College Basketball Grind Down FAQ
Stat explanations are straight from KenPom.com
Percentage of possible minutes played (%Min): Self explanatory, I think. Better than MPG in that it accounts for overtime periods. Worse than MPG in that it’s impossible to distinguish lack of PT due to injury from lack of PT due to better teammates. Thus, the G column indicates games played for a player to help on this issue.
Offensive rating (ORtg): A measure of personal offensive efficiency developed by Dean Oliver. The formula is very complicated, but accurate. For a detailed explanation, buy Basketball on Paper.
Percentage of shots taken (%Shots): This is the percentage of a team’s shots taken, while the player is on the court. This is a pretty good proxy for %Poss, and significantly easier to calculate.
It is PlayerFGA / (%Min * TeamFGA).
Defensive rebounding percentage (DR%): This is the percentage of possible defensive rebounds a player gets and computed as PlayerDR / [%Min * (Team DR + Opp. OR)]. It is generally believed that offensive rebounds are more attributable to individual effort than defensive rebounds. Due to its relative rarity, an offensive rebound is considered more valuable than a defensive rebound.
Assist Rate (ARate): This is assists divided by the field goals made by the player’s teammates while he is on the court.