Study Hall: Mizzou vs Chattanooga

by Bill C. on Nov 25, 2009 12:00 PM CST in Mizzou Basketball 09-10

Off to San Padre we go...

Mizzou 99, Chattanooga 56

	Mizzou	UTC
Points Per Minute	2.48	1.40
Points Per Possession (PPP)	1.29	0.73
Points Per Shot (PPS)	1.55	1.08
2-PT FG%	63.0%	56.3%
3-PT FG%	48.6%	15.0%
FT%	78.6%	68.8%
True Shooting %	70.6%	47.4%

	Mizzou	UTC
Assists	25	10
Steals	24	7
Turnovers	18	29
Ball Control Index (BCI) (Assists + Steals) / TO	2.72	0.59

	Mizzou	UTC
Expected Offensive Rebounds	10	12
Offensive Rebounds	10	12
Difference	0	0

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Forcing 29 turnovers is impressive enough, but...with 24 steals? Wow. Not a ton of unforced errors there from Chattanooga, though I guess I should mention that some of those steals were a little too easy.
Here's where the Expected Rebounds figure comes in handy -- Mizzou barely missed any shots, so their initially unimpressive 10 offensive rebounds becomes a little more understandable.
A 70.6% True Shooting percentage? Sheesh. Anything over about 55% is pretty solid, so needless to say, 70% is pretty ridiculous. But when Kimmeh's hot, the numbers will get pretty ridiculous.

Player stats after the jump.

NCAA Basketball Stats

Player Stats

Player	AdjGS*	GmSc/Min	Line
Kim English	18.3	1.02	18 Min, 26 Pts (10-for-17 FG, 5-for-11 3PT), 2 Reb, 2 Stl
Marcus Denmon	16.7	0.60	28 Min, 17 Pts (5-for-12 FG, 3-for-8 3PT), 6 Reb, 3 Ast, 3 Stl
Laurence Bowers	16.2	0.90	18 Min, 9 Pts (4-for-5 FG), 5 Reb, 5 Stl, 3 Blk
Miguel Paul	13.9	0.66	21 Min, 14 Pts (4-for-6 FG/3PT), 5 Ast, 3 Stl, 3 TO
Zaire Taylor	13.6	0.52	26 Min, 9 Pts (3-for-5 FG/3PT), 4 Reb, 6 Ast, 3 Stl
Justin Safford	7.2	0.38	19 Min, 10 Pts (3-for-6 FG), 3 Reb, 2 Ast, 2 Blk, 3 TO
Keith Ramsey	6.0	0.27	22 Min, 5 Pts (2-for-2 FG), 4 Reb, 3 Ast, 3 Stl, 4 TO
Mike Dixon	5.0	0.23	22 Min, 9 Pts (4-for-9 FG), 4 Ast
Tyler Stone	0.3	0.07	4 Min, 0 Pts
John Underwood	0.3	0.06	5 Min, 0 Pts
Steve Moore	-0.2	-0.01	13 Min, 0 Pts (0-for-1 FG), 3 Stl
Jarrett Sutton	-0.7	-0.17	4 Min, 0 Pts

* AdjGS = a take-off of the Game Score metric (definition here) accepted by a lot of basketball stat nerds. It does the same thing my previous measure of choice did (it takes points, assists, rebounds (offensive & defensive), steals, blocks, turnovers and fouls into account to determine an individual's "score" for a given game), only the formula is more used and accepted. The "adjustment" in Adjusted Game Score is simply matching the total game scores to the total points scored in the game, thereby redistributing the game's points scored to those who had the biggest impact on the game itself, instead of just how many balls a player put through a basket.

Lots of players making lots of contributions here. Obviously Kimmeh and Denmon combined for a good chunk of the offense, at least in the first half, but guys like Taylor, Ramsey, Bowers, and Paul filled up the box score pretty well. None better on a game-by-game basis than Bowers, of course.
Good to see Safford and Paul showing some offensive range, though I'm still mad at Paul for hogging the shots at the end. Okay, I'm not actually mad, but still.
I mentioned less than a week ago that getting out of town might do Kimmeh some good. Strike that. He's doing just fine here.

Keys to the Game Revisited

From Yesterday's preview.

Offensive Rebounds. Well, when you barely miss any shots, offensive rebounds become less of an issue. Regardless, against a relatively big Chattanooga team, Mizzou broke even on the boards. You always want to see a little better than breaking even against lesser competition, but oh well.
Turnovers. Mizzou committed a few too many (18, 4 from Ramsey, 3 from Safford and Paul) but forced a metric ton. Chattanooga was solid offensively in the paint, but they very much struggled to get it into the paint, committing turnovers on 29 of their 77(ish) possessions.
Keith Ramsey. Dude is a FORCE on the full-court press. He looks so much more confident and aggressive on defense this year, which is fantastic. He just needs to do a little better with the ball--his four turnovers negated a good chunk of his defensive success.

Summary

They're 3-0 and unchallenged heading to South Padre, and they've been RIDICULOUSLY entertaining to watch. That's pretty much all we can ask for.

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Settling for jumpers

Not that I am complaining about 40+ pts. victory margins, but I would like to see more of the following instead of just spot up and shoot:
1. dribble penetration.
2. related to 1, mid-range jumpers
3. pick and rolls (real picks and not just speed bumps)
We are going to have off shooting nights, and we need to get try to get at least get a foul from a possession.

born Dodger blue, now dyed Cardinals red

by totalloser on Nov 25, 2009 12:19 PM CST reply actions

It's hard to care...

…about rebounds when you shooting percentage is so high. – TL

by timlacy on Nov 25, 2009 12:35 PM CST reply actions

Eh

When every three pointer is falling, it makes sense to keep shooting em. Mizzou’s not going to have trouble scoring other ways when they need to.

I'm with William Quantrill. Go Missouri, beat Kansas.

by jaeger on Nov 25, 2009 1:55 PM CST via mobile reply actions

Sorry to disagree

Because the game was a blowout, we should have taken the opportunity to work more on execution. I don’t mind a 3 pter if it is well executed. Several times we either rotated the ball or kicked back out for a nice 3. That’s beautiful. But some guys tend to insist on launching beyond 23-9 instead of 20-9.

born Dodger blue, now dyed Cardinals red

by totalloser on Nov 25, 2009 2:09 PM CST up reply actions

All I'm saying is

Your comments remind me an awful lot of the “fullback/no vertical run game” crowd. We know we’re capable of an inside game, but this isn’t a dribble-drive offensive system. It isn’t really an offensive system at all – the part that needs execution is defense, if we’re doing that well, then the offense will come.

Furthermore, I think CMA has earned the benefit of the doubt on this stuff. It’s a win. Enjoy it, and leave the coaching to the coaches.

I'm with William Quantrill. Go Missouri, beat Kansas.

by jaeger on Nov 25, 2009 2:34 PM CST via mobile up reply actions