Brandon Goes Off (Rerun)

Small crowd today but good talent and nice games.  Brandon won all six games he played and scored the game winning shot in all those games. 

Here are the wins and losses, although you could just replace W & L with PWB & PAB which stand for "Played with Brandon" & "Played against Brandon"...

Here are the cumulative stats since I restarted last week... (remember, just click on any chart to zoom the view).

When I get more data, I'll start reporting some more stats like I used to like Teammates Win %, GWS data, Personal Winning & losing streaks, etc.

Box Score from Wed - Live by the 3

Kept the shooting stats for a game I had to sit out yesterday.  Team 2 won because of their threes.  Didn't keep turnovers or fouls, but there were lots.  Remember that if a player is fouled in the act of shooting and misses the shot, it does not count as a FG attempt.

Rock, Scissors, Paper

Only 11 folks showed for hoops today - the rest of you are on Santa's naughty list.

Lots of parity today as most everyone went 2-2.  Each team beat the other like a game of Rock, Scissors, Paper.

Anyway, Anthony showed, who was the leader in the adjusted power rankings when I used to keep stats.  Just ahead of James, Don, Alvin, Shad and Luke.  You can tell by the names, that the stats don't lie.  As the leaders in the power rankings (and the leaders in the winning %) pretty much indicate who the better players are after enough data has been collected.

You can read the old post about Power Ratings and schedule & teammate strength here...

http://issaquahnoonhoops.blogspot.com/2008/12/power-ratings-i.html


Today was an anomaly however as Anthony only went 2-2.

Here are today's wins and losses...

Here's the total after two days of playing...

Monday's Stats

Ten games were played Monday and below are the results. I'm starting the data over since it's been two years since I stopped doing the blog. I'm sure sometime in the future I'll combine them for "all-time" stats.

You can see that Marc went 3-5. Good thing we were there to see that, he may never have a day under .500 again.

Back in the Groove

Collected all the wins and losses (and some game winning shot data) today.

There were around 15 of us all told at one time or another and we played 'til about 2:15.

Blake played like he was 8'2" with the arms of Plasticman.

Going to Vegas late tonight 'til tomorrow night, so I'll post the stats on Wed.

Utter Confusion & Cy Lords Out

Tried to have the "No One Loses" day and give out scratch-off tickets for each member of a losing team. The problem was that with many unfamiliar faces, guys not knowing what the hell I was talking about and two courts going all day, it was just kind of a bust. Oh well.

Because of the lottery bust and the lots of new faces, I also didn't collect any of the stats for the blog, so it won't be restarted 'til next week.

That's a bummer for Cy, Trent & myself because we played together all day and went something like 7-2. Cy had at least four game-winning shots that I can remember.

Xmas "No One Loses" Extravaganza

So all the little elves at Santa's workshop worked their green butts off to make Friday the first annual "No One Loses" Extravaganza (you know, 'cause it's Xmas).

Each member of each team that is defeated during tomorrow's hoops session will get a little gift from the elves (a.k.a the Washington State Lottery). Thus, No One Loses.

Don't know why the elves chose me to facilitate this, but it's probably not coincidental that I'm short.

C U there.

Oh, and Friday will also be the first day I begin to collect stats again for this blog.

Okay, so maybe "Extravaganza" is a little much, but the elves can be a little dramatic.

Game Back On

Lots of guys still ask me about the blog, so I guess it's about time I restart it.

Also, everyone can now comment and communicate in the Shoutmix Box at the top of the right column. Simply type your name and message at the bottom of the box and click "shout".

New stats coming...

Game Over

I'm sorry to say that I won't be at hoops for a while.

I'll probably pick the blog back up when I return.

Happy hooping in my absence.

Gym Wind Chill -14

Holy crap was it cold in the gym today. Can't tell you how many turnovers there were because all of our hands were so damn cold we couldn't hold onto the ball. There were several new guys/kids - clearly the result of school being out for the cold or Xmas break.

