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Dr. Jack on Winning Basketball by Dr. Jack Ramsay and Neal Vahle Dr. Jack Ramsay is well known to basketball fans around the country as a long time ESPN TV & Radio commentator, NBA coach (seventh all-time in wins) and as a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame. Dr. Jack on Winning Basketball will take fans on a 55-year journey as Jack recounts an endles array of basketall tales, legends and lore. Students of the game as well as coaches will revel in Jack's insights on basketball and what it takes to be a winner.

"... There is no one who knows more about what it takes to win in the NBA than Dr. Jack. His book is full of lessons and stories that will be extremely helpful to anyone with a desire to succeed in the NBA or any other endeavor. My team will be hearing excerpts from this book throughout the season.

It's about winning by one of the greatest winners of all time. It is a must read for coaches, players, and anyone desiring to win more in any competitive field. ..."
Stan Van Gundy, Coach, Orlando Magic

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Friday Press Clippings:
Points per Possession Discussion

From HoopCoach.org
By Coach Drew
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"... I've been reading up on advance stats a lot the last few weeks and found that apparently I have been tracking points per possession a bit different then the common approach. My method was very simple:

(Points scored * 100) / Possessions

A slightly more advanced approach for finding total possessions:

POSSt = FGAt + 0.44 × FTAt – OREBt + TO

I'm not sure it affected my team a whole lot as I think we got about four offensive rebounds the entire season. Regardless, is anyone else tracking this? What is your formula? ..."

"... The .44 is the factor in the total possessions formula that helps to pretty accurately measure how many possessions were used during the total of FT attempts.

Often a player will get 2 FTAs. Sometimes just 1, sometimes 3. Sometimes it will be a technical foul and not be the end of a possession.

Sometimes a missed FTA won't end the possession because of an offensive rebound or a foul of the offensive rebounder. The historical average for possessions used up is 0.44 × FTAt. ..."

"... It is good to ask about details that don't make obvious sense. Sometimes the answer can be found re-reading a passage (as it could this time) but it is true that sometimes advanced statisticians don't explain all their shorthand and it can get difficult.

There are times I can't follow it all clearly myself and it not always possible to contact the author directly.

Often times though if you step back and ask what is happening in the big picture, what is the main conclusion? you can get something out of an article even if some of the detail is too complicated to follow step by step. ..."

"... We use the points per possession method that Dean Smith spells out in his book. It uses FGA, TO, and Trips to the free throw line (instead of FTA).
This covers all possible outcomes on any given possession.

I don't understand why ORB would be used for anything because that would already be accounted for as a FGA. I suggest looking in Dean Smiths book to get the best picture. ..."

"... I don't see why Offensive Rebounds would be subtracted in any formula trying to calcualte total possessions. Unless the shot doesn't hit the rim, an Offensive Rebound re-starts the shot clock (clearly a new possession). ..."

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Friday Video Clippings:
The lost thing

"The lost thing" Oscar Winner at the 83rd Academy Awards® in 2011 for the Best Live Action Short Film directed by Shaun Tan.

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Mike Maker:
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Basketball Practice
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Eph head men's basketball coach Mike Maker is a native of Salinas, California, and he starred at North Salinas HS before beginning his collegiate coaching career leading the women's team at Hartnell College.

Maker has guided the Ephs to consecutive appearances in the Division III national semifinals. A year ago the Ephs came up a little short in the title tilt, falling 78-73 to Wisconsin-Stevens Point.

In just three years at the Ephs helm Maker has already racked up 76 wins against just 13 losses (.854) and he owns an impressive 8-1 mark in NCAA Tourney play. In the last two seasons
Maker has directed the Ephs to 59 wins against just four losses.

His Ephs have won or shared the Little Three title all three years (winning the title outright twice) and has posted undefeated regular season records in the last two seasons in NESCAC play.

