[M T]

What a poster child for bad statistics!

I guess the PAC-12 had to give some sympathy award to C.al and gave Brandon the player of the week award.  Chiney's already won it 3 times, but the stats were (against the same teams, both at home).
Shooting stat lines for Chiney and Brandon....
Chiney:    54 pt, 63.6% FG%,  85.7% FT%
Brandon: 34 pt, 46.7% FG%,  42.9% FT%
Including FT, Brandon missed 10 more shots than Chiney, but  Brandon got 10 more OF rebounds.  Coincidence?  Not really,

Surely, Brandon rebounded significantly better, right?  No, Chiney outrebounded Brandon when you normalize the numbers for rebounding chances.  The only reason Brandon had big numbers was that her team (and her) missed SO many shots.

Without looking into the game to see how many rebounds were possible for that player versus for the team,
Looking at OR chances (a team's OR + opponent's DR), Chiney got 9 of 59 (St. 25 OR+ opp. 34 DR) (15.3%) possible ORs.  Brandon got 19 of 100 (48+52) (19%) possible ORs.  A slight advantage for Brandon.
At the defensive end, Chiney got 20 of 68(52+16) possible DRs (29.4%).  Brandon got 21 of 94 (51+43) possible DRs (22.3%).  A big advantage for Chiney.
Rebounding totals:  Chiney 29 of 127 (22.8%).  Brandon 40 of 194 (20.6%)



                        TOT-FG  3-PT        REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
13 Ogwumike, Chiney.... f 11-18  0-0    7-8    6 10 16  1  29  1  3  2  1  40-  UCLA
13 Ogwumike, Chiney.... f 10-15  0-0    5-6    3 10 13  4  25  2  3  1  1  37    U.S.C
            Total        21-33  0-0  12-14  9 20 29  5  54  3  6  3  2  77

  Stanford............  27-51  6-7  15-21  11 25 36  19  75 17 17  2  9 200
  Stanford............  30-64  6-15  9-13  14 27 41  16  75 14 14  3  2 200
    Totals............  57-115 12-22  24-34  25 52 77  35 150 31 31  5 11 400

  UCLA  ..............  16-51  0-2  17-22  11 14 25  19  49  6 19  1  9 200
  U.S.C ..............  25-53  3-11  13-18  5 20 25  17  66  9 10  1  5 200
    Totals............  51-103  3-13  30-40  16 34 50  36 115 15 29  2 14 400

## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
25 Brandon, Gennifer... f  5-12  0-0    2-4    4 10 14  1  12  0  3  3  0  35  UCLA
25 Brandon, Gennifer... g  9-18  0-0    4-8  15 11 26  2  22  1  0  1  3  40-  U.S.C
            Total        14-30  0-0    6-14  19 21 40  3  34  1  3  4  3  75

  C.al  ..............    27-60  3-11  13-25  16 25 41  17  70 14 18  5  9 200
  C.al  ..............    27-86  4-17  13-25  32 26 58  22  71  9  6  3 11 225
    Totals...........    54-146  7-28  26-50  48 51 99  39 141 23 24  8 20 425

  UCLA  ..............  26-65  4-11  9-12  14 23 37  18  65 16 17  4 10 200
  U.S.C ..............  21-61  6-16  15-23  19 29 48  21  63 10 15  5  2 225
    Totals............  47-126 10-27  24-35  43 52 85  39 128 26 32  9 12 425


http://pac-12.com/Sports/BasketballW/Art...-week.aspx

[M T]

What a poster child for bad statistics!

I guess the PAC-12 had to give some sympathy award to C.al and gave Brandon the player of the week award.  Chiney's already won it 3 times, but the stats were (against the same teams, both at home).
Shooting stat lines for Chiney and Brandon....
Chiney:    54 pt, 63.6% FG%,  85.7% FT%
Brandon: 34 pt, 46.7% FG%,  42.9% FT%
Including FT, Brandon missed 10 more shots than Chiney, but  Brandon got 10 more OF rebounds.  Coincidence?  Not really,

Surely, Brandon rebounded significantly better, right?  No, Chiney outrebounded Brandon when you normalize the numbers for rebounding chances.  The only reason Brandon had big numbers was that her team (and her) missed SO many shots.

Without looking into the game to see how many rebounds were possible for that player versus for the team,
Looking at OR chances (a team's OR + opponent's DR), Chiney got 9 of 59 (St. 25 OR+ opp. 34 DR) (15.3%) possible ORs.  Brandon got 19 of 100 (48+52) (19%) possible ORs.  A slight advantage for Brandon.
At the defensive end, Chiney got 20 of 68(52+16) possible DRs (29.4%).  Brandon got 21 of 94 (51+43) possible DRs (22.3%).  A big advantage for Chiney.
Rebounding totals:  Chiney 29 of 127 (22.8%).  Brandon 40 of 194 (20.6%)



                        TOT-FG  3-PT        REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
13 Ogwumike, Chiney.... f 11-18  0-0    7-8    6 10 16  1  29  1  3  2  1  40-  UCLA
13 Ogwumike, Chiney.... f 10-15  0-0    5-6    3 10 13  4  25  2  3  1  1  37    U.S.C
            Total        21-33  0-0  12-14  9 20 29  5  54  3  6  3  2  77

  Stanford............  27-51  6-7  15-21  11 25 36  19  75 17 17  2  9 200
  Stanford............  30-64  6-15  9-13  14 27 41  16  75 14 14  3  2 200
    Totals............  57-115 12-22  24-34  25 52 77  35 150 31 31  5 11 400

  UCLA  ..............  16-51  0-2  17-22  11 14 25  19  49  6 19  1  9 200
  U.S.C ..............  25-53  3-11  13-18  5 20 25  17  66  9 10  1  5 200
    Totals............  51-103  3-13  30-40  16 34 50  36 115 15 29  2 14 400

## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
25 Brandon, Gennifer... f  5-12  0-0    2-4    4 10 14  1  12  0  3  3  0  35  UCLA
25 Brandon, Gennifer... g  9-18  0-0    4-8  15 11 26  2  22  1  0  1  3  40-  U.S.C
            Total        14-30  0-0    6-14  19 21 40  3  34  1  3  4  3  75

  C.al  ..............    27-60  3-11  13-25  16 25 41  17  70 14 18  5  9 200
  C.al  ..............    27-86  4-17  13-25  32 26 58  22  71  9  6  3 11 225
    Totals...........    54-146  7-28  26-50  48 51 99  39 141 23 24  8 20 425

  UCLA  ..............  26-65  4-11  9-12  14 23 37  18  65 16 17  4 10 200
  U.S.C ..............  21-61  6-16  15-23  19 29 48  21  63 10 15  5  2 225
    Totals............  47-126 10-27  24-35  43 52 85  39 128 26 32  9 12 425


http://pac-12.com/Sports/BasketballW/Art...-week.aspx

[81alum]

Chiney clearly is the best player in the league, and unless she has an off-weekend, she probably deserves the award every week.  But the Pac-12 has political and economic interests in spreading the wealth around.  It could be that Stanford also benefits if people in the rest of the country finally begin to realize that we play in a difficult league with great players on other teams.  All that said, though, you seem to conclusively show that there is no objective reason Brandon should have been picked this week over Chiney.

[81alum]

Chiney clearly is the best player in the league, and unless she has an off-weekend, she probably deserves the award every week.  But the Pac-12 has political and economic interests in spreading the wealth around.  It could be that Stanford also benefits if people in the rest of the country finally begin to realize that we play in a difficult league with great players on other teams.  All that said, though, you seem to conclusively show that there is no objective reason Brandon should have been picked this week over Chiney.