OK, obviously this is very early in a development stage, but I’d like to get it published for the sake of soliciting comments and suggestions from readers. Of course, the inspiration comes from MGoBlog’s UFR of football games. Down the line (likely in the next edition of UFR, unless people don’t like it enough to justify continuing the feature), I plan to add defensive possessions, and certainly have the “notes” section be a bit more thorough (notice that the later in the game this UFR goes, the more notes there are). To split it up a bit, the next one will be put into groups by personnel (which would be the “drives” in Brian’s football UFRs). This first edition grades only the shots taken by Michigan, which I hope to expand to entire possessions in the future.
The very beginnings of this started with the box score, then I sort of filled in the details watching the game. The “Score” colmun indicates the score of the game prior to the shot in question being taken. Shooter, Assist, and Made should be self-evident. The assister is unofficial (i.e. not from the box score), but taken from watching the game. Range indicates where the shot was taken from. Currently, it’s only divided into 3-pt, mid-range, and lane, but I’m certainly open to tweaking those indications. Quality is the only entirely subjective measure on my part, and indicates how open the shooter is. “3” is a shot that is wide open, and not contested at all. “0” is a shot that is blocked, and has no chance of going in. “1” is a well-defended shot with a hand in the face, and “2” is in between 1 and 3, predictably.
Score |
Shooter |
Assist |
Quality |
Range |
Made? |
0-0 |
Douglass |
Shepherd |
3 |
3-pt |
Y |
|
3-2 |
Douglass |
Harris |
3 |
3-pt |
Y |
|
6-4 |
Douglass |
Harris |
3 |
3-pt |
Y |
|
9-7 |
Merritt |
Harris |
2 |
3-pt |
Y |
|
12-10 |
Sims |
|
2 |
Lane |
N |
Tries a reverse to avoid the defender. |
12-10 |
Sims |
|
Fouled |
Lane |
F |
Rebound of previous miss |
14-10 |
Douglass |
|
2 |
3-pt |
N |
|
14-12 |
Sims |
Grady |
1 |
Midrange |
N |
|
14-15 |
Grady |
Douglass |
2 |
3-pt |
Y |
|
17-15 |
Sims |
|
0 |
Lane |
N |
Blocked |
17-15 |
Novak |
|
1 |
Lane |
N |
|
17-15 |
Douglass |
Lee |
3 |
3-pt |
N |
Pump faked to get his guy to pass him |
17-15 |
Grady |
|
3 |
3-pt |
N |
Uncovered leading the 3-on-1 fastbreak – not a great decision. Confused and shot from NBA range. |
17-15 |
Novak |
Harris |
2 |
Midrange |
Y |
From the top corner of the paint, turnaround |
19-15 |
Novak |
Gibson |
2 |
3-pt |
N |
|
19-15 |
Lucas-Perry |
Gibson |
3 |
3-pt |
Y |
Gibson rebounds Novak’s miss, gets it to LLP. |
22-15 |
Lucas-Perry |
Gibson |
2 |
3-pt |
Y |
|
25-15 |
Gibson |
Harris |
3 |
Midrange |
Y |
Entry to Harris draws the defense, leavin Gibson wide open |
27-15 |
Harris |
|
1 |
Midrange |
N |
|
27-15 |
Sims |
|
2 |
Lane |
Y |
Rebounds Manny’s miss. |
29-15 |
Lucas-Perry |
Merritt |
3 |
3-pt |
Y |
|
32-18 |
Sims |
|
3 |
Midrange |
Y |
Turnaround when his man tried to flop to draw a charge. |
34-20 |
Merritt |
Harris |
2 |
3-pt |
Y |
Manny’s drive draws the defense |
37-22 |
Douglass |
|
2 |
3-pt |
N |
Pumps to get his man by him, but waits long enough for the guy to kinda recover |
37-22 |
Lee |
|
0 |
Lane |
N |
Rebounds Douglass’s miss, but is blocked from behind. |
37-26 |
Lucas-Perry |
Harris |
2 |
3-pt |
Y |
Manny draws the defense into the paint, LLP’s shot rattles home. |
40-28 |
Lucas-Perry |
|
3 |
3-pt |
N |
|
40-30 |
Grady |
|
2 |
3-pt |
N |
Kind of a force from NBA range. |
40-30 |
Sims |
|
2 |
Midrange |
N |
Same possession as previous. Turnaround. |
40-30 |
Sims |
|
3 |
Lane |
Y |
Dunkage. |
42-30 |
Harris |
|
2 |
Lane |
N |
Drives and forces a floater in the lane |
42-30 |
Novak |
|
2 |
Lane |
N |
Misses the putback of Harris’s shot |
42-32 |
Lucas-Perry |
|
3 |
3-pt |
N |
Off the dribble from a Gibson screen. |
42-34 |
Harris |
|
3 |
Lane |
Y |
Dunk off a steal on the break. |
44-36 |
Merritt |
|
2 |
3-pt |
N |
Kinda a chuck |
44-36 |
Shepherd |
|
