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SDSU had four top 25 votes in the pre-season Coach's Poll (1 less vote than USC got and 2 more than Gonzaga got). So I'm hopeful that it was our team's exceptional talent that made us look so dominating at times (and not their lack of talent).  Anyway, there's a lot of discussion about defense/offense and our guards in the game.  Here's what the Analytics say:

DRtg: points allowed by a player per 100 possessions 
EMMA-NNOPU,A 121.6 (13 min)
PAPADAKI,S 121.6 (5 min)
GREEN,L 121.6 (3 min)
JUMP,H 112.4 (21 min)
JONES,H 96.3 (23 min)
HARRIEL,J 91.8 (13 min)
LEPOLO,T 84.8 (21 min)
BOSGANA,E 57.1 (15 min)
NIVAR,I 47.1 (13 min)

So if defense is your priority these stats support Emma-Nnopu as a starter. But it's also her second negative net points game in a row (though she wasn't alone):

can you help me understand this rating? i would think that, for a defender, the lowest points allowed per 100 possessions should be the best. agnes has the highest and you are saying that supports her starting. i must be missing something.  thanks.

Same question for me as well.  Also, that stat can't mean too much given the next two after Emma-Nnopu are Papadaki and Green, who did not play much and played very late in the game when seemed like SDSU was scoring more, not less.  It would surprise me that Nivar was rated a poor defender.  Sure did not look that way.

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SDSU had four top 25 votes in the pre-season Coach's Poll (1 less vote than USC got and 2 more than Gonzaga got). So I'm hopeful that it was our team's exceptional talent that made us look so dominating at times (and not their lack of talent).  Anyway, there's a lot of discussion about defense/offense and our guards in the game.  Here's what the Analytics say:

DRtg: points allowed by a player per 100 possessions 
EMMA-NNOPU,A 121.6 (13 min)
PAPADAKI,S 121.6 (5 min)
GREEN,L 121.6 (3 min)
JUMP,H 112.4 (21 min)
JONES,H 96.3 (23 min)
HARRIEL,J 91.8 (13 min)
LEPOLO,T 84.8 (21 min)
BOSGANA,E 57.1 (15 min)
NIVAR,I 47.1 (13 min)

So if defense is your priority these stats support Emma-Nnopu as a starter. But it's also her second negative net points game in a row (though she wasn't alone):

can you help me understand this rating? i would think that, for a defender, the lowest points allowed per 100 possessions should be the best. agnes has the highest and you are saying that supports her starting. i must be missing something.  thanks.

Same question for me as well.  Also, that stat can't mean too much given the next two after Emma-Nnopu are Papadaki and Green, who did not play much and played very late in the game when seemed like SDSU was scoring more, not less.  It would surprise me that Nivar was rated a poor defender.  Sure did not look that way.