Sports and Numbers
All Big 12 Honors 2005-06
Men's Basketball
Methods
All Big 12 players were given cPSAN and cPSAN70 scores based on the
entire season, not just conference games. IMPORTANT: For the sake
of comparing "apples to apples," the scores for Kansas players were
computed the same way as for all other teams. That is, the
season-ending boxscore was used, rather than the sum of each individual
game cPSAN rating. This means the KU players' ratings are less
indicative of what they truly contributed than my usual analyses, but I
didn't want to introduce any systematic bias.
Please remember that the PSAN system of ratings don't always match
the perceptions of the media and fans. Looking at the media's
all-conference teams, you'll find mostly players with the highest
per-game averages in scoring. The point of my ratings system is to
account for the value of all the other statistics accurately to present
something closer to the true value of the player, if possible. As
always, boxscores only contain some of the information necessary to
assess player performance, but I think there is value to doing this
analysis.
cPSAN is meant to represent "total impact" or "overall contributions"
to the team, while cPSAN70 is a way of measuring the efficiency of
contributions on a per-70-possessions basis. For the selection of
my all-conference teams, I decided to use a combination of both metrics.
That is, who contributed the most and the most efficiently. I
ranked all 109 players in both parameters. Then sorted them based
on the combined ranking. I decided that each all-conference team
must have at least 1 big and 1 small, and they could not have more than
2 bigs or 2 smalls. "Combo" represents players who aren't clearly
a big or small. With those criteria, here are the results:
Player of the Year
LaMarcus Aldridge (Texas)
|
First Team
|
PLAYER |
Team |
Class |
Size |
|
LaMarcus Aldridge |
Texas |
So |
Big |
|
Mario Boggan |
Oklahoma State |
Jr |
Combo |
|
Cartier Martin |
Kansas State |
Jr |
Combo |
|
Rahshon Clark |
Iowa State |
So |
Combo |
|
Jarrius Jackson |
Texas Tech |
Jr |
Small |
|
Second Team
|
PLAYER |
Team |
Class |
Size |
|
Joseph Jones |
Texas A&M |
So |
Big |
|
Taj Gray |
Oklahoma |
Sr |
Big |
|
P.J. Tucker |
Texas |
Jr |
Combo |
|
Richard Roby |
Colorado |
So |
Combo |
|
Mario Chalmers |
Kansas |
Fr |
Small |
|
Third Team
|
PLAYER |
Team |
Class |
Size |
|
Aleks Maric |
Nebraska |
So |
Big |
|
Brad Buckman |
Texas |
Sr |
Big |
|
Torre Johnson |
Oklahoma State |
Jr |
Combo |
|
Brandon Rush |
Kansas |
Fr |
Combo |
|
Michael Neal |
Oklahoma |
Jr |
Small |
|
Honorable Mention
|
PLAYER |
Team |
Class |
Size |
|
Wes Wilkinson |
Nebraska |
Sr |
Big |
|
Sasha Kaun |
Kansas |
So |
Big |
|
Julian Wright |
Kansas |
Fr |
Big |
|
Kevin Bookout |
Oklahoma |
Sr |
Big |
|
Daniel Gibson |
Texas |
So |
Small |
|
Marcus Dove |
Oklahoma State |
So |
Combo |
|
Josh Carter |
Texas A&M |
Fr |
Combo |
|
Kevin Young |
Missouri |
Sr |
Big |
|
Russell Robinson |
Kansas |
So |
Small |
|
Most Indispensable Player
Jarrius Jackson (Texas Tech)
Each team's cPSAN scores form a "bell curve"
or distribution. Each player on the team is
given a z-score, or "graded on the curve," to determine how
unusually high or low his contributions
are to the team. The player with the highest z-score in
the conference is given the
honor of "Most Indispensable Player."
