Monday, January 22, 2007

Big 12 Individual Leaders

STATS FROM CONFERENCE GAMES ONLY

*through January 21st
*must play 50 percent of team's minutes to qualify

Pct. of Team's Minutes Played
1. Jackson, TT: 96.9
2. Burgess, TT: 93.8
3. Zeno, TT: 93.1
4. Curry, OSU: 91.4
5. Jones, A&M: 88.1
6. Augustin, UT: 88.0
7. Durant, UT: 88.0
8. Richardson, NU: 87.5
9. Kirk, A&M: 86.9
10. Rush, KU: 86.7

eFG%
1. Kaun, KU: 74.1 (27 FGA)
2. Collins, KU: 71.4 (35 FGA)
3. Mason, UT: 69 (29 FGA)
4. Robinson, KU: 68.8 (16 FGA)
5. Curry, OSU: 64.1 (46 FGA)
6. Neal, OU: 64 (43 FGA)
7. Brown, MU: 63 (46 FGA)
8. Maric, NU: 62.5 (32 FGA)
9. Durant, UT: 61.2 (85 FGA)
10. Carter, OU: 58.5 (53 FGA)

...and the trailers

10. Griffin, OU: 42.4 (33 FGA)
9. Godbold, OU: 41.2 (34 FGA)
8. Rush, KU: 41 (50 FGA)
7. Chalmers, KU: 40.4 (26 FGA)
6. Jackson, TT: 40.2 (61 FGA)
5. Hoskins, KSU: 40.2 (61 FGA)
4. Strowbridge, NU: 37.5 (8 FGA)
3. Clark, ISU: 35.4 (24 FGA)
2. Bush, BU: 32 (25 FGA)
1. Monds, OSU: 21.7 (23 FGA)

PPWS
1. Robinson, KU: 1.45 (16 FGA + 6 FTA)
2. Collins, KU: 1.44 (35 FGA + 4 FTA)
3. Brown, MU: 1.43 (46 FGA + 31 FTA)
4. Kaun, KU: 1.42 (27 FGA + 9 FTA)
5. Curry, OSU: 1.38 (46 FGA + 27 FTA)
6. Mason, UT: 1.38 (29 FGA + 8 FTA)
7. Maric, NU: 1.36 (32 FGA + 21 FTA)
8. Durant, UT: 1.35 (85 FGA + 36 FTA)
9. Carter, OU: 1.31 (53 FGA + 31 FTA)
10. Neal, OU: 1.29 (43 FGA + 8 FTA)

...and the trailers

10. Williams, CU: 0.90 (29 FGA + 12 FTA)
9. Strowbridge, NU: 0.90 (8 FGA + 2 FTA)
8. Carter, BU: 0.89 (45 FGA + 3 FTA)
7. Wright, KU: 0.89 (34 FGA + 7 FTA)
6. Wright, KSU: 0.87 (39 FGA + 8 FTA)
5. Dove, OSU: 0.85 (8 FGA + 6 FTA)
4. Godbold, OU: 0.84 (34 FGA + 4 FTA)
3. Clark, ISU: 0.84 (24 FGA + 5 FTA)
2. Bush, BU: 0.83 (25 FGA + 12 FTA)
1. Monds, OSU: 0.58 (23 FGA + 7 FTA)

Points per 100 possessions
1. Durant, UT: 51.0
2. Brown, MU: 43.7
3. Maric, NU: 42.5
4. Carter, OU: 38.0
5. Hoskins, KSU: 34.7
6. Law, A&M: 34.4
7. Taylor, ISU: 33.6
8. Boggan, OSU: 32.9
9. Collins, KU: 31.3
10. White, NU: 29.7

...and the trailers

10. Chalmers, KU: 14.2
9. Robinson, KU: 13.8
8. Burgess, TT: 13.4
7. Bush, BU: 12.8
6. Horton, MU: 11.8
5. Kirk, A&M: 11.8
4. Clark, ISU: 8.8
3. Monds, OSU: 8.4
2. Strowbridge, NU: 8.2
1. Dove, OSU: 4.8

