Within two weeks, the ACC will enter the grind of the conference schedule. Florida State enters conference play as a favorite to finish near the top, and a recently improved offense will be critical to making that happen.
The rise of Florida State’s offense has coincided with a dip in the impact of the Se♦minoles’ best player: Chris Singleton. In the first eight games, only two opponents cracked 60 points, and Singleton ranked as one of the best forwards in the conference with a Total Impact Quotient of 18.1 points. Three weeks later, Singleton’s TIQ has dipped by more than three points, but Florida State has scored more than 70 points in all six games after failing to do so in the previous three.
With Florida State’s offense sputtering, coach Leonard Hamilton decided to run more of the offense through Singleton. He’s taking more shots, as demonstrated in his 28-point effort in a loss to Butler Dec. 23.
However, the extra energy spent on offense seems to be costing Singleton on defense. After posting double-digit totals for rebounds in four of the first five games, he’s done so only twice in the past nine games. In addition, Singleton blocked at least three shots in six of the first 11 games; he has a total of five blocks in the past five games.
As Singleton’s individual impact fluctuates because of his changing role, Derwin Kitchen, Luke Loucks and Bernard James are having a bigger impact for the Seminoles.
Kitchen in particular has elevated his game, becoming one of the top contributors at his position in the ACC. Although Kitchen is in charge of running Florida State’s offense, he still contributes more than five rebounds per game and is among the conference leaders in steals. That multifaceted production yields a TIQ of 12.2 points, good for fifth in the ACC among guards.
Check out a complete introduction to the TIQ and description of what it means.
Here are the latest ratings for the ACC, through games of Saturday, Dec. 25.
TIQ position averages:
Centers: 14.4
Forwards: 8.8
Guards: 6.6
TIQ = Total Impact Quotient
PD% = Position differential in % difference from average
| Top 2 centers | Team | TIQ | PD% | Minutes |
| Reggie Johnson | Miami | 19.7 | 36.8 | 295 |
| Jordan Williams | Maryland | 17.0 | 18.1 | 376 |
| Top 5 forwards | Team | TIQ | PD% | Minutes |
| Jerai Grant | North Carolina St. | 19.2 | 118.2 | 292 |
| Richard Howell | North Carolina St. | 18.5 | 110.2 | 191 |
| Josh Southern | Boston College | 15.7 | 78.4 | 210 |
| Nate Hicks | Georgia Tech | 15.3 | 73.9 | 80 |
| Bernard James | Florida State | 15.0 | 70.5 | 250 |
| Top 5 guards | Team | TIQ | PD% | Minutes |
| Kyrie Irving | Duke | 14.1 | 113.6 | 231 |
| Reggie Jackson | Boston College | 13.3 | 101.5 | 410 |
| Glen Rice Jr. | Georgia Tech | 13.0 | 97.0 | 278 |
| Iman Shumpert | Georgia Tech | 12.5 | 89.4 | 325 |
| Derwin Kitchen | Florida State | 12.2 | 84.8 | 397 |
Player Rankings
| Position | Team/Player | TIQ | +/- Last TIQ | Minutes | PD% | Position rank |
| BOSTON COLLEGE 2010-11 | ||||||
| G | Reggie Jackson | 13.3 | 2.9 | 410 | 101.5 | 2 |
| G | Biko Paris | 3.0 | 2.2 | 396 | -54.5 | 45 |
| F | Joe Trapani | 5.7 | 1.9 | 352 | -35.2 | 42 |
| G | Danny Rubin | 5.6 | -0.6 | 258 | -15.2 | 30 |
