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Automated Team Capsule for 2018-19 Niagara 13-19 (0.406) | MAAC

All-Play Percentage: 0.128 (308^th)	Schedule Strength: 0.285 (349^th)	Record Quality: -0.295 (312^th)	Avg. Season Rank: 282.21 (286^th)
Pace: 70.33 (81^st)	Momentum: -3.23 (299^th)	Off. Momentum: 0.23 (190^th)	Def. Momentum: -3.46 (320^th)
Consistency: -9.77 (215^th)	Res. Consistency: -13.77 (260^th)	Away From Home: -0.31 (204^th)	Paper Tiger Factor: 2.63 (4^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:

99.13

25.68

73.99

84.39

40.74

32.87

34.59

24.02

34.06

27.50

53.93

8.21

12.93

5.51

38.95

28.47

32.59

2.06

RANK:

242^nd

195^th

86^th

126^th

312^th

152^nd

166^th

80^th

250^th

267^th

314^th

332^nd

208^th

226^th

168^th

75^th

285^th

248^th

DEFENSE

Eff

FTAR

FT%

FGAR

FG%

3PAR

3P%

MRAR

MR%

NPAR

NP%

PPSt

PPSC

SCC%

%3PA

%MRA

%NPA

Prox

RATING:

113.99

22.67

88.23

48.28

31.10

39.77

21.15

37.84

35.97

61.78

11.09

13.03

7.07

35.25

23.97

40.78

1.94

RANK:

335^th

41^st

341^st

337^th

138^th

350^th

204^th

265^th

342^nd

233^rd

132^nd

124^th

280^th

54^th

127^th

318^th

ANALYSIS:
Niagara is not one of the better teams in Division I this year. Haslametrics has them ranked 308th overall (out of 353) in All-Play Percentage, and the team holds a record of 13-19. Of the 11 schools in the MAAC (average ranking 271.7), they're currently ranked as our #9 team in the conference. With a strength-of-schedule rating of 0.285 (which ranks fifth from the bottom in the nation), Niagara has faced some of the easiest opponents in all of college basketball.

Defense is the farthest thing from a strength for Niagara this year. The team ranks 335th in defensive efficiency, allowing more than 113 points every 100 trips upcourt vs. AO. Niagara does an extremely poor job to deny the opposition behind the arc. They rank fourth from the bottom nationally in defensive three-point percentage, allowing AO to make 39.8% of their attempts from afar. Niagara also allows the opposition to get off far too many shots from the floor. The team is ranked 341st in the nation in defensive field goal attempt rate with a rating of 88.23 vs. AO. Niagara is lastly one of the very worst teams in the country in terms of overall defensive field goal percentage. The ball-club ranks #337 nationally in field goal percentage allowed, as AO will convert approximately 48.3% of their total attempts from the floor. If Niagara does have a bright spot on defense, it would have to be their success preventing opponents from getting to the free throw line. The team has a defensive free throw attempt rate of 22.67 vs. AO, which ranks 41st-best in the country.

Though they rate better on offense than they do on defense, Niagara still isn't one of the more capable offensive teams in college hoops. Scoring roughly 99 points for every 100 trips upcourt vs. AO, they are ranked #242 in the nation in offensive efficiency. Niagara won't provide opponents much of a scare with their shooting percentage from the inside. The team is ranked 314th in near-proximity field goal percentage, making only 53.9% of their attempts from up-close vs. AO. Moreover, they find themselves in the bottom-50 in overall offensive field goal percentage, converting just 40.7% of their total attempts vs. AO.

SORTABLE SCHEDULE / RESULTS:


