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Automated Team Capsule for 2021-22 Akron 24-10 (0.706) | Mid-American

All-Play Percentage: 0.608 (142^nd)	Schedule Strength: 0.350 (259^th)	Record Quality: 0.127 (111^th)	Avg. Season Rank: 164.34 (159^th)
Pace: 64.43 (350^th)	Momentum: 4.92 (13^th)	Off. Momentum: 1.67 (104^th)	Def. Momentum: 3.25 (13^th)
Consistency: -9.44 (209^th)	Res. Consistency: -14.98 (333^rd)	Away From Home: 2.47 (15^th)	Paper Tiger Factor: 3.51 (1^st)

NOTE: All data below reflects predicted performance against the "AO" (average opponent), a fictitious opponent who represents the average in every stat category.
Hover over column headers or visit "ABOUT" page for an explanation of each measurement.
Includes games through April 4, 2022. Data shown on this page is based on time-independent ratings.

OFFENSE

Eff

FTAR

FT%

FGAR

FG%

3PAR

3P%

MRAR

MR%

NPAR

NP%

PPSt

PPSC

SCC%

%3PA

%MRA

%NPA

Prox

RATING:

101.79

27.84

70.55

81.30

43.58

32.72

34.50

25.84

41.00

22.74

59.58

9.72

11.51

3.71

40.24

31.79

27.97

2.12

RANK:

149^th

34^th

219^th

284^th

172^nd

133^rd

131^st

94^th

48^th

346^th

141^st

260^th

272^nd

297^th

103^rd

79^th

340^th

322^nd

DEFENSE

Eff

FTAR

FT%

FGAR

FG%

3PAR

3P%

MRAR

MR%

NPAR

NP%

PPSt

PPSC

SCC%

%3PA

%MRA

%NPA

Prox

RATING:

100.35

21.28

85.64

43.67

29.61

35.67

25.49

39.23

30.54

55.15

10.73

12.00

4.66

34.58

29.76

35.66

1.99

RANK:

166^th

64^th

270^th

181^st

102^nd

279^th

283^rd

250^th

258^th

65^th

146^th

92^nd

146^th

80^th

270^th

223^rd

273^rd

ANALYSIS:
Akron is a fairly decent basketball team that, while likely better than average, isn't quite good enough to crack any top-25 rankings this year. Ranked 142nd overall (out of 358) in our most recent ratings, they presently have a record of 24-10. They are also ranked by this site as the #5 team (out of 12) in the MAC (average ranking 229.2).

Based on the data, Akron will likely find more success on offense than on defense. Scoring about 102 points for every 100 possessions vs. AO and utilizing a style of play that will try to grind things to a crawl (the ninth-slowest pace in D1), they currently occupy the #149 slot in the rankings for offensive efficiency. Akron does a really good job to acquire opportunities from the free throw line. With a free throw attempt rate of 27.84 vs. AO, they are ranked 34th in the nation at getting to the charity stripe, where the team shoots a rather mediocre 70.5%. Akron also has a keen ability to drain field goals between the three-point line and the low post. The squad is ranked 48th nationally in mid-range field goal percentage, making about 41.0% of their attempts from those locations vs. AO. The team will take a fair amount of shots from those in-between locations, too. Approximately 31.8% of their attempts vs. AO are of the mid-range variety, which puts the team in the top-100 in that category nationally.

Akron plays at roughly the same level defensively as they do offensively. The team ranks 166th nationally in defensive efficiency, allowing about 100 points every 100 trips upcourt vs. AO. Akron makes a point to avoid fouls and prevent opponents from getting to the free throw line. With a defensive free throw attempt rate of 21.28 vs. AO, they are currently rated 64th in the country in that category. Akron has also been pretty good preventing teams from hitting shots in the paint. They are ranked 65th in the country in defensive near-proximity percentage, allowing AO to make good on only 55.1% of their attempts from close-up.

Akron has been playing some of its most efficient basketball of the season recently and is presently ranked 13th in positive momentum. When playing on the road, Akron has played their best basketball this season. The team is currently ranked 15th in the country in the away-from-home metric our site tracks.

SORTABLE SCHEDULE / RESULTS:


