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Marquette’s Katin Reinhardt Seeks Greater Consistency

Eugene Rapay — Thu, 15 Dec 2016 22:01:19 +0000

Although Marquette lost to rival Wisconsin last weekend, one of the bright spots in the defeat was the play of graduate transfer Katin Reinhardt. He scored 13 of his 16 points in the first half and finished the day with a 4-of-6 shooting performance from long-range. Reinhardt, who transferred east after semi-successful stints at USC and UNLV, was brought in to be a perimeter threat on the wing. In his three previous seasons, he averaged 11.3 points per game and shot 36.9 percent from long range. There has not been a single season in which the 6’6″ forward failed to average double figures in scoring.

Katin Reinhardt [...]

Pythagorean Consistency

rtmsf — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 17:09:50 +0000

When Ben Allaire isn’t drumming up meaningless college basketball statistics, he’s writing about the Virginia Cavaliers over at Dear Old UVa. RTC appreciates having Ben stop over this week to make some numerical sense of this year’s NCAA Tournament field.

A great man once said, “Our offense is like the Pythagorean theorem: There is no answer.”

Unfortunately, that man was Shaquille O’Neil and it’s funny because he couldn’t be wronger… er, more wrong.

The Pythagorean theorem does have an answer and it’s going to help us examine which teams are most consistent on [...]

Brackets, Parentheses, Braces: Why You Should Be Wary of Pitt

rtmsf — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 22:34:02 +0000

At its heart, the NCAA Tournament is about consistency. Just about all the teams (OK – maybe not Chattanooga) are qualified to make some sort of a deep run. The key is avoiding that one downer of a game that knocks a team out.

So, how should we look at consistency?

Well, it turns [...]