Efficiency Margin Standings in Conference play

[The_Answer1313]

One of the things I like to look at is in conference efficiency margins as I think it provides a good snap shot on where teams are at. Not so much for comparison between conferences but it's really good for comparing teams within conferences IMO, especially a conference like the Big 12 that plays a true round robin schedule.

Anyways take them for what they are worth. I like looking at them when I fill out my bracket and thought maybe some others would find it useful. Hopefully the format looks good lol.

Big 12
Team OE DE EM
Kansas 107.2 90.4 16.8
Baylor 103.3 92 11.3
Texas Tech 103.5 94.5 9
West Virginia 98.6 93.1 5.5
Oklahoma 99.5 97.8 1.7
Texas 93.2 99.1 -5.9
Oklahoma St. 95.6 102.8 -7.2
Kansas St. 93.5 102.1 -8.6
TCU 93.6 104.5 -10.9
Iowa St. 97 108.5 -11.5

ACC
Team ↑ OE ↓ DE ↓ EM
Duke 111.2 95.4 15.8
Louisville 107.9 97.3 10.6
Florida St. 106.1 95.8 10.3
Virginia 93.5 87.9 5.6
Syracuse 106.3 103 3.3
Georgia Tech 99.5 98.6 0.9
N.C. State 102.1 101.7 0.4
Notre Dame 105.8 106.5 -0.7
Clemson 97.3 99 -1.7
North Carolina 102.8 105.2 -2.4
Wake Forest 102.3 107.5 -5.2
Virginia Tech 94.8 101.4 -6.6
Miami FL 97.3 105.5 -8.2
Pittsburgh 95.2 103.8 -8.6
Boston College 93.1 107 -13.9

Big Ten
Team ↑ OE ↓ DE ↓ EM
Michigan St. 106.2 96.2 10
Wisconsin 104 99.6 4.4
Ohio St. 106.1 102.4 3.7
Maryland 104.5 100.9 3.6
Michigan 105.4 102.3 3.1
Rutgers 100.5 97.5 3
Illinois 101.9 99 2.9
Iowa 109.1 107.4 1.7
Purdue 100 98.8 1.2
Minnesota 102.8 102 0.8
Penn St. 102.5 102.5 0
Indiana 98.7 102.2 -3.5
Northwestern 94.1 108 -13.9
Nebraska 93 108.5 -15.5

Big East
Team ↑ OE ↓ DE ↓ EM
Creighton 112.8 102.9 9.9
Seton Hall 106.7 100.5 6.2
Villanova 104.4 98.4 6
Providence 103.7 97.9 5.8
Marquette 107.5 105.5 2
Butler 103.9 104.2 -0.3
Xavier 99.4 101.3 -1.9
St. John's 97.2 103.7 -6.5
Georgetown 101.2 108.5 -7.3
DePaul 92.7 105.8 -13.1

Pac 12
Team ↑ OE ↓ DE ↓ EM
Arizona 102.8 94.1 8.7
Oregon 108.6 100.5 8.1
Colorado 105.3 98.8 6.5
Stanford 100 95.2 4.8
USC 96.6 93.5 3.1
UCLA 102.2 101.2 1
Washington 97.1 96.1 1
Arizona St. 100.1 99.4 0.7
Oregon St. 102.7 106.9 -4.2
Utah 97.8 105.9 -8.1
Washington St. 93.5 103 -9.5
California 93.1 105.5 -12.4

SEC
Team ↑ OE ↓ DE ↓ EM
Kentucky 109 100.6 8.4
Florida 110.3 102.5 7.8
LSU 114 109.1 4.9
South Carolina 102.5 98.2 4.3
Mississippi St. 108.1 104.5 3.6
Auburn 105 102.3 2.7
Alabama 107 104.9 2.1
Arkansas 105.3 105.7 -0.4
Tennessee 101.5 102.6 -1.1
Texas A&M 101.2 102.5 -1.3
Mississippi 98.4 101.4 -3
Missouri 99.5 104.7 -5.2
Georgia 101.4 110 -8.6
Vanderbilt 95.5 109.6 -14.1

 

[The_Answer1313]

Some mid majors to note.


America
Team ↑ OE ↓ DE ↓ EM
Houston 104.2 90.4 13.8
Cincinnati 103.2 94.4 8.8
Tulsa 95.8 90.5 5.3
Wichita St. 97 93.1 3.9
Connecticut 101.4 98.5 2.9
SMU 105.6 104.7 0.9
Memphis 93.2 93.8 -0.6
South Florida 93.9 97.2 -3.3
UCF 97.6 100.9 -3.3
Temple 93.7 99.7 -6
East Carolina 93.3 103.5 -10.2
Tulane 93.5 104.7 -11.2

WCC
Team ↑ OE ↓ DE ↓ EM
Gonzaga 119.7 92.1 27.6
BYU 117.3 99.7 17.6
Saint Mary's 109.8 103.4 6.4
Pacific 101.6 98.2 3.4
San Francisco 98.7 98.1 0.6
Pepperdine 101.9 103.7 -1.8
Santa Clara 99.3 106.5 -7.2
Loyola Marymount 94.2 105.4 -11.2
San Diego 89.2 107.3 -18.1
Portland 90.2 108.5 -18.3

A-10
Team ↑ OE ↓ DE ↓ EM
Dayton 114.7 94 20.7
Richmond 106.4 92.9 13.5
Davidson 110.7 102 8.7
Saint Louis 102.3 95.5 6.8
Rhode Island 101.6 95.1 6.5
VCU 100.8 98 2.8
Duquesne 103 101.8 1.2
St. Bonaventure 104.4 103.8 0.6
Massachusetts 96.4 103.4 -7
George Mason 96.2 103.3 -7.1
La Salle 94.9 103.7 -8.8
George Washington 95.5 104.8 -9.3
Fordham 85.2 97.7 -12.5
Saint Joseph's 94.7 111.7 -17