					ADJ. OFF. EFFICIENCY			ADJ. DEF. EFFICIENCY
Date	Opponent	Should	Did	Record	Should	Did	Diff.	Should	Did	Diff.	Rating
Mon 11/12/2018	vs St. Bonaventure₁₃₆	L 65.15 - 73.45	W 80-72	1-0	94.94	110.58	▲ 15.64	113.06	106.53	▲ 6.53	▲ 22.17
Wed 11/14/2018	@ Loyola-Chicago₁₀₆	L 60.64 - 77.73	L 62-75	1-1	93.26	92.35	▼ 0.91	114.03	106.20	▲ 7.83	▲ 6.92
Fri 11/16/2018	@ Wyoming₃₀₁	L 71.52 - 75.26	W 72-67	2-1	103.46	98.50	▼ 4.96	103.81	85.66	▲ 18.15	▲ 13.19
Fri 11/23/2018	vs Grambling₂₈₉	W 74.39 - 72.45	L 68-74	2-2	100.56	85.82	▼ 14.74	103.43	98.60	▲ 4.83	▼ 9.91
Sat 11/24/2018	vs St. Francis (BKN)₂₈₆	W 73.97 - 72.49	L 63-75	2-3	102.21	81.30	▼ 20.91	106.10	109.89	▼ 3.79	▼ 24.70
Fri 11/30/2018	@ St. Francis (PA)₂₆₅	L 74.79 - 81.22	L 75-79	2-4	108.93	98.34	▼ 10.59	113.02	103.90	▲ 9.12	▼ 1.47
Mon 12/3/2018	@ Pittsburgh₉₉	L 63.40 - 81.47	W 71-70	3-4	92.63	93.52	▲ 0.89	113.24	86.11	▲ 27.13	▲ 28.02
Sun 12/9/2018	vs UNH₃₄₆	W 74.36 - 62.91	W 71-67	4-4	104.43	100.40	▼ 4.03	94.20	101.03	▼ 6.83	▼ 10.86
Sun 12/16/2018	vs Cornell₂₁₀	L 72.17 - 75.17	W 77-74	5-4	99.72	115.51	▲ 15.79	109.84	124.31	▼ 14.47	▲ 1.32
Wed 12/19/2018	@ Cleveland State₂₉₁	L 74.90 - 80.09	L 60-82	5-5	105.68	89.14	▼ 16.54	109.50	105.95	▲ 3.55	▼ 12.99
Sat 12/22/2018	@ Army₂₃₈	L 70.42 - 78.78	W 78-66	6-5	99.02	97.56	▼ 1.46	106.30	80.00	▲ 26.30	▲ 24.84
Sat 12/29/2018	vs Norfolk State₂₈₀	W 75.47 - 73.85	W 83-75	7-5	103.90	112.59	▲ 8.69	106.13	98.44	▲ 7.69	▲ 16.38
Mon 12/31/2018	vs Albany₂₈₅	W 73.86 - 72.00	L 74-79	7-6	104.12	101.36	▼ 2.76	107.25	108.54	▼ 1.29	▼ 4.05
Sat 1/5/2019	@ Manhattan₃₂₀	L 64.48 - 66.24	L 80-90	7-7	100.28	116.78	▲ 16.50	98.29	129.86	▼ 31.57	▼ 15.07
Mon 1/7/2019	@ Fairfield₂₇₉	L 71.55 - 77.07	L 59-77	7-8	103.54	82.21	▼ 21.33	107.33	109.20	▼ 1.87	▼ 23.20
Fri 1/11/2019	vs Iona₂₀₂	L 78.30 - 81.60	W 95-90	8-8	104.46	113.36	▲ 8.90	115.30	116.42	▼ 1.12	▲ 7.78
Sun 1/13/2019	vs Rider₂₀₈	L 78.58 - 82.05	L 84-104	8-9	101.39	102.12	▲ 0.73	111.27	139.85	▼ 28.58	▼ 27.85
Thu 1/17/2019	@ Siena₂₆₁	L 65.94 - 72.07	L 57-66	8-10	104.56	80.83	▼ 23.73	109.95	97.50	▲ 12.45	▼ 11.28
Sat 1/19/2019	@ Quinnipiac₂₅₄	L 72.15 - 79.11	W 75-72	9-10	106.33	119.68	▲ 13.35	112.78	110.45	▲ 2.33	▲ 15.68
Tue 1/22/2019	vs St. Peter's₃₁₆	W 71.00 - 66.38	L 72-74	9-11	103.36	106.18	▲ 2.82	101.96	119.49	▼ 17.53	▼ 14.71
Sat 1/26/2019	vs Monmouth₃₀₂	W 73.07 - 69.76	W 75-48	10-11	102.24	110.58	▲ 8.34	103.13	82.16	▲ 20.97	▲ 29.31
Wed 1/30/2019	vs Canisius₂₅₇	W 76.07 - 75.97	W 78-70	11-11	105.50	114.36	▲ 8.86	110.86	104.31	▲ 6.55	▲ 15.41
Sun 2/3/2019	vs Quinnipiac₂₅₄	L 75.63 - 75.71	L 73-84	11-12	106.33	114.77	▲ 8.44	112.78	137.98	▼ 25.20	▼ 16.76
Fri 2/8/2019	@ Marist₂₈₂	L 69.66 - 74.98	L 58-79	11-13	105.72	104.42	▼ 1.30	109.28	136.47	▼ 27.19	▼ 28.49
Sun 2/10/2019	@ Iona₂₀₂	L 74.63 - 85.26	L 76-79	11-14	104.46	105.20	▲ 0.74	115.30	103.90	▲ 11.40	▲ 12.14
Fri 2/15/2019	vs Manhattan₃₂₀	W 67.78 - 63.23	L 60-64	11-15	100.28	95.86	▼ 4.42	98.29	106.99	▼ 8.70	▼ 13.12
Sun 2/17/2019	vs Fairfield₂₇₉	W 75.10 - 73.62	W 78-73	12-15	103.54	101.16	▼ 2.38	107.33	102.15	▲ 5.18	▲ 2.80
Fri 2/22/2019	@ Rider₂₀₈	L 74.80 - 85.59	L 81-97	12-16	101.39	79.23	▼ 22.16	111.27	129.17	▼ 17.90	▼ 40.06
Sun 2/24/2019	@ St. Peter's₃₁₆	L 67.64 - 69.72	L 60-78	12-17	103.36	106.07	▲ 2.71	101.96	122.93	▼ 20.97	▼ 18.26
Wed 2/27/2019	@ Canisius₂₅₇	L 72.54 - 79.41	W 86-84	13-17	105.50	134.80	▲ 29.30	110.86	124.78	▼ 13.92	▲ 15.38
Sun 3/3/2019	vs Siena₂₆₁	W 69.18 - 68.96	L 65-72 (OT)	13-18	104.56	94.06	▼ 10.50	109.95	97.41	▲ 12.54	▲ 2.04
Thu 3/7/2019	vs Monmouth₃₀₂ *	L 71.32 - 71.45	L 72-76	13-19	102.24	101.77	▼ 0.47	103.13	122.22	▼ 19.09	▼ 19.56
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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 do a nice job converting inside the paint, Niagara often performs better than normal. Niagara is more efficient than usual 90% of the time when facing teams that have an offensive near-proximity field goal percentage vs. AO greater than 57.52%. In their other contests, Niagara performs better than the norm 32% of the time.
	Niagara does worse vs. clubs that allow opponents to shoot well from the field. When playing squads that have a defensive field goal percentage vs. AO greater than 45.23%, Niagara performs above average 30% of the time. Against all other opponents, the team performs better than the norm 83% of the time.
	Niagara performs worse against squads that allow more chances at the line. When facing teams that have a defensive free throw attempt rate vs. AO greater than 25.88, Niagara is more efficient than normal 30% of the time. In their other contests, the team is more efficient 83% of the time.