Big 12 Most Indispensable Players
|
PLAYER |
Team |
Class |
cPSAN z-sc |
|
Jarrius Jackson |
Texas Tech |
Jr |
2.498 |
|
Mario Boggan |
Oklahoma State |
Jr |
2.338 |
|
Kevin Young |
Missouri |
Sr |
2.150 |
|
Rahshon Clark |
Iowa State |
So |
2.056 |
|
Richard Roby |
Colorado |
So |
2.030 |
|
Cartier Martin |
Kansas State |
Jr |
1.969 |
|
Joseph Jones |
Texas A&M |
So |
1.946 |
|
LaMarcus Aldridge |
Texas |
So |
1.694 |
|
Taj Gray |
Oklahoma |
Sr |
1.634 |
|
|
PLAYER |
Team |
Class |
Size |
cPSAN |
|
LaMarcus Aldridge |
Texas |
So |
Big |
166.982 |
|
Mario Boggan |
Oklahoma State |
Jr |
Combo |
120.285 |
|
P.J. Tucker |
Texas |
Jr |
Combo |
119.658 |
|
Cartier Martin |
Kansas State |
Jr |
Combo |
108.609 |
|
Rahshon Clark |
Iowa State |
So |
Combo |
101.278 |
|
Joseph Jones |
Texas A&M |
So |
Big |
100.670 |
|
Jarrius Jackson |
Texas Tech |
Jr |
Small |
90.676 |
|
Taj Gray |
Oklahoma |
Sr |
Big |
87.173 |
|
Wes Wilkinson |
Nebraska |
Sr |
Big |
86.099 |
|
Brad Buckman |
Texas |
Sr |
Big |
84.709 |
|
Aleks Maric |
Nebraska |
So |
Big |
80.468 |
|
Brandon Rush |
Kansas |
Fr |
Combo |
76.864 |
|
Daniel Gibson |
Texas |
So |
Small |
75.388 |
|
Richard Roby |
Colorado |
So |
Combo |
75.375 |
|
Mario Chalmers |
Kansas |
Fr |
Small |
71.318 |
|
Julian Wright |
Kansas |
Fr |
Big |
69.375 |
|
Sasha Kaun |
Kansas |
So |
Big |
68.948 |
|
Kevin Bookout |
Oklahoma |
Sr |
Big |
61.188 |
|
Russell Robinson |
Kansas |
So |
Small |
58.894 |
|
Curtis Stinson |
Iowa State |
Jr |
Small |
58.679 |
|
Torre Johnson |
Oklahoma State |
Jr |
Combo |
57.836 |
|
Michael Neal |
Oklahoma |
Jr |
Small |
57.214 |
|
Kevin Young |
Missouri |
Sr |
Big |
53.627 |
|
Kenton Paulino |
Texas |
Sr |
Small |
51.458 |
|
Acie Law IV |
Texas A&M |
Jr |
Small |
51.092 |
|
Chris Copeland |
Colorado |
Sr |
Big |
48.104 |
|
Josh Carter |
Texas A&M |
Fr |
Combo |
47.319 |
|
Marcus Dove |
Oklahoma State |
So |
Combo |
47.258 |
|
Martin Zeno |
Texas Tech |
So |
Combo |
45.859 |
|
David Hoskins |
Kansas State |
So |
Combo |
45.047 |
|
C.J. Giles |
Kansas |
So |
Big |
42.234 |
|
Jason Dourisseau |
Nebraska |
Sr |
Combo |
40.682 |
|
Martane Freeman |
Colorado |
Sr |
Combo |
39.615 |
|
Will Blalock |
Iowa State |
Jr |
Small |
38.991 |
|
Dominique Kirk |
Texas A&M |
So |
Small |
37.870 |
|
David Monds |
Oklahoma State |
Jr |
Big |
36.803 |
|
Antanas Kavaliauskas |
Texas A&M |
Jr |
Big |
34.196 |
|
Jiri Hubalek |
Iowa State |
Jr |
Big |
33.782 |
|
Thomas Gardner |
Missouri |
Jr |
Combo |
32.499 |
|
Darnell Jackson |
Kansas |
So |
Big |
31.953 |
|
A.J. Abrams |
Texas |
Fr |
Small |
26.412 |
|
Andy Osborn |
Colorado |
Sr |
Big |
25.731 |
|
Marlon Pompey |
Texas A&M |
Jr |
Big |
24.474 |
|
Dramane Diarra |
Kansas State |
Sr |
Big |
22.291 |
|
Curtis Jerrells |
Baylor |
Fr |
Small |
21.298 |
|
Nate Carter |
Oklahoma |
Jr |
Combo |
21.199 |
|
Christian Moody |
Kansas |
Sr |
Big |
