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Automated Team Capsule for 2014-15 Alcorn State 6-24 (0.200) | SWAC

All-Play Percentage: 0.011 (347^th)	Schedule Strength: 0.314 (347^th)	Record Quality: -0.513 (348^th)	Avg. Season Rank: 344.68 (347^th)
Pace: 67.46 (69^th)	Momentum: 0.84 (119^th)	Off. Momentum: 4.50 (8^th)	Def. Momentum: -3.65 (322^nd)
Consistency: -8.88 (131^st)	Res. Consistency: -8.50 (12^th)	Away From Home: -0.53 (225^th)	Paper Tiger Factor: -2.75 (302^nd)

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 6, 2015. 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:

86.74

28.81

63.71

83.15

36.96

24.66

28.04

28.05

29.93

30.43

50.67

11.52

17.58

5.90

29.66

33.74

36.60

1.93

RANK:

342^nd

176^th

326^th

121^st

345^th

284^th

347^th

96^th

338^th

90^th

332^nd

153^rd

53^rd

254^th

291^st

105^th

97^th

62^nd

DEFENSE

Eff

FTAR

FT%

FGAR

FG%

3PAR

3P%

MRAR

MR%

NPAR

NP%

PPSt

PPSC

SCC%

%3PA

%MRA

%NPA

Prox

RATING:

113.60

33.63

81.44

48.82

27.81

40.10

23.00

37.40

30.63

65.32

10.75

15.81

8.99

34.15

28.24

37.62

1.97

RANK:

343^rd

310^th

142^nd

342^nd

167^th

350^th

78^th

245^th

261^st

332^nd

111^th

218^th

336^th

176^th

78^th

278^th

234^th

ANALYSIS:
As one of the worst teams in NCAA basketball, Alcorn State should be a pushover for the average-to-good squads in Division I. Haslametrics has them ranked fifth from the bottom overall (out of 351) in All-Play Percentage, and the team holds a record of 6-24. Of the 10 schools in the SWAC (average ranking 317.6), they're currently ranked as our #8 team in the conference. With a strength-of-schedule rating of 0.314 (which ranks fifth from the bottom nationally), Alcorn State has had one of the cushiest slates in all of college basketball.

Defense is the farthest thing from a strength for Alcorn State this year. The team ranks ninth from the bottom in defensive efficiency, allowing more than 113 points every 100 trips upcourt vs. AO. Alcorn State allows the opposition far too many easy shots from the floor and ranks in the bottom-25 in three of our four major defensive field goal shooting categories. AO will convert a healthy 40.1% of their three-pointers (second from the bottom in the nation), 65.3% of their near-proximity attempts (332nd), and 48.8% of their total shots from the field (tenth from the bottom). Alcorn State is also one of the very worst teams in the game when it comes to preventing opponents from scoring off of offensive rebounds. The team allows AO to convert 9.0% of all second-chance opportunities (336th nationally).

Sadly, Alcorn State is almost as terrible on the offensive end of the floor as they are on the defensive end of it. Scoring roughly 87 points for every 100 trips upcourt vs. AO, they are ranked #342 in the nation in offensive efficiency. Alcorn State is downright awful shooting the basketball and can't hit from anywhere, shamefully ranking in the bottom-25 in each of the four major field goal shooting categories. They make just 28.0% of their three-pointers (ranking fifth from the bottom nationally), 29.9% of their mid-range attempts (338th), 50.7% of their near-proximity chances (332nd), and 37.0% of their total shots from the field (seventh from the bottom) vs. AO. Alcorn State is also not one of the better teams when it comes to sinking foul shots. Converting just 63.7% of their attempts, the squad is ranked #326 overall in free throw percentage.

SORTABLE SCHEDULE / RESULTS:


