Advanced box score from Saturday
- 78 possessions is the fastest tempo we've played at by far this season (most before this game= 74 for UNA, UNC, Georgia St and Oklahoma games). auburns average = 68.5 possessions, bamas average = 74.4. we definately "beat them at their own game in their house"
-our point guards had 0 assists this game but johni was 6 assists + 2 turnovers, chad was 3 assist 0 turnovers, and miles was 2 assists 0 turnovers. those 3 turned into playmakers this game and opened everything up while our PGs just looked for buckets. the versatility in this team is insane.
-biggest impact players = johni + cbm especially on defense. tahaads bpm/net bpm wasnt great but he made TIMELY plays which are just important. pretty bad 1st half but incredible 2nd half evened out. HAADs next step is to keep driving at the bucket and getting those and 1s, hes starting to understand how lethal his first step is
- its looking more and more like bamas weakness = taking mark sears out of the game. every time his ortg is below 100 they have a rough game. only way they dont struggle in those poor performances = he keeps his usage low which sears usually has a hard time not being involved in the game
-saturday was the 3rd lowest TO% in auburn history in ALL games (since 1997) but also 8th fewest turnovers created on defense which is kinda crazy with how turnover prone bama is this eyar.
remaining schedule
middle of the pack difficulty for 6 game stretch to close out
seperated ourselves from the pack in the title race now
QUAD WINS
the 14-2 quad wins are crazy BUT the Q1A wins are just as impressive (yes it sounds made up but the selection committee does look at it during selection sunday)
q1a = top 15 Home, top 25 Neutral, top 40 away
8-2 already is crazy, auburn has 3 more before the conf tourny @ uk @ tamu and vs bama. for reference here are the q1a records of teams pre selection sunday (inculdes conf tourny games)---
all teams with 8+
2024: purdue 9-3(finals), uconn 8-2 (champs)
2023: kansas 8-6 (r32)
2022: none
2021: none
2020: none
2019: Duke 9-4 (e8), Virginia 8-3(CHAMPS), UNC 9-4 (s16)
CURRENT TEAMSHEETS- this is supposed to mirror what selection sunday looks at
auburn has far and away the best resume- bama is 2nd and the gap between 1 and 2 is huuuuuuugeeee.
the quality (ie computer rankings) all have auburn/duke/hosuton at 2 when averaged out.
this is why we have such a good chance at the #1 overall seed. the amount of ground for the other 1 seeds to cover in resume is massive and itll take many off games in a row for us to fall off on the computre rankings
here are the stats since Jan 15th--
defense +not turnign the ball over is carrying us
things we gotta fix by tourny time = 2pt%, defensive rebounding and fouling on defense
- 78 possessions is the fastest tempo we've played at by far this season (most before this game= 74 for UNA, UNC, Georgia St and Oklahoma games). auburns average = 68.5 possessions, bamas average = 74.4. we definately "beat them at their own game in their house"
-our point guards had 0 assists this game but johni was 6 assists + 2 turnovers, chad was 3 assist 0 turnovers, and miles was 2 assists 0 turnovers. those 3 turned into playmakers this game and opened everything up while our PGs just looked for buckets. the versatility in this team is insane.
-biggest impact players = johni + cbm especially on defense. tahaads bpm/net bpm wasnt great but he made TIMELY plays which are just important. pretty bad 1st half but incredible 2nd half evened out. HAADs next step is to keep driving at the bucket and getting those and 1s, hes starting to understand how lethal his first step is
- its looking more and more like bamas weakness = taking mark sears out of the game. every time his ortg is below 100 they have a rough game. only way they dont struggle in those poor performances = he keeps his usage low which sears usually has a hard time not being involved in the game
-saturday was the 3rd lowest TO% in auburn history in ALL games (since 1997) but also 8th fewest turnovers created on defense which is kinda crazy with how turnover prone bama is this eyar.
remaining schedule
middle of the pack difficulty for 6 game stretch to close out
seperated ourselves from the pack in the title race now
QUAD WINS
the 14-2 quad wins are crazy BUT the Q1A wins are just as impressive (yes it sounds made up but the selection committee does look at it during selection sunday)
q1a = top 15 Home, top 25 Neutral, top 40 away
8-2 already is crazy, auburn has 3 more before the conf tourny @ uk @ tamu and vs bama. for reference here are the q1a records of teams pre selection sunday (inculdes conf tourny games)---
all teams with 8+
2024: purdue 9-3(finals), uconn 8-2 (champs)
2023: kansas 8-6 (r32)
2022: none
2021: none
2020: none
2019: Duke 9-4 (e8), Virginia 8-3(CHAMPS), UNC 9-4 (s16)
CURRENT TEAMSHEETS- this is supposed to mirror what selection sunday looks at
auburn has far and away the best resume- bama is 2nd and the gap between 1 and 2 is huuuuuuugeeee.
the quality (ie computer rankings) all have auburn/duke/hosuton at 2 when averaged out.
this is why we have such a good chance at the #1 overall seed. the amount of ground for the other 1 seeds to cover in resume is massive and itll take many off games in a row for us to fall off on the computre rankings
here are the stats since Jan 15th--
defense +not turnign the ball over is carrying us
things we gotta fix by tourny time = 2pt%, defensive rebounding and fouling on defense