					ADJ. OFF. EFFICIENCY			ADJ. DEF. EFFICIENCY
Date	Opponent	Should	Did	Record	Should	Did	Diff.	Should	Did	Diff.	Rating
Tue 11/9/2021	@ Ohio State₂₆	L 60.10 - 73.23	L 66-67	0-1	97.20	107.43	▲ 10.23	113.24	105.39	▲ 7.85	▲ 18.08
Sat 11/13/2021	vs Point Park	---	W 102-46	1-1	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Thu 11/18/2021	vs Wheeling Jesuit	---	W 99-38	2-1	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Mon 11/22/2021	vs Fordham₁₈₈ *	W 63.23 - 60.70	L 43-63	2-2	96.17	61.82	▼ 34.35	92.75	103.23	▼ 10.48	▼ 44.83
Tue 11/23/2021	vs Appalachian St.₁₅₇ *	W 62.57 - 61.51	L 45-57	2-3	99.31	68.25	▼ 31.06	98.45	84.62	▲ 13.83	▼ 17.23
Wed 11/24/2021	vs Evansville₃₁₂ *	W 66.07 - 55.63	W 69-60	3-3	105.38	107.81	▲ 2.43	89.26	99.17	▼ 9.91	▼ 7.48
Wed 12/1/2021	vs Marshall₂₂₁	W 74.47 - 66.42	W 88-86	4-3	103.76	115.85	▲ 12.09	98.46	121.29	▼ 22.83	▼ 10.74
Sat 12/4/2021	vs Southern₂₀₁	W 69.29 - 62.51	W 79-62	5-3	98.80	104.68	▲ 5.88	94.45	83.83	▲ 10.62	▲ 16.50
Sun 12/12/2021	vs Florida A&M₃₁₄	W 70.39 - 56.49	W 73-66	6-3	107.25	104.68	▼ 2.57	91.81	99.73	▼ 7.92	▼ 10.49
Wed 12/15/2021	@ Wright State₁₇₉	L 68.83 - 70.09	W 66-48	7-3	104.53	109.45	▲ 4.92	102.02	71.90	▲ 30.12	▲ 35.04
Sat 1/1/2022	vs Buffalo₁₃₆	W 71.82 - 68.50	W 88-76	8-3	101.56	125.02	▲ 23.46	101.74	102.67	▼ 0.93	▲ 22.53
Tue 1/4/2022	vs Ohio₁₁₀	W 66.12 - 64.73	L 63-69	8-4	98.60	96.93	▼ 1.67	101.44	108.83	▼ 7.39	▼ 9.06
Tue 1/11/2022	vs Ball State₂₉₀	W 76.24 - 63.47	W 84-74	9-4	109.05	113.99	▲ 4.94	96.46	109.53	▼ 13.07	▼ 8.13
Fri 1/14/2022	@ Kent State₁₄₁	L 62.07 - 65.38	L 55-67	9-5	99.79	89.56	▼ 10.23	100.26	107.16	▼ 6.90	▼ 17.13
Tue 1/18/2022	vs W. Michigan₃₃₇	W 71.86 - 55.94	W 74-73	10-5	112.19	114.79	▲ 2.60	93.06	125.36	▼ 32.30	▼ 29.70
Thu 1/20/2022	@ Bowling Green₂₉₄	W 75.88 - 69.73	W 91-66	11-5	110.70	142.49	▲ 31.79	97.74	92.06	▲ 5.68	▲ 37.47
Sat 1/22/2022	vs E. Michigan₃₁₀	W 73.46 - 59.08	W 46-44	12-5	105.94	75.29	▼ 30.65	90.31	79.86	▲ 10.45	▼ 20.20
Tue 1/25/2022	@ Cent. Michigan₃₃₁	W 71.27 - 62.03	W 60-56	13-5	110.28	97.91	▼ 12.37	91.86	89.13	▲ 2.73	▼ 9.64
Fri 1/28/2022	@ Toledo₉₆	L 65.29 - 73.22	L 76-84	13-6	100.18	103.74	▲ 3.56	107.12	112.42	▼ 5.30	▼ 1.74
Fri 2/4/2022	vs Miami (OH)₂₅₉	W 74.03 - 63.40	W 66-55	14-6	110.26	107.33	▼ 2.93	100.05	91.01	▲ 9.04	▲ 6.11
Sun 2/6/2022	@ Miami (OH)₂₅₉	W 70.63 - 66.96	W 71-59	15-6	110.26	115.37	▲ 5.11	100.05	84.42	▲ 15.63	▲ 20.74
Tue 2/8/2022	@ N. Illinois₃₀₄	W 65.97 - 59.58	W 70-64	16-6	103.22	112.05	▲ 8.83	88.97	98.92	▼ 9.95	▼ 1.12
Fri 2/11/2022	vs Kent State₁₄₁	W 65.37 - 62.00	L 64-66	16-7	99.79	102.25	▲ 2.46	100.26	109.12	▼ 8.86	▼ 6.40
Tue 2/15/2022	@ W. Michigan₃₃₇	W 68.60 - 59.15	L 57-61 (OT)	16-8	112.19	91.96	▼ 20.23	93.06	85.05	▲ 8.01	▼ 12.22
Thu 2/17/2022	vs N. Illinois₃₀₄	W 69.37 - 56.28	L 63-66	16-9	103.22	98.94	▼ 4.28	88.97	109.12	▼ 20.15	▼ 24.43
Sat 2/19/2022	@ E. Michigan₃₁₀	W 69.95 - 62.54	W 67-48	17-9	105.94	111.01	▲ 5.07	90.31	76.99	▲ 13.32	▲ 18.39
Tue 2/22/2022	vs Bowling Green₂₉₄	W 79.52 - 66.05	W 82-68	18-9	110.70	132.33	▲ 21.63	97.74	116.23	▼ 18.49	▲ 3.14
Fri 2/25/2022	@ Ohio₁₁₀	L 62.74 - 68.21	W 91-83	19-9	98.60	131.49	▲ 32.89	101.44	95.60	▲ 5.84	▲ 38.73
Tue 3/1/2022	@ Ball State₂₉₀	W 72.70 - 66.94	W 79-60	20-9	109.05	116.52	▲ 7.47	96.46	91.08	▲ 5.38	▲ 12.85
Fri 3/4/2022	vs Cent. Michigan₃₃₁	W 74.70 - 58.62	W 57-56	21-9	110.28	88.89	▼ 21.39	91.86	92.99	▼ 1.13	▼ 22.52
Thu 3/10/2022	vs Buffalo₁₃₆ *	L 70.03 - 70.30	W 70-68	22-9	101.56	101.45	▼ 0.11	101.74	95.77	▲ 5.97	▲ 5.86
Fri 3/11/2022	vs Toledo₉₆ *	L 67.02 - 71.44	W 70-62	23-9	100.18	109.38	▲ 9.20	107.12	96.88	▲ 10.24	▲ 19.44
Sat 3/12/2022	vs Kent State₁₄₁ *	W 63.72 - 63.69	W 75-55	24-9	99.79	120.69	▲ 20.90	100.26	96.49	▲ 3.77	▲ 24.67
Thu 3/17/2022	vs UCLA₁₂ *	L 57.27 - 72.04	L 53-57	24-10	90.32	89.83	▼ 0.49	113.85	97.85	▲ 16.00	▲ 15.51
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Projections are based on present-day ratings. Stars indicate games played at a neutral location.
Game efficiencies only account for data before a contest has gone analytically final and are adjusted to extract home-court advantage.

