As we enter into conference play, most teams have around eleven to thirteen games in the non-conference slate. George Mason, George Washington, La Salle, and Loyola Chicago have also played one of their eighteen conference games earlier this month. Looking into major statistical categories is always my favorite part of looking at teams entering conference play, but that could be because of having a big math background from high school and as a current business student in Western New England. Now that we have hit the midway point of the season, it is a good time to look at where all fifteen teams stand in the conference nationally in all major categories (courtesy of NCAA.com). Going down this bigger sample size, from what we looked at earlier this season, we can see that George Mason, Richmond, Saint Joseph’s, and Duquesne are at the top of most of the major categories. Let’s go and take a look at what we can learn from each of the fifteen teams in all of the major categories!
Assist to Turnover Ratio:
#11 Saint Joseph’s 1.41
#40 George Mason 1.17
#72 Duquesne 1.04
#78 Richmond 1.03
#95 Rhode Island 0.97
#106 Loyola Chicago 0.93
#118 Massachusetts 0.91
#201 La Salle 0.78
#213 Saint Louis 0.75
#232 Davidson 0.72
#261 Fordham 0.66
#262 VCU 0.66
#267 Dayton 0.65
#304 George Washington 0.58
#317 St. Bonaventure 0.54
Assists Per Game:
#10 Saint Joseph’s 19.4
#28 Richmond 17.7
#34 Duquesne 17.4
#56 Loyola Chicago 16.3
#100 George Mason 14.8
#111 Massachusetts 14.6
#151 Rhode Island 13.8
#154 La Salle 13.8
#169 Saint Louis 13.5
#216 Dayton 12.5
#235 Fordham 12.2
#238 VCU 12.2
#279 Davidson 11.3
#313 George Washington 10.5
#324 St. Bonaventure 9.2
Bench Points Per Game:
#78 George Washington 24.7
#83 George Mason 24.0
#102 Duquesne 22.5
#128 Dayton 21.7
#145 Loyola Chicago 21.0
#147 Fordham 20.9
#165 Davidson 20.3
#192 La Salle 19.1
#197 Saint Louis 18.9
#228 Richmond 18.0
#242 VCU 17.5
#257 St. Bonaventure 16.5
#268 Rhode Island 16.2
#303 Massachusetts 14.0
#335 Saint Joseph’s 11.9
Blocks Per Game:
#62 Richmond 4.2
#62 Rhode Island 4.2
#89 Saint Joseph’s 3.8
#119 Dayton 3.5
#119 Fordham 3.5
#124 George Washington 3.4
#136 Davidson 3.3
#145 Duquesne 3.3
#154 Saint Louis 3.2
#177 George Mason 3.0
#194 VCU 2.9
#285 La Salle 2.2
#297 Massachusetts 2.0
#319 St. Bonaventure 1.8
#345 Loyola Chicago 1.3
Field Goal Percentage:
#6 Richmond 49.4%
#28 Saint Joseph’s 47.2%
#71 Duquesne 44.8%
#108 Davidson 43.1%
#125 Loyola Chicago 42.4%
#133 George Mason 41.9%
#186 Dayton 40.6%
#203 VCU 40.0%
#214 Fordham 39.7%
#219 George Washington 39.6%
#223 Saint Louis 39.5%
#239 Massachusetts 39.1%
#241 Rhode Island 39.0%
#285 St. Bonaventure 37.3%
#305 La Salle 36.5%
Field Goal Percentage Defense:
#20 VCU 34.9%
#41 George Washington 36.2%
#60 Massachusetts 37.0%
#73 George Mason 37.4%
#74 Saint Joseph’s 37.4%
#89 Richmond 37.9%
#100 Fordham 38.1%
#129 Duquesne 38.8%
#139 Dayton 39.0%
#173 Davidson 39.8%
#183 Loyola Chicago 39.9%
#210 Rhode Island 42.8%
#288 La Salle 42.8%
#290 Saint Louis 42.8%
#297 St. Bonaventure 43.0%
Fouls Per Game:
#8 Richmond 13.1
#10 Rhode Island 13.2
#72 Saint Joseph’s 15.1
#80 St. Bonaventure 15.3
#83 VCU 15.3
#148 George Mason 16.4
#151 La Salle 16.5
#206 George Washington 17.4
#229 Massachusetts 17.8
#265 Loyola Chicago 18.4
#268 Dayton 18.5
#280 Fordham 18.7
#291 Saint Louis 19.0
#297 Duquesne 19.1
#338 Davidson 21.0
Free Throw Attempts Per Game:
#33 George Washington 20.92
#63 George Mason 19.33
#76 Dayton 18.91
