{"id":692,"date":"2006-02-27T01:45:17","date_gmt":"2006-02-27T07:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/67.227.157.91\/~kenpom\/wp_blog\/dday\/"},"modified":"2006-02-27T01:45:17","modified_gmt":"2006-02-27T07:45:17","slug":"dday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kenpom.com\/blog\/dday\/","title":{"rendered":"D-Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Unfortunately, defensive stats are not to the point where I can consistently honor defensive specialists in a Line o’ the Night. But Saturday was a day for defenders to shine in obvious ways.<\/p>\n

Temple’s Dustin Salisbery shut down J.J. Redick to the tune of 11 points on 3-for-10 shooting. Hey, give John Chaney credit. His teams have given up the highest percentage of opponents points on three-pointers this season (to go with a #2 ranking last season, and #1 in ‘04). So this figured to be a game where J.J. would get his looks. But the typically stubborn Chaney showed some flexibility by using a lot of box-and-one, and when he used a straight zone, extending it farther than normal. <\/p>\n

San Diego’s Corey Belser once again slowed down Adam Morrison. Morrison also tallied 11 points on 3-for-11 shooting. In five career games against Belser, Morrison has been held to a total of 67 points on 46.6% eFG. San Diego is 0-5 in those games.<\/p>\n

Finally, Boston College’s Sean Williams played a career-high 35 minutes and had a career-high 8 blocks in a double overtime win against NC State. His 10 free throw attempts nearly doubled his total for the season. That<\/i> Sean Williams could be the missing link for BC, but I have a feeling this is more of a blip on the radar than an emerging trend. A footnote here: the 10 minutes of overtime produced a score of BC 7, NC State 5.<\/p>\n

Speaking of blocks, I should have known the folks over at 82games.com would have long ago used their supercomputers<\/a> to test the theory I posed about blocks and offensive rebounds in NBA terms. The upshot is that NBA blocked shots are rebounded by the defense 57% of the time, compared to 71% on all shots. Thanks to Kevin Pelton for the link. <\/p>\n

Friday<\/b><\/u><\/p>\n

                           FG    3pt  FT   Reb\n                      Min  M-A   M-A  M-A  O-T   A F S TO BLK Pts<\/b>\nKeydren Clark          45 15-35  9-20 4-4  1-3   1 2 1  5  0   43\nResult: Loss.<\/b> Canisius 91, St. Peter's 84. (OT)   <\/pre>\n
Senior night always seems to bring out the Kobe in guys who have been given the green light to shoot all season. <\/p>\n
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Saturday<\/b><\/u><\/p>\n
                           FG    3pt  FT   Reb\n                      Min  M-A   M-A  M-A  O-T   A F S TO BLK Pts<\/b>\nDwayne Curtis          32  8-17  0-0  2-2 10-10  2 3 2  2  0   18\nResult: Loss.<\/b> Auburn 58, Mississippi 54.<\/pre>\n
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Sunday<\/b><\/u><\/p>\n
                           FG    3pt  FT   Reb\n                      Min  M-A   M-A  M-A  O-T   A F S TO BLK Pts<\/b>\nBrandon Roy            34  9-13  3-6  6-6  1-5   2 2 1  4  0   27\nResult: Win.<\/b> Washington 73, California 62.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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