(02-11-2022, 11:32 PM)BostonCard Wrote: Belibi 3 timesCorrection:
Hull 3 times
Brink 7 times
Jump 4 times
Jones 6 times
Five different players have been our leading scorer so far this year.
Also, five different players have led us in rebounds and six have been the assist leaders.
BC
Six different players have been a leading scorer this year.
Brink 7 times USC, Az, Portland, Indiana, So. Fl, Pacific, Utah#1
Jones 6 times ASU, Tenn, WSU, Colo, Cal, Utah#2
Jump 5 times OSU, Gonzaga#1, Maryland, Davis, Gonzaga#2
Belibi 4 times ASU, MSU, Gonzaga#1, UCLA
Lexie Hull 4 times Tex, So. Car., Ore, Utah#2
Iriafen 1 time ASU
(3 players tied for high point against ASU; 2 against Gonzaga#1; 2 against Utah#2)
3 players score more than 25 points for every 40 minutes they play.
Another 5 players score more than 10 points for every 40 minutes they play.
You could define offensive depth by how many points per 40 minutes are sitting on the bench.
The NCAA doesn't have a stat for Team Bench Points, but I'm sure Stanford would be right at the top.
Scoring per 40 minutes (> 100 min played)
Brink 26.1
Jones 16.6
Jump 16.3
Lexie 14.9
Belibi 25.9
Iriafen 29.6
Lacie 8.2
Wilson 6.8
Prechtel 12.7
JVG 13.0
Demetre 8.1
Hamilton 5.7
I was thinking the team was doing pretty well for offense & defense, until I looked back over Tara's history at Stanford.
This team's point differential (75.9-58.5), while 8th in the nation this year, is only 16th best of Tara's Stanford teams.
Last year's team was 2nd best. 2008-2013 (6 teams) all had a better differential.
Average points scored is 20th. 6 teams were better on both offense & defense.
I am confident this team has far more depth than any previous Tara team, and I could imagine an argument that it has more depth than any historical NCAA WBB team. I think Tara would start any of 7 players in a NC game, and wouldn't hesitate to put in two or three more. (Here's hoping she proves me right!)
Yet, they haven't shown yet that they are among Tara's most elite teams. That depth may yet express itself as a very strong tournament team as it can morph itself into whatever it needs to be to defeat any opponent.
