Season Efficiency 2014-15

[The Thrill]

Those who know me know of my efficiency stat. If you're not familiar with it let me explain. The NBA came up with this statistic to track the overall efficiency of an individual player. It is calculated by adding (Points + Rebounds + Steals + Blocks + Assists) and subtracting (Shots Missed + FT Missed + turnovers). This can result in a negative number but when used throughout a season you can see how effective or not effective a certain player can be. It is also nice to see the difference off their season average in an individual game to track the contribution a player makes.

Got it? I'll start with the current season averages and follow up with the results from tonight's game.

[The Thrill]

Updated (Arizona 1/27/2014)

Player	Eff	Per40
Delon Wright	24.5	27.7
Jordan Loveridge	18.9	21.8
Dallin Bachynski	10.5	23.9
Brandon Taylor	9.8	13.0
Renan Lenz	8.6	24.6
Dakarai Tucker	7.3	12.9
Jeremy Olsen	5.9	20.1
Princeton Onwas	5.7	14.2
Ahmad Fields	4.4	25.6
Kenneth Ogbe	4.0	16.2
Parker VanDyke	3.4	11.9
Connor Van Brocklin	2.6	34.7
Marko Kovacevic	2.2	17.6
Xan Ricketts	1.2	12.7

[Jarid in Cedar]

I love stuff like this, Thrill. I am a numbers/stats junkie. Thanks. If you like, I can sticky this thread so you can update it without having to search very far. Just let me know.

[The Thrill]

I love stuff like this, Thrill. I am a numbers/stats junkie. Thanks. If you like, I can sticky this thread so you can update it without having to search very far. Just let me know.

That would be great. I just hope people find it useful.

[Jarid in Cedar]

Done.

[The Thrill]

Player	Eff	(+/-)
Jordan Loveridge	17	+4.6
Dakarai Tucker	11	+7.3
Jason Washburn	11	-4.1
Brandon Taylor	8	+2.5
Jeremy Olsen	4	-0.6
Renen Lenz	3	-0.9
Jarred Dubois	0	-10.6
Glen Dean	0	-5.7
Cedric Martin	0	-6.7

Colo	FGM	FGA	3PM	3PA	FTM	FTA	OFR	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS	EFF	FG%	3P%	FT%
2/21	21	49	6	24	12	20	10	34	6	14	12	5	8	60	67	42.9	25.0	60.0
+/-	-1.0	-7.5	-0.3	+4.5	+0.2	+2.8	+0.5	+3.4	-5.5	+3.2	+4.2	+1.3	-7.9	-2.2	+1.9	+3.9%	-14.0%	-8.6%

Utah	FGM	FGA	3PM	3PA	FTM	FTA	OFR	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS	EFF	FG%	3P%	FT%
2/21	19	49	8	20	4	4	3	26	12	15	10	2	17	50	55	38.8	40.0	100.0
+/-	-3.8	-2.3	+2.1	+3.6	-8.5	-12.7	-4.0	-5.0	-2.4	+2.1	+4.5	-1.6	+1.1	-14.2	-18.3	-5.8%	+3.9%	+24.9%

A quick look shows Dubois, Dean and Martin stunk up the gym. Jarred went 2/9 with 4 turnovers. Dean and Martin combined for 0/4 and 4 turnovers. In a ten point loss, those numbers really stand out. Tucker had his second best game of the season (20 eff vs Willamette). The stat lines for Colorado, more specifically the +/- line, is versus Utah opponents not off of Colorado's season averages. Utah's numbers are based off of their season averages.

You can see right away Utah allowed a pretty average game defensively but offensively they struggled. -12.7 free throw attempts off their season average is not good and Utah only forced a season low for a Utah opponent of 8 fouls on Colorado (previous low was 10 vs UCLA). Utah's 50 points was also a season low and this would coincide with another season low in field goals made of 19 (tied Arizona St and BYU games). Utah also grabbed a season low of 3 offensive rebounds (matched vs Washington and Boise State - both wins mind you).

