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Preview: Colorado at Kansas (abbreviated) Print E-mail
Feb 16, 2008

No time for a full preview this game.  But because I want to track against projections, I decided to run the numbers and share them with you.  My calculations project that KU is not expected to beat the Vegas spread (25 pts) today but will win handily.

 

Biggest advantage projected is eFG%, where expectations should be for a 57-47% advantage for KU.  Jackson, Kaun, and Robinson are projected to have much better games than usual, while Stewart and Arthur may come in lower.  Jackson-Wilson is projected to have an unusually strong game, while Roby and Knutson could underperform their average efficiencies.  Game should be a slow 66 possession tempo. 

 

 

Kansas 81                            
Colorado 59                            
                               
Kansas                              
PLAYER MIN 2FGM 2FGA 3FGM 3FGA FTM FTA PTS OREB DREB TREB AST TO STL BLK
Brandon Rush 27 2 5 2 4 2 2 12 1 4 5 2 1 1 1
Cole Aldrich 7 1 2 0 0 1 1 3 1 2 3 0 0 0 1
Conner Teahan 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Darnell Jackson 24 4 6 0 0 3 4 11 2 4 6 1 1 1 1
Darrell Arthur 23 5 9 0 1 2 3 12 3 3 6 1 2 1 1
Jeremy Case 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Mario Chalmers 29 2 4 2 3 2 4 12 0 3 3 5 2 2 1
Matt Kleinmann 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Rodrick Stewart 11 1 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 2 1 0 0
Russell Robinson 27 1 2 1 3 2 3 7 1 2 3 4 2 2 0
Sasha Kaun 14 3 4 0 0 2 3 8 2 2 4 0 1 0 1
Sherron Collins 23 2 4 1 3 1 2 8 0 2 2 2 2 1 0
Tyrel Reed 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
TOTALS 200 22 39 7 18 16 23 81 12 24 36 19 12 8 6
                               
Colorado                              
PLAYER MIN 2FGM 2FGA 3FGM 3FGA FTM FTA PTS OREB DREB TREB AST TO STL BLK
Richard Roby 36 4 8 1 4 4 5 15 2 4 6 2 4 1 1
Marcus Hall 39 2 6 2 4 2 3 12 1 3 4 3 3 2 0
Xavier Silas 32 2 5 1 3 3 4 10 1 2 3 1 2 1 0
Cory Higgins 35 2 4 1 3 1 2 8 1 3 4 2 2 1 0
Levi Knutson 15 0 1 1 3 1 1 4 0 1 1 1 1 0 0
Jermyl Jackson-Wilson 16 2 4 0 0 0 1 4 2 3 5 1 2 1 1
Dwight Thorne II 13 1 1 0 1 1 1 3 0 1 1 1 1 0 0
Marcus King-Stockton 14 1 2 0 0 1 2 3 1 2 3 0 1 0 1
TOTALS 200 14 31 6 18 13 19 59 8 19 27 11 16 6 3

 

 

 

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