So we play VCU Saturday. I had heard somewhere recently that when VCU wins the turnover battle, they win and when they lose the turnover battle they tend to lose. I have nothing super insightful but I did gather up the data for you all to see and discuss so we can judge for ourselves. Behold:
VCU TO | Opp TO | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
1-Nov | Virginia Union | W, 94-44 | 12 | 22 |
9-Nov | Fla. Gulf Coast | W, 80-57 | 14 | 25 |
13-Nov | Wichita St. | L, 53-51 | 15 | 13 |
17-Nov | at Winthrop | W, 90-54 | 13 | 21 |
22-Nov | vs. Memphis | W, 78-65 | 19 | 22 |
23-Nov | vs. #5 Duke | L, 67-58 | 10 | 8 |
24-Nov | vs. #13 Missouri | L, 68-65 | 8 | 14 |
28-Nov | Stetson | W, 92-56 | 8 | 22 |
1-Dec | Belmont | W, 75-65 | 15 | 24 |
7-Dec | at Old Dominion | W, 83-70 | 12 | 15 |
15-Dec | Alabama | W, 73-54 | 11 | 18 |
18-Dec | Western Ky. | W, 76-44 | 11 | 32 |
21-Dec | Longwood | W, 93-56 | 12 | 27 |
29-Dec | Fairleigh Dickinson | W, 96-67 | 15 | 34 |
2-Jan | at East Tenn. St. | W, 109-58 | 14 | 24 |
5-Jan | Lehigh | W, 59-55 | 12 | 22 |
9-Jan | Dayton | W, 74-62 | 12 | 26 |
12-Jan | at St. Bonaventure | W, 72-65 | 15 | 16 |
17-Jan | Saint Joseph's | W, 92-86 | 5 | 20 |
19-Jan | at Duquesne | W, 90-63 | 12 | 19 |
24-Jan | at Richmond | L, 86-74 | 13 | 13 |
26-Jan | La Salle | L, 69-61 | 12 | 14 |
30-Jan | at Rhode Island | W, 70-64 | 19 | 18 |
2-Feb | Fordham | W, 81-65 | 8 | 22 |
9-Feb | at Charlotte | W, 68-61 | 10 | 17 |
14-Feb | Massachusetts | W, 86-68 | 8 | 24 |
16-Feb | George Washington | W, 84-57 | 16 | 25 |
19-Feb | at St. Louis | L, 76-62 | 10 | 8 |
23-Feb | at Xavier | W, 75-71 | 11 | 22 |
2-Mar | Butler | W, 84-52 | 8 | 23 |
6-Mar | Richmond | W, 93-82 | 6 | 15 |
10-Mar | at Temple | L, 84-76 | 14 | 13 |
15-Mar | vs. #10 Saint Joseph's | W, 82-79 | 13 | 17 |
16-Mar | vs. UMass | W, 71-62 | 8 | 24 |
17-Mar | vs. St. Louis | L, 62-56 | 13 | 18 |
21-Mar | Akron | 11:03 left | 1 | 15 |
In wins VCU sports the following:
VCU TO: 11.3 per game
Opp TO: 21.7 per game
TO Ratio: 1.92
In losses VCU does this:
VCU TO: 12.1 per game
Opp TO: 14 per game
TO Ratio: 1.16
So win or lose, VCU turns the ball over at about the same rate, but if they can't get you to turn the ball over, they struggle. With Trey Burke as the helm, that's a good matchup for us. That may cause you to say 'duh' but I found it interesting that there was such a stark contrast between wins and losses
Michigan is currently #1 nationally in turnovers at just 9.2 per game (ncaa.com). Go blue
Interesting that they've . . . won every game, save one, where they score more.
It's not that unusual to win games where you score more, but dear god, how did they lose one?