| F | Corey Raji | 14.9 | -2.5 | 255 | 69.3 | 6 |
| F | Josh Southern | 15.7 | 0.5 | 210 | 78.4 | 3 |
| G | Dallas Elmore | 4.9 | 0.4 | 192 | -25.8 | 36 |
| G | Gabriel Moton | 3.7 | 0.9 | 133 | -43.9 | 43 |
| F | Cortney Dunn | 11.7 | 0.3 | 103 | 33.0 | 14 |
| CLEMSON 2010-11 | TIQ | +/- Last TIQ | Minutes | PD% | Position rank | |
| G | Andre Young | 6.5 | 1.4 | 396 | -1.5 | 20 |
| F | Tanner Smith | 7.3 | 0.0 | 385 | -17.0 | 34 |
| G | Demontez Stitt | 4.8 | 0.4 | 305 | -27.3 | 37 |
| F | Jerai Grant | 19.2 | 3.1 | 292 | 118.2 | 1 |
| F | Devin Booker | 7.2 | 0.7 | 271 | -18.2 | 36 |
| F | Milton Jennings | 6.3 | -2.3 | 253 | -28.4 | 38 |
| G | Cory Stanton | 1.5 | -3.9 | 173 | -77.3 | 49 |
| F | Bryan Narcisse | 4.2 | 2.3 | 112 | -52.3 | 48 |
| F | Noel Johnson | 0.5 | 0.6 | 92 | -94.3 | 51 |
| G | Zavier Anderson | 6.5 | N/A | 88 | -1.5 | 21 |
| DUKE 2010-11 | TIQ | +/- Last TIQ | Minutes | PD% | Position rank | |
| F | Kyle Singler | 5.8 | 2.5 | 352 | -34.1 | 41 |
| G | Nolan Smith | 8.1 | 0.8 | 327 | 22.7 | 15 |
| G | Mason Plumlee | 11.8 | -0.6 | 266 | 78.8 | 7 |
| F | Andre Dawkins | 8.6 | -0.3 | 266 | -2.3 | 23 |
| G | Kyrie Irving | 14.1 | -0.2 | 231 | 113.6 | 1 |
| G | Seth Curry | 6.0 | -0.6 | 223 | -9.1 | 28 |
| F | Miles Plumlee | 8.3 | 1.0 | 196 | -5.7 | 24 |
| F | Ryan Kelly | 9.4 | 0.9 | 172 | 6.8 | 19 |
| F | Josh Hairston | 7.4 | 2.6 | 79 | -15.9 | 32 |
| FLORIDA STATE 2010-11 | TIQ | +/- Last TIQ | Minutes | PD% | Position rank | |
| F | Chris Singleton | 14.5 | -3.6 | 416 | 64.8 | 8 |
| G | Derwin Kitchen | 12.2 | 2.8 | 397 | 84.8 | 5 |
| G | Michael Snaer | 3.0 | -1.4 | 382 | -54.5 | 46 |
| G | Deividas Dulkys | 3.9 | -1.5 | 326 | -40.9 | 41 |
| F | Bernard James | 15.0 | 2.2 | 250 | 70.5 | 5 |
| F | Xavier Gibson | 7.3 | -1.2 | 248 | -17.0 | 35 |
| G | Luke Loucks | 6.4 | 4.2 | 220 | -3.0 | 23 |
| F | Okaro White | 12.6 | 0.0 | 195 | 43.2 | 12 |
| G | Ian Miller | -3.2 | 0.5 | 135 | -148.5 | 52 |
| F | Terrance Shannon | 8.8 | N/A | 114 | 0.0 | 22 |
| GEORGIA TECH 2010-11 | TIQ | +/- Last TIQ | Minutes | PD% | Position rank | |
| G | Iman Shumpert | 12.5 | -3.2 | 325 | 89.4 | 4 |
| F | Brian Oliver | 5.2 | -2.9 | 325 | -40.9 | 45 |
| G | Mfon Udofia | 4.1 | 0.3 | 279 | -37.9 | 38 |
| G | Glen Rice Jr. | 13.0 | 0.7 | 278 | 97.0 | 3 |
| C | Daniel Miller | 12.7 | 2.7 | 264 | -11.8 | 4 |
| G | Maurice Miller | 12.2 | 1.4 | 215 | 84.8 | 6 |
| G | Jason Morris | 2.9 | -1.0 | 165 | -56.1 | 47 |
| F | Kammeon Holsey | 4.8 | -0.7 | 159 | -45.5 | 46 |
| F | Nate Hicks | 15.3 | -5.7 | 80 | 73.9 | 4 |
| G | Lance Storrs | 2.4 | 0.1 | 78 | -63.6 | 48 |
| MARYLAND 2010-11 | TIQ | +/- Last TIQ | Minutes | PD% | Position rank | |
| C | Jordan Williams | 17.0 | 0.0 | 376 | 18.1 | 2 |
| F | Dino Gregory | 8.1 | 0.4 | 326 | -8.0 | 25 |
| F | Cliff Tucker | 6.4 | -0.1 | 313 | -27.3 | 37 |
| F | Sean Mosley | 5.6 | -1.1 | 311 | -36.4 | 44 |
| G | Adrian Bowie | 10.9 | 1.1 | 297 | 65.2 | 9 |
| G | Pe’Shon Howard | 5.3 | -0.8 | 217 | -19.7 | 32 |
| G | Terrell Stoglin | 6.8 | -1.5 | 212 | 3.0 | 19 |
| F | James Padgett | 7.6 | 3.8 | 141 | -13.6 | 29 |
| MIAMI 2010-11 | TIQ | +/- Last TIQ | Minutes | PD% | Position rank | |
| G | Malcolm Grant | 7.4 | 0.7 | 411 | 12.1 | 18 |
