A statistiical look at the 2023-24 season

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Another year, another final appearance with no finals for the 32nd straight year. I'm going to use some analytics. 

According to BasketballReference.com, somewhat similar to KenPom.

Towson went 20-14 with a 11-7 conference record. A SRS (Simple Rating System) of 0.63 (148th) and a SOS of -1.83 (182nd). The also had an ORtg of 105.6 (191st) and a DRtg of 99.6 (76th) For example, Charleston had a SOS of -2.71 (216th) and a SRS of 4.48 (113th) with an ORtg of 114.6 (27th) and a DRtg of 103.1 (163rd).  (All out of 362 teams).

In terms of overall stats, Towson shot 42.3% from the field (295th), made 24.1FG per game (319th), shot 47.2% from 2-point range (315th) and 32.8% (255th) from beyond the arc. They had 381 assists (259th) and 11.2 assists per game (322nd), 6.2 steals per game (225th), 4.2 blocks per game (70th), 12.1 turnovers per game (141st), 6.4  3 pointers made per game (291st) and 19.4 3-pointers attempted per game (285th) with 67.5 points per game.

In conference, not counting tournament games, they averaged 10.8 turnovers per game (4th), 3.9 blocks (2nd), shot 33.7% from 3pt (7th), 47.5% from 2pt (11th), 42.7% from the field (9th) and 68.1 points per game. They also finished 13th in free throw shooting % (67.6%). 

In conference, they allowed teams to shoot 41.7% from the field (3rd), 46.5% from 2 point (2nd), 33.1% from 3pt (5th). 

Individual players

Christian May: Shot 38.9% FG, 44.9% 2pt, 34.1% 3pt, 61.8% FT, 4.1rpg, 1.6TPG, , 10.8ppg

Conference: Shot 38.4% FG, 44.6% 2pt, 34% 3pt, 71.8% FT, 4.3rpg, 1.7 TPG, 11.1ppg

Nendah Tarke: Shot 32.9% FG, 37.1% 2pt, 27.7% 3pt, 70.2% FT, 5.1rpg, 2.2apg, 1.5spg, 1.6TPG, 9.8ppg

Conference Shot 34.7% FG, 37.7% 2pt, 30.6% 3pt, 75.8% FT, 5.3rpg, 2.4apg, 1.2spg, 1.7TPG, 10.4ppg

Dylan Williamson: Shot 40.3% FG, 46.3% 2pt, 33.8% 3pt, 68.1% FT, 2.9apg, 1spg, 1.5TPG, 10.2ppg

Conference: Shot 41.5% FG, 47.6% 2pt, 35.1% 3pt, 48.6% FT, 2.8apg, 1.6 TPG, 9.8ppg

Charles Thompson: Shot 50.6% FG, 50.6% 2pt, 59.9% FT, 8.2rpg, 1.4bpg, 2.1apg, 1.6TPG, 9.8ppg

Conference: Shot: 55.6% FG (same 2pt), 55.4% FT, 8.6rpg, 1.4bpg, 2.5apg, 2TPG, 10.2ppg

Tyler Tejada: Shot: 41.7% FG, 46.6% 2pg, 35.2% 3pt, 84.3% FT, 3.3rpg, 0.8apg, 1.4TPG, 10.1ppg

Conference: Shot 42% FG, 44.4% 2pt, 39.4% 3pt, 92.6% FT, 2.9rpg, 1.6rpg, 9.8ppg

Tomiwa Sulaiman: Shot 46.6% FG, 52.4 2pt, 33.3% 3pt, 83.7% FG, 4.1rpg, 0.7 TPG, 5.7ppg

Conference: Shot 40.7% FG, 47.6% 2pg, 21.7% 3pt, 84.4% FT, 4.5rpg, 5.7ppg

Messiah Jones: Shot 49.3% FG, 51.8% 2pt, 39.3% 3pt, 70% FT, 3.7rpg, 1TPG, 5.4ppg

Conference: Shot 61.3% FG, 62.7% 2pt, 54.5% 3pt, 80% FT, 3.1rpg, 5.2ppg

Mekhi Lowery: Shot 44.2% FG, 46% 2pg, 40% FT, 3.7rpg, 1.2apg, 1bpg, 3.4ppg

Conference: Shot 28.6% FG, 30.4% 2pg, 0% 3pt, 47.6% FT, 3.1rpg, 0.9bpg, 1.4apg, 2.1TPG

 

In terms of individual metrics

Best ORTg

Sulaiman 121.9

Jones  112.7

Tejada 110.1

Williamson 110.1

Thompson 109.1

Paar  107.1

May 104.6

Lowery 102.7

Tarke 100.8

 

Best DRTg of regulars

Nendah Tarke 96.0

Charles Thompson 96.1

Mekhi Lowery 96.1

Tomiwa Sulaiman 99.7

Chase Paar 110.2

Messiah Jones 102.9

Tyler Tejada 104.3

Dylan Williamson 104.5

Christian May 104.8

Yes, take some of this with a grain of salt, but Tarke has the best defensive rating and worst offensive rating. May has the worst defensive rating somehow but in conference play is higher than Jones, Williamson and Tejada.