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4 months 2 days ago #33242 by asteroid
Kansas is going for the sweep.  Of the state of North Carolina.  Having
already defeated North Carolina, Duke, and Wilmington, only NC State
stands in the way of the sweep.

The good new is that it is a home game for Kansas.  The Jayhawks have
not faired well on the road so far this season.

All the usual prognosticators are picking Kansas to win the game, and
by an average of 12.7 points.  Seven Overtimes is the pessimist with
a mere 7 point margin, while Dunkel is the optimist with a 17.5 point
margin.

The Wolfpack started with five cupcakes, all victories, before taking
on four top tier teams, losing the first three, but surviving the
weakest of those top tier teams.  Against those three toughest
opponents, the Wolfpack managed at most 61 points.  Those are
Pomeroy's #25, #61, and #95 defenses.  Kansas has Pomeroy's #8
defense.  One might expect the Jayhawks to give up fewer than 61
points; then again, Kansas plays at a slightly faster tempo than
Texas, Purdue, and BYU, so maybe the Wolfpack might score in the
low to mid 60s.  The average of the various prognostications is 66.

Both teams are showing negative trends, though the statistical
significance is weak for Kansas and slightly less weak for North
Carolina State.

Creighton and Missouri exposed weaknesses in the Jayhawks, so one
might expect Self to have implemented countermeasures.  We shall
see if future opponents try the same tactics as Creighton and
Missouri.

Rock Chalk!

Greenfield Stats Comparison
===========================
Offensive Stats     NCST     KU      Defensive Stats     NCST     KU
Points/Game         74.7    78.8     Opp Points/Game     65.4    68.1
Avg Score Margin    +9.3   +10.7     Opp Effective FG %  45.9    47.0
Assists/Game        13.1    19.0     Off Rebounds/Gm     10.0     7.9
Total Rebounds/Gm   34.5    37.1     Def Rebounds/Gm     21.6    25.2
Effective FG %      51.6    54.7     Blocks/Game          4.4     4.1
Off Rebound %       30.5    25.0     Steals/Game          7.3     7.4
FTA/FGA            0.381   0.209     Personal Fouls/Gm   18.6    15.8
Turnover %          12.8    13.3   

My Stats Comparison        KU           NC State
===================   =============   ============
performance           +0.92           +0.07    
inconsistency         10.12            8.64    
trend                 -1.13 ± 1.33    -1.22 ± 0.91
mental toughness      -0.29 ± 0.35    +0.01 ± 0.27         
average total pts     146.89          140.10 

Common Opponents
================
There are no common opponents, though this game will create one for when we play BYU.

Players to Watch
================
most minutes       Jayden Taylor (guard)
most points        Marcus Hill (guard)
most rebounds      Brandon Huntley-Hatfield (forward)
most assists       Michael O'Connell (guard)
most steals        Jayden Taylor (guard)
most blocks        Ben Middlebrooks (forward)
most turnovers     Jayden Taylor (guard)
most fouls         Dontrez Styles (forward)

Reserve forward Ismael Diouf is out with an unspecified "injury", and reserve guard
Mike James is out with a knee injury.  I put "injury" in quotation marks for Diouf
because Greenfield has him listed as "suspension", which is not the sort of description
one usually uses for a physical injury.  Makes me wonder whether he could be "reinstated"
at any time.  He averages 5.3 minutes and 1.3 points per game.

                                                           7-2            7-3
                       Margin   Predicted   Win Prb      Kansas        NC State
Predictor              points     Score     percent   Rating   SOS   Rating   SOS 
====================   ======   =========   =======   ============   ============
Massey                  +8.00   76   68       77       # 12   #  9    # 68   # 94
Pomeroy                +12.94   78   65       88.9     # 11   # 15    # 78   #304
Greenfield             +14.00   79   65                # 10   #  8    # 68   # 78
Dunkel                 +17.50   84   67                # 30           # 35
Vegas (via Dunkel)     +14.00   80   66                                        
Dolphin Predictive     +11.48   76   64       84.0     # 18   # 12    # 82   #103
Real Time                                              #      #       #      #   
Seven Overtimes         +7.00   75   68       79       # 44   # 12    # 75   #123
DPPI                   +13.80   79   65       88.7     # 12   # 15    # 91   #166 
ESPN BPI               +12.30                 87.7     #  8   #  9    # 58   #172
Whitlock               +11.58                          # 14   # 11    # 78   # 66
Colley Matrix          +15.57                          #  5   # 11    #102   #206
Donchess               +10.90   81.5 71       85.6     # 20   # 10    # 57   #219
Haslametrics           +15.71   77   62                # 12           # 97
INCCStats              +13.00   78   65       89       # 10           # 78
common opponents                 
NCAA NET                                               # 18           #108
LRMC                                                   #      #       #      #   
Massey composite                                       # 11           # 78
Pomeroy offense                                        # 22           # 98
Pomeroy defense                                        #  8           # 82
Pomeroy tempo                                          # 91           #270
====================   ======   =========   =======   ============   ============ 
average                +12.70   78.5 66.0     85.0
scatter                  2.85    2.6  2.4      4.7