#119 Saint Louis 17.69
#123 Fordham 17.64
#128 Duquesne 17.45
#203 VCU 16.08
#208 La Salle 15.93
#218 St. Bonaventure 15.73
#233 Davidson 15.25
#245 Richmond 14.92
#254 Massachusetts 14.73
#254 Saint Joseph’s 14.73
#264 Loyola Chicago 14.58
#340 Rhode Island 11.31
Free Throw Percentage:
#2 Saint Louis 83.0%
#7 Saint Joseph’s 80.2%
#36 St. Bonaventure 76.3%
#72 Massachusetts 74.1%
#79 Richmond 73.7%
#144 Dayton 71.2%
#175 George Mason 69.8%
#180 Loyola Chicago 69.7%
#218 George Washington 68.1%
#229 Davidson 67.8%
#239 VCU 67.4%
#269 Duquesne 66.1%
#304 Fordham 64.4%
#315 La Salle 63.7%
#317 Rhode Island 63.3%
Free Throws Made Per Game:
#31 Saint Louis 14.69
#39 George Washington 14.25
#64 George Mason 13.5
#66 Dayton 13.45
#138 St. Bonaventure 12.0
#154 Saint Joseph’s 11.82
#172 Duquesne 11.55
#183 Fordham 11.36
#206 Richmond 11.0
#219 Massachusetts 10.91
#223 VCU 10.83
#251 Davidson 10.33
#263 Loyola Chicago 10.17
#264 La Salle 10.14
#343 Rhode Island 7.15
Rebound Margin:
#19 Saint Joseph’s 10.2
#21 George Washington 10.2
#41 Rhode Island 8.1
#57 George Mason 6.7
#67 Massachusetts 5.8
#72 Fordham 5.6
#85 Richmond 5.1
#86 VCU 5.0
#108 Dayton 4.1
#193 La Salle 0.7
#196 Saint Louis 0.6
#209 Davidson 0.0
#249 Loyola Chicago -1.9
#277 Duquesne -3.6
#326 St. Bonaventure -6.5
Rebounds (Defensive) Per Game:
#24 George Washington 29.3
#51 Dayton 28.2
#74 Richmond 27.5
#115 Saint Joseph’s 26.5
#121 Saint Louis 26.4
#149 Massachusetts 25.7
#164 George Mason 25.4
#175 Duquesne 25.2
#189 La Salle 24.9
#194 Fordham 24.7
#197 VCU 24.7
#224 Davidson 24.3
#264 St. Bonaventure 23.6
#300 Rhode Island 22.8
#342 Loyola Chicago 20.9
Rebounds (Offensive) Per Game:
#21 George Mason 15.8
#23 Rhode Island 15.7
#33 Fordham 14.7
#39 La Salle 14.6
#56 Saint Louis 14.2
#60 George Washington 14.1
#108 VCU 13.0
#146 Massachusetts 12.4
#146 Saint Joseph’s 12.4
#184 Loyola Chicago 11.7
#190 Dayton 11.5
#276 Duquesne 10.0
#311 Davidson 9.0
#338 Richmond 8.1
#348 St. Bonaventure 7.4
Rebounds Per Game:
#22 George Washington 43.33
#54 George Mason 41.17
#62 Saint Louis 40.62
#82 Dayton 39.73
#86 Fordham 39.45
#87 La Salle 39.43
#114 Saint Joseph’s 38.82
#127 Rhode Island 38.54
#145 Massachusetts 38.09
#165 VCU 37.67
#231 Richmond 35.62
#244 Duquesne 35.18
#304 Davidson 33.33
#320 Loyola Chicago 32.58
#336 St. Bonaventure 31.0
Scoring Defense:
#12 VCU 52.7
#20 Rhode Island 54.2
#21 George Mason 54.3
#23 Saint Joseph’s 54.5
#48 Massachusetts 56.5
#74 Fordham 58.2
#84 Richmond 59.0
#87 Loyola Chicago 59.1
#107 George Washington 59.7
#143 Davidson 61.4
#194 Dayton 64.0
#239 La Salle 66.4
#242 Duquesne 66.9
#255 St. Bonaventure 67.5
#346 Saint Louis 80.2
Scoring Margin:
#35 George Mason 21.0
#35 Saint Joseph’s 21.0
#64 Richmond 13.4
#76 Duquesne 12.6
#123 VCU 6.9
#130 Loyola Chicago 6.5
#137 Rhode Island 5.7
#149 Massachusetts 5.0
#161 Fordham 4.0
#175 George Washington 2.8
#179 Davidson 2.2
#202 Dayton 1.0
#267 La Salle -5.8
#278 Saint Louis -7.2
#305 St. Bonaventure -11.0
Scoring Offense:
#32 Duquesne 79.5
#55 Saint Joseph’s 75.5
#60 George Mason 75.3
#78 Saint Louis 73.0
#90 Richmond 72.4
#188 Loyola Chicago 65.6
#201 Dayton 65.0
#218 Davidson 63.6
#237 George Washington 62.4
#240 Fordham 62.2
#250 Massachusetts 61.5
#259 La Salle 60.6
#269 Rhode Island 59.9
#279 VCU 59.6
#315 St. Bonaventure 56.5
Steals Per Game:
#24 Duquesne 12.4
#43 La Salle 11.1
#56 Saint Louis 10.5
#73 George Mason 10.1
#92 Fordham 9.6
#143 Loyola Chicago 8.9
#197 Rhode Island 8.2
#203 Richmond 8.1
