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Recap: Michigan at Kansas Print E-mail
Dec 20, 2009

Kansas 75 - Michigan 64

 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: Marcus Morris
Lowest Composite: Zack Gibson

 

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

 

PLAYER PSAN-O PSAN-D PSAN-Comp
Marcus Morris 6.40 -1.50 7.90
Tyrel Reed 1.57 -1.38 2.95
Cole Aldrich -1.24 -3.66 2.41
Sherron Collins 1.11 0.15 0.96
Thomas Robinson -0.13 -1.03 0.90
Brady Morningstar 0.96 0.23 0.73
Tyshawn Taylor -0.46 -0.62 0.16
Xavier Henry -1.30 0.11 -1.41
Markieff Morris* -0.38 1.47 -1.85

 

 

 

For PSAN-D, lower ratings are better

 

PLAYER PSAN-O PSAN-D PSAN-Comp
DeShawn Sims 3.50 -1.71 5.21
Manny Harris 1.34 -3.26 4.61
Darius Morris 4.49 0.44 4.05
Stu Douglass 1.13 -1.99 3.13
Zack Novak 1.88 -0.93 2.81
Anthony Wright* -1.36 -0.87 -0.49
Matt Vogrich* -0.56 0.00 -0.56
Laval Lucas-Perry -1.37 -0.12 -1.25
Zack Gibson -1.60 0.32 -1.92

 

 

*Rating not based on enough data.

 

 

 

 Ratings on the Court

Highest Composite: Tyrel Reed
Lowest Composite: Zack Gibson

 

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

 

PLAYER PSAN70-O PSAN70-D PSAN70-Comp
Tyrel Reed 5.77 -5.08 10.86
Marcus Morris 8.11 -1.90 10.01
Cole Aldrich -1.87 -5.49 3.62
Thomas Robinson -0.49 -3.80 3.31
Brady Morningstar 1.78 0.42 1.35
Sherron Collins 1.46 0.20 1.25
Tyshawn Taylor -0.81 -1.09 0.28
Xavier Henry -1.55 0.13 -1.68
Markieff Morris* -1.69 6.64 -8.33

 

  

  

 For PSAN70-D, lower ratings are better

 

PLAYER PSAN70-O PSAN70-D PSAN70-Comp
DeShawn Sims 4.89 -2.39 7.28
Darius Morris 7.90 0.77 7.14
Manny Harris 1.47 -3.58 5.04
Stu Douglass 1.27 -2.24 3.52
Zack Novak 2.18 -1.08 3.26
Anthony Wright* -6.87 -4.40 -2.47
Laval Lucas-Perry -2.78 -0.25 -2.53
Zack Gibson -5.91 1.18 -7.09
Matt Vogrich* -22.53 0.00 -22.53

 

 

*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 Michigan
Offensive Performance
109.4 110.7
Defensive Performance 90.9 88.1

 Comments

As most observers would probably have noted, in terms of performance, Michigan was slightly better on both sides of the ball.  That is, the same effort against a common opponent from each team would have yielded a slightly better result for Michigan than for KU.  Both teams put in efforts that would be classified as very good on both sides of the ball, approximately 10% better than average in each case.

 

 

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 MeasuredKansasMichigan
eFG%21.6 
TO Rate 4.0
O-Reb%0.4 
FreethrowsFT Pct 2.3
FT Attempts10.3
 
 

 

Game Projections

 

 
Projection
Actual
Comments

 OVERALL RESULTS

 Final Score  KU 83-55  KU 75-64
 
 Tempo (# poss)
 67  69 The pace was a bit higher than expected.  UM has a statistically significant correlation between tempo and their defensive efficiency (better defense at higher pace), so this played out as expected, as KU struggled on offense compared to its usual.

 FOUR FACTORS ADVANTAGES

 eFG%  KU 65-38%  KU 58-40%
 Big edge to KU, but still KU came up a bit shorter than expected here.
 TO Rate (lo better)  UM 22-18%  UM 20-14%
 As projected, this virtually ties for KU's 2nd worse TO% performance of season so far.
 O-Reb%  KU 48-29%
 KU 28-27%
 As expected, UM held low, KU was supposed to dominate here.  Markieff in foul trouble and Robinson just didn't grab any to help.
 FT Rate  KU 31-23%
 KU 54-19%
 Helped KU offset OREB% being unexpectedly even. 
 Four Factors Overall
 Nothing much to matter except for a gigantic shooting advantage and OREB% edge for KU.
 As expected, KU's shooting advantage was dominant factor, but unexpected FT attempt edge kept this game from ever being in doubt.  
 

PLAYER PROJECTIONS (10+ min played)

 Leading Scorers

 KU - X. Henry, Collins

 Opp - Harris, Sims

 KU - Marcus Morris, Collins

 Opp - Sims, Harris

 
 Highest PSAN-Comp
(game impact)

 KU - Aldrich

 Opp - Harris

 KU - Marcus Morris (Aldrich #3)

 Opp - Sims (Harris #2)

 
 Highest PSAN70-Comp
(efficiency)

 KU - Aldrich

 Opp - Harris

 KU -Reed (Aldrich #3)

 Opp - Sims (Harris #3)

 
 Highest efficiency vs season-to-date

 KU - Robinson, Taylor

 Opp - Douglass, Lucas-Perry

 KU - Reed, Marcus Morris

 Opp - Morris, Douglass

 Surprisingly strong from Marcus Morris and Darius Morris.
 Lowest efficiency vs season-to-date

 KU - Marcus Morris, Markieff Morris

 Opp - Morris, Sims

 KU - Henry, Aldrich

 Opp - Gibson

 Henry and Aldrich doing the worst versus expected is a recipe for bad games for KU.

 

 

 

 

 

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