On the bright side Utah gained 10 steals vs Colorado, a season high and shot 100% from the stripe (only 4/4). The two teams combined for a season high for a Utah game of 22 steals (10 Utah, 12 Colorado).

Overall Utah played the defensive game they wanted to. They held Colorado to only 60 points, 2.2 under a Utah opponent, but just couldn't draw the fouls they needed to keep the game close. -8 makes and -16 attempts and +9 fouls was the difference.

(updated)

[Jarid in Cedar]

This is great stuff. It is nice to see in numbers what your eyes are telling you.

[hostile]

This is great stuff. It is nice to see in numbers what your eyes are telling you.

Agree. Thanks Thrill!

[Senioritis]

Sweet action, Thrill. Question for you, though.

With this equation: ((Points + Rebounds + Assists + Steals + Blocks)) - ((FGA - FGM) + (FTA-FTM) + Turnovers))...

I get Loveridge at 17 and Washburn at 11.

Do you use a different equation?

[The Thrill]

You are correct good sir. That's what I get for taking the stats before they become official. Usually I wait for the official stats to come out but this time I jumped the gun. I will update accordingly

[Senioritis]

Right on, brother.

The only other thing I would add is the whole concept of team Offensive and Defensive efficiency. Basically, you take the number of points, divide it by the estimated number of possessions, and times it by 100.

What you get is points scored per 100 possession and points allowed per 100 possessions.

Last year, Utah's offensive efficiency was a brain freeze inducing 88.16, while their defensive efficiency was a hysterical 110.93 - a differential of -22.77. You have got to be kidding me.

This year up to CO, offensive efficiency is 101.43 and defensive efficiency is 97.72 - a differential of +3.71.

The pace is about the same as last year - 64 possessions this year, 63 last year.

The defensive efficiency is actually quite good, about on a par with the early 2000's Majerus teams (and slightly better than the sainted '98 poets warriors). However, the 1999 team had a defensive efficiency of 87.17 - meaning they made most teams worse than last year's Utes.

The offensive efficiency this year isn't horrible, but no Utah team that's done much of anything has a lower efficiency than about 107. In fact, 107 seems about the mark to hit for a Utah team to have postseason success.

Again, this just reinforces what anybody who is paying attention (all 3,000 of us) knows - the defensive structure is in place for sustained success, but Utah absolutely has to find more offense.

This is, however, the best offense since 2009. Whoopity doo!!

[SoCalPat]

The defensive efficiency is actually quite good, about on a par with the early 2000's Majerus teams (and slightly better than the sainted '98 poets warriors). However, the 1999 team had a defensive efficiency of 87.17 - meaning they made most teams worse than last year's Utes.

Thank you for giving me another reasons to slit my wrists over losing to Miami (Ohio). Can you Kevorkian me in this thread and give us our efficiency numbers for that game, please?

[The Thrill]

Player	Eff	(+/-)
Jordan Loveridge	13	+0.5
Dakarai Tucker	7	+3.1
Jeremy Olsen	7	+2.3
Renen Lenz	5	+1.1
Brandon Taylor	3	-2.4
Glen Dean	2	-3.6
Jason Washburn	1	-13.6
Cedric Martin	1	-5.5
Jarred Dubois	0	-10.0
Dallin Bachynski	-2	-8.3

Cal	FGM	FGA	3PM	3PA	FTM	FTA	OFR	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS	EFF	FG%	3P%	FT%
2/28	22	55	7	24	13	15	6	37	15	11	4	6	15	64	80	40.0	29.2	86.7
+/-	0.0	-1.4	+0.7	+4.4	+1.2	-2.1	-3.3	+6.1	+3.4	+0.2	-3.6	+2.2	-0.9	+1.8	+14.4	+1.0%	-9.9%	+17.5%

