S73: Who's Most Productive?

The second in a series of posts looking at last season's players through the eyes of stats, as put forth by the site PopcornMachine.net. Part 1, HelpValue, can be found here.

The next metric we're going to use to evaluate last season's UAAP players is called ProductivityValue. The equation to get that number is:

prod = (points + hv) / min

Here's what that number means:

"This is an average of how much the player contributed per minute. So a value of 1.00 means that, on average, the player had a point, rebound, assist, steal, or block, for every minute he was in the game, without making a turnover." 

Now that we know what we're looking at, let's see who had the best ProductivityValue

The top 20 players of last season, based on PV

Once again, we see that Ateneo boasted six players who can be considered "very productive," based on their average performances. FEU had four, including Carl Bryan Cruz, who only plays an average of 7.4 minutes, but based on the metrics, Cruz apparently seems to do quite a lot in the short time he's given. A case can also be made that DLSU's best, or at the very least, most productive frontcourt pairing might be Andrada and Mendoza. UE's dynamic duo of Lee and Acibar are right up there again, but unfortunately for the Growling Tigers, they lack a representative in the Top 20. Their most productive player is Chris Camus, who ranked number 23, with a rating of 0.65.

Of the top 20, four will have moved on due to graduation, while another four face eligibility concerns.

My next post in this series will be about MVP rating, which is, hopefully, a better way of looking at who's valuable to a team beyond adding up all their numbers, which is what the UAAP currently does.

S73: Who Helps the Most?

PopcornMachine.net uses the HelpValue metric to measure how much a player contributes to a team beyond just scoring. It's a simple stat that can be computed using the following equation:

hv = rebounds + assists + steals + blocks - turnovers

 So, which players in the UAAP had the highest HelpValue?

The top 20 players in the UAAP last season, based on HV

Interestingly, Ateneo boasts the most number of players in the Top 20, five, but with none in the Top 10. The other three Final Four teams Adamson, La Salle, and Far Eastern, all have just two each, though FEU's and DLSU's are both in the top 10. NU only has one, Mbe, while UP and UST had three each. UE's two representatives were both in the Top 10.

Five of the Top 20 have graduated, with another three players having eligibility questions for S74.

In future posts, we'll be looking at two other metrics, ProductivityValue, and MVP rating.

S73 Autopsy: ADMU Blue Eagles

Outgoing Players
- Eric Salamat (10.4 points, 2.5 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 1.8 steals)
- Jason Escueta (3.1 points, 2.6 rebounds)
- Carlo Balmaceda

Win/Loss Records
- S73: 10-4 (2nd, champions)
- S72: 13-1 (1st, champions)
- S71: 13-1 (1st, champions)

Key Stats
- First in free throws made per game (15.76) and free throw percentage (69.43%)
- First in defensive rebounds per game (29), and assists (16.41)
- First in opponents' field goals made per game (21.47) and opponents' field goal percentage (33.83%)
- First in opponents' points per game (61.59)
- Last in opponents' three point field goals attempted per game (21.59)

Lawrence Chongson's Got PEx

As pointed out by the local sports blog Fire Quinito and alluded to by myself on Twitter, former UE Red Warriors coach Lawrence Chongson has taken to posting at the UE Red Warriors III thread over at the Pinoy Exchange UAAP forums, and the result has been quite enlightening.

Fire Quinito has already gone and highlighted the passages involving Chongson's dismissal, the shrinking role of Bong Tan in Red Warriors management, and Paul Lee's non-inclusion in Team Gilas, but there's other juicy bits in there including:

• Chongson downplaying Rene Baena's role in the upswing of UE's fortunes in Round 2 last season
• Saying that he preferred Ponso Gotladera over Chris Javier
• A list of recruits that he had in the pipeline from abroad
• Roi Sumang's academic saga
• UE letting go of some of his recruits and him bringing them over to NU, including Henri Betayene
• Squelching the possibility of Paul Lee returning to UE to play
• My personal favorite, the chance that he could have been FEU's head coach for S74

S73 Autopsy: UST Growling Tigers

Outgoing Players
- None

Win/Loss Records
- Season 73: 4-10 (7th)
- Season 72: 6-8 (4th, lost in Final Four to Ateneo De Manila University)
- Season 71: 6-8 (5th)

Key Stats
- First in the league in 3 point shots converted (7.93/game) and 3 point percentage (38.75%)
- Last in free throws attempted (8.71/game) and made (13.71/game)
- Last in defensive rebounds (22.07/game), total rebounds (35.36/game) and blocks (2.5/game)
- Last in opponents' allowed field goal percentage (42.66%)