Here is Kansas' season, for which the projected record is currently 22-9:

SITE   OPPONENT                         SCORE    PREDIC    ERROR    PROB.
----   -----------------------------   -------   ------    -----    -----
HOME   #271 Howard                      87  57   +25.40    +4.60
HOME   # 31 North Carolina              92  89    +6.58    -3.58
NEUT   # 22 Michigan St.                77  69    +1.60    +6.40
HOME   #184 Oakland                     78  57   +19.74    +1.26
HOME   #139 UNC Wilmington              84  66   +18.34    -0.34
NEUT   #  3 Duke                        75  72    -4.84    +7.84
HOME   #117 Furman                      86  51   +16.58   +18.42
AWAY   # 40 Creighton                   63  76    +1.48   -14.48
AWAY   # 51 Missouri                    67  76    +2.81   -11.81
HOME   # 78 N.C. State                  78  65   +12.94             0.889
HOME   #176 Brown                       82  62   +19.93             0.970
HOME   # 46 West Virginia               75  66    +9.11             0.805
AWAY   # 80 UCF                         78  71    +6.57             0.733
HOME   # 54 Arizona St.                 79  69    +9.90             0.825
AWAY   # 18 Cincinnati                  70  72    -2.28             0.415
AWAY   #  6 Iowa St.                    74  81    -7.35             0.244
HOME   # 70 Kansas St.                  81  68   +12.25             0.877
AWAY   # 91 TCU                         75  68    +7.03             0.747
HOME   #  4 Houston                     67  67    -0.45             0.483
HOME   # 80 UCF                         81  68   +13.57             0.900
AWAY   # 12 Baylor                      74  77    -2.62             0.402
HOME   #  6 Iowa St.                    78  78    -0.35             0.487
AWAY   # 70 Kansas St.                  77  72    +5.25             0.690
HOME   # 75 Colorado                    79  67   +12.65             0.884
AWAY   # 64 Utah                        79  74    +4.83             0.676
AWAY   # 44 BYU                         78  76    +2.00             0.575
HOME   # 83 Oklahoma St.                86  72   +14.13             0.909
AWAY   # 75 Colorado                    76  70    +5.65             0.703
HOME   # 25 Texas Tech                  77  71    +5.54             0.700
AWAY   #  4 Houston                     63  71    -7.45             0.241
HOME   # 30 Arizona                     83  77    +6.39             0.727

Here is North Carolina State's season to date:

SITE   OPPONENT                         SCORE    PREDIC    ERROR    PROB.
----   -----------------------------   -------   ------    -----    -----
HOME   #342 USC Upstate                 97  66   +21.57    +9.43
HOME   #236 Presbyterian                81  72   +13.44    -4.44
HOME   #273 Coastal Carolina            82  70   +14.63    -2.63
HOME   #256 Colgate                     72  49   +14.32    +8.68
HOME   #215 William & Mary              84  61   +13.30    +9.70
NEUT   # 17 Purdue                      61  71    -7.66    -2.34
NEUT   # 44 BYU                         61  72    -4.09    -6.91
HOME   # 37 Texas                       59  63    -1.40    -2.60
HOME   # 65 Florida St.                 84  74    +1.98    +8.02
HOME   #363 Coppin St.                  66  56   +26.18   -16.18
AWAY   # 11 Kansas                      65  78   -12.94             0.111
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4 months 1 day ago #33245 by NotOstertag
Thanks as always Asteroid.

I'm going to be looking at one thing going forward: 3 point shooting. If we can't stretch defenses and it allows teams to collapse around Hunter, we're dead in the water. Hunter can't handle that kind of defense, and without a consistent threat from 3, it will just continue.

It kind of amazes me how we can get all these great shooting guys to tranfer in, and then they suddenly can't shoot. Is it something in the water in Lawrence?

Bottom line, we need a well balanced bigtime win today. Hoping the guys took the time off to calibrate their aim. Last weeek's games were very very disheartening.

Side note, I was at the Missouri game at AFH last year and while it was fun to win, it kind of felt like it was preordained, so it wasn't THAT exciting (it was also a closer game than it should have been). Losing and losing badly in Columbia is the kind of thing that leaves a bad taste in your mouth for a looooong time.

"When I was a freshman, I remember Coach Naismith telling us how important it was to play good defense." - Mitch Lightfoot
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4 months 22 hours ago - 4 months 22 hours ago #33248 by hoshi
Went to the game yesterday and felt we played very well but also felt a hangover from the last two games. The crowd also was saying, prove it. Came home and watched a replay. Our performance looked a lot better on replay. Are we back yet, no but the team was locked in on defense and Zeke sure is fun to watch. Hunt also played well against a pretty good big.

“The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits”. Albert Einstein
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