Performance in At-risk Games: Big 12 through 12/10/06

Not much commentary due to the short turnaround to get this week's update ready for its soon-to-be customary Monday appearance.

Team	OffEff	DefEff	Diff
Oklahoma State	107	95	+12

Wins: vs. Auburn (+2), vs. Missouri State (+6), vs. Syracuse (+4), vs. Ball State (+33)

Team	OffEff	DefEff	Diff
Kansas	101	96	+5

Wins: vs. Ball State (+25), vs. Florida (+7), vs. Toledo (+16)
Losses: Oral Roberts (-14), @DePaul (-11)

Team	OffEff	DefEff	Diff
Texas Tech	104	105	-1

Wins: @UTEP (+21), @TCU (+11), @Louisiana Tech (+17)
Losses: vs. Marquette (-16), vs. Air Force (-27), @Stanford (-13)

Team	OffEff	DefEff	Diff
Texas	103	106	-3

Wins: @St. John's (+3), vs. LSU (+2)
Losses: vs. Michigan State (-5), vs. Gonzaga (-11)

Team	OffEff	DefEff	Diff
Baylor	101	106	-5

Win: vs. Colorado State (+6)
Loss: @Gonzaga (-16), South Carolina (-4)

Team	OffEff	DefEff	Diff
Nebraska	109	114	-5

Win: Creighton (+17)
Losses: @Rutgers (-7), vs. Oregon (-26)

Team	OffEff	DefEff	Diff
Iowa State	96	107	-11

Win: @Minnesota (+5)
Losses: @Northern Iowa (-19), Drake (-1), @Iowa (-27)

Mike Taylor is putting Byron Eaton to shame. Last year's conference turnover king actually has a positive assist-to-turnover ratio and is coughing the ball up relatively rarely (7.3 TO/100). Taylor has yet to turn the ball over fewer than four times in a game and has turned the ball over at least eight times in half of Iowa State's games. That's good for 12.3 TO/100 on the season. Taylor complements those turnovers with a lot of missed shots. He's shot the three pretty well (18-48, 37.5%) but he's made just 34.8% of the 69 two-point shots he's attempted. That's a conversion rate lower than Russell Robinson. All in all, Taylor is the early favorite to give the ball to the other team, one way or another, more often than anybody in the Big 12 this year.

Team	OffEff	DefEff	Diff
Kansas State	96	107	-11

Wins: @Rutgers (+22), @North Dakota State (+3)
Losses: @New Mexico (-31), @California (-43), @Colorado State (-7)

Kansas State's narrow win @North Dakota State marked the third straight game wherein Kansas State scored at least 118 points per 100 possessions. It was also the third straight road game wherein the Wildacts allowed at least 117 points per 100 possessions.

Team	OffEff	DefEff	Diff
Texas A&M	92	105	-13

Losses: @LSU (-21), vs. UCLA (-5)

Team	OffEff	DefEff	Diff
Oklahoma	87	103	-16

Losses: vs. Memphis (-20), vs. Purdue (-5), Villanova (-20)

Team	OffEff	DefEff	Diff
Colorado	87	109	-22

Win: @Utah (0)
Losses: @New Mexico (-55), Air Force (-57), Wyoming (-4), @UNC-Wilmington (-14), Pepperdine (-10), Colorado State (-8)

Team	OffEff	DefEff	Diff
Missouri	80	103	-23

Loss: @Purdue (-23)

Missouri's margin of defeat @Purdue could have been worse. Carl Landry missed nine free throws for the Boilermakers.