Still managed two courts and fourteen games. Here are the stats...

As you can see, I was 8-0 in no small part to some very good teammates. The 8 wins in a row is my personal record. Here are everyone's stats including each person's longest winning and losing streak.

Here's the Game Winning Shot data. If you haven't seen it before, look up the original GWS post for an explanation. No doubt Steve's thinking about this chart every time his team has 18,19 or 20 points. This chart is only the guys who have played in at least 10 games where I recorded the GWS.

Next time I'm gonna break down W/L by month - there's giant disparity for some of us from one month to the next.

56 - 51

Today in the final game, the score wound up being 56-51. We were going to play to 31, but with the score tied at 25-25 we were invaded by DevilChildren throwing rubber balls on our court. So, we promptly switched courts and decided to start over at 0-0. My team lost in the end, 31-26. So, with the 25-25 score before we switched courts, it was really 56-51. Pretty sweet.

Lots of games and players. Recorded 19 diff games today - missed about 2 or 3. Three new players brings the total since I started keeping track at the end of September to 104 diff players.

Here is how often they have come. First, everyone who has come more than once...



Then, all that have come exactly once...



Anyway, here are today's stats. Wins/Losses/% and your average teammates lifetime win %. You can see that I've highlighted in orange everyone who today had teammates that AVERAGE a 55% or better winning %. That's gigantic. It shows that any day you can play with really strong or really weak players all day. Again, somehow Pride was the benefit of ridiculously good teammates. He's either really lucky or really sly... As you could guess, the people with good teammates all day won a lot of games and are mostly at the top of the day's chart...

Lastly, here are the cumulative stats for everyone with at least 20 games played...

A couple of arbitrary things... There was a team today that the sum of their historic win % totaled 268%. That's the highest one ever. The team was James, Alvin, Steve and Pride. That means the average player on that team wins 67% of the time (268%/4). Zoiks. Of course, they won.

Also, TK now holds the record - set over Dec 3, 5 and 10, by winning 14 straight games during that stretch.

Blogbuster

Today was weird in a bunch of ways. First, I was there at 11:45 and yet I wasn't in the first game. If your read my previous post, you know that almost never happens to me. Then, I wound up on the far court and no one on the first or second court was prepared to record the results of the games. The wind up is that I missed the results for many games today. Some guys that were there for a while, I have for just 1, 2 or 3 games. Bogus. I'll have to figure out a better system on busy days when I'm on the far court to get some help on the other courts. Lastly, the Governor of Illinois called me and told me my bid for the senate seat wasn't high enough and he was selling it to somebody else.

Anyway, here are the new cumulative wins and losses - split into two to make it easier to see when you click on one part...




Here are the updated Adj win % and Power Ratings for guys with 20 games played or more. I simplified the chart a little. The important columns are schd strg (how difficult your opponents and how weak your teammates were), Adj Win % (your win % tweaked to reflect the strength of your opponents and teammates), PR (your Power Rating which is the % of games you have won compared to what you should have won based on your schd strg) and the last column is the overall ranking based on the combo of Adj Win % and PR. If you want to know more about how it's derived, let me know.

When do you show up?

Shad mentioned that he was surprised he was in the first game when he showed up today. That got me thinking that while I don't keep track of when people show up, I do know who is in the first game (team 1 & team 2) and who isn't. So, here's a chart showing how often you have played (days), how often you have been on Team 1, Team 2 & not in the 1st game at all. Also, the last two columns are % of days that you play that you are in the first game and % of days you show that you aren't in the first game.

As you can see, Marvena has come 19 of the 30 days I've tracked and never been in the 1st game. I've been in the first game 27 of the 30 times, but only 10 of the 27 was I on team 1.

James, Don, BK and young Dane don't play a lot, but are always here early when they do.

The Waiting is the Hardest Part

My apologies to Tom Petty for the title.

