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1. Immediate ossist, a pass ma de to a player who scores a field goal.

2e Secondary assist, the pass directly preceding an immediate assist.

Se Error of omission, & mistake in judgment or observation, such as a failure to
pass to a teammate who is in a better position for scorings

4. Held ball obteined by aon opponent, a player having complete control of the
ball and by poor judgment or poor ‘Sechnique on his part an opponent is able
to "tie him up" to such on extent thas an official calls a held ball.

Se Toam cfficiency, toam positive ovaluation points

team positive plus negative evaluation points

6. Player cfficiency, player's positive evaluation points a

player's positive plus nogative evaluation points

7e Scoring ability index, number of goals times per cent of goals made plus one»
half (free throws times per cent of free throws mado)

8. Ball handling error rate, ball handling errors

7 Good catches plus good passes plus ball handling

errors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Team Analysis

By using the technique outlined, data were collected on the Kansas team
during nine home games and on the opponents during the last three home gamoSe
From this material comparisons were made on the Kansas team using the averages
for the four non-conference games and for the five conference gamese In the last
three home games, the Kansas team was compared with its opponentse Differont
styles of basketball would undoubtedly yield a different average for the number
of shots, passes, etc. The frequency of these occurrences are listed as follows:

TABLE le

Nine Game Averages

i. Score: 42.47 points

Ls Goals: attempted 61653 made 1625; %26 oF

3, Free throws: attempted 16; made 9656; %59e7

4. Porsonal fouls: 1002

Se Offensive personal fouls: .78

6« Violations: 3e7

7» Rebounds from ovm backboard: 2163

8. Rebounds from opponent's backboard: 22¢3

9. Passes and good catches: dS6led passes; 545 catchos

10. Wild passos: total 7.57; out of bounds, 2067; ‘to opponents, 429
lle Held balls: obtained by opponents, 3el

12. Fumbles: total 6.1; out of bounds, 3e1; to opponents, 3
154 Tapped ball: out of bounds, 1.3

14. Jump bail: tapped and recovered own jump ball, .22

15. Jump ball: recovers teammate's jump ball, 108

16. Assists: total, 24; immediate, 133; secondary, 11

17, Evaluation points: 1103.0 - 73.62 = 1029.8 points per game
18. Evaluation points per player por minute of play: 5614 points
19. Evaluation points per score: 24.1 points

20. Team efficiency: 95.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It is interesting to note that there are 16.35 more passes than catchese
If one adds the fumbles (641) and the wild passes (70¢57), the difference is al=
most erasede When one considers the possibilitics for offensive mistakes, it
would appear that tho negative evaluation points (7302) is relatively lowe