19.210 |
|
Patrick Fields |
Baylor |
Sr |
Combo |
18.775 |
|
Taylor Griffin |
Oklahoma |
Fr |
Combo |
18.624 |
|
Jeff Hawkins |
Kansas |
Sr |
Small |
18.580 |
|
Mike Williams |
Texas |
So |
Combo |
17.058 |
|
Tommy Swanson |
Baylor |
Sr |
Big |
16.691 |
|
Mamadou Diene |
Baylor |
Fr |
Big |
16.464 |
|
Glean Eddy |
Colorado |
Sr |
Combo |
15.039 |
|
Dior Lowhorn |
Texas Tech |
Fr |
Combo |
14.997 |
|
Terrell Everett |
Oklahoma |
Sr |
Combo |
14.663 |
|
Roderick Flemings |
Oklahoma State |
Fr |
Combo |
13.311 |
|
Byron Eaton |
Oklahoma State |
Fr |
Small |
11.456 |
|
David Godbold |
Oklahoma |
So |
Combo |
10.407 |
|
Jessan Gray |
Iowa State |
Jr |
Big |
8.887 |
|
Darryl Dora |
Texas Tech |
Jr |
Big |
8.571 |
|
John Neal |
Iowa State |
Sr |
Combo |
8.345 |
|
Drew Coffman |
Texas Tech |
Jr |
Small |
7.424 |
|
Terrel Harris |
Oklahoma State |
Fr |
Combo |
6.608 |
|
Tanner Ogden |
Texas Tech |
Jr |
Combo |
6.020 |
|
Eddie Smith |
Texas A&M |
Sr |
Small |
5.221 |
|
Jon Plefka |
Texas Tech |
Jr |
Big |
4.252 |
|
Kalen Grimes |
Missouri |
So |
Big |
2.847 |
|
Stephen Vinson |
Kansas |
Sr |
Small |
2.338 |
|
Marshall Brown |
Missouri |
So |
Combo |
2.202 |
|
Kevin Rogers |
Baylor |
Fr |
Big |
1.739 |
|
Marcus King-Stockton |
Colorado |
So |
Big |
1.606 |
|
Aaron Bruce |
Baylor |
So |
Small |
1.164 |
|
Kenny Cooper |
Oklahoma State |
Fr |
Big |
0.947 |
|
Mario Taybron |
Kansas State |
Jr |
Small |
0.910 |
|
Marcus Perry |
Nebraska |
Jr |
Small |
-1.537 |
|
Dominique Coleman |
Colorado |
Jr |
Small |
-1.618 |
|
Charles Richardson Jr. |
Nebraska |
Jr |
Small |
-1.868 |
|
Marcus Hall |
Colorado |
Jr |
Small |
-2.906 |
|
Alan Voskuil |
Texas Tech |
Fr |
Small |
-3.515 |
|
Jayson Obazuaye |
Colorado |
Sr |
Small |
-4.167 |
|
JamesOn Curry |
Oklahoma State |
So |
Small |
-5.048 |
|
Jamel White |
Nebraska |
Fr |
Small |
-6.243 |
|
Joe McCray |
Nebraska |
So |
Combo |
-6.310 |
|
Julius Ashby |
Colorado |
Sr |
Big |
-7.494 |
|
Chris Walker |
Texas A&M |
Sr |
Combo |
-8.420 |
|
Jamaal Brown |
Oklahoma State |
Jr |
Small |
-9.187 |
|
Jimmy McKinney |
Missouri |
Sr |
Small |
-9.416 |
|
Glen Dandridge |
Missouri |
So |
Combo |
-10.340 |
|
Terry Martin |
Texas Tech |
Fr |
Combo |
-10.390 |
|
Lance Harris |
Kansas State |
Jr |
Combo |
-10.694 |
|
Leo Lyons |
Missouri |
Fr |
Big |
-11.542 |
|
Clent Stewart |
Kansas State |
So |
Combo |
-11.737 |
|
James Douglas |
Missouri |
Jr |
Small |
-12.006 |
|
Shawn Taggart |
Iowa State |
Fr |
Big |
-12.787 |
|
LucQuente White |
Texas Tech |
Jr |
Small |
-13.010 |
|
B.J. Walker |
Nebraska |
Jr |
Big |
-13.558 |
|
Marcus Watkins |
Missouri |
Jr |
Combo |
-13.888 |
|
Ross Marsden |
Iowa State |
So |
Big |
-14.242 |
|
Tim Bush |
Baylor |
Jr |
Combo |
-17.253 |
|
Austin Johnson |
Oklahoma |
Fr |
Small |
-18.279 |
|
Akeem Wright |
Kansas State |
Jr |
Combo |
-19.500 |
|
Tasheed Carr |
Iowa State |
So |
Small |
