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Mar 19, 2009

Kansas vs North Dakota State (NCAA Tournament 1st Round - Minneapolis, MN)

 KansasNorth Dakota State

Performance Indicators

  
Record (conference)
25-726-6
AP Rank14
NR
Pomeroy Rating
(Updated daily)
11
66
Consensus Ranking
(Updated periodically - avg several computer ratings and polls)
10
75
Best opponents defeated this season
(Ranking from Pomeroy)

vs Missouri (#10) W 90-65
vs Washington (#16) W 73-54

@ Oral Roberts (#87) W 75-72
vs Oakland (#103) W 66-64
RPI
(Used for schedule strength, not team strength. Current and forecast RPI from RPIForecast .)

Current: 9

Current: 86

Prediction Models

  
Vegas OddsmakersWin by 10
Est. Projection: 77-67
 
Prediction Tracker
(Average of several power ratings)
 Win by TBD  
Sagarin Power Ratings (Predictor) Win by 8.4  
Pomeroy
(Efficiency and Tempo-Adjusted)

 Win 80-71
80% chance of victory

 
 TeamRankings.com

(Use home rating for home team, road for road.  If fewer than 3 games played at corresponding locations, use "predictive" ratings for both teams but use specific home advantage rather than standard average homecourt advantage for all NCAA teams.)

Win by 6.5
 
Last 7 Games (Venue Adjusted)
(Uses team performance and consistency over last 5 home/non-home games, whichever pertains to this game + 2 other most recent games regardless of location.  NEW - This takes offense and defense into account separately to reflect how consistent teams have played on each end of the court)
 Est. Projection: 89-78
71% chance of victory
 
Weighted Average of All Models Above
(40% Vegas + 8% Pred Trckr + 8% SagPred + 8% Pom + 8 % TmRnkgs + 8% Accu + 20% Last 7)

 Win by 9.8
Est. Projection: 80-71

 

 

 

PSAN-Related Player Ratings - Cumulative This Season

(PSAN-O = Offensive impact, PSAN-D = Defensive impact.  For PSAN-D, lower ratings are better.  PSAN70 ratings are just PSAN expressed as "per 70 possessions" to reflect efficiency.  The difference between ePSAN and PSAN is that "e" is enhanced and weighs recent games more - used for Kansas only.)

Kansas

 

Impact Ratings

 

PLAYER ePSAN-O ePSAN-D ePSAN-Comp
Cole Aldrich 106.51 -108.46 214.98
Brady Morningstar 36.38 -34.77 71.14
Sherron Collins 39.51 -27.03 66.54
Tyshawn Taylor 40.87 -16.30 57.17
Marcus Morris 23.13 -26.28 49.40
Mario Little 23.06 -15.04 38.10
Tyrel Reed 26.98 -8.48 35.46
Markieff Morris 7.36 -21.64 29.00
Travis Releford* 10.22 -9.67 19.89
Quintrell Thomas* 1.57 -4.05 5.62
Matt Kleinmann* 1.64 -1.18 2.82
Chase Buford* -0.95 -0.34 -0.61
Jordan Juenemann* -0.53 0.18 -0.71
Tyrone Appleton* -1.27 0.59 -1.87
Brennan Bechard* -2.06 0.75 -2.81
Conner Teahan* -5.18 -1.23 -3.95

 

 Efficiency Ratings

 

PLAYER ePSAN70-O ePSAN70-D ePSAN70-Comp
Cole Aldrich 4.45 -4.53 8.98
Mario Little 2.87 -1.87 4.73
Matt Kleinmann* 2.37 -1.70 4.07
Travis Releford* 1.88 -1.78 3.66
Marcus Morris 1.58 -1.79 3.37
Brady Morningstar 1.49 -1.42 2.91
Tyshawn Taylor 1.93 -0.77 2.70
Markieff Morris 0.63 -1.85 2.48
Sherron Collins 1.40 -0.96 2.36
Tyrel Reed 1.69 -0.53 2.22
Quintrell Thomas* 0.56 -1.45 2.02
Tyrone Appleton* -1.47 0.68 -2.15
Chase Buford* -3.62 -1.30 -2.32
Conner Teahan* -3.72 -0.88 -2.84
Jordan Juenemann* -5.78 1.91 -7.69
Brennan Bechard* -6.22 2.27 -8.49

 

* Rating not based on enough data.

North Dakota State

  

Impact Ratings

 

PLAYER PSAN-O PSAN-D PSAN-Comp
Brett Winkelman 70.37 -33.53 103.89
Ben Woodside 67.16 1.74 65.43
Michael Tveidt 58.50 20.76 37.73
Mike Nelson 43.09 11.51 31.58
Lucas Moormann 22.12 -3.39 25.50
Sam Sussenguth* 3.92 -11.14 15.06
DeJuan Flowers 10.12 -0.38 10.50
Josh Vaughan 3.11 0.60 2.51
Freddy Coleman* -17.62 -19.87 2.26
Lorenzo Riley* -2.00 -3.89 1.89
Austin Pennick* -3.02 -0.46 -2.56
Eric Carlson 0.76 7.37 -6.61

 

 

 

Efficiency Ratings

 

PLAYER PSAN70-O PSAN70-D PSAN70-Comp
Sam Sussenguth* 1.10 -3.14 4.24
Brett Winkelman 2.80 -1.33 4.13
Ben Woodside 2.55 0.07 2.49
Michael Tveidt 2.87 1.02 1.85
Lorenzo Riley* -1.85 -3.60 1.75
Lucas Moormann 1.41 -0.22 1.63
Mike Nelson 1.79 0.48 1.31
DeJuan Flowers 0.89 -0.03 0.92
Freddy Coleman* -2.56 -2.89 0.33
Josh Vaughan 0.26 0.05 0.21
Eric Carlson 0.09 0.91 -0.82
Austin Pennick* -1.50 -0.23 -1.27

 

* Rating not based on enough data.


