PLAYER SHOOTING [PURDUE - 2025]
Games which fit the following criteria
In-game characteristics that fit the following criteria
Shots which fit the following criteria
Games in which Purdue records at least the following stats
Games in which the opponent records at least the following stats
Games in which selected player records at least the following stats
Games in which Purdue holds the following rankings
Games in which the opponent holds the following rankings

SELECT PLAYER

Basic Shooting

SHOT CHART (Click shot locations to see info)

ADVANCED SHOOTING

Field Goals

Free Throws

TEAM SHOOTING [PURDUE - 2025]
Games which fit the following criteria
In-game characteristics which fit the following criteria
Shots which fit the following criteria
Games in which Purdue records at least the following stats
Games in which opponents records at least the following stats
Games for which selected player records at least the following stats
Games in which Purdue has the following rankings
Games in which opponents has the following rankings

TEAM SHOOTING STATS

Basic Shooting

Advanced Shooting

SHOT CHART (Click shot locations to see info)

BRADEN ASSIST DATA


SMITH - ASSIST LEADERBOARD

SHOT CHART (Click shot locations to see info)

GAMES + ASSISTS AVERAGE

GAMES REMAINING

ASSIST AVERAGE

AVERAGES

2025

CAREER

BIG TEN SEASON SUMMARY

TOTALS

PER GAME

HOW TO USE THIS SITE

ABOUT THE SITE

The original goal of this site was to have filterable play-by-play data in order to get a better idea of how players or the team shoot in different situations. To the right, you'll find short explanations of how to use and/or navigate each page on this site.

The long-term goal is to build out with other fun tools to provide unique insights into Purdue basketball. Though I can't promise all ideas are feasible and/or easy, I'm very open to ideas for future development.

As you're navigating the site, if you find any bugs/problems or have ideas/suggestions, shoot me an email at [email protected] or drop me a DM on X @cobrastats.

A few other quick things since the questions may come up:

- Data Sources: All of the play-by-play data I use is publicly available from stats.ncaa.org. That's where the vast majority of data comes from for this site. Other bits of information and/or data came from KenPom, Purdue Sports, Bart Torvik, and the AP. Big thanks to all of them.

- Other Teams: I have no intentions of doing this for any other teams. There are too many manual clean-up tasks to maintain across multiple teams.

- Code Availability: This site was built entirely in R with {shiny}. As of now, I don't plan on publishing the code. There's truly nothing proprietary about it — it's just incredibly ugly code and has too many manual processes baked in, making it difficult to interpret. That could change in the future though.

This page provides shot data for a single player during the 2024-25 season. Across the top, there are over 40 different filters in 8 different categories that can be applied to the player’s field goal attempts. Additionally, tables to the left and at the bottom provide summary statistics given the filters, and the shot chart provides information about shots that meet the filtered criteria. Clicking on a shot location will provide you with information regarding that shot

  • Game Type: This category will filter for field goal attempts in games based on general characteristics. It is in this section you can filter for specific game(s), months, or locations.
  • In Game: This category allows you to filter for specific in-game characteristics.
    • Game Margin: This allows filtering for the number of points Purdue is either ahead or behind at the time of the shot.
    • Game Minutes: This allows filtering for the time of the game during which the shot was taken.
    • Players ON/OFF: This allows filtering by what other players were either on or off the court at the time of the shot.
    • Final Margin: This allows filtering for the end-of-game score.
  • Shot Info: This category will filter for shots that meet specific criteria. Shot detail and shot type are based on play-by-play data from the NCAA. As a result, fastbreak attempts are often not included.
  • Team Stats: This category will filter for field goal attempts by the selected player only during games in which Purdue recorded the chosen stats. The top and bottom limits are set by Purdue’s highest and lowest marks so far this season.
  • Opponent’s Stats: This category will filter for field goal attempts by the selected player only during games in which the opponent recorded the chosen stats. The top and bottom limits are set by opponents’ highest and lowest marks so far this season against Purdue.
  • Player Stats: This category will filter for field goal attempts by the selected player only during games in which the selected player recorded the chosen stats.
  • Team Ranks: This category will filter for field goal attempts by the selected player only during games in which Purdue held the selected rankings. KenPom rankings are as of the morning of a given game - not current rankings. The top and bottom limits on KenPom rankings are set by Purdue’s highest and lowest rankings held this season.
  • Opponent Ranks: This category will filter for field goal attempts by the selected player only during games in which Purdue’s opponents held the selected rankings. KenPom rankings are as of the morning of a given game - not current rankings. The top and bottom limits on KenPom rankings are set by the highest and lowest rankings held by Purdue’s opponents this season.