Assists per 100 possessions
1. Augustin, UT: 11.24
2. Collins, KU: 9.45
3. Coleman, CU: 8.37
4. Richardson, NU: 7.71
5. Robinson, KU: 7.67
6. Hannah, MU: 7.10
7. Taylor, ISU: 6.44
8. Johnson, OU: 6.41
9. Chalmers, KU: 6.36
10. Perry, NU: 5.91

Assist-to-turnover ratio
1. Perry, NU: 7.00
2. Strowbridge, NU: 4.00
3. Carter, BU: 3.33
4. Augustin, UT: 3.00
5. Richardson, NU: 3.00
6. Carter, OU: 3.00
7. Henry, NU: 2.50
8. Johnson, OU: 2.40
9. Kirk, A&M: 2.25
10. Robinson, KU: 2.14

Turnovers per 100 possessions
1. Perry, NU: 0.84
2. Strowbridge, NU: 1.02
3. Monds, OSU: 1.12
4. Kirk, A&M: 1.74
5. Jackson, TT: 2.02

...and the trailers
6. Wright, KU: 7.09
5. Coleman, CU: 7.17
4. Roby, CU: 7.25
3. Maric, NU: 7.58
2. Eaton, OSU: 7.96
1. Taylor, ISU: 8.94

Steals per 100 possessions
1. Chalmers, KU: 5.44
2. Lyons, MU: 5.06
3. Horton, MU: 4.58
4. Richardson, NU: 4.42
5. Coleman, CU: 4.05
6. Godbold, OU: 3.68
7. Wright, KU: 3.58
8. Augustin, UT: 3.39
9. Eaton, OSU: 3.35
10. Crocker, OU: 3.27
10. Griffin, OU: 3.27

Blocks per 100 possessions
1. Kaun, KU: 5.10
2. Wright, KU: 4.18
3. Hubalek, ISU: 3.75
4. James, UT: 3.28
5. Dove, OSU: 3.16
6. Rogers, BU: 2.96
7. Williams, CU: 2.53

Offensive Rebound Pct
1. James, UT: 15
2. Carter, OU: 14.6
3. Hoskins, KSU: 13.7
4. Durant, UT: 13.3
5. Boggan, OSU: 12.8
6. Griffin, OU: 12.8
7. W Johnson, ISU: 12.3
8. Maric, NU: 12.1
9. Hubalek, ISU: 11.8
10. Wright, KU: 9.6

Defensive Rebound Pct
1. Coleman, CU: 27.9
2. Jones, A&M: 27.8
3. Durant, UT: 27.5
4. Wright, KU: 26.1
5. Maric, NU: 24.9
6. W Johnson, ISU: 24.6
7. Hubalek, ISU: 23.6
8. Wright, KSU: 21.7
9. Kavaliauskas, A&M: 20.3
10. Boggan, OSU: 20.1

Friday, January 19, 2007

Conference Standings (by average efficiency margin) through 1/18/07

The at-risk profile aren't updated and it's Friday. These will have to do until next week when I promise updated at-risk profiles and individual stats (once teams have played half of their conference games).

ACC
TeamEff MarginRecord
Boston College+195-0
North Carolina+163-1
Duke+122-2
Georgia Tech+32-2
Virginia+22-2
Virginia Tech+13-1
Clemson-33-2
NC State-81-3
Florida St-81-3
Miami, FL-102-3
Maryland-101-3
Wake Forest-131-4


Big 10

Big 12
TeamEff MarginRecord
Texas+183-1
Kansas+163-0
Texas A&M+163-0
Texas Tech+122-1
Oklahoma+72-2
Kansas St+12-2
Iowa St02-2
Oklahoma St-92-1
Baylor-101-3
Missouri-120-4
Colorado-201-3
Nebraska-200-2


Big East
TeamEff MarginRecord
Pittsburgh+185-0
West Virginia+113-2
Syracuse+104-1
Georgetown+92-2
Lousiville+82-2
DePaul+63-2
Providence+62-2
UConn+22-3
Marquette03-2
Notre Dame-23-2
Seton Hall-33-2
Villanova-32-3
Rutgers-131-4
Cincinnati-150-3
St. John's-161-4
South Florida-211-4