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Bench Rules: A Guide to Success On and Off the Bench by Kevin Christensen with Foreword by Vince Inglima BENCH RULES shows ten different ways a person can contribute to a team without scoring a single point, or even playing a single minute, on game day. From superstar down through last player on the bench, the ideas in this book are valuable to anyone who desires to become the best player, teammate and person they can be.

BENCH RULES shows us how the supposedly lowest member of a team can have the biggest impact. The stories demonstrate passion, resolve, and how to get the most out
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BENCH RULES is the blueprint for success in every role on a team.

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Basketball Statistics Referred Concepts:
Which is the Real Value of a Steal ? ~ Concept & Statistics

Some analysis systems works upon the argument by which steals are the best defensive play there is, and that it's value will show up on the offensive end, based on the theory that steals lead to easy baskets.

Now, the issue is which is the real value of a steal from the point of view that the confirmed and permanent risking for steals costs the defense about as many points defensively ( in open shots and help fouls ) as they get in easy baskets from successfully stealing the ball and converting.

An interesting question and here you have some data for the discussion:
The eBA Basketball Statistics Archives tell us that players who get steals are the most valuable when they are forwards and centers or are players who don't shoot a lot.

Nevertheless, that said, I think that players who get steals, on average, tend to be valuable at EVERY position and careless of how much they shoot.

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With reference to those players who are "permanent risking for steals", take into account that players who gamble may also hurt their team, but that does not identify the main part of players who get lots of steals.

And as we stated at the eBA Clinics last year, to analyze team statistics to measure the value of players ONLY with certain attributes may lead to deceptive results.

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NBA 2011/12: Top 10 Plays of the Night... !

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Choice Not Chance: Rules for Building a Fierce Competitor by Joanne McCallie with Foreword by Mike Krzyzewski, and Rob Rains (Contributor) "... Choice Not Chance is an incredible exploration into the life of a loving mother and phenomenal coach whose leadership for women's basketball has truly been indispensable. She has time and again represented the highest ideals of sport and is a role model not only for her daughter, Maddie, but all daughters across our nation." U.S. Senator Olympia J. Snowe (Maine)

"... Coach P. has written a must-read book for leaders of all types—including everyday leaders.?She persuasively demonstrates that choice is a verb and not just a noun, that one's
destiny is achieved by conscious decision making and forward movement. Even in her moments of personal vulnerability, she braids together strong threads of story, lessons, and advice.?
For all of us who sometimes need both inspiration and a push—as she does on the basketball court—Joanne P. McCallie delivers in this book. ..."
Jennifer Granholm, two-term Governor of the State of Michigan

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Friday Press Clippings:
An Introduction to Advanced Basketball Statistics:
Understanding Possession Estimation and the Factors that Control Efficiency

From Burnt Orange Nation
By Reggieball
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"... Historically, the way we tend to evaluate basketball teams is to look at per game statistics. For instance, we might look at the Big 12 statistics from last season and conclude Nebraska, who allowed 60.5 points per game, and Texas A&M, who allowed 61.3 points per game, were both better defensively than Texas, who allowed 62.2 points per the game.

The chief problem with this sort of analysis is that it ignores the pace at which these teams play. Texas A&M played at an extremely slow pace last season, averaging 62.2 possessions per game. Nebraska played slightly faster, averaging 63.6 possessions per game.

Of these three schools, Texas played at the fastest tempo, averaging 66.9 possessions per game. Nebraska and Texas A&M were among the slowest-paced teams in all of Division I last year, whereas Texas' pace was pretty close to the Division I median of 66.6 possessions per game. ..."

"... If you are convinced that possessions, and not games, ought to be the appropriate way to normalize basketball statistics, then you are ready for the next step. Team performance on offense and defense should be measured as points per possession.

It is useful to break points per possession up a bit further, in order to isolate various elements of offensive (or defensive) performance. In the coming months I will write about some of the ways in which I like to do this, but for now, we will focus on a fairly simple split. Here is an equation ..."

"... Essentially, true shooting percentage is the points scored per shooting opportunity divided by two. The number is divided for two so that it looks like a shooting percentage. Typically many teams and players will have TS% between about 0.5 and 0.6, so the scale is similar to what it common for more traditional field goal percentages.

