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Automated Team Capsule for 2019-20 Lamar 17-15 (0.531) | Southland

All-Play Percentage: 0.364 (225^th)	Schedule Strength: 0.388 (261^st)	Record Quality: -0.092 (222^nd)	Avg. Season Rank: 216.17 (218^th)
Pace: 70.95 (89^th)	Momentum: 4.19 (21^st)	Off. Momentum: 4.86 (9^th)	Def. Momentum: -0.67 (175^th)
Consistency: -9.60 (246^th)	Res. Consistency: -10.01 (62^nd)	Away From Home: 0.38 (122^nd)	Paper Tiger Factor: -1.57 (241^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 March 11, 2020. 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:

93.69

23.69

71.90

82.21

41.46

25.61

33.17

29.02

33.82

27.58

57.19

15.38

10.90

3.97

31.15

35.31

33.55

1.98

RANK:

266^th

245^th

153^rd

149^th

267^th

313^th

185^th

30^th

309^th

208^th

225^th

11^th

277^th

278^th

322^nd

28^th

214^th

81^st

DEFENSE

Eff

FTAR

FT%

FGAR

FG%

3PAR

3P%

MRAR

MR%

NPAR

NP%

PPSt

PPSC

SCC%

%3PA

%MRA

%NPA

Prox

RATING:

99.83

22.82

82.03

44.24

32.43

34.60

19.21

38.37

30.39

58.23

11.96

12.54

5.20

39.54

23.42

37.04

2.02

RANK:

179^th

77^th

182^nd

214^th

252^nd

240^th

48^th

227^th

266^th

141^st

252^nd

141^st

205^th

248^th

39^th

257^th

186^th

ANALYSIS:
If you see Lamar on the schedule, you will likely get one of the average to below-average teams in college hoops. They have a record of 17-15 and are ranked 225th overall (out of 353) in the latest Haslametrics ratings. Of the 13 schools in the Southland (average ranking 251.2), they're currently ranked as our #5 team in the conference.

Offense is not the strong suit when it comes to Lamar. The team is ranked 266th in offensive efficiency and scores fewer than 94 points every 100 trips upcourt vs. AO. Lamar needs improvement when it comes to draining the mid-range shot. The team is ranked 309th in field goal percentage from that distance, making only 33.8% of their mid-range attempts vs. AO.

Though they rate better on defense than they do on offense, Lamar still isn't one of the more capable defensive teams in college hoops. Allowing roughly 100 points for every 100 trips upcourt vs. AO, they are ranked #179 in the nation in defensive efficiency. Although their defense isn't the greatest, Lamar doesn't stand out as being especially horrible in any one particular area on that end of the court, and they fall outside the bottom-100 in every one of the defensive categories we take into consideration for this analysis. If Lamar does have a bright spot on defense, it would have to be their willingness to take risks in order to score fast points off of steals. The team has a solid rating of 15.38 in potential points scored off of steals vs. AO, which ranks 11th-best in college basketball.

Lamar has been playing much better basketball as of late and is presently ranked 21st in positive momentum because of it.

SORTABLE SCHEDULE / RESULTS:


