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Recap: Kansas State at Kansas Print E-mail
Jan 14, 2009

Kansas 87 - Kansas State 71

 PSAN
"Total Impact" Ratings

All ratings are adjusted for quality of opponent

PSAN70
"Efficiency" Ratings

PSAN ratings expressed as "per 70 possessions"

 

Ratings on the Court

Highest Composite: Cole Aldrich
Lowest Composite: Denis Clemente

 

 (PSAN-O = Offensive impact, PSAN-D = Defensive impact.
For PSAN-D, lower ratings are better.)

 

PLAYER PSAN-O PSAN-D PSAN-Comp
Cole Aldrich 8.88 -1.14 10.02
Tyshawn Taylor 6.04 -1.13 7.17
Sherron Collins 6.54 0.41 6.13
Markieff Morris 3.62 0.07 3.55
Marcus Morris 0.76 -2.47 3.22
Mario Little 2.17 -0.48 2.65
Brady Morningstar 1.90 1.31 0.59
Tyrel Reed -0.37 -0.09 -0.29
Travis Releford* -1.67 -0.50 -1.16

 

 

 

For PSAN-D, lower ratings are better

 

PLAYER PSAN-O PSAN-D PSAN-Comp
Luis Colon 4.66 1.11 3.55
Buchi Awaji 2.52 -0.49 3.01
Jamar Samuels 1.55 0.35 1.19
Darren Kent* 0.28 -0.39 0.67
Ron Anderson 0.99 0.33 0.66
Chris Merriewether* 0.00 -0.39 0.39
Victor Ojeleye* 0.00 0.00 0.00
Jacob Pullen 0.44 0.87 -0.43
Fred Brown 0.07 0.51 -0.44
Dominique Sutton 1.02 1.58 -0.56
Denis Clemente -2.52 1.05 -3.58

 

 

*Rating not based on enough data.

 

 

 

 Ratings on the Court

Highest Composite: Cole Aldrich
Lowest Composite: Denis Clemente 

 

 (PSAN70-O = Offensive efficiency, PSAN70-D = Defensive efficiency.
For PSAN70-D, lower ratings are better.)

 

PLAYER PSAN70-O PSAN70-D PSAN70-Comp
Cole Aldrich 12.68 -1.63 14.32
Sherron Collins 9.69 0.61 9.08
Marcus Morris 2.02 -6.58 8.60
Tyshawn Taylor 7.11 -1.33 8.44
Mario Little 6.68 -1.48 8.16
Markieff Morris 6.30 0.13 6.17
Brady Morningstar 2.23 1.54 0.69
Tyrel Reed -0.65 -0.16 -0.50
Travis Releford* -22.23 -6.70 -15.53

 

  

  

 For PSAN70-D, lower ratings are better

 

PLAYER PSAN70-O PSAN70-D PSAN70-Comp
Buchi Awaji 8.39 -1.64 10.03
Luis Colon 11.65 2.78 8.87
Chris Merriewether* 0.00 -3.92 3.92
Darren Kent* 1.23 -1.74 2.97
Jamar Samuels 2.06 0.47 1.59
Ron Anderson 1.65 0.55 1.10
Victor Ojeleye* 0.00 0.00 0.00
Jacob Pullen 0.56 1.12 -0.56
Fred Brown 0.09 0.68 -0.59
Dominique Sutton 2.41 3.72 -1.31
Denis Clemente -3.88 1.62 -5.50

 

 

*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 Kansas State
Offensive Performance
140.0 113.0
Defensive Performance 94.5 106.7

 Comments

This was an absolute clinic by KU on offense.  They shot lights out and got to the FT line plenty of times to maintain that efficiency.  Things were a bit less standout when KSU had the ball, but even then, the Jayhawks were performing better than average.  Still, the Wildcats did manage to perform better on offense than they have on average this season, but against a KU defense that's generally rock solid, that doesn't mean they ended up with all that great an offensive efficiency (1.01 pts/poss). This was KU's fourth best overall performance of the season, virtually tied with the Florida Gulf Coast game for third.

 

 

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 MeasuredKansasKansas State
eFG%23.0
 
TO Rate2.3
 
O-Reb% 4.3
FreethrowsFT Pct 0.7
FT Attempts10.7
 

 

 

Game Projections

 

 
Projection
 Actual
Comments

 OVERALL RESULTS

 Final Score  KU 77-69  KU 87-71
 
 Tempo (# poss)
 70 70 
 

PLAYER PROJECTIONS (10+ min played)

 Leading Scorers

 KU - Collins, Aldrich

 Opp - Pullen, Clemente

 KU - Collins, Aldrich

 Opp - Pullen, Colon

 
 Highest PSAN-Comp
(game impact)

 KU - Aldrich

 Opp - Colon

 KU - Aldrich

 Opp - Colon

 
 Highest PSAN70-Comp
(efficiency)

 KU - Aldrich

 Opp - Colon

 KU - Aldrich

 Opp - Awaji (Colon #2)

 
 Highest efficiency vs season-to-date

 KU - Little, Aldrich

 Opp - Colon, Anderson

 KU - Little, Collins

 Opp - Awaji, Colon

 Aldrich did much better than usual also.  Anderson was the only other KSU player to perform above his season average. 
 Lowest efficiency vs season-to-date

 KU - Reed, Morningstar

 Opp - Sutton, Pullen

 KU - Reed, Morningstar

 Opp - Clemente, Brown

 Sutton and Pullen both struggled, just not as much as Clemente and Brown versus season averages. 

 

 

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