What to do when Snowed In All Day???

[DyedBlue]

I have been posting the data for players and combinations since the beginning of the conference season. 10 games into league play, I thought it might be interesting to collate the results to learn if we have some combinations of players who are particularly effective playing together, or perhaps the opposite.

The first thing I learned is that the number of combinations over these 10 games is far larger than I ever expected. I have found 50+ different combinations, with about 30 of those seeing the floor together a single time. AND, I don't even include the 4-6 combinations that play less than one minute together each game.

If one considers that the second group only has 30 minutes of court time together, that is only 3 minutes/game on average. Some of that is Vorst being hurt, but it still seems extraordinarily small.

Of course, injuries to MH and DV and then HH have played a role in that; however, it does seem like a lot of juggling.

10 games with a total of 4 OT periods is 420 minutes of playing time. A team that is 2-8 in conference play is racking up a lot of negative +/- values.
Wagner & Scott show up in each group exhibiting both + & - values.
Sterling Young is only in two groupings with top minutes and is +23 and +8.

Groupings 2,3 and 4 are all positives with 80+ ppg output rates. Seems we should try to see more of these combos.

Player Group........................... Minutes.............+/-..................# times +...................# times Neg....................PPM Range..........PPM Approx Average..............Comments
JVB, Wagner, Scott, Hall. Vorst..................70.83...............-37..........................0...........................................6...........................1.19-1.71...........................1.42......................................Not a winning combo
Young, Wagner, Scott, Hall, Vorst.............30.05................+23.......................3..........................................1...........................1.25-2.41.............................2.14........................................Much better but 30 min/10 games
Alocen, Wagner, ESB, Scott, Hall...............18.25................+2.........................4..........................................1.............................1.03-3.15............................2.11.....................................One bad segment. Winner?
Alocen, JVB, Wagner, Scott, Vorst.............18.75................+8........................2...........................................1...........................1.61-2.72..............................2.07....................................Good also
Alocen, JVB, Wagner, ESB, Scott................15.5....................-8.........................1..........................................3...........................1.18-1.75.................................1.49..................................Bad
Alocen, Wagner, Scott, Hall, Vorst.............14.0...................-18.......................1..........................................3..............................0-2.68...................................1.13..................................Really bad
Young, ESB, Wagner, Scott, Hall..................12:52................+8.......................2..........................................0................................2.30-2.36.............................2.33.................................More of this???

Looking at our bad groupings and subbing in Young, we have:
YOung, Alocen, JVB, ESB, Scott (drop CW, Add SY).....10.3 min....+2.....1........................................2.................................1.57-3.00.........................2.42.....................................Much better +/- and PPM

Good groupings adding YOung for someone
Drop BA, Add SY, JVB, CW, IS, DV.............11:24..................+6......................3.........................................0 with 2@0................0.81-2.9........................1.94.......................................stays good

 

[DyedBlue]

UIC Game
YOung, JVB, CW, Scott, Vorst..................................8:36 min; -9 +/-; 1.66 ppm
YOung, Alocen, ESB, Scott, Hall...............................7:14.............+7; ..............1.66
YOung Alocen, Scott, Hall, Vorst.............................5:34..............+8................2.69.......3rd time together; good each time. Adding to bottom of list
Alocen, Nordheim, ESB, M. Harding, Hall..........5:30.................-7...................0.91
Alocen, Wagner, M. Harding, Scott, Hall............3:29................+7.................3.16


After UIC Road Game: Unless the group as >12 minutes of court time over 11 games, I am not listing it. 50+ groups in total

Help me understand why the three combinations that have the most minutes in conference play saw :38 seconds of floor time vs UIC. Now I can understand banishing group 1, but the other two?

Player Group................................................... Minutes.............+/-..........# times +...................# times Neg....................PPM Range..........PPM Approx Average..............Comments
JVB, Wagner, Scott, Hall. Vorst..................70.83...............-37..........................0...........................................6...........................1.19-1.71...........................1.42.................Not on floor vs UIC
Young, Wagner, Scott, Hall, Vorst.......30.05.........+23.....................3.................................1......................1.25-2.41.....................2.14................ALSO not on floor vs UIC
Alocen, Wagner, ESB, Scott, Hall........19:03...........+2.....................4..................................2......................0.00-3.15.....................2.00............Tw0 bad segments. Winner?
38 seconds together vs UIC
Alocen, JVB, Wagner, Scott, Vorst.............18.75................+8........................2.........................................1...........................1.61-2.72..............................2.07................JVB & BA not together at UIC
This effective group also didn't play together at UIC
Alocen, JVB, Wagner, ESB, Scott................15.5....................-8.........................1..........................................3...........................1.18-1.75.................................1.49...................Didn't play together
Young, JVB, Wagner, Scott, Vorst...............14:50................-3........................3............................................1...........................0.81-2.35................................??...................8.5 min @ UIC & -9
Alocen, Wagner, Scott, Hall, Vorst.............14.0...................-18.......................1..........................................3..............................0-2.68...................................1.13................Ineffective; also not in UIC
Young, ESB, Wagner, Scott, Hall..................13:48................+9.......................3..........................................0................................2.30-3.00.............................2.33...............Why so little time together?
Young, Alocen, Scott, Hall, Vorst.........12:34............+15.................3..................................0.......................1.87-3.38..........................??..............More court time