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Thursday, January 28, 2016

Ellenson 31st Best Defender; MU with 4 in top 15%

It sounds like I depressed fans with Henry Ellenson's Value Add Ranking, and it slipped even further to 405th after the Stetson game. However, in response to the question about why his blocked shots and rebounds do not push him higher - the new run tonight shows he is actually the 32nd best Defensive Player in the Value Add system for taking almost three points per hundred trips a game away from opponents (-2.69, average is 0.00).

RnkPlayer and NumberOffRDefRPts/Gm
100Fischer, Luke 407.29-0.86.2
405Ellenson, Henry 132.24-2.694.05
525Cohen, Sandy 53.33-0.93.57
539Wilson, Duane 13.31-0.663.51

Offensively, he is ranked only 1224th in the nation - improving the team by 2.24 points a game, due to low shooting percentages and turnovers offsetting his points. Duane Wilson and the very efficient Sandy Cohen are the two Marquette players with higher rankings because they miss so many fewer shots.

Luke Fischer has a nice balance, and snuck back into the top 100 overall.

He helps make Marquette be one of 55 teams with four players in the top 15% of players (top 600). Arizona and Iowa have the most complete rotations with 7 players each.

7 top 100 players (2 teams)
Arizona
Iowa

6 top 100 players (6 teams)
Miami FL
North Carolina
Southern California
Southern Methodist
Villanova
West Virginia

5 top 100 players (25 total teams)
Baylor
Butler
Cincinnati
Creighton
Duke
Florida
Indiana
Iowa St.
Kentucky
Louisville
Maryland
Notre Dame
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pittsburgh
Purdue
Seton Hall
South Carolina
St. Mary's
Syracuse
Texas A&M
Texas Tech
Vanderbilt
Virginia
Xavier

4 top 100 players (22 teams)
Akron
Alabama
Arizona St.
Arkansas
Brigham Young
California
Clemson
Connecticut
Dayton
Florida St.
Georgia Tech
Houston
Kansas
Marquette
Memphis
Michigan
Michigan St.
Ohio St.
Stanford
Texas
UCLA

Wisconsin

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