Last 7 Game Analysis

 

  Kansas NDSU
Expected Score 89.1 77.8
Win 71.0% 29.0%
Win by 3 or less 5.6% 4.7%
Win by 10 or more 51.9% 14.3%

 

Down to the Wire?

 Margin of game was less than 1 point in 3.6% of simulated games from "Last 7 Game Analysis."  Many of these would be "overtime" games.

 

(Methodology of Last 7 Game Analysis: Here, we look at the last seven venue-appropriate games to see how the teams are performing.  If the game takes place on the road for Kansas, for example, the analysis looks at the five most recent non-home games for Kansas.  In addition, the two most recent games, regardless of venue, are added.  That way, we get a picture of the how the team is performing of late.  This season, the analysis also splits offense and defense.  Teams often are more or less consistent on one side of the court than the other.  This analysis will reflect that.  Based on the strength of the opposing offense and defense they've played over the last seven games, each team's offense and defense is evaluated based on strength and consistency.  Those numbers are then plugged into a simulation of 8,000 games.  The results are what you see in the table.)

 

Opponent Four Factor Analysis

 

Based on the cumulative season boxscore for the opponent, we can look at the Four Factors to see where the team has derived the bulk of its (dis)advantage in terms of scoring margin versus its opponents to date.  Team 1 is KU's opponent, while Team 2 represents that team's opponents.  Here is the breakdown for KU's opponent this game:

 

  Team 1 Team 2 Advantage  
eFG% 55.02% 49.59% 200.8  
TO Rate 16.33% 19.70% 80.7  
OREB% 33.81% 27.77% 70.1  
FTA/FGA 27.91% 20.96% 16.1 FT Pct
      123.9 FT Attempts

 

ANALYSIS:  This is a very balanced and strong profile.  The Bison are getting most of their advantage from shooting better than their opponents.  It's more a product of their own strong shooting than a strong defense there.  Decent advantages in turnovers and rebounds supplement a nice bump from free throw attempts.  NDSU would be blowing people out even more if their opponents weren't shooting such a high percent from the line (71.5% - #299 lowest in country). 

 

Game Projections

(Not a prediction.  Read more details in "FAQ & Terms" section.)

Manual adjustments: None.

 


Projected Boxscore

 

Kansas 79                            
North Dakota St. 64                            
                               
Kansas                              
PLAYER MIN 2FGM 2FGA 3FGM 3FGA FTM FTA PTS OREB DREB TREB AST TO STL BLK
Brady Morningstar 32 1 2 2 3 1 1 9 1 3 4 3 1 1 0
Cole Aldrich 31 6 9 0 0 3 4 15 2 8 10 1 2 1 3
Marcus Morris 19 3 5 0 1 2 3 8 2 3 5 1 2 1 1
Mario Little 10 2 3 0 0 1 1 5 1 2 3 1 1 1 0
Markieff Morris 16 2 3 0 0 1 2 5 1 3 4 1 1 1 1
Sherron Collins 36 4 9 2 6 3 4 17 0 2 2 5 4 1 0
Travis Releford 6 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 0
Tyrel Reed 22 0 1 2 4 1 1 7 0 2 2 1 1 1 0
Tyshawn Taylor 28 3 5 1 2 2 3 11 0 2 2 3 2 1 0
TOTALS 200 22 39 7 16 14 20 79 8 26 34 17 15 8 5
                               
North Dakota St.                              
PLAYER MIN 2FGM 2FGA 3FGM 3FGA FTM FTA PTS OREB DREB TREB AST TO STL BLK
Ben Woodside 38 4 10 2 5 7 9 21 0 2 2 5 4 1 0
Brett Winkelman 36 4 9 1 3 4 4 15 2 4 6 1 2 1 0
DeJuan Flowers 10 1 2 0 0 1 2 3 1 2 3 0 1 0 0
Eric Carlson 8 1 2 0 0 1 2 3 1 1 2 0 1 0 0
Freddy Coleman 6 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 0
Josh Vaughan 17 0 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 0
Lucas Moormann 22 1 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 3 0 1 1 1
Michael Tveidt 29 2 4 1 3 1 1 8 1 2 3 1 1 1 1
Mike Nelson 34 2 4 1 5 1 2 8 1 3 4 2 2 1 0
TOTALS 200 15 37 6 18 16 22 64 8 18 26 11 14 7 2

 

 

Projection Summary

 

 
Projection
Comments

 OVERALL RESULTS

 Final Score  KU 79-64  
 Tempo (# poss)
 71 
 

PLAYER PROJECTIONS (10+ min played)

 Leading Scorers

 KU - Collins, Aldrich

 Opp - Woodside, Winkelman

 
 Highest PSAN-Comp
(game impact)

 KU - Aldrich

 Opp - Winkelman

 
 Highest PSAN70-Comp
(efficiency)

 KU - Little

 Opp - Winkelman

 
 Highest efficiency vs season-to-date

 KU - Little, Markieff Morris

 Opp - None

 
 Lowest efficiency vs season-to-date

 KU - Collins

 Opp - Nelson, Moormann

 A struggling Collins would normally haunt KU's chances, but in this case he's projected to shoot 47 eFG%, not an atrocious level.

 

Sports and Numbers Projection

Kansas wins 79-64

(all prediction models included/complete)

 

 

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