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Recap: Kansas vs UNLV (NCAA Tournament) Print E-mail
Apr 18, 2008

Kansas 75 - UNLV 56

 cPSAN
"Total Impact" Ratings

PSAN ratings adjusted for quality of opponent

cPSAN70
"Efficiency" Ratings

cPSAN ratings expressed as "per 70 possessions"

Ratings on the Court

Highest: Russell Robinson
Lowest: Kendall Wallace

 

 

PLAYER cPSAN
Russell Robinson 8.73
Mario Chalmers 6.85
Brandon Rush 3.94
Darnell Jackson 3.68
Sherron Collins 3.11
Darrell Arthur 2.15
Sasha Kaun 0.83
Tyrel Reed* 0.71
Conner Teahan* 0.00
Jeremy Case* 0.00
Matt Kleinmann* 0.00
Cole Aldrich* -0.30

 

 

 

PLAYER cPSAN
  W. Adams 7.67
  R. Rougeau 3.22
  J. Darger 1.36
  M. Rutledge* 0.03
  S. Hoffman* 0.00
  T. Cage* 0.00
  C. Terry -0.14
  M. Shaw -1.08
  C. Bailey -2.35
  K. Wallace -2.45

  

*Rating not based on enough data.

 

 Ratings on the Court

Highest: Russell Robinson
Lowest: Kendall Wallace

   

 

PLAYER cPSAN70
Tyrel Reed* 31.95
Russell Robinson 14.46
Mario Chalmers 9.00
Darnell Jackson 6.58
Sherron Collins 5.14
Brandon Rush 4.89
Sasha Kaun 3.71
Darrell Arthur 2.91
Conner Teahan* 0.00
Jeremy Case* 0.00
Matt Kleinmann* 0.00
Cole Aldrich* -4.40

  

  

 

PLAYER cPSAN70
  W. Adams 9.02
  R. Rougeau 5.15
  J. Darger 2.26
  M. Rutledge* 0.23
  S. Hoffman* 0.00
  T. Cage* 0.00
  C. Terry -0.16
  M. Shaw -3.22
  C. Bailey -4.04
  K. Wallace -5.76

 

*Rating not based on enough data.

 

 


 

Offensive and Defensive Performance

 

Using the outcome of the game and the adjusted offensive and defensive efficiencies for each team, performance indicates (in PTS per 100 Possessions) how each team would have fared against an average team.  That is, KU's offensive performance is how many points per 100 possessions KU would have scored against an average defense.  This provides a standard performance we can compare across teams.

 

 

 (pts per 100 poss) Kansas UNLV
Offensive Performance
130.4 110.0
Defensive Performance 82.3 97.3

 Comments

Scintillating performance for KU on both ends of the court.  UNLV did better than an average team, but against KU, that still results in a lopsided loss.

 

 

 

Four Factor Analysis

(Actual statistics moved to Game Projections table below)

 

What did the difference in this
statistic mean to each team?

Scoring Margin Advantage Gained
(not necessarily supposed to add up to final margin)

Statistic MeasuredKansasUNLV
eFG%29.2 
TO Rate--
--
O-Reb% 4.3 
FreethrowsFT Pct 4.3 
FT Attempts 10.7

 

 

 FOUR FACTORS ADVANTAGES

 eFG%  KU 63-32%
 TO Rate (lo better)  Tie at 16%
 O-Reb% UNLV 25-21%
 FT Rate UNLV 60-24%
 Bottom Line
 A little misleading, as UNLV held its own or handily won three of the four categories.  The problem was that the biggest of all, eFG%, was dominated by KU about as well as I've seen in any game.