NCAA Weekly stats for 12/14/08

[LongIslandZagFan]

Rankings are now out of 330 teams. Numbers in parentheses is number of spots moved up (+) or down (-) from prior week.

Top 10% (<=33)
Blocked Shots Per Game 10 (+2)
Field-Goal Percentage Defense 10 (-5)
Scoring Margin 17 (-5)
Turnover Margin (new stat) 25 (-13)
Assist Turnover Ratio 30 (+5)
Won-Lost Percentage 31 (-30)


Top 1/4 (34 - 83)
Assists Per Game 37 (NC)
Scoring Defense 39 (-2)
Field-Goal Percentage 51 (-9)
Scoring Offense 57 (-25)
Turnovers Per Game 61 (+23)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game 77 (+14)
Three-Point FG% Defense (new stat) 78 (-4)


Top 3rd (84-110)
Rebound Margin 95 (-2)
Personal Fouls Per Game 96 (-17)


Middle 3rd (111-220)
Steals Per Game 117 (-42)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage 148 (+29)
Free-Throw Percentage 161 (+57)

Bottom 3rd (220>)
None


Individual Rankings (NCAA only shows top 100)
Field-Goal Percentage: Josh Heytvelt (56.3.5%) ranked 59th (-37)
Assists Per Game: Jeremy Pargo (7.5 apg) ranked 4th (+3)
Blocked Shots Per Game: Austin Daye (2.8 bpg) ranked 16th (+10)
Assists/TO Ration: Jeremy Pargo (3.3 a/to) ranked 15th (-8)

[LongIslandZagFan]

Not a major amount of changes. Still 8 stats in the top 1/4. What I am happy to see is the middle tier stats are marking the most improvement. Steals took a big hit, but that is such a small stat numerically that it will likely fluctuate a ton early in the season. What is bad is that the rebounding margin is NOT improving.