Seriously, Gary Link was just loving life yesterday on the radio...he was getting to use all his negative sayings ("Bad things happen to bad teams," et al) about somebody other than Mizzou. Mizzou was getting the friendly rims, Mizzou was getting the loose balls, and Iowa State was making the mental errors. I could get used to this.
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...somebody knock on wood, STAT.
| Mizzou | 'Clones |
|
| Points Per Minute |
2.05 | 1.70 |
| Points Per Possession (PPP) |
1.22 | 1.01 |
| Points Per Shot (PPS) |
1.34 | 1.19 |
| 2-PT FG% | 65.2% | 51.1% |
| 3-PT FG% | 33.3% | 30.0% |
| FT% | 37.5% | 63.6% |
| True Shooting % | 63.5% | 55.0% |
| Mizzou | 'Clones | |
| Assists | 28 | 17 |
| Steals | 7 | 6 |
| Turnovers | 9 | 14 |
| Ball Control Index (Assists + Steals) / TO |
3.89 | 1.64 |
| Mizzou | 'Clones |
|
| Expected Offensive Rebounds | 10 | 11 |
| Offensive Rebounds | 7 | 7 |
| Difference | -3 | -4 |
- 28 assists! Twenty! Eight! Assists!
- This one was clearly won on the offensive side of the court. Iowa State slowed the tempo down rather well, as this game was played at a pace about 5 possessions slower than the normal Missouri game. They also averaged over 1 point per possession, which is higher than the typical Missouri opponent as well. But Mizzou's 1.22 points per possession is pretty ridiculous...and considering they did that while only shooting 8 free throws (and making only 3)? Really ridiculous.
- ISU's 1.64 BCI was actually pretty high as well...but yeah, when Mizzou's offense is humming like this (and when DeMarre Carroll is shooting 14-for-freaking-20), it doesn't really matter.
| Player | AdjGS* | GmSc/Min | Line |
| DeMarre Carroll | 25.51 | 0.82 | 31 Pts, 9 Reb, 5 Ast, 2 Blk, 3 TO |
| Kim English | 13.56 | 0.62 | 16 Pts, 5 Reb, 4 Ast |
| J.T. Tiller | 13.19 | 0.45 | 6 Pts, 4 Reb, 6 Ast, 3 Stl |
| Zaire Taylor | 8.83 | 0.32 | 2 Pts, 2 Reb, 5 Ast, 2 Stl |
| Matt Lawrence | 7.47 | 0.50 | 6 Pts, 4 Reb, 2 Ast |
| Leo Lyons | 6.97 | 0.24 | 12 Pts, 4 Reb, 2 Ast |
| Miguel Paul | 2.99 | 0.33 | 0 Pts, 3 Ast, 1 Stl |
| Justin Safford | 2.86 | 0.41 | 4 Pts |
| Marcus Denmon | 2.74 | 0.17 | 5 Pts |
| Laurence Bowers | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1 minute! |
| Steve Moore | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1 minute |
| Michael Anderson Jr. | -0.87 | -0.87 | 1 minute |
| Keith Ramsey | -2.24 | -0.20 | 0 Pts, 3 Reb |
* 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.
- JT Tiller in his last three games: 19 assists, 0 turnovers. Just throwing that out there.
- Good lord, Kimmie English's shot looks pretty...especially when they're hitting nothing but net.
- English and Goose hit a couple of daggers in the second half when ISU was attempting to make a run. Love seeing that. And they also had 9 combined rebounds and 6 combined assists!
vs Big 12
Mizzou: 7-2
| Mizzou | Opp. |
|
| Points Per Minute |
2.06 | 1.77 |
| Points Per Possession (PPP) |
1.13 | 0.98 |
| Points Per Shot (PPS) |
1.37 | 1.22 |
| 2-PT FG% | 53.1% | 48.2% |
| 3-PT FG% | 41.1% | 34.4% |
| FT% | 67.4% | 70.4% |
| True Shooting % |
58.4% | 52.6% |
| Mizzou | Opp. | |
| Assists | 167 | 119 |
| Steals | 87 | 59 |
| Turnovers | 112 | 162 |
| Ball Control Index (Assists + Steals) / TO |
2.27 | 1.10 |
| Mizzou | Opp. | |
| Expected Offensive Rebounds | 109 | 114 |
| Offensive Rebounds | 89 | 104 |
| Difference | -20 | -10 |
- I have no idea when Mizzou actually became a solid 3-point shooting team, but I'll take it. Denmon and English have both been hot a higher percentage of the time lately, and that means two different things, really: 1) more 3-point weapons (duh), and 2) if Matt Lawrence's shot isn't on, he only goes 0-for-2 or 0-for-3 instead of 1-for-8. Both of these things help Mizzou's % tremendously.
- Doubling up opponents and only getting outrebounded by about one "expected" rebound per game is a pretty nice formula.
| Player | AdjGS/Gm* | GS/Min | Line |
| DeMarre Carroll | 18.47 | 0.64 | 18.1 PPG, 7.8 RPG, 2.6 APG, 1.3 BPG, 1.1 SPG |
| Leo Lyons | 11.65 | 0.52 | 14.4 PPG, 4.5 RPG, 1.8 APG |
| Zaire Taylor | 11.27 | 0.41 | 6.6 PPG, 3.2 RPG, 4.1 APG, 1.3 SPG |
| J.T. Tiller | 10.81 | 0.43 | 8.8 PPG, 3.6 RPG, 3.4 APG, 2.0 SPG |
| Marcus Denmon | 6.75 | 0.38 | 8.3 PPG, 2.6 RPG, 1.2 APG |
| Kim English | 6.66 | 0.38 | 7.8 PPG, 1.7 RPG, 1.7 APG |
| Matt Lawrence | 6.27 | 0.33 | 7.0 PPG, 1.9 RPG |
| Keith Ramsey | 4.15 | 0.24 | 4.7 PPG, 3.0 RPG |
| Laurence Bowers | 3.20 | 0.50 | 3.6 PPG, 1.6 RPG |
| Miguel Paul | 2.49 | 0.27 | 1.8 PPG, 1.0 RPG, 1.3 APG |
| Justin Safford | 2.20 | 0.30 | 2.7 PPG, 1.8 RPG |
| Michael Anderson Jr. | 0.28 | 0.06 | 0.0 PPG |
| Jarrett Sutton | 0.24 | 0.08 | 1.5 PPG |
| Steve Moore | -0.32 | -0.08 | 1.0 PPG |
- Yeah, DeMarre almost HAS to be 1st-team all-conference at this point, doesn't he?
Rachel Phelps Update: three pieces of the puzzle (i.e. wins to basically clinch an NCAA Tourney bid) to go.
Oh yeah, and bring on friggin' Kansas.