This page provides shot data for the whole Purdue team during the 2024-25 season. Across the top, there are over 40 different filters in 8 different categories that can be applied to the team’s field goal attempts. Additionally, tables to the left provide summary statistics given the filters, and the shot chart provides information about shots that meet the filtered criteria. Clicking on a shot location will provide you with information regarding that shot

  • Game Type: This category will filter for field goal attempts in games based on general characteristics. It is in this section you can filter for specific game(s), months, or locations.
  • In Game: This category allows you to filter for specific in-game characteristics.
    • Game Margin: This allows filtering for the number of points Purdue is either ahead or behind at the time of the shot.
    • Game Minutes: This allows filtering for the time of the game during which the shot was taken.
    • Players ON/OFF: This allows filtering by what other players were either on or off the court at the time of the shot.
    • Final Margin: This allows filtering for the end-of-game score.
  • Shot Info: This category will filter for shots that meet specific criteria. Shot detail and shot type are based on play-by-play data from the NCAA. As a result, fastbreak attempts are often not included.
  • Team Stats: This category will filter for field goal attempts by Purdue only during games in which Purdue recorded the chosen stats. The top and bottom limits are set by Purdue’s highest and lowest marks so far this season.
  • Opponent’s Stats: This category will filter for field goal attempts by Purdue only during games in which the opponent recorded the chosen stats. The top and bottom limits are set by opponents’ highest and lowest marks so far this season against Purdue.
  • Player Stats: This category will filter for field goal attempts by Purdue only during games in which a selected player recorded the chosen stats. A player must be selected for the filter to be used.
  • Team Ranks: This category will filter for field goal attempts by Purdue only during games in which Purdue held the selected rankings. KenPom rankings are as of the morning of a given game - not current rankings. The top and bottom limits on KenPom rankings are set by Purdue’s highest and lowest rankings held this season.
  • Opponent Ranks: This category will filter for field goal attempts by Purdue only during games in which Purdue’s opponents held the selected rankings. KenPom rankings are as of the morning of a given game - not current rankings. The top and bottom limits on KenPom rankings are set by the highest and lowest rankings held by Purdue’s opponents this season.

This page provides information on Braden Smith’s career assists as he chases the all-time NCAA record. Across the top, there are a number of filters you can choose from, including who the assist was to, which game, which season, and more. The “More Filters” tab provides additional shot-specific filters.

  • Assist Leaderboard (Left Side): This shows whose made baskets he has the most assists on and what percentage of his total assists that player represents.
  • Shot Chart (Right Side): This chart visualizes all of Smith’s assists. Clicking on shots will provide more information about that specific shot.

This page shows where Braden Smith is projected to finish on the NCAA all-time assist leaders rankings. This page allows you to adjust for different scenarios.

  • 2025 Regular Season: How many games Smith will play in the rest of the 2025 regular season.
  • 2025 Post. (BTT + NCAA): How many postseason games Smith will play. Defaults to 5 games.
  • 2026 Regular Season: How many games Smith will play in the 2026 regular season. The default is 31 games (11 non-conference + 20 conference games).
  • 2026 Post. (BTT + NCAA): How many postseason games Smith will play. Defaults to 5 games.

    • From there, you can select the number of assists you project Braden Smith will average from now until the end of the 2026 season (across the number of games selected above). This defaults to his current 2025 season average.

    Average +/- Margin: This setting allows you to project a “high” and “low” projection. A +/- of 0.5 at 8.8 assists per game would provide:

    • High Projection: 9.3 assists per game.
    • Current Projection: 8.8 assists per game.
    • Low Projection: 8.3 assists per game.

    To the right is the all-time leaderboard. As games and averages are adjusted on the left, Smith’s projected number of assists will change on the right.

ABOUT ME

Hey everyone - I’m Connor Bradley (sometimes known as cobra), and I’m a big fan of sports and data. I’m a 3rd-generation Purdue graduate and have been a diehard Purdue sports fan for quite some time.

In my statistics classes throughout grad school, all my projects revolved around sports since it was the only way to keep things interesting for me. But it was there that I started learning tools like R and exploring different ways to analyze data especially as it related to athletics.

I started posting on Twitter/X a few years ago to point out suspicious ATS trends of a specific referee keep myself accountable for learning more, but also as a way to share fun data insights around Purdue sports and plug into the Purdue community. If you don’t already, you’re welcome to follow me there, as I post basketball-related content fairly frequently.


CONTACT ME

If you have questions or just want to connect, feel free to reach out on Twitter/X, LinkedIn, or shoot me an email.

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