Fouled |
Lane |
F |
Foul prevented a dunk. |
45-36 |
Sims |
|
2 |
Midrange |
Y |
Turnaround from just outside the paint. |
47-38 |
Novak |
Merritt |
3 |
3-pt |
N |
Unguarded in the zone defense off Merritt’s drive. |
47-39 |
Douglass |
Harris |
2 |
3-pt |
Y |
Harris drive opens the defense, but a defender was closing as he shot. |
50-39 |
Sims |
|
3 |
Midrange |
Y |
On the 4-on-2 fastbreak, should have probably drawn the defender and dished to Harris, Douglass, or Novak. He needed to force the action. |
50-39 |
Sims |
Harris |
2 |
Lane |
Y |
Off a botched alley-oop. He pro-hopped to get space and hooked it in. |
52-41 |
Sims |
Novak |
2 |
Midrange |
Y |
Baseline jumper. |
54-42 |
Harris |
|
Fouled |
Lane |
F |
Forcing the action a bit, is bailed out by the blocking foul. |
56-42 |
Novak |
Harris |
1 |
Lane |
Y |
Beautiful dish by Harris on the break, but Novak finished with a defender all over him pretty much under the basket |
58-45 |
Lucas-Perry |
|
2 |
Lane |
N |
Drives and misses a fairly easy floater. |
58-45 |
Novak |
Lee |
1 |
3-pt |
N |
Off a possession from rebounding Novak’s miss by Gibson. Novak chucks one with two guys in his face. |
58-48 |
Gibson |
|
2 |
Midrange |
Y |
Not that open, but he nails it. |
60-51 |
Harris |
|
1 |
3-pt |
N |
Ill-advised shot, he was trying to draw the foul. |
60-51 |
Sims |
|
2 |
Lane |
Y |
Tips in the alley-oop attempt. Announcers expound upon this happening in retarded fashion. |
62-54 |
Sims |
|
1 |
Midrange |
N |
Half floater, half jumper, all ugly |
62-54 |
Harris |
|
2 – Fouled |
Lane |
Y |
Rebounds DeShawn’s miss, and gets the +1 |
65-57 |
Harris |
|
3 |
Midrange |
N |
Almost a 3, it rims out. |
65-57 |
Sims |
|
2 |
Lane |
N |
Misses the putback of Harris’s miss. |
65-59 |
Gibson |
Merritt |
2 |
3-pt |
N |
Merritt double-team opens Gibson on the wing. |
65-59 |
Sims |
|
Fouled |
Lane |
F |
Rebound of Gibson’s miss. |
67-61 |
Shepherd |
|
2 |
3-pt |
N |
Manny’s drive opens up the floor. |
67-63 |
Sims |
Douglass |
3 |
Midrange |
Y |
Turnaround jumper |
69-65 |
Harris |
Gibson |
3 |
Lane |
Y |
Backdoor cut. Essentially an uncontested dunk, but he just lays it in. |
71-65 |
Gibson |
Douglass |
Fouled |
Lane |
F |
Hacked on a 3-on-2 breakaway |
73-67 |
Novak |
Harris |
3 |
3-pt |
Y |
Defenders lose him in the zone. If Gibson screens his man, Zack would be even more open. |
76-67 |
Grady |
Douglass |
2 |
3-pt |
Y |
Not quite a fast break, but they didn’t set the offense up before Grady hits this one. |
79-69 |
Harris |
|
Fouled |
Midrange |
F |
Shoved early on the drive to the hoop. |
81-69 |
Novak |
Grady |
3 |
Lane |
Y |
LOL whiteboy alley-oop LOL |
83-72 |
Harris |
Grady |
1 |
Lane |
Y |
Michigan breaks the press, Manny actually gets whacked on the finish. |
85-72 |
Lucas-Perry |
|
Fouled |
Lane |
F |
Laval is mugged on the way to an uncontested dunk. It’s called an intentional foul. |
87-72 |
Harris |
|
Fouled |
Midrange |
F |
Hand-checked as he’s blowing by his guy. |
89-72 |
Novak |
|
2 |
3-pt |
N |
Manny draws in the defense, but Novak misses the 3 with a defender closing in. |
89-74 |
Harris |
|
|
Midrange |
N |
Chucks it with the shotclock (intentionally, Tommy Amaker, calm down) running down. |
Shot quality shows multiple aspects of a player’s game. First, a guy who shoots a lot of “3” shots either can create his own shot, or only shoots when he is wide open. A guy like Manny, on the other hand, will shoot (and make) a lot of “1”s and “2”s. Players who are shooting “1”s from three-point range are probably making poor decisions, unless the shot clock or other factors are coming into play. Shooting “1”s from the paint is more forgiveable, because there is a much better likelihood of getting fouled. It is also more acceptable to miss “1”s and “2”s. If a guy is missing a ton of “3”s, he’s probably just a bad shooter for that game.If you have any other ways these factors can be interpreted, please leave it in the comments. I’ll be interested to see what you can figure out.
