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Archive of posts filed under the User Visualizations (ULuv) category.

Penn State Free Throw Shooting Woes

Data courtesy of manatree on PennStateHoops.com This really highlights what a precipitous dropoff our free throw shooting has had this year. This is far and again the worst shooting team in the last twenty years.

B10 Ten Team Tempo Free Stats (thru games of 01/10/08)

Here’s my user visualization model of the B10 Tempo Free Stats as of today. I’ve preloaded the entry page with the efficiency margin numbers because I think they raise an interesting question. Clearly, Minnesota has been playing well. Their efficiency numbers put them right up their in the elite of the Big Ten. The magic [...]

Four Factor Analysis Tool (PSU vs Minn)

Here’s the four factor analysis tool with data through games of 01/10/08. It’s preloaded with Minnesota vs Penn State but by following directions in the legend you can compare any of the teams that you would like. Minnesota has the edge in offensive and defensive efficiency, causing turnovers, and free throw efficiency (getting fouled and [...]

PSU Individual Tempo Free Numbers

Click on the chart to analyze the details. The individual leaders are: Percent Minutes – Geary Claxton 76.1% Offensive Rating – Brandon Hassell 120 Percent Possessions – Geary Claxton 30.8% Percent Shots – Geary Claxton 30.3% Effective FG% – Danny Morrissey 61.3% Offensive RB% – Brandon Hassell 18.9% Defensive RB% – Geary Claxton 20.8% Free [...]

Four Factor Analysis Tool

This tool can provide anyone with a quick snap shot of how the Big Ten teams stack up using Dean Oliver’s Four Factors. When you Click to Analyze the chart, you will be presented with a comparison of Northwestern and Penn State (since that’s our game tomorrow) in each of the factors (actually eight factors [...]

Non Conference Team Tempo Free Stats

The beginning of conference play provides a perfect opportunity to take a look at Penn State’s numbers as they stack up against the rest of the conference. Here’s a UncleLar user visualization of many of the usual tempo free stats. I am rushing this to market a little quickly and have not triple checked the [...]

Lehigh Plus/Minus Pairs

Individual Plus/Minus numbers Player +/- Cornley  7 Walker   1 Morrissey 15 Jackson  7 Pringle   1 Claxton 12 Brooks 6 Hassell   1 Battle 12 Jones   3 Solid effort by Morrissey in this game. He’s the one that got the team going in the second half with a couple of nice defensive plays [...]

UncleLar’s user visualization (ULuv)

I present ULuv – because it’s all about u. One of the things that I was looking to do with this site was to find ways to present the tons of data that tempo-free stats can generate in more interesting manners. Just looking at chart after chart of numbers can get quite boring. The answer [...]