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Automated Team Capsule for 2018-19 Virginia Tech 26-9 (0.743) | ACC

All-Play Percentage: 0.972 (11^th)	Schedule Strength: 0.676 (53^rd)	Record Quality: 0.398 (22^nd)	Avg. Season Rank: 7.64 (6^th)
Pace: 64.98 (338^th)	Momentum: -0.35 (194^th)	Off. Momentum: -0.74 (250^th)	Def. Momentum: 0.39 (124^th)
Consistency: -9.45 (162^nd)	Res. Consistency: -10.57 (76^th)	Away From Home: -1.24 (287^th)	Paper Tiger Factor: -4.51 (349^th)

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 8, 2019. 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:

118.03

29.11

77.44

84.53

48.02

36.02

39.70

17.09

37.71

31.41

63.17

14.48

12.11

4.86

42.61

20.22

37.16

2.05

RANK:

9^th

56^th

14^th

119^th

20^th

60^th

5^th

290^th

80^th

126^th

63^rd

35^th

266^th

286^th

71^st

300^th

144^th

233^rd

DEFENSE

Eff

FTAR

FT%

FGAR

FG%

3PAR

3P%

MRAR

MR%

NPAR

NP%

PPSt

PPSC

SCC%

%3PA

%MRA

%NPA

Prox

RATING:

92.94

19.54

81.48

39.81

40.53

33.12

17.71

34.04

23.23

55.90

8.92

11.67

3.88

49.75

21.74

28.51

2.21

RANK:

21^st

6^th

89^th

23^rd

352^nd

81^st

44^th

83^rd

7^th

63^rd

17^th

37^th

7^th

353^rd

56^th

8^th

1^st

ANALYSIS:
A top-25 caliber team, Virginia Tech will almost certainly present a challenging task for any Division I opponent. Carrying a record of 26-9, they are currently rated #11 overall (out of 353) in All-Play Percentage this season. Of the 15 schools in the ACC (average ranking 57.2), they're currently ranked as our #4 team in the conference.

With a more deliberate, half-court style of play (the 16th-slowest pace in D1), Virginia Tech is undoubtedly one of the best in the business on offense. The team is rated ninth in offensive efficiency, scoring more than 118 points every 100 possessions vs. AO. Virginia Tech is one of the most accurate teams when shooting from long-distance. They're ranked fifth nationally in three-point field goal percentage and make about 39.7% of their attempts from there vs. AO. The team will try to shoot a fair amount of threes, too. Roughly 42.6% of their field goal attempts vs. AO are from long, giving the team a top-75 ranking in that category. The team likewise falls in the top-25 in overall offensive field goal percentage, converting about 48.0% of their attempts vs. AO. Virginia Tech is also deadly accurate at the free throw line. Making 77.4% of their attempts from the stripe, they are ranked 14th nationally in free throw percentage. Moreover, they get ample opportunity to beat you from the line, as the ball-club falls in the top-75 in free throw attempt rate with a rating of 29.11 vs. AO. Virginia Tech lastly allows very few breakaway opportunities for the opposition, which typically translates to fewer turnovers. The team's rating vs. AO for potential breakaway points allowed off of steals is 8.92, which ranks #17 in the country.

Virginia Tech plays at roughly the same level defensively as they do offensively. The team ranks 21st nationally in defensive efficiency, allowing about 93 points every 100 trips upcourt vs. AO. Virginia Tech is a superior unit when it comes to preventing opponents from getting to the foul line. With a defensive free throw attempt rate of 19.54 vs. AO, they are currently rated sixth in the country in that category. Virginia Tech also does a fantastic job to prevent opposing teams from capitalizing on chances from offensive rebounds. The squad allows AO to convert only 3.9% of all second-chance opportunities (ranked seventh in the NCAA), and with a rating of 11.67, they're 37th in potential points allowed off of the offensive glass as well. Virginia Tech is lastly one of the very best in the land in overall defensive field goal percentage. The team ranks #23 nationally in field goal percentage allowed, as AO only makes good on about 39.8% of their total attempts from the floor.

SORTABLE SCHEDULE / RESULTS:


