I am new to this eff. rating thing. anyway, I used the following formula to calculate my players rating....... Points/(F.G.A.+(.475*F.T.A)-ORB+TO)

PG - Howard Johnson .....Fr 1.596, Soph .756, Jun .994, Sen .637

PG - Mark Williams .....Fr .502

SG- Vincent Surratt ....Fr .559, Soph .862, Jun .781, Sen .920

SG - William Hinder ....Fr .557, Soph .883

SG - James Taylor....Fr .581

SF - Thomas Chau ....Fr .978, Soph .997, Jun .732

PF - Raymond Pendelton ....FR 2.616, Soph 1.187, Jun 1.068, Sen .745

PF - Kevin Robertson ....Fr 1.073, Soph 1.105

C - Timothy Beiler ....Fr 1.716, Soph 1.018, Jun 1.044

C - James Shumate ....Fr 1.060, Soph .887, Jun .858

C - Christopher Pearson ..... REDSHIRT

C - Barry Walker .... Fr 3.103

What can i gain from this? how do I use this in determining starters and distrobution? I just finished the Non Conferance schedule at 5-5 vs a top 50 sos. 1-5 vs top 25 ranked teams. This is my first season at this program and I'm searching for an idenity.

Its MAIN function is as a team rating, however. . .

I would tend to redirect the distribution more towards the players that finish with a 1.0 plus rating, and away a bit from the ones with a less. In this case, you might bump up the distro to, for example, Beiler and Robertson.

On a side note, I might consider ratcheting back the threes slightly.

arss is right, it's more for a team analysis. But it's worth tracking for both your offense and defense, imo, as you can discern trends in your team's performances that need modifying.

Also, by applying the eff. rating to individual players like you've done, the ratings become somewhat relative between positions. You'll notice that PF/C have higher ratings than guards, as the rating gets skewed by the ORB the bigs get. Also, role players who get 0 distribution but score off of easy putbacks and tap-ins may look like world beaters, but that doesn't necessarily mean you should increase their distro.