Had 16 dudes for a few fleeting moments today and then poor Paul (#2) hurt is back. I say poor Paul not because of his hurt back, but because all the crap he caught for bailing when we had 16. It's always hilarious when we try to beg people to stay to get eight. I've seen guys who had to leave near the end slip quickly out the door when there were still 10 or 9 dudes before it got down to 8 so as not to be the bad guy who kills the day.

Anyway, here are today's stats, not lots of games, but surely lots of waiting.. The last columnn is the average historical winning % of the players on your team today (not including yourself, of course). Jack had lots of help.








Had the opportunity (because of only one game going) to keep team shooting stats in a game...



It was Nate, Shad, Luke and Keith against Tony, Gary, Sean #2 and Jason.



Nate's team won a squeaker 21-18.



Nate's team shot 10/21 overall (47.6%). 9/18 from two point range and 1/3 on three pointers.



Tony's team shot 8/20 overall (40.0%). 6/13 inside the arc and 2/7 from downtown.



It was interesting watching Nate's team not even attempt a three 'til late in the game - contrary to the normal noon hoops mantra of "Heave it up".



Here are the cum stats for guys with at least 20 games...

Inhospitable Hosts

There were two new guys today, Jeremy and David (#2) (not the tall David). As hosts and elders of noon hoops, we did not welcome them very nicely. I know this for sure, because I was their teammate all day. The beatings and slaughters were handed out to our team one after the other. David (#2) went 0-4, Jeremy 0-9, I managed to win one early and went 1-9. Quite a turnaround from my 7-1 earlier in the week. To quote Die Hard, "Welcome to the party, pal."

Oh! Before I forget, make sure to check out video from Friday night's Celtics/Blazers game if you haven't yet. Big Baby Davis lived up to his name. He was weeping like a baby on the sideline. It was ludicrous. Apparently he got admonished in the huddle by Garnett and Doc Rivers and then he sat on the bench and start wailing like a kid who lost his blankie. Then he's sitting on the bench a few minutes later and tears were streaming down his face. Zoiks.

Anyway, back to the show... Here are today's results. TK and Nate played together some today and did well...

Here are the cumulative stats for guys with at least 20 games (welcome Sean to the club). They are sorted by games played. I could tell you that's because lots of guys ask how many they've played, but it's really sorted this way so that I could be first.

Here are some random observations...

Today we had a team that had the highest sum of their winning %s we've seen in over a month. It was Alvin (64%), Keith (51%), Luke (67%) and TK (66%) for a total of 248%. They won, of course.

It's been almost 80 games since a team with a summed win % under 180 has won a game. That game was Dane 35, Erik 42, Marvena 49 and myself 43. No need to embarrass the people we beat as big underdogs...

Don has hit the GWS in 55% of the games that his team has won. Next highest for someone who plays a lot is Luke with the GWS in 43% of the games that his team has won.

Noon Hoops BCS Power Rankings

So the data set is still small (statiscally speaking), but it's cool to look at different comparisons. For the first PR (a few posts ago) I took your win % and divided it by what your win % should have been based on your teammates and opponents. If your actual win % were equal to your predicted win %, your PR would be 100%. More means you have been better than average, less means not as good as average.

Now, I tried two other methods. Basically, without boring you with the math, I took your opponent's and teammate's win % and used the data to adjust your winning % up or down so that now you have an adjusted win %. So, 50% would mean you have been exactly average. I used this method for the two new versions called "adjusted win % 1" and 'adjusted win % 2". The only diff between 1 and 2 is that for adj win % 2, the opponents and teammates have more emphasis in the adjustment.

So, in the end, of course all the rankings are somewhat similar. However, like the BCS in College Football, there are some differences. So, on the chart I show your rank in each of the 3 ratings systems (Adj win % 1, Adj win % 2 and Power Ratings) and then the last column is the overall composite of the three to determine the final rankings.

Knock yourselves out... (only dudes with 20+ games)...

The first 3 columns are games played, Actual win % and strength of schedule (negative being more difficult, positive being easier)...