Putting Up Numbers· men's college basketball

Lipscomb’s assists in a conference game and in a nonconference game

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Against what the season’s ratings expected, Lipscomb was 1.0 assists under in a conference game and NaN assists over in a nonconference game over its last 60 games, 40 games against 16. The plain averages are 15.4 and 18.3, a difference of 2.9.

Lipscomb’s NaN in a conference game vs in a nonconference game over expected ranks 1st of the 365 teams with 6 games on each side over their last 60 games.

assists a game over expected

A NaN difference in assists over expected in a conference game vs in a nonconference game is rare: shuffle which games were in a conference game and it comes up less than once in 100.

A −2.9 difference in assists in a conference game vs in a nonconference game is a bit unusual: shuffle which games were in a conference game and it comes up 15 times in 100.

The games

in a conference gamein a nonconference game
Lipscomb’s games, last 60 games, each marked in a conference game or in a nonconference game
SideDateGameResultassistsExpected
Dec 5, 2024vsSoutheast Missouri StateW2111.9
Dec 16, 2024vsTTruett McConnellW21—
Dec 19, 2024@Middle TennesseeL1213.4
Dec 29, 2024vsAAsburyW26—
Jan 2, 2025@JacksonvilleW1012.8
Jan 4, 2025@North FloridaW2316.7
Jan 9, 2025vsQueens UniversityL1314.2
Jan 11, 2025vsWest GeorgiaW1516.4
Jan 16, 2025@BellarmineW1915.4
Jan 18, 2025vsAustin PeayW2014.0
Jan 23, 2025@North AlabamaL1013.3
Jan 25, 2025@Central ArkansasW1017.3
Jan 30, 2025vsEastern KentuckyL1015.0
Feb 1, 2025vsBellarmineW1516.9
Feb 5, 2025@West GeorgiaW1515.2
Feb 8, 2025@Queens UniversityW1512.8
Feb 13, 2025vsStetsonW2117.0
Feb 15, 2025vsFlorida Gulf CoastW614.1
Feb 18, 2025@Eastern KentuckyL1113.8
Feb 20, 2025vsNorth AlabamaW1014.5
Feb 24, 2025@Austin PeayW1813.0
Feb 26, 2025vsCentral ArkansasW1918.0
Mar 3, 2025vsCentral ArkansasW1618.2
Mar 6, 2025vsQueens UniversityW1114.3
Mar 9, 2025vsNorth AlabamaW814.6
Mar 21, 2025vsIowa State (neutral)L1612.1
Nov 3, 2025@VanderbiltL812.7
Nov 9, 2025@MercerL2314.9
Nov 11, 2025@UNC AshevilleL1415.6
Nov 15, 2025vsBBryanW23—
Nov 19, 2025@BelmontL1615.4
Nov 22, 2025vsWestern CarolinaW2316.0
Nov 26, 2025@MarshallW1915.2
Nov 29, 2025@Southeast Missouri StateW2013.4
Dec 3, 2025vsTennessee TechW2018.2
Dec 7, 2025vsAlabama A&MW2418.7
Dec 16, 2025@DukeL1412.5
Dec 20, 2025vsBBlue Mountain ChristianW36—
Dec 29, 2025@CincinnatiL1614.2
Jan 1, 2026vsJacksonvilleW1516.3
Jan 3, 2026vsNorth FloridaW1720.0
Jan 8, 2026@StetsonL1517.9
Jan 10, 2026@Florida Gulf CoastW2016.1
Jan 15, 2026vsBellarmineW2420.2
Jan 17, 2026vsAustin PeayW817.7
Jan 22, 2026vsStetsonW1419.2
Jan 23, 2026vsFlorida Gulf CoastW2017.2
Jan 29, 2026@JacksonvilleL1615.1
Jan 31, 2026@North FloridaW2118.6
Feb 4, 2026@Austin PeayL1316.2
Feb 7, 2026vsCentral ArkansasL2019.2
Feb 11, 2026vsEastern KentuckyW2018.7
Feb 14, 2026@Queens UniversityL1216.3
Feb 18, 2026@BellarmineW2119.2
Feb 21, 2026vsNorth AlabamaW1818.6
Feb 25, 2026@West GeorgiaL1416.6
Feb 28, 2026@Eastern KentuckyW2117.5
Mar 6, 2026vsFlorida Gulf Coast (neutral)L1117.2
Nov 2, 2026@Southeast Missouri StateL9NaN
Nov 3, 2026@IowaL5NaN

Method

Read against .

  • Expected is an offense and a defense a team, fit over every game of its season between two teams in the table with the game being read left out, plus 0.6 in 2024-25, plus 0.6 in 2025-26, plus 0.0 in 2026-27 for the home team (the edge the fit finds once strength is in), nothing at a neutral site.
  • Each expected number is then fit to the season’s games: a game bears out about 88% in 2024-25, 88% in 2025-26, NaN% in 2026-27 of the difference the model predicts.
  • The shuffle keeps the season’s shape: the games are cut in two where one date leaves the least variance, each game is read against its stretch, and the sides are shuffled only inside each stretch.
  • Truett McConnell, Asbury, Bryan, Blue Mountain Christian have no other game in the table, so those games have no expected number and sit out the second figure.