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ACC Conference-Only Tempo-Free Stats

By T.H.

That's a headline that screams exciting, gripping writing. Anyway, on to the numbers:

Teams                   PPP    eFG   OReb    TO %   FTP
Boston College (6-2)    1.11  0.508  0.416  0.212  0.390
Florida State (3-4)     1.11  0.526  0.339  0.200  0.337
Virginia  (5-2)         1.09  0.532  0.265  0.174  0.403
North Carolina (5-1)    1.07  0.512  0.409  0.211  0.267
Miami (2-5)             1.06  0.465  0.377  0.184  0.251
Duke (5-2)              1.05  0.540  0.361  0.235  0.257
Clemson (4-4)           1.05  0.511  0.364  0.182  0.119
Virginia Tech (6-1)     1.05  0.517  0.356  0.227  0.265
Georgia Tech (2-5)      1.03  0.530  0.354  0.247  0.256
Maryland (2-4)          0.97  0.460  0.333  0.216  0.322
NC State (1-5)          0.97  0.505  0.237  0.214  0.223
Wake Forest (1-7)       0.92  0.478  0.320  0.239  0.192
Duke's offense has picked up in January. The Blue Devils were last in the ACC in points per possession going in to January, and third from last nine days ago. They're still playing slow, untraditionally Duke ball, but they could still threaten for the conference title if they start picking it up on this end of the ball.

And now that I think of it, Virginia is quietly becoming quite good in conference, without anybody noticing, aren't they?

OPPP OeFG DReb OTO% OFTO North Carolina 0.87 0.443 0.689 0.216 0.288 Duke 0.91 0.467 0.746 0.237 0.408 Virginia Tech 0.99 0.447 0.668 0.184 0.396 Maryland 1.00 0.467 0.585 0.214 0.426 Clemson 1.04 0.550 0.595 0.279 0.348 Virginia 1.05 0.476 0.653 0.205 0.437 Boston College 1.05 0.504 0.647 0.186 0.263 Georgia Tech 1.09 0.539 0.670 0.209 0.446 Wake Forest 1.09 0.565 0.704 0.227 0.457 NC State 1.10 0.530 0.606 0.188 0.285 Florida State 1.12 0.542 0.662 0.206 0.280 Miami 1.18 0.545 0.641 0.184 0.420


For all the talk of Duke's admittedly impressive defense, note than in-conference North Carolina's defense is actually better. Part of that is a ridiculous defensive rebounding advantage, but the Heels are solid across the board.

Florida State, alas, is not. Which explains why such a potent offense can be tied to a 3-4 ACC record.
Team 3FGA/A 3FG % Virginia Tech 0.410 0.367 Wake Forest 0.355 0.329 NC State 0.341 0.345 Miami 0.321 0.308 Georgia Tech 0.320 0.339 Florida State 0.308 0.410 Clemson 0.304 0.359 Duke 0.295 0.336 Boston College 0.287 0.333 Maryland 0.269 0.340 North Carolina 0.249 0.326 Virginia 0.218 0.392


The second and third best three-point shooting teams in the conference are the teams that shoot the most and fewest shots from behind the arc, respectively. And both teams are from Virginia. I'm sure this fact is crucial to understanding the ACC, but I have absolutely no idea what it means.

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