| G | Durand Scott | 8.4 | -2.9 | 401 | 27.3 | 14 |
| G | Garrius Adams | 5.6 | -0.5 | 357 | -15.2 | 31 |
| F | Adrian Thomas | 3.6 | -0.5 | 340 | -59.1 | 49 |
| C | Reggie Johnson | 19.7 | -1.8 | 295 | 36.8 | 1 |
| F | DeQuan Jones | 3.6 | 1.2 | 193 | -59.1 | 50 |
| F | Julian Gamble | 8.0 | -0.6 | 187 | -9.1 | 26 |
| G | Rion Brown | 3.6 | -3.2 | 165 | -45.5 | 44 |
| F | Donnavan Kirk | 0.2 | 0.9 | 124 | -97.7 | 52 |
| NORTH CAROLINA 2010-11 | TIQ | +/- Last TIQ | Minutes | PD% | Position rank | |
| F | Harrison Barnes | 5.7 | 0.6 | 340 | -35.2 | 43 |
| C | Tyler Zeller | 15.5 | 0.2 | 326 | 7.6 | 3 |
| G | Larry Drew II | 6.5 | 1.4 | 304 | -1.5 | 22 |
| G | Dexter Strickland | 8.7 | 1.6 | 300 | 31.8 | 11 |
| F | John Henson | 13.7 | -2.3 | 272 | 55.7 | 9 |
| F | Justin Knox | 10.6 | -0.7 | 202 | 20.5 | 16 |
| G | Kendall Marshall | 11.6 | 0.2 | 170 | 75.8 | 8 |
| G | Leslie McDonald | 3.9 | 3.6 | 166 | -40.9 | 42 |
| G | Reggie Blullock | 6.1 | 2.5 | 152 | -7.6 | 27 |
| F | Justin Watts | 7.7 | -1.6 | 136 | -12.5 | 28 |
| NORTH CAROLINA STATE 2010-11 | TIQ | +/- Last TIQ | Minutes | PD% | Position rank | |
| F | Scott Wood | 7.4 | -0.7 | 358 | -15.9 | 33 |
| G | Lorenzo Brown | 8.6 | 0.1 | 319 | 30.3 | 12 |
| F | C.J. Leslie | 12.0 | 1.8 | 266 | 36.4 | 13 |
| G | Ryan Harrow | 4.0 | 3.1 | 239 | -39.4 | 39 |
| F | DeShawn Painter | 9.2 | 0.0 | 237 | 4.5 | 20 |
| G | Javier Gonzalez | 7.8 | -0.3 | 235 | 18.2 | 16 |
| F | Richard Howell | 18.5 | -1.0 | 191 | 110.2 | 2 |
| F | C.J. Williams | 5.9 | -1.3 | 169 | -33.0 | 40 |
| C | Jordan Vandenberg | 9.8 | 1.3 | 139 | -31.9 | 6 |
| F | Tracy Smith | 13.2 | 0.0 | 34 | 50.0 | 11 |
| VIRGINIA 2010-11 | TIQ | +/- Last TIQ | Minutes | PD% | Position rank | |
| G | Mustapha Farrakhan | 6.2 | 2.9 | 351 | -6.1 | 25 |
| F | Mike Scott | 14.6 | 1.3 | 337 | 65.9 | 7 |
| G | Joe Harris | 5.2 | -0.9 | 328 | -21.2 | 33 |
| G | Jontel Evans | 6.0 | -1.1 | 325 | -9.1 | 29 |
| G | K.T. Harrell | 5.2 | 1.4 | 282 | -21.2 | 34 |
| F | Assane Sene | 7.6 | -0.6 | 196 | -13.6 | 30 |
| F | Will Sherrill | 9.0 | 0.6 | 155 | 2.3 | 21 |
| G | Billy Baron | 5.2 | -0.4 | 141 | -21.2 | 35 |
| F | Akil Mitchell | 7.8 | N/A | 119 | -11.4 | 27 |
| G | Sammy Zeglinski | 6.2 | N/A | 96 | -6.1 | 26 |
| VIRGINIA TECH 2010-11 | TIQ | +/- Last TIQ | Minutes | PD% | Position rank | |
| G | Malcom Delaney | 7.8 | 0.8 | 431 | 18.2 | 17 |
| F | Terrell Bell | 9.7 | -1.0 | 360 | 10.2 | 18 |
| F | Victor Davila | 7.5 | -2.5 | 355 | -14.8 | 31 |
| F | Jeff Allen | 10.9 | 0.5 | 333 | 23.9 | 15 |
| G | Dorenzo Hudson | 1.0 | 1.2 | 289 | -84.8 | 50 |
| G | Erick Green | 6.3 | 4.6 | 198 | -4.5 | 24 |
| G | Jarell Eddie | 4.0 | 1.1 | 137 | -39.4 | 40 |
| WAKE FOREST 2010-11 | TIQ | +/- Last TIQ | Minutes | PD% | Position rank | |
| G | C.J. Harris | 10.3 | -0.8 | 384 | 56.1 | 10 |
| F | Travis McKie | 13.7 | -0.6 | 366 | 55.7 | 10 |
| F | Ari Stewart | 4.6 | 0.4 | 353 | -47.7 | 47 |
| G | J.T. Terrell | 0.8 | 0.2 | 323 | -87.9 | 51 |
| G | Gary Clark | 8.6 | -0.7 | 316 | 30.3 | 13 |
| C | Ty Walker | 11.6 | 0.6 | 284 | -19.4 | 5 |
| F | Carson Desrosiers | 6.0 | 0.9 | 182 | -31.8 | 39 |
| F | Nikita Mescheriakov | 10.2 | N/A | 61 | 15.9 | 17 |