					ADJ. OFF. EFFICIENCY			ADJ. DEF. EFFICIENCY
Date	Opponent	Should	Did	Record	Should	Did	Diff.	Should	Did	Diff.	Rating
Fri 11/9/2018	vs Gardner-Webb₁₈₅	W 80.86 - 58.56	W 87-59	1-0	121.41	109.38	▼ 12.03	93.42	83.14	▲ 10.28	▼ 1.75
Thu 11/15/2018	vs Ball State₁₁₆ *	W 76.13 - 61.53	W 73-64	2-0	112.76	117.74	▲ 4.98	91.41	95.16	▼ 3.75	▲ 1.23
Fri 11/16/2018	vs Northeastern₉₄ *	W 74.01 - 61.61	W 88-60	3-0	115.97	142.59	▲ 26.62	97.03	100.00	▼ 2.97	▲ 23.65
Sun 11/18/2018	vs Purdue₆ *	L 67.76 - 70.27	W 89-83	4-0	108.92	127.14	▲ 18.22	112.59	120.29	▼ 7.70	▲ 10.52
Sat 11/24/2018	vs St. Francis (PA)₂₆₅	W 84.87 - 57.74	W 75-37	5-0	127.84	117.30	▼ 10.54	91.53	61.32	▲ 30.21	▲ 19.67
Tue 11/27/2018	@ Penn State₃₉	W 68.22 - 65.03	L 62-63	5-1	107.48	97.52	▼ 9.96	97.73	94.43	▲ 3.30	▼ 6.66
Sat 12/1/2018	vs Cent. Conn. St.₃₂₉	W 86.75 - 52.95	W 94-40	6-1	129.83	149.88	▲ 20.05	83.75	70.79	▲ 12.96	▲ 33.01
Wed 12/5/2018	vs VMI₃₁₀	W 89.13 - 57.75	W 89-68	7-1	127.71	139.36	▲ 11.65	87.92	61.67	▲ 26.25	▲ 37.90
Sun 12/9/2018	vs S. Carolina St.₃₃₃	W 85.82 - 52.25	W 81-44	8-1	130.19	129.42	▼ 0.77	84.20	74.45	▲ 9.75	▲ 8.98
Sat 12/15/2018	vs Washington₅₃ *	W 68.96 - 60.54	W 73-61	9-1	108.74	114.52	▲ 5.78	96.04	90.48	▲ 5.56	▲ 11.34
Wed 12/19/2018	vs NC A&T₃₁₁	W 80.74 - 51.72	W 82-60	10-1	123.64	128.99	▲ 5.35	83.70	80.68	▲ 3.02	▲ 8.37
Fri 12/28/2018	vs UMES₃₅₁	W 81.96 - 42.48	W 85-40	11-1	129.39	147.50	▲ 18.11	72.12	73.08	▼ 0.96	▲ 17.15
Tue 1/1/2019	vs Notre Dame₈₆	W 73.64 - 59.24	W 81-66	12-1	115.25	128.54	▲ 13.29	97.77	109.28	▼ 11.51	▲ 1.78
Sat 1/5/2019	vs Boston College₁₀₁	W 76.36 - 60.15	W 77-66	13-1	115.43	112.43	▼ 3.00	96.08	98.15	▼ 2.07	▼ 5.07
Wed 1/9/2019	@ Georgia Tech₁₂₀	W 68.86 - 58.34	W 52-49	14-1	112.75	89.89	▼ 22.86	90.28	79.17	▲ 11.11	▼ 11.75
Tue 1/15/2019	@ Virginia₂	L 57.69 - 65.62	L 59-81	14-2	103.48	117.09	▲ 13.61	111.93	157.08	▼ 45.15	▼ 31.54
Sat 1/19/2019	vs Wake Forest₁₉₈	W 79.11 - 56.71	W 87-71	15-2	123.70	128.78	▲ 5.08	92.02	105.48	▼ 13.46	▼ 8.38
Mon 1/21/2019	@ North Carolina₈	L 72.49 - 77.87	L 82-103	15-3	107.34	108.38	▲ 1.04	108.17	132.30	▼ 24.13	▼ 23.09
Sat 1/26/2019	vs Syracuse₄₃	W 71.71 - 61.62	W 78-56	16-3	108.80	118.93	▲ 10.13	98.60	80.13	▲ 18.47	▲ 28.60
Wed 1/30/2019	@ Miami₆₈	W 70.97 - 64.04	W 82-70	17-3	114.47	115.54	▲ 1.07	98.10	93.09	▲ 5.01	▲ 6.08
Sat 2/2/2019	@ NC State₄₂	W 74.24 - 70.35	W 47-24	18-3	112.11	93.69	▼ 18.42	101.42	41.50	▲ 59.92	▲ 41.50
Mon 2/4/2019	vs Louisville₁₉	W 71.24 - 64.49	L 64-72	18-4	109.16	100.46	▼ 8.70	103.13	120.83	▼ 17.70	▼ 26.40
Sat 2/9/2019	@ Clemson₄₀	W 65.98 - 62.66	L 51-59	18-5	106.26	83.85	▼ 22.41	95.61	97.50	▼ 1.89	▼ 24.30
Wed 2/13/2019	vs Georgia Tech₁₂₀	W 72.08 - 55.29	W 76-68	19-5	112.75	124.17	▲ 11.42	90.28	110.83	▼ 20.55	▼ 9.13
Sat 2/16/2019	@ Pittsburgh₉₉	W 70.96 - 61.17	W 70-64	20-5	111.52	110.19	▼ 1.33	91.78	99.09	▼ 7.31	▼ 8.64
Mon 2/18/2019	vs Virginia₂	L 60.63 - 62.73	L 58-64	20-6	103.48	99.50	▼ 3.98	111.93	116.78	▼ 4.85	▼ 8.83
Sat 2/23/2019	@ Notre Dame₈₆	W 70.42 - 62.39	W 67-59	21-6	115.25	100.96	▼ 14.29	97.77	83.81	▲ 13.96	▼ 0.33
Tue 2/26/2019	vs Duke₄	L 72.19 - 73.73	W 77-72	22-6	104.47	119.73	▲ 15.26	109.60	116.33	▼ 6.73	▲ 8.53
Tue 3/5/2019	@ Florida State₁₇	L 67.03 - 67.09	L 64-73 (OT)	22-7	105.56	104.16	▼ 1.40	99.93	102.68	▼ 2.75	▼ 4.15
Fri 3/8/2019	vs Miami₆₈	W 74.24 - 60.85	W 84-70	23-7	114.47	122.50	▲ 8.03	98.10	105.72	▼ 7.62	▲ 0.41
Wed 3/13/2019	vs Miami₆₈ *	W 72.60 - 62.44	W 71-56	24-7	114.47	126.79	▲ 12.32	98.10	97.85	▲ 0.25	▲ 12.57
Thu 3/14/2019	vs Florida State₁₇ *	W 68.69 - 65.45	L 63-65 (OT)	24-8	105.56	94.92	▼ 10.64	99.93	91.43	▲ 8.50	▼ 2.14
Fri 3/22/2019	vs Saint Louis₁₁₄ *	W 70.95 - 57.57	W 66-52	25-8	112.47	102.77	▼ 9.70	91.32	80.00	▲ 11.32	▲ 1.62
Sun 3/24/2019	vs Liberty₇₄ *	W 68.78 - 58.59	W 67-58	26-8	115.20	114.52	▼ 0.68	99.24	98.31	▲ 0.93	▲ 0.25
Fri 3/29/2019	vs Duke₄ *	L 70.46 - 75.41	L 73-75	26-9	104.47	111.88	▲ 7.41	109.60	115.38	▼ 5.78	▲ 1.63
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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 allow a higher number of conversions off of the offensive glass, Virginia Tech often performs better than normal. Virginia Tech is more efficient than usual 73% of the time when facing teams that have a defensive second-chance conversion percentage vs. AO greater than 5.12%. In their other contests, Virginia Tech performs better than the norm 15% of the time.
	Virginia Tech does better vs. clubs that fail to defend efficiently inside the paint. When playing squads that have a defensive near-proximity field goal percentage vs. AO greater than 60.22%, Virginia Tech performs above average 75% of the time. Against all other opponents, the team performs better than the norm 22% of the time.
	Virginia Tech performs better against squads that allow opponents to shoot well from the field. When facing teams that have a defensive field goal percentage vs. AO greater than 43.42%, Virginia Tech is more efficient than normal 75% of the time. In their other contests, the team is more efficient 22% of the time.