LATEST NEWS ITEMS:

	Monmouth has late surge, beats Niagara 76-72 in MAAC tourney (3/8/2019 9:26:00 AM) ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) Ray Salnave scored 20 points and Monmouth beat Niagara 76-72 on Thursday night in the first round of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference tournament. The game was tied at 69 with 2:30 to play. Salnave and Louie Pillari made consecutive ...
	Men’s Basketball Aims For Season Sweep Of Griffs (2/26/2019 9:58:00 PM) The Niagara Purple Eagles will head south across the Grand Island Bridges to play longtime rival Canisius on Wednesday, February 27 at 7:30 p.m. • The Purple Eagles have won four of the last five meetings with the Golden Griffins, which is their best ...
	Robb Reaches Points, Blocks Milestones As NU Falls At Saint Peter’s (2/25/2019 1:07:00 AM) and three blocks as NU was defeated by the Saint Peter's Peacocks, 78-60, on Sunday. After two early lead changes, the Peacocks broke a 4-4 tie with an 8-0 run. A 3-pointer by Marvin Prochet halted the run as Niagara outscored Saint Peter's, 7-2 ...
	Schmidt gets record 203rd coaching win at Bona in rout of George Mason (2/17/2019 11:32:00 PM) After four straight losses that knocked them out of contention in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference race, Niagara got back on the winning side with a 78-73 victory over Fairfield before 1,023 ...
	College basketball: Niagara looks to end streak vs Fairfield (2/16/2019 1:00:00 PM) DID YOU KNOW: Niagara has committed a turnover on just 17.3 percent of its possessions this season, which is the second-lowest percentage among all MAAC teams. The Purple Eagles have turned the ball over only 12 times per game this season.

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