In-Conference Items

Some notes on the updated conference-only stats:

-- Comparing the PGs:

 %Min ORtg %Poss %Shots eFG% Ast% TO% A/TO
Gonzalez 59.7 91.8 17.0 15.1 49.3 25.3 31.6 1.5
Johnson 36.2 72.0 14.3 9.0 52.0 15.5 47.0 0.8

-- Scoring punch from unlikely places:

 Pts/40
Smith 19.1
Ferguson 18.9
Fells 17.7
Hickson 17.1
Grant 16.3

Both Smith and Ferguson have been very efficient in limited minutes:

 %Min ORtg %Poss %Shots eFG% TO% 
Ferguson 15.4 137.5 16.5 20.3 68.8 11.5

 %Min ORtg %Poss %Shots eFG% TO% OR% DR%
Smith 18.3 121.9 19.9 22.0 58.1 13.3 7.0 16.8

Only JJ Hickson has been a better overall rebounder than Tracy.

-- Over at ACC Stats, Vince has updated his PAPER player ratings through February 18th. Of interest are the defensive ratings, which are not kind on Brandon Costner and Ben McCauley (shocker!). McCauley rates as the worst defender in the league, having allowed 60 more points over the course of the season than a hypothetical league-average player of the same size. My plus/minus numbers are in agreement with PAPER.

 Def_EffOn Def_EffOff
Costner 102.2 95.9
McCauley 102.7 96.4

And when they're on the court together, our defensive efficiency is an unfortunate 112.1.