Individual Player Charts:
Stu Douglass |
Location |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
F |
Lane |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
Mid-range |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
3-pt |
– |
– |
1/3 |
3/4 |
– |
After the hot start, Stu was little-used.
Zach Gibson |
Location |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
F |
Lane |
– |
– |
– |
– |
1 |
Mid-range |
– |
– |
1/1 |
1/1 |
– |
3-pt |
– |
– |
0/1 |
– |
– |
Quiet day for Gibson.
Kelvin Grady |
Location |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
F |
Lane |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
Mid-range |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
3-pt |
– |
– |
2/3 |
0/1 |
– |
All of Grady’s shots were from 3, but he was using his quickness in other ways: he finished with 2 assists (and one more would-be on a missed shot).
Manny Harris |
Location |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
F |
Lane |
– |
1/1 |
1/2 |
2/2 |
2* |
Mid-range |
– |
0/2 |
– |
0/1 |
2 |
3-pt |
– |
0/1 |
– |
– |
– |
Manny didn’t get going until the second half. The asterisk next to fouls indicates that he made one of the shots on which he was fouled (need to figure out a better notation for that). One of his midrange misses was a chuck on a low shot clock.
CJ Lee |
Location |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
F |
Lane |
1 |
– |
– |
– |
– |
Mid-range |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
3-pt |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
Almost no shots for CJ, and his only attempt was a blocked putback.
Laval Lucas-Perry |
Location |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
F |
Lane |
– |
– |
0/1 |
– |
1 |
Mid-range |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
3-pt |
– |
– |
2/2 |
2/4 |
– |
LLP showed he can hit open threes, but did next to nothing in the second half. The missed shot from the lane probably should have been made.
David Merritt |
Location |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
F |
Lane |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
Mid-range |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
3-pt |
– |
– |
2/3 |
– |
– |
Called on to shoot very little, but made the most of his opportunities.
Zack Novak |
Location |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
F |
Lane |
– |
1/2 |
0/1 |
1/1 |
– |
Mid-range |
– |
– |
1/2 |
– |
– |
3-pt |
– |
0/1 |
0/2 |
1/2 |
– |
Either he or Douglass seems to be hot from outside in each game. This time, it was Douglass’s turn. However, Novak’s numbers show more desire (ability?) to score in ways other than spotting up for 3.
Jevohn Shepherd |
Location |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
F |
Lane |
– |
– |
– |
– |
1 |
Mid-range |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
3-pt |
– |
– |
0/1 |
– |
– |
Little playing time from Jevohn after a pretty good game against Eastern. Might he get a little less playing time now that Beilein seems to like a small lineup?
DeShawn Sims |
Location |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
F |
Lane |
1 |
– |
3/5 |
1/1 |
2 |
Mid-range |
– |
0/2 |
2/3 |
3/3 |
– |
3-p- |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
Good day for DeShawn. He has proven that he can absolutely turn it on when the team needs him.
Obviously this is a very rough draft, and maybe I should have waited until it was a bit more complete to publish, but I’d really like to hear your comments on it to improve it for the future. The next edition of UFR will be a 2.0 with vast improvements, and hopefully it just needs tweaks from there.
Please please please give me your suggestions and concerns with this. Anything is on the table: style, content, aesthetics, and any other feedback you can come up with.
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