-20.683 |
|
Michael Prince |
Texas Tech |
Fr |
Combo |
-21.944 |
|
Henry Dugat |
Baylor |
Fr |
Small |
-24.949 |
|
Anthony Davis |
Iowa State |
Sr |
Combo |
-26.403 |
|
Jason Horton |
Missouri |
So |
Small |
-30.209 |
|
Marcus Walker |
Nebraska |
Fr |
Small |
-35.716 |
|
|
PLAYER |
Team |
Class |
Size |
cPSAN70 |
|
LaMarcus Aldridge |
Texas |
So |
Big |
5.708 |
|
Mario Boggan |
Oklahoma State |
Jr |
Combo |
5.575 |
|
Cartier Martin |
Kansas State |
Jr |
Combo |
5.051 |
|
Joseph Jones |
Texas A&M |
So |
Big |
4.983 |
|
Rahshon Clark |
Iowa State |
So |
Combo |
4.835 |
|
Taj Gray |
Oklahoma |
Sr |
Big |
4.432 |
|
Sasha Kaun |
Kansas |
So |
Big |
4.369 |
|
Aleks Maric |
Nebraska |
So |
Big |
4.316 |
|
Julian Wright |
Kansas |
Fr |
Big |
4.230 |
|
Brad Buckman |
Texas |
Sr |
Big |
4.057 |
|
Torre Johnson |
Oklahoma State |
Jr |
Combo |
4.014 |
|
P.J. Tucker |
Texas |
Jr |
Combo |
3.998 |
|
Wes Wilkinson |
Nebraska |
Sr |
Big |
3.898 |
|
Darnell Jackson |
Kansas |
So |
Big |
3.680 |
|
Marcus Dove |
Oklahoma State |
So |
Combo |
3.613 |
|
Mario Chalmers |
Kansas |
Fr |
Small |
3.356 |
|
Richard Roby |
Colorado |
So |
Combo |
3.299 |
|
Josh Carter |
Texas A&M |
Fr |
Combo |
3.221 |
|
Michael Neal |
Oklahoma |
Jr |
Small |
3.121 |
|
Martane Freeman |
Colorado |
Sr |
Combo |
3.107 |
|
Jarrius Jackson |
Texas Tech |
Jr |
Small |
3.060 |
|
C.J. Giles |
Kansas |
So |
Big |
3.060 |
|
Kevin Young |
Missouri |
Sr |
Big |
3.049 |
|
Kevin Bookout |
Oklahoma |
Sr |
Big |
2.995 |
|
Brandon Rush |
Kansas |
Fr |
Combo |
2.968 |
|
Patrick Fields |
Baylor |
Sr |
Combo |
2.925 |
|
Antanas Kavaliauskas |
Texas A&M |
Jr |
Big |
2.873 |
|
Taylor Griffin |
Oklahoma |
Fr |
Combo |
2.694 |
|
Daniel Gibson |
Texas |
So |
Small |
2.617 |
|
Chris Copeland |
Colorado |
Sr |
Big |
2.610 |
|
David Hoskins |
Kansas State |
So |
Combo |
2.598 |
|
Russell Robinson |
Kansas |
So |
Small |
2.536 |
|
David Monds |
Oklahoma State |
Jr |
Big |
2.311 |
|
Jiri Hubalek |
Iowa State |
Jr |
Big |
2.196 |
|
Curtis Stinson |
Iowa State |
Jr |
Small |
2.162 |
|
Kenton Paulino |
Texas |
Sr |
Small |
2.149 |
|
Acie Law IV |
Texas A&M |
Jr |
Small |
2.109 |
|
Nate Carter |
Oklahoma |
Jr |
Combo |
2.108 |
|
Glean Eddy |
Colorado |
Sr |
Combo |
1.999 |
|
Christian Moody |
Kansas |
Sr |
Big |
1.996 |
|
Drew Coffman |
Texas Tech |
Jr |
Small |
1.887 |
|
Andy Osborn |
Colorado |
Sr |
Big |
1.763 |
|
Mamadou Diene |
Baylor |
Fr |
Big |
1.753 |
|
Dominique Kirk |
Texas A&M |
So |
Small |
1.750 |
|
Roderick Flemings |
Oklahoma State |
Fr |
Combo |
1.736 |
|
Jason Dourisseau |
Nebraska |
Sr |
Combo |
1.703 |
|
Martin Zeno |
Texas Tech |
So |
Combo |
1.686 |
|
Tommy Swanson |
Baylor |
Sr |
Big |
1.675 |
|
Mike Williams |
Texas |
So |
Combo |
1.672 |
|
Curtis Jerrells |
Baylor |
Fr |
Small |
1.580 |
|
Marlon Pompey |
Texas A&M |
Jr |
Big |
1.477 |
|
Tanner Ogden |
Texas Tech |
Jr |
