NC State and Virginia are pretty evenly matched across the board.
But let’s zero in on the ‘4-factors’, which are the 4 stats that Dean Oliver, a basketball analytics pioneer and author of the 2004 book “Basketball on Paper”, came up with to determine on-court success. This idea was later made popular by Ken Pom, who tweaked these stats to be a little more advanced.
Now we look at:
– Effective FG%
– Offensive Rebounding %
– Turnover %
– FT Attempt Rate
I know the stats are at the top but let’s look at them again, and talk through them….