Blocked
83. Ariz 11.6% Op Shots Blocked
97. Stan 11.4% Op Shots Blocked
104. Tenn 11.3% Op Shots Blocked
206. UCLA 9.0% Op Shots Blocked
224. Fla 8.5% Op Shots Blocked
238. Wisc 8.1% Op Shots Blocked
273. Daytn 7.2% Op Shots Blocked
285. IowSt 7.0% Op Shots Blocked
301. Mich 6.6% Op Shots Blocked
STEAL PERCENTAGE
(% Op Possessions ending in Steal)
2. Louvl 14.6% Steals
4. UCLA 13.1% Steals
21. Fla 11.5% Steals
21. SDSU 11.5% Steals
45. UCon 10.6% Steals
64. MchSt 10.3% Steals
141. Ariz 9.3% Steals
163. Daytn 9.1% Steals
207. Mich 8.6% Steals
241. UVa 8.2% Steals
241. IowSt 8.2% Steals
258. Tenn 8.0% Steals
270. Wisc 7.8% Steals
270. Baylr 7.8% Steals
276. Stan 7.7% Steals
315. UKy 7.1% Steals
TURNOVER PERCENTAGE DEFENSE
(% Op Possessions ending in Turnover)
2. Louvl 25.2% T-Over Rate Defense
17. Fla 21.8% T-Over Rate Defense
37. SDSU 20.8% T-Over Rate Defense
46. UCLA 20.4% T-Over Rate Defense
86. UCon 19.6% T-Over Rate Defense
100. Ariz 19.3% T-Over Rate Defense
122. Daytn 19.1% T-Over Rate Defense
163. UVa 18.4% T-Over Rate Defense
200. MchSt 18.0% T-Over Rate Defense
241. Mich 17.2% T-Over Rate Defense
241. Stan 17.2% T-Over Rate Defense
263. Tenn 16.8% T-Over Rate Defense
300. UKy 16.2% T-Over Rate Defense
308. IowSt 16.0% T-Over Rate Defense
316 Baylr 15.8% T-Over Rate Defense
316. Wisc 15.8% T-Over Rate Defense
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