UrinalCake
01-12-2015, 09:22 PM
I've watched just about every game this season, and had an intuitive feel that our turnovers have increased recently. The team hasn't been playing well since the Wisconsin game IMO - we had a tight game against a weak UConn, closer-than-they-should-have-been games against Toledo and Wofford, a near loss against Wake, and of course the State loss.
So I ran the numbers and sure enough, in our first eight games (through Wisconsin) we averaged 9.4 turnovers. In the seven games since then we've averaged 13.1. I don't think our strength of schedule has been harder in the latter section, and may have actually been easier (though I don't have the KenPom or RPI numbers to prove it). We had 17 against Elon, 19 against Uconn, and were only credited with 10 against State though I for the life of me cannot figure out how Rasheed was only credited with 2. I guess driving into three defenders and getting stuffed, leading to a dunk on the other end doesn't technically count as a TO but obviously it is just as bad. Tyus had been so sure-handed early on, but lately he's had a few cases of throwing the ball away or trying to force passes when they're not there.
Anyone have a theory as to the cause of our turnovers? I haven't seen any change in offensive play calling, or in tempo. We played the bench more early on, but I would think that would have caused more turnovers rather than fewer. And most importantly, how do we reverse this trend and get back to protecting the ball?
So I ran the numbers and sure enough, in our first eight games (through Wisconsin) we averaged 9.4 turnovers. In the seven games since then we've averaged 13.1. I don't think our strength of schedule has been harder in the latter section, and may have actually been easier (though I don't have the KenPom or RPI numbers to prove it). We had 17 against Elon, 19 against Uconn, and were only credited with 10 against State though I for the life of me cannot figure out how Rasheed was only credited with 2. I guess driving into three defenders and getting stuffed, leading to a dunk on the other end doesn't technically count as a TO but obviously it is just as bad. Tyus had been so sure-handed early on, but lately he's had a few cases of throwing the ball away or trying to force passes when they're not there.
Anyone have a theory as to the cause of our turnovers? I haven't seen any change in offensive play calling, or in tempo. We played the bench more early on, but I would think that would have caused more turnovers rather than fewer. And most importantly, how do we reverse this trend and get back to protecting the ball?