The Tops in AAAA

#1 posting 2.20.2006

POINT PARADE
IA
2A
Courtney Warner, Van Buren 25 vs Mediapolis 65-54
1A
Melaine McCreight, Winfield-Mt. Union 29 vs Fairfield Maharishi 49-58
Sofia Iwobi, Fairfield Maharishi 25 vs Winfield-Mt. Union 58-49

MN
AAA
Maria Boever, Worthington 35 vs New Ulm 73-46

TOURNAMENT NEWS
MICH
The State tournament will be returning to the Breslin Center at Michigan State in East Lansing on Nov 30, Dec 1 and 2 in 2006.

EFFICIENT TEAMS
Today we look at the efficient/effective offensive teams. First a look at the top five games that I have charted in floor %
1. Hopkins vs Cretin-Derham Hall .647
2. Breck vs Marshall .580
3. Hopkins vs Henry Sibley .529
4. Mpls South vs Breck .519
5. Bloomington Kennedy .510 vs Eastview
If you take a look at the opponents their combined w/l record is 90-28 good for .763 winning percentage. So these teams raised their game against the best.
Looking at pp100
1. Hopkins vs Cretin-Derham Hall 125.5
2. Breck vs Marshall 124
3. Mpls South vs Breck 109.6
4. Mpls Roosevelt vs Mpls Washburn 107.5
5. Hill-Murray vs Centennial 107.4
The opponents here have a 87-30 w/l record with .744 winning percentage. The only non winning team was Mpls Washburn.

Now looking at the Multiple game teams at the AAAA level limiting the choices to those in the top 10.
In pp100
1. Hopkins 98.5
2. Mpls South 95.5
3. Cretin-Derham Hall 95.4
4. Roseville 94.7
5. St. Paul Central 88.3
6. Edina 88.2
7. St. Cloud Tech 78.9
Bloomington Kennedy, Tartan were only charted once so far.
in floor %
1. Hopkins .501
2. Roseville .485
3. Mpls South .464
4. Edina .460
5. Cretin-Derham Hall .434
6. St. Paul Central .416
7. St. Cloud Tech .375
Of the teams that were not in the top 10, but have been rated at least twice Lakeville North had some top 10 like numbers 90.9 and .462

How about Defense for the same 7?
PP100
1. St. Cloud Tech 71.7
2. St. Paul Central 72.7
3. Roseville 75.6
4. Hopkins 76.9
5. Edina 83.3
6. Mpls South 89.4
7. Cretin-Derham Hall 91.5

Floor %
1. St. Cloud Tech .323
2. Hopkins .361
3. St. Paul Central .374
4. Roseville .379
5. Mpls South .402
6. Edina .409
7. Cretin-Derham Hall .462

Now if we look at the margin between pp100
1. Hopkins 21.6
2. Roseville 19.1
3. St. Paul Central 15.6
4. St. Cloud Tech 7.2
5. Minneapolis South 6.1
6. Edina 4.9
7. Cretin-Derham Hall 3.9

Thesenumbers need to be understood that it is not the complete season, only using the "Basketball on Paper" method used by Dean Oliver in the games I have charted.

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