MVC
TeamEff MarginRecord
Creighton+136-2
Missouri St+125-3
Southern Illinois+85-3
Northern Iowa+35-2
Wichita St+33-5
Bradley-44-4
Evansville-43-5
Indiana St-64-3
Illinois St-122-6
Drake-122-6


Pac-10
TeamEff MarginRecord
USC+154-2
Washington St+114-2
UCLA+95-1
Oregon+75-1
Arizona+64-3
Cal-34-2
Stanford-33-3
Washington-71-5
Arizona St-160-7
Oregon St-181-5


SEC
SEC WestEff MarginRecord
Arkansas+41-3
LSU+12-1
Mississippi St01-2
Auburn-82-2
Ole Miss-111-3
Alabama-151-2


SEC EastEff MarginRecord
Kentucky+304-0
Florida+303-0
Georgia+93-1
Vanderbilt+22-2
Tennessee01-2
South Carolina-500-3

Wednesday, January 10, 2007

The Ron Artest/Josh Smith Three-Point Shootout: The Tortoise and The Hare Edition

I think it's useful to remember that nowhere in the story of the Tortoise and the Hare does the Tortoise have hernia surgery.

Mr. Artest is setting the bar awfully high (low?) while Mr. Smith is recuperating.

Through games of 1/9/07
Ron Artest: 26G, 24-94, 25.5%, 2.69 misses per game
Josh Smith: 25G, 19-70, 27.1%, 2.04 misses per game

Wednesday, January 03, 2007

Big 12 Predictions

1. Kansas 13-3
2. Texas A&M 12-4

Kansas and Texas A&M appear to be a bit better than the rest of the conference though I'm not convinced either team is particularly good and I wouldn't be surprised to see either team lose any single game other than those against Colorado, Iowa State, or Baylor. Even if they don't play any better than the Aggies, Kansas has a better chance of winning the conference title by virtue of their easier schedule.

3. Texas 10-6

Texas gets Missouri and Kansas State at home and I think they are well-suited to trouble Nebraska in Lincoln. As I mentioned yesterday, though I don't expect massive improvements on defense, Texas does have room to get better just by approaching mediocrity.

4. Oklahoma State 9-7

The Cowboys are down to six scholarship players which severely limits their margin for surviving misfortune. Boggan and Curry make them better than the clump of mediocre teams below them but not by much. If Obi Muonelo returns before the end of conference play it would greatly help Oklahoma State's chances.

5. Nebraska 9-7
6. Kansas State 9-7
7. Missouri 8-8
8. Texas Tech 7-9
9. Oklahoma 7-9

These teams will sort themselves out depending on how often they 1) win home games and 2) don't lose to Iowa State, Baylor, or Colorado. Nebraska, Kansas State, and Missouri have a built-in schedule advantage over Texas Tech and Oklahoma and appear more likely to finish in the top half of the conference based on that alone. Some good luck and good play in close games could get any of these teams to ten wins in conference.

Oklahoma is really bad offensively, though. I'm not sure good luck will be enough to get them over .500.

10. Iowa State 5-11
11. Baylor 4-12

There will be a couple of nights when a guard from one of these two teams gets hot and makes an opponent miserable but mostly these two talent-deprived, perimeter-heavy teams will be active and inefficient, their hot streaks lasting halves or parts of haves and merely rise to the level of irritation.

They are, however, clearly superior to...

12. Colorado 2-14

The "2" above is more representative of how little I think of the Big 12 in general this year than of any belief I have in Colorado's competence when it comes to playing the game of basketball. If they fail to win their home game agianst Iowa State on January 17th, they may well go in the tank for good as their next best chances to win are likely @Baylor and @Iowa State.

All-Big 12 Team

Kevin Durant, Player of the Year
Mario Boggan
Mario Chalmers
Aleks Maric
Jarrius Jackson

I'm not predicting that the above five will be the All-Big 12 team (either Acie Law or James Jones is sure to make that squad) rather that those will be the five best players in the league. The next five would include Jones and Law, AJ Abrams, JamesOn Curry, and Cartier Martin.