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Oregon’s Dana Altman has his team at the top of the Pac-12 despite having the fourth-best productivity rating
With only three weeks remaining in the regular season, the Pac-12 is taking shape for which head coach is getting the most out of his talent.
Based on a team’s winning percentage compared to its productivity rating (for definition, see glossary), the coach who is clearly at the top of the list is Oregon’s Dana Altman. The Ducks lead the conference with a 10-3 record (.769 winning percentage) but have the No. 4 productivity rating of .488, largely because starting point guard Dominic Artis has missed seven games with a foot injury.
That’s a plus-.281 difference between the winning percentage and productivity rating.
Next on the list is Arizona’s Sean Miller (9-4 record, .692 winning precentage, .500 productivity rating, plus-.192 difference) and UCLA’s Ben Howland (9-4, .692 winning percentage, with league-leading .532 productivity rating, plus-.160 difference).
The coach at the bottom is Oregon State’s Craig Robinson, whose team has a .486 productivity rating in Pac-12 games, which falls right below Oregon’s .488 mark. The Beavers, however, are 3-10 with a winning percentage of .231. That’s a minus-.255 difference between the winning percentage and productivity rating.
What it all means: Altman, with his team’s overall productivity affected because of a significant injury in his lineup, is pushing the right buttons to get victories out of the Ducks. Robinson, with some decent talent that is producing statistically, is not coaching his team to victories the Beavers should be achieving based on their overall productivity.
PRODUCTIVITY LEADERS
Players listed are top six in minutes played in Pac-12 games
GLOSSARY:
S: Number of starts.
PP: Productivity Points (Points, assists, rebounds, steals, blocked shots, FGs made, FTs made added together and then subtracted by missed FGs, missed FTs, personal fouls and turnovers)
MIN: Minutes played
PR: Productivity rating per minute played (Productivity points divided by minutes played)
ARIZONA (9-4) [table “” not found /] |
ARIZONA STATE (8-5) [table “” not found /] |
COLORADO (7-6) [table “” not found /] |
UTAH (3-10) [table “” not found /] |
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (7-6) [table “” not found /] |
UCLA (9-4) [table “” not found /] |
CALIFORNIA (8-5) [table “” not found /] |
STANFORD (6-7) [table “” not found /] |
OREGON (10-3) [table “” not found /] |
OREGON STATE (3-10) [table “” not found /] |
WASHINGTON (6-7) [table “” not found /] |
WASHINGTON STATE (2-11) [table “” not found /] |
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