So this latest season brought yet another embarrassing zero win season to the UP Fighting Maroons in the realm of men's basketball. This year I lovingly compiled the most detailed composite boxscore of the UP team in existence. Upon reviewing this, several shortcomings immediately come into light. What went wrong after the jump.
The loss of Mark Lopez really hurt this team. Lopez was the 2nd most efficient scorer on the team (46% FG), and only one of three players with a field goal percentage above 40%.
He was also a contributor on the boards, being the 3rd best rebounder on the team (4.9 RPG) despite playing at the guard position. He was also the 2nd best offensive rebounder on the team on a per game basis (2.6 ORPG), grabbing almost as many offensive rebounds a game as 6'7" Magi Sison (2.9 ORPG).
The season was a total loss for Woody Co as well. After posting great numbers early in the season, he struggled through a few remaining games while battling an injury, and just shot the ball horribly after the injury.
The point guard position was undoubtedly the weakest position of the team this year. Both Mikee Reyes and Joshua Saret were comically bad offensively, both having field goal percentages under 20%.
Mikee Reyes shot 14.3% from three and 19.6% overall while Saret was shooting an amazingly bad 4.3% from three and 17.9% overall. Just try to wrap your head around this. Saret attempted 23 three-pointers in 14 games and made only 1.
Our two top shot takers were very inefficient. Martin Reyes and Mike Silungan both took a team high 155 field goal attempts. However, 99 and 92, respectively, of those 155 attempts were three pointers. They did all of that in 14 games, mind you. That's around seven attempts a game.
The problem? They both managed to make only 25 of those 90+ threes. Giving them percentages of 25.3% and 27.2% respectively. If they had stuck to two pointers, which they were shooting at a 42.9% and 41.3% clip, they could have had much more success scoring the ball.
The only two arguable bright spots of the season were Alvin Padilla and, I can't believe I'm saying this, Magi Sison.
Sison's stats are certainly nice, 11.9 PPG 10 RPG 2.1 BPG, but you can't shake the feeling that he could have done so much more, especially considering how big he is. However, he is not without his faults. He led the team in turnovers (2.8 TOPG) despite being a center. His propensity for long jump shots also gave him a lower FG% than you would expect (47.7% FG).
Alvin Padilla had a relatively good season as compared to his wing counterparts in Reyes and Silungan. He shot 41.4% from the field, and that percentage was already dragged down by the fact that he only shot 30.4% from three. He managed to hit 50.9% of his two-pointers, the most efficient clip on the team. He is also a multi-category contributor, being 4th on the team in rebounds (4.6 RPG), 1st in assists (2.7 APG), 1st in steals (1.6 SPG) and 2nd in blocks (0.8 BPG).
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