BU 5-1, A look at key stats

I apologize for my lengthy absence. . .the holidays snuck up on me. At any rate, Bradley is off to a fast start in hoops again. Here's a look at some key stats to date for the Braves:

*denotes leads team

Sommerville: 19.2 ppg*, 7.0 rpg, .500 3pt fg%*, 2.17 apg, 4.83 TOpg, 3.0 fpg*

Ruff: 5.3 ppg, 5.83 apg*, 3.5 rpg, 1.6:1 A:TO*.

POB: 11.5 ppg, 9.3 rpg*, 4.0 bpg*, 56% FG*, 86% FT*

L Boogie: 9.8 ppg, 6.3 rpg, 1.0 bpg

Crouch: .512 FG%*, 10.0 ppg, 2.8 rpg--probably the most surprising line of all!

Minute avgs:

D Ruff--35.2
Cellus--34.2
TB--30.7
Crouch--27.8
POB--25.5 (this surprised me)
Wright--20.2
Tuaui--17.0
Singh and Rembert right around 6 mpg each

So we're playing a 7 man rotation. We've been fortunate to not have major foul troubles. One bright spot is Cellus who leads the team, and averages only an even 3.0 fouls per game. While it is a good 7 man rotation, foul troubles or injuries put you at a major disadvantage.

The good, the bad, and the ugly:

Ugly: 19.2 TO/game (our opponents avg. 15.7, for a net of -3.5)
Good: 6.8 bpg
Good: .456 team FG% (unbelievable). . .I tend to think over .420 is above avg. I would have never believed we'd be near .400 at this point.
Bad: .429 opp FG%. . .just because we shoot well, doesn't mean we should let our opponents
Ugly: 8912 avg attendance (home)
Bad: .7 A:TO (an even 1.0 is optimal)
Good: .712 FT% (good because I didn't think it was that high)
Good: 39.2 rpg
Bad: 30.3 opp rpg

Really pleased with a variety of things. But if there's one thing that jumps out to me now, we are blessed to be 5-1 with the sloppy play (5-1 with 20 TO's? But how long can this last?). I am absolutely thrilled with many things, and I believe that this team has the ability to ice many, many games early if they can improve on the FT shooting and get that avg around .750 and rebounding. If we can even make just slight improvement in those two areas, we are opening all kinds or wriggle room for error.