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1. Immediate assist, a pass ma do to a player who scores a field goal.

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

3. Error of omission, a mistake in judgment or observation, such as a failure to
pass to a teammate who is in a better position for scoring.

4. Held ball obtained by an opponent, a plaver having complete control of the
ball and by poor judgment or poor technique on his part an opponent is able
to "tie him up" to such an extent thas an officiai calls a held ball.

5e Tcam efficiency, team positive evaluation points

team positive plus negative cvaluation points

6. Playor efficiency, player's positive ovaluation points = =. _

player's positive plus nogative evaluation points

7e Scoring ability index, number of goals times per cont of goals made plus one»
half ries throws times por cent of free throws made)
8. Ball handling crror rate, ball h

 

 

 

 

 

 

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good catches plus good passes plus ball handling
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Team Analysis

By using the technique outlined, data were collected on the Kansas tcam
during nine home games and on the opponents during the last three home gamoSe
From this matorial 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 oa different average for the number
of shots, passes, etce The frequency of these occurrences are listed as follows:

TABLE le

Nine Game Averages

il. Score: 42s7 points

2. Goals: attompted 61.5; made 1665; %2649

3 Free throws: attempted 16; made 90563; %59e7

4. Personal fouls: 1002

5e Offensive personal fouls: .78

6¢ Violations: 3e7

7e Rebounds from own backboard: 21635

8-¢ Rebounds from opponent's backboard: 22.635

9. Passes and good catches: 3S61e5 passes; 345 catches

10. Wild passes: total 7.57; out of bounds, 2.67; ‘to opponents, 49
lle Held balis: obtained by opponents, 3el

12e Fumbles; total 6.1; out of bounds, 3el3 to opponents, 3
13. Tappod ball: out of bods, 1.3

14. Junp ball: tapped and recovered ovm jump ball, 22

15. Jump ball: recovers teammate's jump ball, 1028

16. Assists: total, 24; immediate, 13; secondary, 11

17. Evaluation points: 1103.0 - 7362 = 1029.8 points per game
18. Evaluation points per plaver per minute of play: 5.14 points
19. Evaluation points per score: 24.1 points

20. Team cfficicncy: 95.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It is interesting to note that there are 16.3 more passes than catchese
If one adds the fumbles (661) and the wild passes (7057), tho difference is al~
most erasede When one considers the possibilitics for offensive mistakes, it
would appear that tho negative evaluation points (732) is relatively lowe