OFFICIAL GAME 16 THREAD: Temple vs. SMU

[Harry0569]

Who: TEMPLE (9-6) (0-2 in AAC) vs. SMU (12-3) (2-0 in AAC)
When: Wednesday, January 4 @ 9P est / 8P cst
Where: MOODY
TV: CBS Sports Network
RADIO: KAAM 770 AM

Per KenPom:
SMU is projected to win 70-58 (86% Win Probability)

When SMU has the ball:
SMU Off: Scoring 111.2 pts. / 100 possessions (#41)
TEMPLE Def: Giving up 98.9 pts. / 100 possessions (#91)

Key stats:
SMU is grabbing 41.8% of all available offensive rebounds (#4)
SMU is shooting 38.5% from 3 (#54); TEMPLE is allowing opponents to shoot 35.9% from 3 (#216)


When TEMPLE has the Ball
TEMPLE Off: Scoring 104.8 pts. / 100 possessions (#122)
SMU Def: Giving up 92.7 pts. / 100 possessions (#25)

Key Stats:
TEMPLE is shooting 35.8% from downtown (#139) and 43.7% from 2 (#309)
TEMPLE takes care of the ball ΓÇô only turning it over on 16% of possessions (#26)

[Harry0569]

AVENGE THE LOSS FROM LAST YEAR

[DanFreibergerForHeisman]

Yes this one is for revenge!!!

So ready to be back in Moody!!!

[Treadway21]

Key Stats:
TEMPLE is shooting 35.8% from downtown (#139) and 43.7% from 2 (#309)

Harry, you forgot to add - "Here's hoping they don't catch fire against us."

[Stallion]

Pretty great stat-as they used to say in elementary school we are in the upper 99% Percentile

SMU is grabbing 41.8% of all available offensive rebounds (#4)

[ponyte]

We need to put these guys on their heels early and Moody need to be complete bedlam.

[mrydel]

Students will still be gone, correct?

[PonySnob]

Students will still be gone, correct?

Yes. First day of classes is January 23. Since Rush will be going on, hopefully the students will show up for the UConn game on the January 19 and Houston on January 21.


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[Mustangs35SMU]

Series tied 4-4.
At SMU: 2-0 SMU
At Temple: 3-1 Temple
Neutral: Tied 1-1
AAC Play: 3-2 SMU
AAC Tournament: 1-0 SMU
NCAA Tournament: 1-0 Temple

First Meeting: January 7th, 1938 - at Temple - L 53-41
Last Meeting: January 24th, 2016 - at Temple - L 89-80

[Harry0569]

Pretty great stat-as they used to say in elementary school we are in the upper 99% Percentile

SMU is grabbing 41.8% of all available offensive rebounds (#4)

It's an incredibly small sample size, but we're grabbing 51% of all available offensive rebounds in conference play. Defensively we're allowing opponents to recover only 19.7% of available offensive rebounds (cleaning up 80.3% of available defensive rebounds).

Just absurd.

[JasonB]

Pretty great stat-as they used to say in elementary school we are in the upper 99% Percentile

SMU is grabbing 41.8% of all available offensive rebounds (#4)

The thing that worries me about this team is that we have halves where we can't shoot at all and only score because of second chance points. There will be a game this year where we have an under 20 point half because we can't get an offensive board.

[Treadway21]

Pretty great stat-as they used to say in elementary school we are in the upper 99% Percentile

SMU is grabbing 41.8% of all available offensive rebounds (#4)

It's an incredibly small sample size, but we're grabbing 51% of all available offensive rebounds in conference play. Defensively we're allowing opponents to recover only 19.7% of available offensive rebounds (cleaning up 80.3% of available defensive rebounds).

Just absurd.

Remember the days when Doherty would not let our guys go for offensive rebounds?

[Harry0569]

Remember the days when Doherty would not let our guys go for offensive rebounds?

I've read findings from analytics-based studies that say going for offensive rebounds is not a sound statistical strategy and that getting back in order to get your defense set up (e.g., not giving up easy buckets) is optimal. I think that there's merit to that strategy, but I believe that the pendulum may have swung too far in some cases.

[sadderbudweiser]

Remember the days when Doherty would not let our guys go for offensive rebounds?

I've read findings from analytics-based studies that say going for offensive rebounds is not a sound statistical strategy and that getting back in order to get your defense set up (e.g., not giving up easy buckets) is optimal. I think that there's merit to that strategy, but I believe that the pendulum may have swung too far in some cases.

You follow your shot...period.

[horsemanx]

I think there is a place for analytics, but in this case there are too many easy second chance points available to at least try in my opinion.