Originally Posted by
Kedsy
Tre's a/to ratio is now 3.49:1. The Duke record is 3.03:1, by Wojo in 1996-97.
Hopefully, Tre can keep his ratio good enough for the record, but it's not a lock. For example, if in his NCAAT games Tre gets 30 assists and 18 turnovers, which wouldn't seem to be out of the realm of possibility, his season a/to ratio would be exactly 3:1, and he would fail to set the record.
According to an earlier post in this thread (by DukeBlue666), the ACC record is 4.11:1 (Pitt's James Robinson in 2013-14). That would seem to be out of reach for Tre but I guess you never know.
At this point, Duke is down to two players with block% over 6%:
Marques Bolden: 8.8%
Javin DeLaurier: 7.4%
Zion Williamson: 5.9%
Jack White: 5.0%
Considering Duke has only had five such players in the previous 12 seasons, that's still pretty good. And Zion's pretty close to 6%, so he could be a third this season, which would be amazing.
Also interesting that the only players Duke has had since Shelden with block% over 7% have all achieved that mark in the last two seasons.
Marques would have to have a serious block party in the NCAAT to get even close to Shelden Williams's Duke block% record of 10.64%, set in 2003-04.
We're down to three rotation players with steal% at or over 3%, though that's still amazing considering only four Duke players total had done that in our previous 12 seasons. Also, Javin could get back over 3% if he feels a little felonious in the tournament. And though Jordan hasn't yet played enough minutes to count here, he only needs another 38 minutes and he's also over 3%.
Zion Williamson: 4.1%
(Jordan Goldwire: 3.5%; 262 minutes)
Tre Jones: 3.3%
Cam Reddish: 3.0%
Javin DeLaurier: 2.9%
Alex O'Connell: 2.3%
Zion would have to get pretty steal-happy in the NCAAT to break Wojo's Duke season record of 4.54%.
Right now, nobody on our team would join Shav in this exclusive club. But Zion's block% is 5.9% (along with steal% of 4.1%) and Javin's steal% is 2.9% (along with a block% of 7.4%), so both of them are still in the running.
For another interesting combination stat, going back through 2010 no Duke player has had both an assist% over 15% and a defensive rebounding percentage over 15%. This year, two Duke players are doing it:
Zion Williamson: 18.6% DR%; 15.7% asst%
RJ Barrett: 17.2% DR%; 22.9% asst%
RJ's numbers in this regard are especially impressive.
ZION WATCH
PER
According to an earlier post in this thread (by Slower), the NCAA season record for best PER is 36.93 (it's worth noting that the source for this record (and for the others I mention in this thread) doesn't always go back so far; in the case of PER, the record only goes back to 2009-10). Zion is on pace to crush this record, with his current PER of 42.0%.
Interestingly enough, Gonzaga's Brandon Clarke is also on pace to break the record. He's currently 2nd in the country with a PER of 37.2%. As you'll see as I list Zion's accomplishments, Brandon Clarke is having an amazing season of his own. If it weren't for Zion, people might be talking about Clarke having one of the all-time great seasons.
oRating
Zion is currently 2nd in the nation with an oRating of 134.9, which is especially amazing considering his usage rate of 28.2% (Brandon Clarke is 1st in oRating, at 140.1, with a usage of 23.4%). The NCAA record (back to 2009-10) is 145.96.
dRating
Zion is currently 4th in the nation with a dRating of 85.5, one of only two players rated in the top 10 of both oRating and dRating (the other is, you guessed it, Brandon Clarke, who is 3rd in dRating at 84.7) The NCAA record (going back to 2009-10) is 76.35.
eFG%
Zion leads the nation in eFG%, at 71.7% (Brandon Clarke is 2nd, at 70.0%). The NCAA record is 80.0% (going back to 1985-86).
win shares per 40
Zion leads the nation in win shares per 40, at .350 (Brandon Clarke is 2nd, at .340). The NCAA record (going back to 2009-10) is .3459, meaning Zion is on pace to break it. But I would note that Eltson Brand's win shares per 40 in 1998-99 was also .350.
box plus-minus
Zion leads the nation in BPM, at 21.1 (Brandon Clarke is 2nd, at 18.6). The NCAA record (going back to 2010-11) is 18.67 (by Anthony Davis in 2011-12), meaning Zion is on pace to crush this one.
2-point FG%
Zion is #2 in the nation in two-point FG%, at 76.0% (Brandon Clarke is 9th, at 71.2%). The NCAA record (going back to 1992-93) is 80.0%.
FG%
Zion is #2 in the country in plain old vanilla FG%, at 69.3% (Brandon Clarke is 1st, at 69.4%). The NCAA record (going back to 1992-93) is 80.0%.