After getting off to a slow start, the Jayhawks blitzed the Sea Wolves for a 29 point victory. It is the team’s final game before heading to Orlando for the ESPN Events Invitational over Thanksgiving weekend. KU will face North Texas on Thursday afternoon.
Once again, Ochai Agbaji earned team MVP honors. After scoring 25 last night, he is averaging 26.3 ppg on the season, with his shooting percentages as 71%/42%/90% (2pt/3pt/FT).
Below are each player’s offensive and defensive efficiencies, followed by the Adj. PPG +/- player values from the Stony Brook game. The efficiency score calculates points produced over possessions (if on offense) or points allowed over possessions (if on defense). Player value incorporates these efficiency scores, along with measures of player production.
Ochai Agbaji: 1.16 Off_Eff 0.80 Def_Eff +10.29
Zach Clemence: 1.75 Off_Eff 0.71 Def_Eff +4.20
David McCormack: 1.67 Off_Eff 0.64 Def Eff +4.04
Jalen Coleman-Lands: 1.83 Off_Eff 0.67 Def_Eff +3.74
Christian Braun: 2.25 Off_Eff 0.90 Def_Eff +3.20
Dejuan Harris: 0.95 Off_Eff 0.00 Def_Eff +3.18
Mitch Lightfoot: 1.40 Off_Eff 0.60 Def_Eff +1.57
Michael Jankovich: 1.20 Off_Eff No Def_Eff +0.97
K.J. Adams 0.00 Off_Eff 0.00 Def_Eff +0.51
Joseph Yesufu 1.50 Off_Eff 1.67 Def_Eff -2.05
Chris Teahan 0.00 Off_Eff 3.00 Def_Eff -3.65
Bobby Pettiford 0.90 Off_Eff 1.10 Def_Eff -4.82
Remy Martin 0.50 Off_Eff 1.43 Def_Eff -7.91
TEAM 1.28 Off_Eff 0.86 Def_Eff +13.27
Grade: A
Context: Beating Stony Brook by 29 points at home is similar to beating a bubble-team by 13.27 at a neutral site. If KU could perform at this level throughout the season, it would win 95% of its games and earn a 1 seed. This is the reason for the A grade. Looking at individual performances, Agbaji’s +10.29 score means he was 10.29 points better than an average player of a bubble-team, or about that many points better than the typical KU-level replacement player (think 7th or 8th man). Martin’s -7.91 score was the result of little offensive output and getting scored on. Hopefully it will be his worse game this season.
Defensive scores tend to vary more game to game. Stony Brook hit some tough shots over good defense, which will result in worse defensive scores for certain players than their actual skill level. This should even it self out over the course of 30-40 games.
Charting the Hawks 