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Two videos to watch

By on June 12, 2012 in MAAC, Manhattan

What do Steve Masiello and I have in common? Not much, but today we’re featured on videos around the internet. Masiello’s latest installment of “Coaches Corner” went live last night and is a must watch for any Manhattan or MAAC fan. This morning my video about Free Throw Rate went live as part of the [...]

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Looking at the 2013 Ivy League with Value Add

By on May 3, 2012 in Columbia, Ivy League, Long Island, NEC, Wagner

Ed. Note: This is a guest post from the creator of Value Add, John Pudner. A big thanks to him for putting this together. You can watch him speak here.

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LIU’s free throws are a valuable ally

By on February 17, 2012 in Long Island, NEC

At this point LIU Brooklyn and free throws should be almost synonymous in people’s heads. For each of the past two seasons during their run through the NEC the Blackbirds have been in the Top 10 in the nation in both offensive and defensive free throw rate. This season LIU has attempted 491 free throws [...]

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Tempo-free MAAC: Does anyone want to challenge Iona?

By on January 9, 2012 in Iona, MAAC, Manhattan, St. Peter's

There’s a very clear cut No. 1 team in the MAAC this season. Iona has taken all comers and delivered convincing win after convincing win. It’s good enough that the Gaels are currently projected as a 12 seed in ESPN’s latest bracketology (playing Vanderbilt!). The big question now is if any team is going to challenge [...]

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Tempo-free NEC: The battle at the top

By on January 9, 2012 in Long Island, NEC, St. Francis (NY), Wagner

The NEC is supposed to be a dogfight at the top and through four conference games that’s exactly what’s happening. Central Connecticut State, Robert Morris, Wagner and Long Island Brooklyn are sitting atop the conference with the only losses amongst those four teams being to each other. (Wagner lost at LIU, RMU lost at CCSU). [...]

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Who does more? Looking at assists

Who does more? Looking at assists

By on December 16, 2011 in Uncategorized

Everyone thinks they know the best way to rack up a bunch of assists: Play fast, surround yourself with a bunch of talented scorers and let the dimes pile up like Scrooge McDuck’s vault. The best playmakers though don’t just benfit from the talent around them. They also raise their teammates up. Who is doing [...]

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Strength of schedule matters early in the season too

By on December 12, 2011 in Iona

I like Eric Angevine’s writing. I think that the Storming the Floor account is one of the most entertaining college basketball follows on Twitter. But I just can’t get behind a Mid-Major Power Ranking (ESPN Insider $$) that tries to tell me that Tulane, even at 11-1, is the best team in the nation. Especially when [...]

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A better way to find assists

By on December 3, 2011 in Iona

Tracking where assists go and what types of baskets they create is becoming more and more important in college basketball analysis. Dave Ryan did a great post the other day about Scott Machado’s assists. Everyone has also seen the great graphics that Luke Winn does in his Power Rankings. This week he even went and [...]

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Summer Wrap Up: St. John’s Roster Remade

By on August 31, 2011 in Uncategorized

Last season Steve Lavin surprised some people by taking a veteran St. John’s team and going 21-12 to earn a six seed in the NCAA Tournament. The Red Storm played a rotation with eight seniors. The players had been around for a long time, but none really became household names until 2010-11. Maybe that would’ve [...]

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Summer Wrap Up: The Unlucky Crusaders

By on August 30, 2011 in Uncategorized

Holy Cross was featured today on SI.com by Andy Glockner for doing something that must be a pretty rare occurrence, being the unluckiest team in America for two seasons in a row. The Crusaders are an astounding 3-20 in games decided by five point or less the past two seasons. It’s generally assumed that luck doesn’t [...]

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