Recap: Kansas vs Bradley (NCAA Tournament)

July 16, 2006 (Game played March 17, 2006)

Bradley 77 - Kansas 73

Who contributed most to this game without adjusting for how much playing time he had or how good the opponent was?

cPSAN - Adjusted for quality of opponent (for comparing to other teams or other games)

cPSAN70 - Also adjusted for playing time (efficiency)

*Played fewer than 5 minutes.
Rating not based on enough data.

*Played fewer than 5 minutes.
Rating not based on enough data.

Pre-Game Keys to Watch For
Keys to Watch For	Metric	Result	Edge (Comments)
Sommerville must have a great shooting night for Bradley to have a chance	Sommerville to shoot at least 52 eFG%	Shot a sizzling 63.3 eFG%	He had 5 TO's and zero AST's, but his shooting was immensely important in the win
KU interior defenders have to be able to put a body on O'Bryant, which means they'll have to stay out of foul trouble for most of the game	Kaun, Giles, and Jackson to combine for no more than 13 fouls	Combined for only 8	The big guy was defended reasonably well for the most part
KU should win on its defense, but what could really turn this game is if KU also has an efficient offense, which it could do with strong offensive rebounding and low TO's	KU to get at least 35% of available OREB and commit TO on less than 22% of possessions	Only 29% OREB's and 24.2% TO rate	KU clearly had a subpar offensive efficiency that combined with an unexpectedly poor defensive efficiency.

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