Reaching into the figurative reader mailbag, PSU76 over at PennStateHoops.com raises this question: Are assists included anywhere? It seems the ratings will unfairly have a bias towards forwards/centers since they are less prone to turnovers and have more opportunities for rebounds than guards. They are included in the scoring section. An assist is equivalent to [...]
Archive of entries posted on December 2007
And the real Best All Around Player in the Big Ten is…
Raymar Morgan. Say WHAT? Using my modified Dean Oliver Four Factors methodology (for details on the method see the preceding article in this series, i.e. the Pete Maravich effect), I concluded exactly that. First, lets check out the laundry list of candidates. The criteria to get on the watch list was to be among the [...]
Big Ten Power Rankings 12/24/07
I’ve changed my publishing date for the Power Rankings. From now on, I’ll wait until the weekend action is complete. With the new TV contracts, that means on most weeks the rankings won’t be up until Monday (for next week, with Penn State playing on Monday, it means waiting until Tuesday). This will ensure a [...]
Colgate Plus/Minus Pairs
Here’s the numbers for the players who were on the floor together for Colgate. [table=10] [table=11] [table=12]
PSU vs Colgate Plus Minus numbers
Here’s the plus minus number for Penn State for the Colgate game: [table=8] The cream of the crop, Claxton and Cornley, led the charge in this game. Mike Walker once again comes up with very solid plus minus numbers. [table=9] Since everyone was on the plus side of the board today, each player picked up [...]
Game Predictions 12/23/07
With most Big Ten squads playing yesterday, the schedule is light today with Penn State and Purdue as the only teams to take the floor today Prediction: Penn State 74 Colgate 58 Purdue 67 Missouri St 63 Note: My prediction algorithm is based on Ken Pomeroy offensive and defensive efficiency ratings. I use my own [...]
The Pete Maravich effect…
There’s no doubt that Pete Maravich was an incredible ball player. The numbers that he put up were unheard of for a guard – plus he did it without the benefit of the three point shot. However, as good as he was, I don’t think anyone would ever call him the greatest ball player ever. [...]
Who are the top ten players in the Big Ten?
My “How does Geary Claxton rank” post offered up a simplistic measure for determining the best players in the B10. There are other measures that are typically used. Here are three:The NBA Efficiency ModelThe NBA uses a very simplistic model for player evaluation. They simply give a player one point for each positive result (point, [...]
Game Predictions 12/22/07
Heavy schedule of games on the slate as the teams get ready for the Holidays then the opening of Big Ten play. For hoops fans the big matchup is the Top Ten matchup between MSU and Texas, but the replay of last year’s national championship between Ohio State and Florida probably catches the general public’s [...]