CURIOUS TRENDS:

	When facing teams that convert more frequently off of offensive rebounds, Akron often performs better than normal. Akron is more efficient than usual 68% of the time when facing teams that have an offensive second-chance conversion percentage vs. AO greater than 4.19%. In their other contests, Akron never performs above average.
	Akron does better vs. clubs that are typically efficient on offense. When playing squads that have an offensive efficiency rating vs. AO greater than 93.59, Akron performs above average 67% of the time. Against all other opponents, the team performs better than the norm 9% of the time.
	Akron performs better against squads that convert well from outside the arc. When facing teams that have an offensive three-point field goal percentage vs. AO greater than 32.31%, Akron is more efficient than normal 64% of the time. In their other contests, the team is more efficient 10% of the time.

LATEST NEWS ITEMS:

	Williams, Thornton lead Northern Illinois past Akron 66-63 (2/17/2022 10:39:34 PM) AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Keshawn Williams had 15 points to lead five Northern Illinois players in double figures as the Huskies narrowly beat Akron 66-63 on Thursday night. Kaleb Thornton added 12 points for the Huskies (8-16, 5-9 Mid-American Conference). Chinedu …
	Castaneda, Freeman lift Akron over Cent. Michigan 60-56 (1/25/2022 11:33:28 PM) MT. PLEASANT, Mich. (AP) — Xavier Castaneda and Enrique Freeman scored 16 points apiece as Akron narrowly defeated Central Michigan 60-56 on Tuesday n...
	Ali scores 15 to lead Akron over E. Michigan 46-44 (1/22/2022 9:38:14 PM) AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Ali Ali had 15 points as Akron edged past Eastern Michigan 46-44 on Saturday night.
	Where To Buy The Nike LeBron 9 “Watch The Throne” (12/28/2021 3:00:38 PM) Although LeBron James doesn’t “throw up the roc'” as frequently now as he might’ve 10 years ago, he’s still within JAY-Z’s exclusive circle. Such an honor has allowed a young “kid from Akron” to pose for magazine covers with the Roc-A-Fella Records-frontman a…
	Ali scores 19 to carry Akron past Wright St. 66-48 (12/15/2021 9:58:19 PM) DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Ali Ali had 19 points as Akron topped Wright State 66-48 on Wednesday night.

HASLAMETRICS ALL-PLAY PERCENTAGE RANKING BY DAY: Select data to plot:

HASLAMETRICS TEAM HISTORY: Select data to view:

SUMMARY	Rk	AP%	Rec (WinPct)		RQ	Conference	Pace	Con	SOS	PTF	AFH	ASR

OFFENSE	Eff	FTAR	FT%	FGAR	FG%	3PAR	3P%	MRAR	MR%	NPAR	NP%	PPSt	PPSC	SCC%	%3PA	%MRA	%NPA	Prox

DEFENSE	Eff	FTAR	FT%	FGAR	FG%	3PAR	3P%	MRAR	MR%	NPAR	NP%	PPSt	PPSC	SCC%	%3PA	%MRA	%NPA	Prox

SUMMARY	Rk		AP%		Rec (WinPct)		RQ		Conference		Pace		Con		SOS		PTF		AFH		ASR

OFFENSE	Eff		FTAR		FT%		FGAR		FG%		3PAR		3P%		MRAR		MR%		NPAR		NP%		PPSt		PPSC		SCC%		%3PA		%MRA		%NPA		Prox

DEFENSE	Eff		FTAR		FT%		FGAR		FG%		3PAR		3P%		MRAR		MR%		NPAR		NP%		PPSt		PPSC		SCC%		%3PA		%MRA		%NPA		Prox