109-108…In Regulation!
02.15.06
FG 3pt FT Reb
Min M-A M-A M-A O-T A F S TO BLK Pts
DeWitt Maxwell 36 10-13 0-0 7-9 8-12 3 3 1 3 6 27
Result: Win. Fairfield 109, St. Peter's 108.
There were only about 80 possessions in this contest, so basically it had less defense than a high school all-star game. At least Maxwell contributed some blocks.
Nothing But Lines
02.14.06
I should have mentioned it yesterday, but there’s an interesting chapter in Basketball on Paper where Dean Oliver gets into the subject of how bad officiating can affect games. Basically, the idea is that a random assortment of missed calls will tend to help the underdog over the course of a season. It gets to the idea that inconsistency is a bad quality for a favorite, and that is what bad (random) officiating creates. Oliver also mentions that it doesn’t take much biased officiating to offset this effect. Something like one biased incorrect call out of 100 in favor of the dominant team would offset the randomness effect.
Friday
FG 3pt FT Reb
Min M-A M-A M-A O-T A F S TO BLK Pts
Ibrahim Jaaber 35 9-11 2-2 1-1 1-5 4 2 5 2 1 21
Result: Win. Penn 70, Dartmouth 51.
Saturday
FG 3pt FT Reb
Min M-A M-A M-A O-T A F S TO BLK Pts
Kyle Anslinger 36 9-12 9-10 2-2 0-2 1 3 0 1 0 29
Result: Win. Evansville 69, Drake 68.
Sunday
FG 3pt FT Reb
Min M-A M-A M-A O-T A F S TO BLK Pts
Bryant Dunston 50 5-9 1-2 12-17 3-14 1 4 0 3 8 23
Result: Win. Fordham 79, Rhode Island 76. (2OT)
Monday
FG 3pt FT Reb
Min M-A M-A M-A O-T A F S TO BLK Pts
Whit Holcomb-Faye 39 12-22 5-12 8-9 0-0 3 1 0 3 0 37
Result: Win. Radford 81, Charleston Southern 76.
Gone Fishin’
02.10.06
I am still working on my little Duke exposé, or whatever you want to call it. I’ll try to post it Monday.
Line o’ the Night
FG 3pt FT Reb
Min M-A M-A M-A O-T A F S TO BLK Pts
Kevin Pittsnogle 26 0-12 0-6 0-0 1-2 0 5 2 4 1 0
Result: Loss. Pittsburgh 57, West Virginia 53.