Combo |
1.476 |
|
A.J. Abrams |
Texas |
Fr |
Small |
1.436 |
|
Will Blalock |
Iowa State |
Jr |
Small |
1.433 |
|
Thomas Gardner |
Missouri |
Jr |
Combo |
1.429 |
|
Jessan Gray |
Iowa State |
Jr |
Big |
1.383 |
|
Dramane Diarra |
Kansas State |
Sr |
Big |
1.336 |
|
Jeff Hawkins |
Kansas |
Sr |
Small |
1.206 |
|
Dior Lowhorn |
Texas Tech |
Fr |
Combo |
0.968 |
|
John Neal |
Iowa State |
Sr |
Combo |
0.921 |
|
David Godbold |
Oklahoma |
So |
Combo |
0.699 |
|
Terrell Everett |
Oklahoma |
Sr |
Combo |
0.669 |
|
Eddie Smith |
Texas A&M |
Sr |
Small |
0.663 |
|
Terrel Harris |
Oklahoma State |
Fr |
Combo |
0.649 |
|
Byron Eaton |
Oklahoma State |
Fr |
Small |
0.618 |
|
Stephen Vinson |
Kansas |
Sr |
Small |
0.503 |
|
Darryl Dora |
Texas Tech |
Jr |
Big |
0.415 |
|
Kalen Grimes |
Missouri |
So |
Big |
0.373 |
|
Jon Plefka |
Texas Tech |
Jr |
Big |
0.302 |
|
Kevin Rogers |
Baylor |
Fr |
Big |
0.204 |
|
Marcus King-Stockton |
Colorado |
So |
Big |
0.189 |
|
Kenny Cooper |
Oklahoma State |
Fr |
Big |
0.129 |
|
Marshall Brown |
Missouri |
So |
Combo |
0.122 |
|
Aaron Bruce |
Baylor |
So |
Small |
0.093 |
|
Mario Taybron |
Kansas State |
Jr |
Small |
0.076 |
|
Charles Richardson Jr. |
Nebraska |
Jr |
Small |
-0.101 |
|
Marcus Hall |
Colorado |
Jr |
Small |
-0.144 |
|
Dominique Coleman |
Colorado |
Jr |
Small |
-0.159 |
|
Marcus Perry |
Nebraska |
Jr |
Small |
-0.171 |
|
JamesOn Curry |
Oklahoma State |
So |
Small |
-0.189 |
|
Jayson Obazuaye |
Colorado |
Sr |
Small |
-0.300 |
|
Jamel White |
Nebraska |
Fr |
Small |
-0.310 |
|
Alan Voskuil |
Texas Tech |
Fr |
Small |
-0.345 |
|
Jimmy McKinney |
Missouri |
Sr |
Small |
-0.449 |
|
Jamaal Brown |
Oklahoma State |
Jr |
Small |
-0.494 |
|
Chris Walker |
Texas A&M |
Sr |
Combo |
-0.538 |
|
Joe McCray |
Nebraska |
So |
Combo |
-0.575 |
|
Lance Harris |
Kansas State |
Jr |
Combo |
-0.637 |
|
Julius Ashby |
Colorado |
Sr |
Big |
-0.753 |
|
Clent Stewart |
Kansas State |
So |
Combo |
-0.822 |
|
Ross Marsden |
Iowa State |
So |
Big |
-0.915 |
|
Shawn Taggart |
Iowa State |
Fr |
Big |
-0.948 |
|
Akeem Wright |
Kansas State |
Jr |
Combo |
-1.044 |
|
Terry Martin |
Texas Tech |
Fr |
Combo |
-1.244 |
|
B.J. Walker |
Nebraska |
Jr |
Big |
-1.372 |
|
Jason Horton |
Missouri |
So |
Small |
-1.524 |
|
Marcus Watkins |
Missouri |
Jr |
Combo |
-1.679 |
|
Michael Prince |
Texas Tech |
Fr |
Combo |
-1.780 |
|
Austin Johnson |
Oklahoma |
Fr |
Small |
-1.920 |
|
Tim Bush |
Baylor |
Jr |
Combo |
-1.983 |
|
Glen Dandridge |
Missouri |
So |
Combo |
-2.023 |
|
Leo Lyons |
Missouri |
Fr |
Big |
-2.049 |
|
LucQuente White |
Texas Tech |
Jr |
Small |
-2.148 |
|
Tasheed Carr |
Iowa State |
So |
Small |
-2.190 |
|
Marcus Walker |
Nebraska |
Fr |
Small |
-2.575 |
|
Henry Dugat |
Baylor |
Fr |
Small |
-2.883 |
|
Anthony Davis |
Iowa State |
Sr |
Combo |
-3.104 |
|
James Douglas |
Missouri |
Jr |
Small |
-3.217 |
|
|