Utah	FGM	FGA	3PM	3PA	FTM	FTA	OFR	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS	EFF	FG%	3P%	FT%
2/28	16	55	3	17	11	17	9	34	10	10	5	0	15	46	40	29.1	17.6	64.7
+/-	-6.6	+3.6	-2.8	+0.6	-1.5	+0.3	+1.9	+2.9	-4.3	-2.8	-0.5	-3.4	-0.9	-17.5	-32.0	-14.9%	-17.8%	-10.0%

First of, that sucked. Second, Washburn and Bachynski both scored season lows for efficiency vs Cal. Bachynski has been in the negative 4 times (2 times vs Cal) and Washburns' previous low was 4. Dubois scored a 0 efficiency for the second straight game.

Overall Utah hit a season low in 7 categories. 16 field goals made, 3 three pointers made, 0 blocks (first time all year they didn't record a block), 46 points and 40 efficiency (averaging 72.0 on the season). Utah also shot a season low 29.1% from the field (34.5% @ASU) and 17.6% from deep (20% vs UCLA). Utah also saw the largest discrepancy at the free throw line -22.0% (Utah made 2 less but attempted 2 more).

Over the last 5 games only Washburn and Loveridge averaged over 7 efficiency. To put that in perspective, Arizona for the season has 6 players over 7 and another at 6.9. See below:
Hill 15.2, Johnson 13.1, Lyons 11.7, Parrom 11.5, Ashley 9.9, Tarczewski 8.6, Jerrett 6.9. Utah currently has 3 over 7 for the season (see first post in this thread). A good rule of thumb is your top 6 should be over 7, and 3 or 4 over 10. Team average should be around 80. Utah had a 40 efficiency tonight.

[UBlender]

I move that this thread be re-titled "Season Inefficiency 2013".

[SoCalPat]

I move that this thread be re-titled "Season Inefficiency 2013".

Seconded

[The Thrill]

Player	Eff	(+/-)
Jarred Dubois	21	+10.2
Jordan Loveridge	12	-0.8
Cedric Martin	10	+3.7
Jason Washburn	10	-4.6
Brandon Taylor	8	+2.3
Dallin Bachynski	2	-3.8
Justin Seymour	1	-2.4
Jeremy Olsen	1	-3.8
Glen Dean	0	-5.3

Stf	FGM	FGA	3PM	3PA	FTM	FTA	OFR	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS	EFF	FG%	3P%	FT%
3/3	29	60	11	26	15	16	9	32	20	9	7	3	11	84	105	48.3	42.3	93.8
+/-	+6.7	+3.6	+4.4	+6.2	+3.3	-0.9	-0.3	+1.2	+8.1	-1.9	-0.7	-0.8	-4.7	+21.1	+38.0	+8.8%	+2.7%	+24.5%

Utah	FGM	FGA	3PM	3PA	FTM	FTA	OFR	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS	EFF	FG%	3P%	FT%
3/3	24	55	5	14	13	14	6	26	11	12	6	0	11	66	65	43.6	35.7	92.9
+/-	+1.2	+3.2	-0.9	-2.5	+0.6	-2.6	-1.2	-5.1	-3.2	-0.7	+0.5	-3.4	-4.6	+2.1	-7.2	-0.4%	-0.1%	+18.22

[The Thrill]

Player	Eff	(+/-)
Jordan Loveridge	22	+9.2
Jason Washburn	20	+5.4
Jarred Dubois	17	+6.2
Jeremy Olsen	11	+6.2
Brandon Taylor	10	+4.3
Justin Seymour	4	+0.6
Glen Dean	3	-2.3
Cedric Martin	-2	-8.3
Dallin Bachynski	-2	-7.8

OSU	FGM	FGA	3PM	3PA	FTM	FTA	OFR	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS	EFF	FG%	3P%	FT%
3/7	23	51	9	19	6	14	8	28	13	15	9	6	15	61	66	45.1	47.4	42.9
+/-	+0.7	-5.4	+2.4	-0.8	-5.7	-2.9	-1.3	-2.8	+1.1	+4.1	+1.3	+2.2	-0.7	-1.9	-1.0	+5.5%	+7.8%	-26.39%

