From 2009:
| Player | EqPts* | EqPts/Min | Line |
| Zaire Taylor | 19.94 | 0.66 | 17 Pts, 3 Ast, 3 Reb |
| J.T. Tiller | 15.00 | 0.50 | 10 Pts, 4 Reb (3 Off), 4 Ast, 3 Stl |
| Keith Ramsey | 12.10 | 0.81 | 4 Pts, 4 Reb (2 Off), 2 Stl, 2 Blk |
| DeMarre Carroll | 11.93 | 0.33 | 17 Pts, 4 Reb, 2 Stl |
| Kim English | 8.18 | 0.58 | 8 Pts |
| Matt Lawrence | 7.67 | 0.33 | 10 Pts, 3 Reb |
| Leo Lyons | 4.94 | 0.20 | 12 Pts, 6 Reb (2 Off), 4 TO |
| Marcus Denmon | 2.22 | 0.20 | 5 Pts |
| Justin Safford | -0.68 | -0.17 | 0 Pts |
| Miguel Paul | -3.07 | -0.26 | 0 Pts |
EqPts = a take-off of the Net Equivalent Points idea discussed last week. Taking points, assists, rebounds (offensive & defensive), steals, blocks, turnovers and fouls into account, the team's points are re-distributed to figure out who had the biggest impact on the game itself, instead of just how many balls a player put through a basket. I can go into detail on the formula if anybody asks, but for now just know that that was the intent.
- Zaire Taylor: "Hello, world!" Just an outstanding game from him today, especially in the last couple of minutes.
- And yet, Taylor got smoked in per-minute stats by Keith Ramsey, who officially became my favorite Tiger today. Blocks on consecutive break-out layups...a couple nice steals, 2-for-2 from the field, two offensive rebounds...dude fills up the stat sheet in every way possible. He's not very thick, but he's offering a bit of hope for Tiger fans worried about what happens next year when DeMarre and Leo are gone.
- As I mentioned in the comments thread, Ramsey has turned into a 6'9 version of J.T. Tiller, who also had a very Tiller-like game today. Tiller and Ramsey only combined for 14 points, so they're obviously not candidates for showing up on the ESPN ticker or anything, but...5 offensive rebounds, 5 assists and 5 steals between the two of them.
- Miguel Paul continues to experience some severe growing pains, and Marcus Denmon looked out of rhythm today, but Kimmie English stepped up and nailed a couple big-time 3's in the second half. Oh yeah, and Matt Lawrence, the Grey Goose himself, ended up making three of six 3's, including a late dagger.
Versus 'Real' Teams to Date
(Mizzou: 3-2)
| Mizzou | Opp | |
| Points Per Minute |
1.95 | 1.82 |
| Points Per Possession (PPP) |
1.10 | 1.03 |
| Points Per Shot (PPS) |
1.25 | 1.35 |
| 2-PT FG% | 51.2% | 48.0% |
| 3-PT FG% | 27.5% |
43.2% |
| FT% | 65.8% | 62.1% |
| Mizzou | Opp | |
| Assists | 82 | 74 |
| Steals | 58 | 25 |
| Turnovers | 58 | 101 |
| (Assists + Steals) / TO | 2.41 | 0.98 |
| Mizzou | Opp | |
| Expected Offensive Rebounds | 66 | 60 |
| Offensive Rebounds | 69 | 70 |
| Eq. Rebound Margin | +3 | +10 |
- Five games against "real" teams (Xavier, USC, Cal, Illinois, Georgia), 101 forced turnovers. I'll take that.
- Mizzou is certainly getting outrebounded by "real" teams, but only by a 1.4-per-game clip in terms of expected rebounds, which is quite nice. Could be a lot worse in the end.
- Thanks to today's game, Mizzou is now making a higher percentage of free throws than their opponents. How in the hell that happens, I have no idea.
- With a lot of newbies on the court, I'm very happy with Mizzou's 11.6 turnovers per game average. I expected worse, and it's been a very pleasant surprise...especially considering seniors DeMarre and Leo have accounted for almost half of them (27 of 58). The newbies have only accounted for 25 turnovers (11 from Miguel Paul).
| Player | EqPts* | EqPts/Min | Line |
| DeMarre Carroll | 15.53 | 0.52 | 17.6 PPG, 5.0 RPG, 2.2 SPG, 1.4 APG |
| J.T. Tiller | 14.07 | 0.55 | 9.2 PPG, 4.2 RPG, 4.0 APG, 2.4 SPG |
| Leo Lyons | 12.96 | 0.51 | 16.0 PPG, 4.8 RPG, 2.8 APG |
| Zaire Taylor | 8.94 | 0.32 | 8.2 PPG, 4.2 RPG, 2.2 APG |
| Keith Ramsey | 6.53 | 0.50 | 3.4 PPG, 2.6 RPG, 1.2 BPG, 1.2 APG |
| Marcus Denmon | 4.85 | 0.30 | 5.4 PPG, 2.0 RPG, 1.0 APG |
| Kim English | 4.50 | 0.31 | 7.4 PPG, 1.0 RPG |
| Matt Lawrence | 3.58 | 0.18 | 5.4 PPG, 2.2 RPG |
| Laurence Bowers | 3.25 | 0.65 | 2.0 PPG, 2.0 RPG |
| Justin Safford | 1.52 | 0.15 | 2.0 PPG, 1.4 RPG |
| Miguel Paul | 0.03 | 0.00 |
- I've been as big a Laurence Bowers proponent as there is, but as long as Keith Ramsey continues to play like he has, then Ramsey's minutes aren't available--Justin Safford, on the other hand, better be careful, else he will lose some of his minutes.
- On a per-minute basis, it appears the most productive starting lineup would be Taylor, Tiller, English, Lyons and Carroll (with Ramsey just barely on the outside looking in--I'm not counting Bowers here because he's only played 10 minutes). The Grey Goose has acquitted himself pretty well recently, but English still contributes more to the box score.
Nicknames
I guess we're officially done with football season and on to basketball season, as the nicknames are forming quickly. So here's your pre-conference season primer:
Matt Lawrence: The Grey Goose
Kim English: Mr. Courvoissier
Zaire Taylor: Kanye