The problem with true shooting percentage is semantic -- it isn't actually a percentage. For example, TS% can be greater than 1. It can be as high as 1.5. The 0.5 prefactor seems kind of pointless, other than the effort to make this look like a field goal percentage. ..."

"... Then if we take the difference between Texas' ORB - TO and Arizona's ORB - TO, we get an estimate of the difference in shooting opportunities between each team. By this calculation, Arizona is expected to be +2 in FGA + 0.475 x FTA. They were actually +1.

In this case, the discrepancy comes from the fact that Texas had one extra possession than Arizona did in the first half of the game.

Both teams had the same number of possessions in the second half of the game. Note that sometimes this estimate will be off because it is just an estimate, but in this case we have an assignable cause. ..."

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Friday Video Clippings:
Where is God ?

An Oscar Nomination Short Film Directed by Bryan Fernando

Two mischievous girls whose cause a lot of trouble to their mother. The mother complaints about this to their parish priest and sends one of the girls to the local priest to get some moral advice. The priest meets the girl and asks her "where is God?" in order to make her understand that God is love. But the girl misunderstands the question in her innocence and thinks that God is missing and she is being suspected for the crime.

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Jim Calhoun:
Defensive Philosophy
and Zone Offense Principles
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University of Connecticut Hall of Fame Head Coach Jim Calhoun has established himself as perhaps the greatest program builder in college basketball history.

Having completed his 25th season as head coach at UConn and his 39th year as a collegiate head coach in 2010-11, Jim Calhoun has now achieved acclaim as one of college basketball's
legendary leaders, leading the Huskies to the 2011 NCAA National Championship and becoming only the fifth coach in NCAA history to win three national titles.

He also reached several other milestones in the notable 2010-11 campaign-- the 300th BIG EAST win of his career, his 600th win at UConn and his seventh BIG EAST Tournament title, more than any other coach in league history.

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Life and Sports Motivational Videos:
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"... Here we present Canadian motivational speaker, personal development author and Karate World Champion Clint Cora introducing his 'Sidedoor Motivation' theory which helps you do the things that you don't really want to do but are good for you. ..."

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Two Decades and Counting: The Wins, The Streak, The Hawkeyes Thru the Eyes of Roy Marbleby Brian Meeks Marble, releasing his book "Two Decades and Counting, The Streak, The Wins, The Hawkeyes ... Thru the Eyes of Roy Marble" this week, is the local face of the franchise - Iowa's all-time leading scorer and father of current sophomore guard Devyn Marble while settling down himself in Cedar Rapids. He's a storyteller to his son and his son's teammates, of which many tales will come to life just now because this year is the silver anniversary of that team winning a school record 30 games and qualifying for the Elite Eight on the strength of eight future NBA draft picks.

The book chronicles the 1987 Iowa men’s basketball’s team that won its first 18 games, reached the number one ranking in the country, posted a school-record 30 wins and was
one victory from reaching the program’s fourth NCAA Final Four.

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Sunday's Reflexions on Basketball Statistics:
About the Use of Statistics and the Statistical Analysis of Basketball

"...I am NOT a scientific analyst of the regression and coefficient type. My views and formulas are based upon simple calculations of various statistical categories, weighted in terms of importance, that have been used by basketball coaches for many, many years. ..."

"... Much of what I have done is found at russellratings.com, and I am always interested in any dialogue that can be generated. I will not always understand the machinations of some of the statistical jargon, but I am hopeful that a chapter that includes an honest and fair look at what is currently being done in this arena will be an excellent addition to my manuscript. ..."

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"... Basketball is a sport that does not lend itself well to that end. There is nothing more spirited than a debate between Bob Knight and another coach regarding the relative merits of defense versus other factors. It is just a game that lends itself to a lot of options as to how it is played. ..."