					ADJ. OFF. EFFICIENCY			ADJ. DEF. EFFICIENCY
Date	Opponent	Should	Did	Record	Should	Did	Diff.	Should	Did	Diff.	Rating
Tue 11/5/2019	vs Champ. Christ.	---	W 86-40	1-0	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Fri 11/8/2019	vs Arl Baptist	---	W 106-61	2-0	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Tue 11/12/2019	@ Duquesne₁₀₃	L 62.32 - 74.45	L 56-66	2-1	90.93	77.87	▼ 13.06	103.40	90.18	▲ 13.22	▲ 0.16
Fri 11/15/2019	vs Mt. St. Mary's₃₁₁	W 68.14 - 59.66	W 76-61	3-1	100.19	107.08	▲ 6.89	92.53	78.25	▲ 14.28	▲ 21.17
Thu 11/21/2019	@ Utah Valley₂₄₃	L 67.73 - 69.93	W 74-68	4-1	95.73	102.82	▲ 7.09	94.11	90.44	▲ 3.67	▲ 10.76
Sun 11/24/2019	@ Kentucky₃₁	L 59.88 - 79.53	L 56-81	4-2	88.08	90.78	▲ 2.70	110.76	118.86	▼ 8.10	▼ 5.40
Tue 11/26/2019	@ UAB₁₉₂	L 63.08 - 68.76	L 48-57	4-3	94.17	75.73	▼ 18.44	97.21	81.07	▲ 16.14	▼ 2.30
Sat 11/30/2019	@ Texas Southern₂₇₇	L 72.43 - 72.82	L 73-76	4-4	99.63	93.13	▼ 6.50	94.75	91.09	▲ 3.66	▼ 2.84
Sat 12/7/2019	vs Rice₂₀₅	W 73.72 - 71.60	W 73-60	5-4	99.12	91.90	▼ 7.22	101.45	82.18	▲ 19.27	▲ 12.05
Wed 12/11/2019	vs So New Orleans	---	W 73-56	6-4	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Sat 12/14/2019	@ TCU₈₀	L 58.44 - 72.53	L 50-79	6-5	88.66	74.90	▼ 13.76	104.10	97.18	▲ 6.92	▼ 6.84
Wed 12/18/2019	vs SE Louisiana₃₂₉	W 75.65 - 64.26	W 79-73 (OT)	7-5	99.95	103.71	▲ 3.76	90.01	108.60	▼ 18.59	▼ 14.83
Sat 12/21/2019	@ Northwestern St.₂₇₆	L 72.19 - 72.48	L 61-67	7-6	99.22	92.15	▼ 7.07	95.39	96.08	▼ 0.69	▼ 7.76
Thu 1/2/2020	@ New Orleans₃₁₈	W 73.54 - 70.52	W 74-67	8-6	104.07	102.45	▼ 1.62	95.33	93.27	▲ 2.06	▲ 0.44
Sat 1/4/2020	vs Abil. Christian₁₆₄	L 66.77 - 67.86	L 62-74	8-7	91.07	80.82	▼ 10.25	98.18	106.86	▼ 8.68	▼ 18.93
Wed 1/8/2020	vs Nicholls₁₅₇	L 67.44 - 68.81	L 52-61	8-8	91.31	68.78	▼ 22.53	98.70	87.17	▲ 11.53	▼ 11.00
Sat 1/11/2020	@ Houston Baptist₃₃₆	W 85.09 - 78.25	W 102-92	9-8	111.61	127.45	▲ 15.84	98.69	114.44	▼ 15.75	▲ 0.09
Wed 1/15/2020	vs Sam Houston₁₉₇	W 71.62 - 69.87	L 75-80 (OT)	9-9	95.72	84.57	▼ 11.15	98.32	90.32	▲ 8.00	▼ 3.15
Sat 1/18/2020	@ Texas A&M-CC₂₉₈	W 65.41 - 64.22	L 58-64	9-10	97.48	84.14	▼ 13.34	91.21	87.69	▲ 3.52	▼ 9.82
Wed 1/22/2020	@ Incarnate Word₃₄₁	W 69.99 - 63.14	W 89-77	10-10	103.16	124.98	▲ 21.82	88.76	98.98	▼ 10.22	▲ 11.60
Sat 1/25/2020	vs Stephen F. Austin₉₆	L 67.09 - 73.44	L 62-70	10-11	87.37	84.88	▼ 2.49	101.83	102.45	▼ 0.62	▼ 3.11
Sat 2/1/2020	@ McNeese₂₃₂	L 71.52 - 74.51	W 96-91	11-11	102.78	123.23	▲ 20.45	101.91	109.09	▼ 7.18	▲ 13.27
Wed 2/5/2020	vs Cent. Arkansas₂₉₆	W 77.83 - 69.23	W 74-67	12-11	100.34	94.92	▼ 5.42	94.28	92.99	▲ 1.29	▼ 4.13
Sat 2/8/2020	@ Abil. Christian₁₆₄	L 63.28 - 71.40	L 49-84	12-12	91.07	64.45	▼ 26.62	98.18	124.38	▼ 26.20	▼ 52.82
Wed 2/12/2020	@ Nicholls₁₅₇	L 63.93 - 72.34	L 65-69	12-13	91.31	96.65	▲ 5.34	98.70	96.12	▲ 2.58	▲ 7.92
Sat 2/15/2020	vs Houston Baptist₃₃₆	W 88.91 - 74.46	W 79-69	13-13	111.61	108.82	▼ 2.79	98.69	99.63	▼ 0.94	▼ 3.73
Wed 2/19/2020	@ Sam Houston₁₉₇	L 68.06 - 73.47	W 77-65	14-13	95.72	107.71	▲ 11.99	98.32	85.81	▲ 12.51	▲ 24.50
Sat 2/22/2020	vs Texas A&M-CC₂₉₈	W 68.78 - 60.92	W 79-62	15-13	97.48	103.52	▲ 6.04	91.21	78.57	▲ 12.64	▲ 18.68
Wed 2/26/2020	vs Incarnate Word₃₄₁	W 73.40 - 59.70	W 86-66	16-13	103.16	135.48	▲ 32.32	88.76	109.34	▼ 20.58	▲ 11.74
Sat 2/29/2020	@ Stephen F. Austin₉₆	L 63.45 - 77.01	L 76-95	16-14	87.37	108.65	▲ 21.28	101.83	120.11	▼ 18.28	▲ 3.00
Sat 3/7/2020	vs McNeese₂₃₂	W 75.01 - 70.94	L 66-70	16-15	102.78	86.74	▼ 16.04	101.91	98.34	▲ 3.57	▼ 12.47
Wed 3/11/2020	vs McNeese₂₃₂ *	W 73.27 - 72.72	W 80-59	17-15	102.78	115.63	▲ 12.85	101.91	89.76	▲ 12.15	▲ 25.00
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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:

