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Recap: Missouri at Kansas (abbreviated and late) Print E-mail
Feb 18, 2008

Kansas 90 - Missouri 71

 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: Keon Lawrence
Lowest: Marshall Brown

 

 

PLAYER cPSAN
Brandon Rush 5.51
Sasha Kaun 4.53
Sherron Collins 4.35
Russell Robinson 3.76
Mario Chalmers 3.69
Darnell Jackson 2.72
Darrell Arthur 2.18
Cole Aldrich 2.13
Jeremy Case* 0.00
Matt Kleinmann* 0.00
Tyrel Reed* 0.00
Rodrick Stewart -0.50
Conner Teahan* -0.73

 

 

 

PLAYER cPSAN
  K. Lawrence 10.65
  L. Lyons 2.08
  V. Volkus 0.79
  M. Anderson Jr.* 0.65
  J. Horton* 0.51
  J.T. Tiller -0.07
  D. Carroll -0.13
  J. Safford -0.19
  M. Lawrence -0.87
  M. Brown -1.78
  D. Butterfield* -3.76

  

*Rating not based on enough data.

 

 Ratings on the Court

Highest: Sasha Kaun
Lowest: Marshall Brown

   

 

PLAYER cPSAN70
Sasha Kaun 13.19
Sherron Collins 6.86
Cole Aldrich 6.71
Brandon Rush 6.31
Darrell Arthur 5.88
Russell Robinson 5.08
Mario Chalmers 4.36
Darnell Jackson 3.68
Jeremy Case* 0.00
Matt Kleinmann* 0.00
Tyrel Reed* 0.00
Rodrick Stewart -1.57
Conner Teahan* -27.61

  

  

 

PLAYER cPSAN70
  K. Lawrence 11.20
  M. Anderson Jr.* 4.12
  L. Lyons 3.43
  V. Volkus 2.71
  J. Horton* 2.40
  J.T. Tiller -0.08
  D. Carroll -0.20
  J. Safford -0.60
  M. Lawrence -0.97
  M. Brown -6.12
  D. Butterfield* -28.43

 

*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 Missouri
Offensive Performance
132.9 118.1
Defensive Performance 85.4 100.4

 Comments

KU performed better on both sides of the ball by a wide margin.  When MU had the ball, both teams were about equally responsible for MU's efficiency, while it was primarily KU's strong offense that resulted in such great efficiency for the Jayhawk offense.

 

 

 

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 MeasuredKansasMissouri
eFG%7.1
 
TO Rate 6.5
O-Reb%12.7
 
FreethrowsFT Pct6
 
FT Attempts-
 Comments

The biggest factor for KU was its dominance on the offensive glass, followed by better shooting from the floor.  The rare turnover disadvantage for KU was negated by a better percentage at the FT line.