Utah	FGM	FGA	3PM	3PA	FTM	FTA	OFR	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS	EFF	FG%	3P%	FT%
3/7	27	58	9	21	9	16	11	34	15	11	5	6	12	72	83	46.6	42.9	53.3
+/-	+4.2	+6.2	+3.1	+4.5	-3.4	-0.6	+3.8	+2.9	+0.8	-1.7	-0.5	+2.6	-3.6	+8.1	+10.8	+2.5%	+7.1%	-18.4%

Sorry for the delay on the Stanford game, I've been up in Portland all week.

As for Oregon State, great game. First time all year that the top 6 players all scored better than their season efficiency. Easy to win game when you play above average.

First things first, Utah tied their season high with 9 threes (SMU g1, Boise, CalSN) After 2 entire games without a block, Utah went for 6 blocks tonight (Washburn with 3). Utah shot a season low 56.3% from the line 9/16. This was the first game since Arizona State (also a win) that Utah shot over 44% for the game. 13 times Utah has shot over 44% and Utah has won 10 of those game. 10-3 when shooting over 44%. I thought it would be interesting to see which categories if Utah is over their season average, they win (fouls being less than average)

Category	Average	Wins
FG%	44%	10
FT Made	12.4	10
Fouls	15.6	9
Efficiency	72.2	9
FT Shot	16.6	8
Points	63.9	8

The teams combined for 12 blocks, a season high for a Utah game. The two teams also combined to tie a season low in made free throws, only 15. (UCLA) All and all it was a good win. Keep it going vs Oregon and into the Pac12 Tourny.

[OrangeUte]

Hey Thrill - I think I speak for the whole board in saying that we are interested in your final season numbers and even some analysis of the USC cal and Oregon games in the tourney. Good stuff!

[The Thrill]

OK. I took a while but I figured with the new season upon us I would give some final stats. Here are the last three games and season ending numbers

Utah 72 USC 70

Player	Eff	(+/-)
Jarred Dubois	20	+8.7
Jordan Loveridge	16	+2.8
Brandon Taylor	8	+1.6
Dakarai Tucker	7	+3.3
Glen Dean	6	+1.0
Jason Washburn	6	-9.6
Jeremy Olsen	6	+1.7
Cedric Martin	2	-3.6
Renan Lenz	1	-2.3

[The Thrill]

Player	Eff	(+/-)
Jason Washburn	24	+8.4
Jarred Dubois	22	+10.7
Jordan Loveridge	20	+6.8
Glen Dean	9	+4.0
Jeremy Olsen	4	-0.3
Brandon Taylor	4	-2.4
Cedric Martin	1	-4.6
Dallin Bachynski	1	-4.2
Renan Lenz	0	-3.3
Dakarai Tucker	-1	-4.7

[The Thrill]

Player	Eff	(+/-)
Jason Washburn	14	-1.6
Dakarai Tucker	10	+6.3
Brandon Taylor	9	+2.6
Jordan Loveridge	5	-8.2
Jeremy Olsen	4	-0.3
Glen Dean	3	-2.0
Cedric Martin	2	-3.6
Renan Lenz	-1	-4.3
Jarred Dubois	-10	-21.3

[The Thrill]

Player	Efficiency	Season High	Season Low
Jason Washburn	15.6	36 Arizona St	1 California
Jordan Loveridge	13.2	25 Willamette	1 (twice)
Jarred Dubois	11.3	27 (twice)	-10 Oregon
Brandon Taylor	6.4	20 Washington	-3 (twice)
Cedric Martin	5.6	18 Sacramento St	-2 Oregon St
Dallin Bachynski	5.2	33 Idaho State	-2 (3 times)
Glen Dean	5.0	20 Boise State	-3 Texas St
Jeremy Olsen	4.3	14 Arizona	-3 (3 times)
Dakarai Tucker	3.7	20 Willamette	-5 Stanford
Justin Seymour	3.4	20 Willamette	-2 (4 times)
Renan Lenz	3.3	20 Stanford	-3 Arizona St
Aaron Dotson	2.9	10 CS North	-4 SMU
Xan Ricketts	1.3	4 Albertson	3 Willamette
Alex Mortenson	1.0	5 Willamette	0 (4 games)

To put this into a better perspective Trey Burke's efficiency last year was 21.0.