	Lamar does better vs. clubs that are likely to allow more second chances off of offensive rebounds. When playing squads that have a defensive second-chance potential point rate vs. AO greater than 13.53, Lamar performs above average 69% of the time. Against all other opponents, the team performs better than the norm 23% of the time.
	Lamar performs worse against squads that effectively clean the offensive glass. When facing teams that have an offensive second-chance potential point rate vs. AO greater than 13.31, Lamar is more efficient than normal 20% of the time. In their other contests, the team is more efficient 63% of the time.
	When playing teams that have trouble defending the mid-range shot, Lamar usually performs better than average. Lamar is more efficient than normal 60% of the time when facing clubs that have a defensive mid-range field goal percentage vs. AO greater than 39.58%. In all other contests, Lamar performs better than average 22% of the time.

LATEST NEWS ITEMS:

	Atwood scores 20, Lamar defeats McNeese 80-59 in Southland (3/12/2020 12:39:00 AM) KATY, Texas (AP) — T.J. Atwood scored 20 points with nine rebounds and a pair of steals, leading four into double-figure scoring as Lamar avenged a recent loss and bounced McNeese from the Southland Tournament 80-59 Wednesday night. The sixth-seeded ...
	‘Jacks secure SLC season title (2/29/2020 11:49:19 PM) NACOGDOCHES, Texas (KTRE) - The SFA Basketball team secured their first Southland regular season title with a 95-76 win over Lamar on Saturday night. Senior Kevon Harris led the way for SFA with 20 points and John Comeaux added another 12 against his hometown school.
	Atwood, Kopp, Buster combine for 66 in Lamar's 86-66 win (2/27/2020 12:18:00 AM) Get real-time COLLEGEBASKETBALL basketball coverage and scores as Incarnate Word Cardinals takes on Lamar Cardinals. We bring you the latest game previews, live stats, and recaps on CBSSports.com
	Lamar men’s basketball defeats UIW, extends winning streak (2/26/2020 11:16:00 PM) The Lamar University men’s basketball team easily stretched its win streak to four games with an 86-66 victory over Incarnate Word Wednesday night, but will have to wait at least a few more days to secure its spot in next month’s Southland Conference tournament. Three different Lamar players reached at least 20 points in the win ...
	Lamar men’s basketball wins third straight (2/22/2020 10:55:00 PM) The Lamar University men’s basketball team got one step closer to securing a spot in the Southland Conference tournament on Saturday, having little trouble with Texas A&M-Corpus Christi during a 79-62 win at the Montagne Center. Paced by four players ...

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