A Game of Minutes: CMYBall vs the ACC

By: 07Hokie

STATS AND DOG SPORTS

on December 30, 2019, 4:30 PM | 3 comments

As we turn our calendars to a new year, we begin the main body of our ACC basketball schedule. I thought it a good idea to take a look at how we stack up depth-wise against the rest of the conference, in terms of minutes, with the criteria of at least 10 minutes per team game.

School	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Player 7	Player 8	Player 9	Player 10	Average	Total
VT	376	374	371	369	306	258	217	165	159		288.33	2595
UVA	428	376	337	288	270	269	204				310.29	2172
LOU	421	410	384	308	287	251	207	150			302.25	2418
BC	397	384	380	301	259	250	222	192			298.13	2385
Duke	345	287	264	261	256	247	214	180	167	166	238.70	2387
Syracuse	485	439	423	390	316	216					378.17	2269
Pitt	390	388	377	341	293	224	206				317.00	2219
GT	431	352	348	348	347	170	151	138			285.63	2285
FSU	400	332	278	270	251	240	238	163			271.50	2172
NC State	404	394	355	354	339	223	254	235			319.75	2558
UNC	398	298	281	262	228	226	223	203			264.88	2119
Miami	354	340	321	292	256	205	145	124			254.63	2037
ND	428	423	382	341	313	274	252				344.71	2413
WF	416	325	284	270	260	256	174	173			269.75	2158
Clemson	380	361	352	334	254	187	172	143			272.88	2183
Max	485	439	423	390	347	274	254	235	167	166	378.17	2595.00
Min	345	287	264	261	228	170	145	124	159	166	238.7	2037
Average	403.53	365.53	342.47	315.27	282.33	233.07	205.64	169.64	163.00	166.00	294.44	2291.33

I notice a few things that stood out to me.

First, the players who play regularly for the Hokies play a lot, leading the conference in total minutes from significant contributors by almost 200 minutes. However, this is opposite to the minutes per game, as no Hokie is averaging 30 minutes per game, whereas every other team has at least one.

It is either a blessing or a curse that the Hokies have a depth of nine players getting significant minutes. However, due to the consistency of player rotations, the starters are 6th in average minutes per player, while the Hokies have four players on the bench getting significant minutes, they're still 10th in the league in average, which indicates a level of freshness.

Looking around the ACC there are a few interesting things.

Syracuse is going to be running on fumes very soon, as their top four minute-earners are tops among their equivalents in the conference. In fact, their two top participants lead the conference and four of their players have more minutes than any single Hokie.

Duke has the opposite trend, with their four top participants have the fewest minutes among their equivalents. Duke's leading participant has only played ten games, yet leads the team by almost 60 minutes.

The team with the freshest bench right now seems to be Georgia Tech, with Miami a close second.

I would say NC State has the most used bench, as they have three bench players who have averaged 237.3 minutes, followed by UVA who has only regularly used two bench players for 236.5 minutes on the season.

It will be interesting to see if or how much the issue of depth and freshness plays a role in determining how the ACC season unfolds.

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