"... In that light, if I wanted to better grab the attention of the NBA people, I would focus more on the relative than the absolute in evaluating a player, and I would focus on "players and lineups that can win" as opposed to players that are better or worse than each other. ..."
Tim Russell ~ russellratings.com

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Sunday Basketball Training Videos:
Defense Zig Zags with Andre Iguodala
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Basketball Statistics Referred Concepts:
The Basketball Alternate-possession Rule Must Change ? ~ Concept & Statistics

Why the alternate-possession rule must be changed ?

- An inspired defensive effort by a trailing team should not be undone because it's the other team's turn to take possession.

- An official's inability to consistently make a fair toss should not alter the rules of the game.

- The rule really penalizes a great defensive effort. You can make a great defensive play but late in the game Team B forces a jump ball, an alternate possession goes to Team A who scores the goal in the last second to win the game.

- When they try to make the game too fair, they take away the whole reason for competing. It shouldn't be a 'fair' factor. It should be whomever is aggressive enough to get his hands on the ball. That's the unknown about any sport. That's what makes the sport interesting.

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Why changing the alternate-possession rule would not be efficient ?

- For the same reason it was established the potential for a toss that gives one team an unfair advantage over the other.

- A late-game jump ball, in an intense sequence, increases the possibility of injury to officials.

- At least some advantage is gained from tying up the ball, even if it is only reversing the possession arrow.

- The alternative is worse. In many instances, one or the other team has a dominant big man who almost always controls the tip.

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Actuality News
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Rick Barry's Fundamentals
for Becoming a Great Shooter
with Rick Barry

Hall of Fame forward Rick Barry is the only player ever to lead the NCAA, NBA, and ABA in scoring. His name appears near the top of every all-time offensive list.

He scored more than 25,000 points in his professional career and in four different seasons averaged more than 30 points.

He was named to 12 All-Star teams, four All-NBA First Teams,
and five All-ABA First Teams. Barry was a nearly unstoppable offensive juggernaut, a passionate competitor with an untempered desire to win.

Occasionally his fiery competitiveness would grate on rivals -- and teammates, too.

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Basketball Statistician's Digest:
December 2011 eBA sketball Statistics Case Study Conclusion

Shot Clock and a Desperation Shot... Case Study

" ... As the shot clock is about to expire, A1 takes a desperation shot. The shot is batted away by B2 just before the shot clock sounds. ...

(a) A5 catches the ball and the referees rule the play dead for the shot-clock violation;

(b) B4 catches the ball and the referees rule the play dead for the shot-clock violation; or

(c) B4 catches the ball and play continues with no shot-clock violation called.

What is the proper ruling and the correct INDIVIDUAL or COLLECTIVE statistical registration according to the eBA Basketball Statistics Analysis System including the type of the registration ( type of turnover; forced, unforced, individual or collective turnover, good or bad foul; close, long, disputed or undisputed rebound; assist made, potential, missed or double assist; etc. ) ... ?"

Conclusion:

Basketball Statistics Philosophy:

A player should not be charged for a shot from the field influenced by the illegal actions of himself or herself, or any teammates or opponents, unless the shot results in a FGM.

eBA System Statistics Fundamentals:

If the statistician’s opinion is that it is truly a “desperation” shot then there is no a FGA charge. But the statistician must be sure about the previous play situation,
before charging a INDIVIDUAL or a TEAM turnover in this case !

eBA Basketball Statistical Tracking:

• In all cases, if the statistician’s opinion is that it is truly a “desperation” shot then there is no FGA, but there is a FORCED ( by the opponent - player or team - defense ! ) TURNOVER, probably charged to A1 or against the Team A depending on the play situation.
Because there is no FGA, there is no rebound and no blocked shot.

• In (c), credit B2 with a Deflection and also credit B4 with a UNFORCED STEAL.

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February Cover ~ Basketball Beautiful Faces:
From the NBA ! From the Memphis Grizzlies Dancers Team !

Photograph: Basketball Notes by Alex


Our Basketball Beautiful Faces of February 2012 Cover
From the NBA ! From the Memphis Grizzlies Dancers Team !

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