LATEST NEWS ITEMS:

	End of game does not go Virginia Tech's way (3/30/2019 10:00:00 AM) WASHINGTON — The ending of Friday night's game was agonizing for Virginia Tech, and fortunate for Duke. The Hokies missed two shots in the final seconds, including an Ahmed Hill miss near the rim at the buzzer, in a 75-73 loss at Capital One Arena.
	Virginia Tech basketball missed out on Stephen Curry 14 years ago (3/29/2019 2:01:04 PM) The Virginia Tech Hokies have made it past the first weekend of the NCAA tournament for the first time since 1967, and the ACC underdog will have a chance Friday night to topple conference rival Duke for the second time this season. The Hokies beat the ...
	Members of 1966-67 Tech men’s basketball team impressed with current squad (3/28/2019 4:25:00 PM) Combs, who lives in Roanoke, Virginia today and is a Hokies' season ticket ... After departing from Tech, Combs embarked on a professional career that saw him play with four different American Basketball Association (ABA) teams and make three All-Star ...
	Va Tech beats Saint Louis 66-52 for 1st tourney win in 12 years (3/23/2019 10:04:00 PM) Nickeil Alexander-Walker scored 20 points, Kerry Blackshear added 15 and fourth-seeded Virginia Tech earned its first NCAA Tournament win in 12 years by beating No. 13 seed Saint Louis 66-52 on ...
	Virginia Tech advances in NCAA Tournament with dominating 66–52 win over Saint Louis (3/23/2019 10:43:00 AM) On Friday night, Virginia Tech basketball achieved its first NCAA Tournament victory in 12 years in convincing fashion. Going up against the 13-seeded Saint Louis Billikens, the Hokies shined on both sides of the floor. They got off to a hot start and ...

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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