Player	Category	Stat
Jordan Loveridge	Minutes	31.7
Jason Washburn	Shots made	5.1
Jordan Loveridge	Shots attempted	10.7
Jason Washburn	FG% (174/312)	55.8%
Jarred Dubois	Threes made	1.3
Jarred Dubois	Threes attempted	3.2
Brandon Taylor	Three% (34/82)	41.5%
Jarred Dubois	FT made	3.5
Jarred Dubois	FT attempted	4.1
Jarred Dubois	FT% (114/134)	85.1%
Jordan Loveridge	Offensive Rebounds	2.3
Jordan Loveridge	Total rebounds	7.0
Jarred Dubois	Assists	3.2
Jarred Dubois	Turnovers	2.2
Cedric Martin	Asst/Turnover	2.07
Cedric Martin	Steals	1.0
Jason Washburn	Blocks	1.5
Jordan Loveridge	Personal Fouls	2.1
Jarred Dubois	Points	12.6
Jason Washburn	Efficiency	15.6

	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OFFR	TOTR	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS	EFF
Utah	22.9	51.7	44.3%	5.8	16.2	36.1%	12.3	16.3	75.6%	7.2	30.5	13.8	12.6	5.6	3.3	15.3	63.9	71.8

[LA Ute]

The Thriil, it was great to meet you at the UCLA game!

[The Thrill]

The Thriil, it was great to meet you at the UCLA game!

Thanks. It was great meeting other great Utes like yourself and your son.

[The Thrill]

Player	Efficiency
Jordan Loveridge	23
Delon Wright	23
Renan Lenz	19
Dakarai Tucker	14
Parker Van Dyke	12
Brandon Taylor	6
Ahmad Fields	5
Princeton Anwas	5
Jeremy Olsen	3
Xan Ricketts	1
Dallin Bachynski	-1
Kenneth Ogbe	-3
Marko Kovacevic	DNP
Connor Van Brocklin	DNP

This game was preseason so it won't count versus the rest of the games averages but it's nice to see. As expected Utah won every single statistical category except one...FT%. Utes were awful. 24/45 for 53.3% was 9% worse than St. Martin. Ogbe 1/8, Van Dyke 1/4, Loveridge 5/9...chalk it up to tired legs but I hope this isn't the trend for the season.

[The Thrill]

Player	Efficiency
Jordan Loveridge	39
Delon Wright	34
Brandon Taylor	19
Parker Van Dyke	18
Ahmad Fields	15
Jeremy Olsen	11
Renen Lenz	10
Kenneth Ogbe	10
Dakarai Tucker	9
Princeton Onwas	7
Connor Van Brocklin	5
Austin Eastman	1
Xan Ricketts	1
Dallin Bachynski	DNP

Great first game, a bit embarrassing to count these numbers but it all counts as a win. For the record, last year versus Willamette Utah had three guys over 20 efficiency (Seymour, Loveridge and Tucker) and the season high was 36 for Washburn vs Arizona State. To have two guys over 30 efficiency is pretty amazing, on top of that the efficiency score should be somewhat close to the real score. To have a 155 point spread on efficiency is unheard of.

That is all.

[U-Ute]

That is all.

This pretty much confirms what we suspect: Loveridge and Wright are players, and we need one of Taylor, Van Dyke, Fields, Olsen, Lenz, and Ogbe to step up and be that third scorer.

[U-Ute]

Surely the equation takes into account a d-baggery factor?