MWC
Team ↑ OE ↓ DE ↓ EM
San Diego St. 113.8 94.3 19.5
Utah St. 105.9 95.6 10.3
Nevada 110.7 102.3 8.4
Boise St. 105.6 99.4 6.2
UNLV 107.9 101.9 6
Colorado St. 108.8 104.5 4.3
Fresno St. 102.8 106.8 -4
New Mexico 103.1 108.8 -5.7
Air Force 101 112 -11
Wyoming 91.1 106.7 -15.6
San Jose St. 96.4 112.6 -16.2

 

[CincinnatiWildcat]

Good info. Not sure if this is possible at all but i have always wondered why there isn’t an option to add a table to a post. Seems like that would be a very useful function here

 

[Smashcat]

Off the charts numbers for Gonzaga, but not surprising with mostly low major conference members.

 

[The_Answer1313]

Good info. Not sure if this is possible at all but i have always wondered why there isn’t an option to add a table to a post. Seems like that would be a very useful function here

It would have definitely looked nicer lol

 

[The_Answer1313]

Surprising to me was that looking at it this way, Kansas, Duke and Michigan St were clear cut above the pack in their conferences.

Especially in the Big Ten to gain that amount of separation.

 

[CincinnatiWildcat]

Surprising to me was that looking at it this way, Kansas, Duke and Michigan St were clear cut above the pack in their conferences.

Especially in the Big Ten to gain that amount of separation.

Kind of odd how dominant Duke and Michigan State were in conference efficiency wise yet Michigan State ended in a 3 way tie for first in the Big Ten and Duke a 3 way tie for second in the ACC

 

[The_Answer1313]

Kind of odd how dominant Duke and Michigan State were in conference efficiency wise yet Michigan State ended in a 3 way tie for first in the Big Ten and Duke a 3 way tie for second in the ACC

Yeah for the most part you see the overall numbers playing out to the same order as record........but definitely not always.

Washington definitely who ended up outscoring their opponents in Pac 12...........and yet finished dead last at 5-13. That's hard to do lol

 

[wkucat88]

What does CUSA look like?

UK's numbers don't look so good against the B12 and ACC.

 

[downw/ball-lineD]

If these figures consider "points per possession", then wouldn't UK naturally look worse bc we don't take, nor rely on 3s like most teams? Relative to most teams, we hardly take them.

 

[SpartanJD]

Kind of odd how dominant Duke and Michigan State were in conference efficiency wise yet Michigan State ended in a 3 way tie for first in the Big Ten and Duke a 3 way tie for second in the ACC

Unbalanced scheduling. Top 6 seeds in the big ten tourney, Wisconsin only played 4 of the other 5 teams once. MSU for example played 4 of the other top 6 seeded teams twice as did Maryland. Wisconsin isn’t a top 4 team imo in the big ten but schedule won them a share

 

[The_Answer1313]

If these figures consider "points per possession", then wouldn't UK naturally look worse bc we don't take, nor rely on 3s like most teams? Relative to most teams, we hardly take them.

Not necessarily. There's many ways to get points. Some teams shoot threes. We feast at the line to make up for that difference.

You have teams like Gonzaga and BYU that make quite a bit of threes and thus are high on offensive efficiency numbers. LSU, Iowa and Kansas on the other hand have good offenses but don't make a great % from 3.

There's actually four most important things.
Shooting the ball well.
Don't turn it over
Rebound
Get to the line.

We excel at getting to the line. For a large portion of Cal's tenure here, we've also excelled at rebounding on offense. So although we weren't taking and making many threes........we rebounded a lot of our misses and got to the line and we were efficient that way.

When it comes to the 3 ball, it's really how well can you shoot it. Making 34% from 3 is equal to making 51% from 2. So if you are north of 34%, maybe as a team you should take more threes and rely on it.

2018 Villanova was over 40% from 3 as a team. Not only that but they had four guys over 40% and another one at 39%. So it just made sense for them to bomb from 3.

 

[wkucat88]

And yet North Texas won the regular season, and WKU is second.

 

[The_Answer1313]

Posted wrong for CUSA . This is them. That looks better.


Team ↑ OE ↓ DE ↓ EM
North Texas 113.1 100.6 12.5
Louisiana Tech 107.3 97.1 10.2
Western Kentucky 107 101.6 5.4
Old Dominion 101.1 97.9 3.2
Marshall 99.7 97.7 2
UAB 100.6 101.1 -0.5
FIU 101.7 102.4 -0.7
Rice 105.3 106.7 -1.4
UTEP 95.8 98 -2.2
Charlotte 97.5 99.9 -2.4
Florida Atlantic 98.6 101.1 -2.5
UTSA 102.4 105.5 -3.1
Middle Tennessee 97.8 105.5 -7.7
Southern Miss 92.5 103.8 -11.3

 

[fatguy87]

For those who are curious how this UK teams compares to its predecessors in conference efficiency margin, they'd rank somewhere close to the bottom of the Calipari era. Here is how they rank in efficiency margin:

1. 2012 26.1
2. 2015 25.9
3. 2016 17.2
4. 2019 15.9
5. 2017 15.5
6. 2010 14.0
7. 2011 11.2
8. 2019 8.4
9. 2014 8.1
10. 2013 3.4*
11. 2018 2.4

*Includes post-Noel injury. EM in games before Noel injury was 10.2