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Beyond the Arc: Sophomore slump? Not so, argue the Geeks
The Only Colors: Linking Laconically will knock it off with the "Pizza!Pizza! Bowl" joke
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Big Ten Geeks on Freshman and returning minutes... http://bit.ly/1waJvt 26 days ago |
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Great post from @bigtengeeks on individual improvement between freshman and sophomore years. http://bit.ly/ZW6ji 26 days ago |
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Offseason research project: How do players improve from FR to SR? Results: http://bit.ly/1waJvt 26 days ago |
Monday Links
UM Hoops.com —
They Grow Up So Fast
The Big Ten Geeks break down individual improvement from year-to-year. As expected, the biggest jump is between a players freshman and sophomore year. The good news for Michigan is that they have the second highest percentage of returning freshmen minutes in the conference with Zack Novak, Laval Lucas-Perry, and Stu Douglass.
Under the recruiting radar, but ready to soar
2012 Kellen Dunham is listed, Dunham visited and camped in Ann Arbor this summer
Prologue: Everything’s Different Now
Kyle ...
Sophomore slump? Not so, argue the Geeks
Beyond the Arc —
... They spent the summer looking at the statistical profiles of every BCS player was who was a freshman between 2000 and 2005 (with some filters) and found that players show the greatest improvement between freshman and sophomore year. ...
Linking Laconically will knock it off with the "Pizza!Pizza! Bowl" joke
The Only Colors —
... under "Others receiving votes."
Rush The Court " Blog Archive " Preseason Bracketology: 11.02.09 We're a #2 seed. RTC installing Purdue as the Big Ten champ/#1 seed.
Basketball 2009-10: The Schedule - Hammer and Rails "I am just fine with a split, Mr. Sparty. Let's just do that and decide everything Indianapolis first at Conseco, then at Lucas Oil. Deal?" Deal. And thank you for calling us "Mr. Sparty."
Big Ten Geeks: They Grow Up So Fast Freshmen get better as sophomores--quite a bit ...
Barn Blurbs 11/03/09
From The Barn —
... “But credit Minnesota as an institution for taking a stand and not using the “innocent until proven guilty” card so many programs play in the spirit of winning at all costs.” -Gary Parrish. Maybe, just maybe, the innocent until proven guilty card is played because it is the foundation of our criminal-justice system.
Rush The Court releases their pre-season bracket, and the Gophers check in as a six seed.
Big Ten Geeks finds that freshman do improve. I just wish they had created a graph charting fan frustration with freshman. ...
Al McGuire was right: Players improve most after first year
The Dagger —
Such is the conclusion from Big Ten Geeks (hat tip: Beyond The Arc),
who set out to test Al McGuire's famous hypothesis that "the best thing
about freshman is that they become sophomores." The Geeks decided to
test the differences in statistical output (using tempo-free stats,
naturally) between freshman and sophomore year, sophomores and juniors,
and juniors and seniors. The result? Al McGuire was "absolutely right":
The big, overarching conclusion is this: a player shows the most
improvement between his freshman ...
Unverified Voracity Lets Freedom Ring
mgoblog —
... You grow like a weed. Hope burgeons for your #15 Michigan Wolverine basketball team (who wants some FREE PPPPPIZZAAA) for a variety of reasons, mostly Manny Harris and Deshawn Sims. Big Ten Geeks has put together a great study that provides another reason for optimism: ...
Wednesday Morning Dump
Ballin' is a Habit —
... Steven Colbert loves obscure sports; Rondo cashes in; Now thats what I call a coach who protects his players; Pita bread = delicious, PETA the organization = crazy; Apparently, being able to hit a ball 300 yards isn't long enough for some people; Jim Nantz settles divorce case; Google passed on buying the New York Times; 3 girls found dead in sunken jeep; broadcasting awards for the MLB season. - Interesting stat - players improve the most between freshman and sophomore seasons. - Lawyer thinks Renardo ...
Golden Nugz - 11.05.09
The Daily Gopher —
... Big Ten Geeks took a look at production differences as college basketball players age. Not surprisingly the greatest jump in production came as players became sophomores. The inspiration for the story came from Al McGuire's famous quote, "The best thing about freshmen is that they become sophomores." The results actually showed that the increase in production from FR to SO is actually greater than production from their SO to SR seasons. All of this bodes very well for the likes of Ralph Sampson, Colten Iverson and Devoe Joseph. ...