Links Spam: 01/12/11

• In case you didn't see it, the Philippine Star and GMA News broke the story last night that Bobby Ray Parks will commit to NU for at least 2 seasons.
• The Manila Standard Today wonders when Kiefer Ravena will make up his mind
• The Philippine Daily Inquirer wrote about new coaches Eric Altamirano and Jerry Codinera
• EDITED TO ADD (01/12/11): Says Inboundpass.com: "It is widely believed, however, that Lee would declare himself eligible for the 2011 PBA Draft and forego his last year of collegiate eligibility if Chongson wasn’t rehired." Yowza.  
• EDITED TO ADD (01/12/11): Beth Celis grinds the rumor mill, looking for the next Air 21 coach. In her list she has Junel Baculi, currently running the NU sports program, and Leo Austria, head coach of the Adamson Falcons. Imagine the resultant chaos should either of those two men leave...
• Bleachers Brew has a nice graphic showing the winners of the recent Collegiate Basketball Awards:

Jerry Codinera Named UE Head Coach

In: Jerry Codinera (left), Out: Lawrence Chongson

Sources close to the situation say that Jerry Codinera was introduced to the UE men's senior basketball team awhile ago, at 1 pm.

Cordinera replaces Lawrence Chongson, who came to within a game of the Season 72 Championship versus Ateneo. Last season, Chongson opened the season 0-4, but got his team to regroup in the second half of the season, finishing the campaign with a 6-8 tally.

A unique aspect of Chongson's system was a lack of concrete plays on the offense. He also had a tendency to start less-talented players, before quickly swapping them out for his veterans.

Chongson signed just a two year contract, over rumors of a Codinera hiring back then, in fact, making this less of a firing and more of a decision not to renew the contract. It was rumored that he would actually be a one and done coach, expressing doubt as to his coaching abilities immediately after their loss to Ateneo in the Championship round but he came back, to a less successful stint.

Expect links to the official announcement soon.

EDITED TO ADD (9:01pm 1/11/11):
PBA Head Statistician Fidel Magonon has confirmed the news on his Twitter site, confirming that Chongson's contract had run out and that UE opted not to renew it. Codinera will have his first game on Saturday, when his Red Warriors face his former teammate Dindo Pumaren's Green Archers in the Fr. Martin's Cup.

The confirmation of the Codinera hiring creates some new questions. For one, who will be on his coaching staff? Will Codinera retain Rene Baena, whose return to the bench in the latter part of Season 73 nearly sparked a Final Four return? Or will he tap another former player who was also getting some head coaching buzz, Allan Caidic?

The second, and perhaps, more important question, is whether or not Paul Lee will be back, as I alluded to in yesterday's Forum Crawl. Lee really blossomed when Chongson cut the superstar guard loose. He is supposedly very loyal to Chongson, and returned only because the notion at the time was to retain Chongson. I can easily see him bolting for the pros, especially if Codinera expects the team to play defense.

S73 Autopsy: UP Fighting Maroons

Outgoing Players
- Woody Co (9.2 points, 6.4 rebounds, 2 assists, 1.4 steals)
- Martin Reyes (9.2 points, 2.9 rebounds, 1.5 assists)
- Magi Sison (11.9 points, 10 rebounds, 2.1 blocks)

Win/Loss Records
- Season 73: 0-14 (8th)
- Season 72: 3-11 (8th)
- Season 71: 3-11 (6th)

Key Stats
- Last in the league in scoring (60.85 ppg)
- Last in the league in points allowed (74.31 ppg)
- Last in the league in shooting (35.36 FG%, 22.93 3P%, 55.7 FT%)

Jeron Teng Versus the 80+ Club

Jeron Teng's numbers in a 164-76 win over Grace Christian High School (January 5, 2011): 104 points (37/70 FG, 1/5 3PT, 29/34 FT), 24 rebounds (20 offensive), 6 steals, 2 blocks, 0 assists, 1 turnover (35 minutes)

Keith Agovida's numbers in a 127-49 win over Malayan High School (September 5, 2008): 82 points (36/49 FG, 0/1 3PT, 10/16 FT), 15 rebounds, 5 blocks (37 minutes)

Joshua Saret's numbers in a 171-43 win over Angeles University Foundation (July 7, 2009): 89 points (33/54 FG, 14/28 3PT,  9/10 FT), 11 rebounds, 12 assists, 13 steals (40 minutes)

Terrence Romeo's numbers in a 104-55 win over UPIS (August 26, 2009): 83 points (34/64 FG, 5/22 3PT, 10/13 FT) (31 minutes)

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Keith Agovida was technically a junior when he scored 82 points, though he was in his last year of eligibility (18 years maximum in NCAA Juniors division). He was initially supposed to be headed to La Salle, but is now supposedly with National University.

Joshua Saret went to the University of the Philippines Fighting Maroons where he played, on average, 10.2 minutes, norming 1.1 points, 1.2 assists and 0.6 steals.

Terrence Romeo stayed home with the Far Eastern University Tamaraws, winning last season's rookie of the year award, for his averages of 8 points, 2.9 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 0.6 steals in 19.8 minutes.