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| Recap: Yale at Kansas |
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*Rating not based on enough data.
Comments and ObservationsThis was a game where KU played a bit sloppily because it knew it could probably do whatever it wanted without trying too hard. Evidence for this would be the offensive rebounding percentage, where Yale actually outperformed KU. This was not supposed to be even close on the boards. Yale was shooting airballs and barely hitting the backboard on the few possessions they didn't turn it over, yet they eventually scored 53 points. That was surprising in a game where Self didn't pull his regular rotation until just three or four minutes were left in the game. I would attribute that again to their ability to get second-chance opportunities. All in all, nothing much to learn from this game except that Darnell Jackson continues to play consistently well and that Robinson and Chalmers are one of the premier (if not the best) defensive duos in the country.
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.
Four Factor Analysis(Actual statistics moved to Game Projections table below)
Player Performance AnalysisFive players stood out for Kansas in this game. The one with the best combination of overall game impact and efficiency was Darnell Jackson. He shot 75 eFG% on his way to 20 PTS, 5 REB, 2 AST and 0 TO. His only failings came at the FT line where he made 2-of-5. Chalmers was solid (again) with a sizzling 90 eFG% (3-of-5 on 3FG), 11 PTS, 5 AST, 3 STL and 2 TO. Robinson had a "quiet" but strong game. He only scored 4 PTS, but he did so on a respectable 50 eFG%. His big contributions were 5 AST and a whopping 8 STL (one shy of the KU record set by Aaron Miles) with only 2 TO. Tyrel Reed had the most efficient game on the court, with an eye-popping 133 eFG%! That's what happens when you make all three FG attempts and two of them are 3FG. He chipped in a STL in his 10 minutes of action. Finally, another freshman, Cole Aldrich, had a solid game. He made 2-of-3 FG to score 5 PTS. More importantly, he grabbed 4 OREB for a total of 7 REB in just 12 MIN.
The rest of the team had either mediocre efforts (Rush, Stewart, Arthur) or very bad ones (Kaun). Rush's rating wasn't great because he only ended up shooting 50 eFG% and only 2 REB. Stewart shot well from the field (67 eFG%) but missed both his FT attempts (equal to about 1 TO) and had a regular TO in only 11 MIN. Arthur shot very poorly (33 eFG%) and had mostly defensive rebounds, but he did swat away 3 shots. Collins shot well but had 4 TO. Kaun shot poorly and didn't rebound much, plus he missed both of his FT's.
Yale enjoyed a fantastic effort from Braswell (13 PTS on 108 eFG% shooting), but it wasn't enough to overcome mostly poor play from his teammates. In particular, Caleb Holmes suffered with 1-of-6 shooting and 6 TO.
Game Projections
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