					ADJ. OFF. EFFICIENCY			ADJ. DEF. EFFICIENCY
Date	Opponent	Should	Did	Record	Should	Did	Diff.	Should	Did	Diff.	Rating
Fri 11/14/2014	@ California₁₁₈	L 54.46 - 79.42	L 57-91	0-1	81.90	83.74	▲ 1.84	113.23	138.21	▼ 24.98	▼ 23.14
Sun 11/16/2014	@ Texas₂₃	L 49.06 - 82.39	L 53-85	0-2	77.73	86.73	▲ 9.00	123.17	132.71	▼ 9.54	▼ 0.54
Fri 11/21/2014	vs Hampton₂₅₇ *	L 62.61 - 75.60	L 69-82	0-3	87.58	95.71	▲ 8.13	106.23	114.08	▼ 7.85	▲ 0.28
Sat 11/22/2014	vs Kennesaw State₃₄₅ *	L 67.09 - 69.08	L 80-83	0-4	96.96	94.12	▼ 2.84	100.26	97.65	▲ 2.61	▼ 0.23
Mon 11/24/2014	vs Dillard	---	W 95-73	1-4	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Tue 12/2/2014	@ Troy₂₈₄	L 61.06 - 75.31	L 51-72	1-5	93.14	78.38	▼ 14.76	109.13	105.23	▲ 3.90	▼ 10.86
Tue 12/9/2014	@ Iowa₂₁	L 50.24 - 84.70	L 44-67	1-6	77.68	63.35	▼ 14.33	123.39	108.57	▲ 14.82	▲ 0.49
Sat 12/13/2014	@ Ohio₂₂₀	L 60.54 - 79.27	L 55-66	1-7	90.22	86.30	▼ 3.92	111.60	97.03	▲ 14.57	▲ 10.65
Wed 12/17/2014	@ Murray State₅₉	L 58.09 - 89.47	L 56-94	1-8	85.77	90.47	▲ 4.70	124.66	144.95	▼ 20.29	▼ 15.59
Sun 12/21/2014	@ UTEP₈₇	L 53.79 - 80.40	L 45-78	1-9	82.58	42.51	▼ 40.07	116.30	115.21	▲ 1.09	▼ 38.98
Mon 12/22/2014	vs North Dakota St.₁₆₂ *	L 55.28 - 72.16	L 50-61	1-10	85.48	80.65	▼ 4.83	111.95	98.39	▲ 13.56	▲ 8.73
Tue 12/30/2014	vs Concordia (AL)	---	L 70-79	1-11	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Sat 1/3/2015	vs Texas Southern₂₅₈	L 63.37 - 71.54	L 55-72	1-12	92.79	81.79	▼ 11.00	110.36	112.73	▼ 2.37	▼ 13.37
Mon 1/5/2015	vs PV A&M₃₀₈	L 67.71 - 72.82	W 68-62	2-12	93.13	95.90	▲ 2.77	105.89	92.13	▲ 13.76	▲ 16.53
Sat 1/10/2015	@ Jackson State₂₉₈	L 57.19 - 70.35	L 54-64	2-13	88.58	79.82	▼ 8.76	102.76	89.24	▲ 13.52	▲ 4.76
Mon 1/12/2015	@ Grambling₃₅₁	W 67.68 - 61.46	W 72-70	3-13	103.08	105.07	▲ 1.99	88.52	97.32	▼ 8.80	▼ 6.81
Sat 1/17/2015	vs Miss. Valley St.₃₄₉	W 76.93 - 68.75	W 87-67	4-13	103.14	126.75	▲ 23.61	97.78	101.95	▼ 4.17	▲ 19.44
Mon 1/19/2015	vs AR-Pine Bluff₃₃₀	L 64.03 - 65.10	L 49-54	4-14	93.36	80.70	▼ 12.66	101.07	94.09	▲ 6.98	▼ 5.68
Sat 1/24/2015	@ Alabama State₂₉₂	L 62.64 - 76.84	L 60-84	4-15	91.49	67.03	▼ 24.46	106.50	100.15	▲ 6.35	▼ 18.11
Mon 1/26/2015	@ Alabama A&M₃₄₄	L 63.78 - 69.45	L 66-78	4-16	98.14	90.64	▼ 7.50	100.84	99.73	▲ 1.11	▼ 6.39
Sat 1/31/2015	vs Southern₂₉₉	L 62.05 - 67.84	L 56-65	4-17	87.82	77.56	▼ 10.26	101.54	95.33	▲ 6.21	▼ 4.05
Mon 2/9/2015	vs Grambling₃₅₁	W 71.45 - 57.66	W 91-77	5-17	103.08	114.95	▲ 11.87	88.52	101.79	▼ 13.27	▼ 1.40
Tue 2/17/2015	@ AR-Pine Bluff₃₃₀	L 60.32 - 68.92	L 70-74	5-18	93.36	100.00	▲ 6.64	101.07	100.67	▲ 0.40	▲ 7.04
Sat 2/21/2015	vs Alabama State₂₉₂	L 66.56 - 72.88	L 67-71	5-19	91.49	94.95	▲ 3.46	106.50	105.67	▲ 0.83	▲ 4.29
Mon 2/23/2015	vs Alabama A&M₃₄₄	W 67.52 - 65.74	L 69-73	5-20	98.14	95.33	▼ 2.81	100.84	105.91	▼ 5.07	▼ 7.88
Sat 2/28/2015	@ Southern₂₉₉	L 58.25 - 71.67	L 63-71	5-21	87.82	106.43	▲ 18.61	101.54	114.73	▼ 13.19	▲ 5.42
Thu 3/5/2015	@ Texas Southern₂₅₈	L 59.68 - 75.27	L 73-94	5-22	92.79	110.55	▲ 17.76	110.36	128.37	▼ 18.01	▼ 0.25
Sat 3/7/2015	@ PV A&M₃₀₈	L 63.78 - 76.81	L 80-83	5-23	93.13	120.43	▲ 27.30	105.89	119.94	▼ 14.05	▲ 13.25
Tue 3/10/2015	vs Grambling₃₅₁ *	W 69.56 - 59.55	W 66-52	6-23	103.08	108.47	▲ 5.39	88.52	86.21	▲ 2.31	▲ 7.70
Wed 3/11/2015	vs Texas Southern₂₅₈ *	L 61.52 - 73.40	L 74-95	6-24	92.79	82.35	▼ 10.44	110.36	122.73	▼ 12.37	▼ 22.81
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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:

	Alcorn State performs worse against squads that do a nice job converting inside the paint. When facing teams that have an offensive near-proximity field goal percentage vs. AO greater than 53.32%, Alcorn State is more efficient than normal 42% of the time. In their other contests, the team is more efficient 89% of the time.
	When playing teams that find ways to get to the free throw line, Alcorn State usually performs worse than average. Alcorn State is more efficient than normal 45% of the time when facing clubs that have an offensive free throw attempt rate vs. AO greater than 24.25. In all other contests, Alcorn State performs better than average 88% of the time.
	Alcorn State is typically worse vs. teams that convert more frequently off of offensive rebounds. Against foes that have an offensive second-chance conversion percentage vs. AO greater than 6.92%, Alcorn State performs above their norm 30% of the time. Against the remaining opposition, the team performs above average 72% of the time.

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