#218 VCU 7.8
#232 Massachusetts 7.6
#238 Dayton 7.5
#257 Saint Joseph’s 6.4
#299 St. Bonaventure 6.4
#319 George Washington 6.0
#339 Davidson 5.4
Three Point Attempts Per Game:
#4 Duquesne 32.3
#57 Saint Louis 24.3
#72 Richmond 23.4
#90 Loyola Chicago 22.4
#125 Rhode Island 21.2
#151 George Mason 20.6
#154 Davidson 20.5
#167 Saint Joseph’s 20.2
#170 St. Bonaventure 20.1
#242 Dayton 18.3
#252 La Salle 18.1
#268 Fordham 17.4
#273 VCU 17.3
#300 Massachusetts 16.3
#306 George Washington 15.9
Three Point Percentage:
#8 Saint Joseph’s 39.2%
#19 Richmond 37.5%
#21 George Mason 37.2%
#71 Duquesne 34.4%
#87 Davidson 33.7%
#92 VCU 33.3%
#102 Loyola Chicago 33.1%
#128 Massachusetts 32.4%
#214 St. Bonaventure 29.9%
#223 Rhode Island 29.7%
#281 Dayton 27.4%
#283 Saint Louis 27.2%
#310 Fordham 25.7%
#312 La Salle 25.3%
#333 George Washington 24.1%
Three Point Percentage Defense:
#3 VCU 21.1%
#101 Davidson 27.9%
#111 Saint Joseph’s 28.3%
#113 Dayton 28.4%
#125 Loyola Chicago 28.8%
#133 La Salle 29.0%
#141 Fordham 29.3%
#146 Richmond 29.4%
#153 St. Bonaventure 29.6%
#195 George Washington 30.8%
#242 George Mason 32.2%
#258 Rhode Island 32.6%
#272 Massachusetts 33.0%
#292 Duquesne 33.9%
#346 Saint Louis 37.6%
Three Pointers Per Game:
#2 Duquesne 11.1
#26 Richmond 8.8
#55 Saint Joseph’s 7.9
#72 George Mason 7.7
#84 Loyola Chicago 7.4
#114 Davidson 6.9
#139 Saint Louis 6.6
#167 Rhode Island 6.3
#197 St. Bonaventure 6.0
#212 VCU 5.8
#254 Massachusetts 5.3
#270 Dayton 5.0
#295 La Salle 4.6
#302 Fordham 4.5
#326 George Washington 3.8
Turnover Margin:
#13 George Mason 8.58
#20 Duquesne 7.18
#105 Loyola Chicago 2.42
#119 Rhode Island 1.85
#136 Saint Joseph’s 1.36
#139 Fordham 1.27
#139 Massachusetts 1.27
#150 La Salle 1.00
#230 Davidson -0.92
#230 VCU -0.92
#244 Richmond -1.23
#254 Saint Louis -1.54
#294 Dayton -2.82
#298 George Washington -3.00
#313 St. Bonaventure -3.45
Turnovers Forced Per Game:
#18 Duquesne 23.91
#38 George Mason 21.25
#58 Loyola Chicago 19.92
#67 Fordham 19.64
#93 La Salle 18.79
#156 VCU 17.5
#168 Massachusetts 17.36
#226 Saint Louis 16.46
#227 Dayton 16.45
#243 Rhode Island 16.08
#248 Richmond 15.92
#271 George Washington 15.25
#279 Saint Joseph’s 15.09
#297 Davidson 14.67
#332 St. Bonaventure 13.64
Turnovers Per Game:
#21 George Mason 12.7
#42 Saint Joseph’s 13.7
#57 Rhode Island 14.2
#118 Davidson 15.6
#143 Massachusetts 16.1
#171 Duquesne 16.7
#193 St. Bonaventure 17.1
#200 Richmond 17.2
#219 Loyola Chicago 17.5
#236 La Salle 17.8
#243 Saint Louis 18.0
#254 George Washington 18.3
#262 Fordham 18.4
#264 VCU 18.4
#294 Dayton 19.3
Winning Percentage:
#17 George Mason 91.7%
#51 Duquesne 81.8%
#51 Saint Joseph’s 81.8%
#97 Richmond 69.2%
#102 Loyola Chicago 66.7%
#148 George Washington 58.3%
#167 Dayton 54.5%
#167 Fordham 54.5%
#192 La Salle 50.0%
#192 VCU 50.0%
#217 Saint Louis 46.2%
#220 Massachusetts 45.5%
#238 Davidson 41.7%
#254 Rhode Island 38.5%
#259 St. Bonaventure 36.4%
Featured Image: Chris Tucci, UMass Athletics
Kaily “KG” Godek is a current student at Western New England University (WNE). She has been a supporter of UMass Athletics for over 15 years. Kaily focuses on both UMass Basketball teams and occasionally on the other Women’s Basketball teams in the conference. While writing for A10 Talk, she works in the athletic department at WNE. When she graduates from WNE she wants to go into either Sports Broadcasting and Journalism or Coaching. You can follow Kaily on X, formerly known as Twitter, @kgumass23.
