DSMok1
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I wanted to compare this year's team with last year's team, from a statistical plus/minus perspective.
This year's team, through 11 games:
Last year's team, through 36 games:
(Contribution is in point margin per 100 team possessions.)
Tony has gone from 6th-best to undisputed leader. He has gone from solid role-player to All-Big XII. Honestly, he is playing as well as any SG/SF did last year in the Big XII. His contribution number is up there with Higgins, Anderson, and Carter from last year.
Willie, though, has fallen off. He is inefficient with the ball and lackadaisical off it. His numbers reflect it. He needs to be as good as Tony for this team to have a chance.
Cade has elevated his game--while not doing much more per minute, he is doing the same things in twice the minutes (which isn't easy to do).
What's going on? OU lost their 3 best players, meaning Capel has to give minutes to players that aren't playing even above average NCAA ball yet. OU is playing a game similar to OSU last year with 4 guards, but OSU had 3 guards with contributions of 6.0 per game, and the fourth at 3.7. OU doesn't have any quality depth right now.
Who will step up? TMG will likely break into the positive this year, but that won't be enough. The post has to step up; Tiny has to make strides, and Willie has to play good basketball. He needs to elevate above Tony Crocker, but I don't think he can with the mentality he has been showing.
This year's team, through 11 games:
Code:
Player SPM MPG Contribution
Tony Crocker 7.1 33.4 5.8
Willie Warren 4.3 29.4 3.1
Cade Davis 4.4 28.1 3.0
Tiny Gallon 3.7 24.3 2.2
Steven Pledger 1.0 21.3 0.5
Kyle Hardrick -0.5 0.3 0.0
Beau Gerber -17.7 0.4 -0.2
T.J. Franklin -20.7 0.8 -0.4
Orlando Allen -6.1 4.2 -0.6
Ray Willis -11.9 2.5 -0.7
Andrew Fitzgerald -5.0 8.4 -1.0
Ryan Wright -2.6 16.2 -1.0
Tommy Mason-Griffin -1.6 33.4 -1.3
Code:
Player SPM MPG Contribution
Blake Griffin 14.57 32.3 11.7
Austin Johnson 5.92 31.2 4.6
Taylor Griffin 5.61 29.9 4.2
Willie Warren 5.35 31.2 4.2
Cade Davis 5.16 14.1 1.8
Tony Crocker 2.17 28.8 1.6
Beau Gerber -0.39 0.7 0.0
Ray Willis -0.32 2.8 0.0
Kyle Cannon -1.95 1.7 -0.1
Omar Leary -0.57 9.5 -0.1
Juan Pattillo -1.30 7.5 -0.2
Orlando Allen -4.72 2.4 -0.3
T.J. Franklin -23.55 0.8 -0.4
Ryan Wright -3.71 7.2 -0.7Tony has gone from 6th-best to undisputed leader. He has gone from solid role-player to All-Big XII. Honestly, he is playing as well as any SG/SF did last year in the Big XII. His contribution number is up there with Higgins, Anderson, and Carter from last year.
Willie, though, has fallen off. He is inefficient with the ball and lackadaisical off it. His numbers reflect it. He needs to be as good as Tony for this team to have a chance.
Cade has elevated his game--while not doing much more per minute, he is doing the same things in twice the minutes (which isn't easy to do).
What's going on? OU lost their 3 best players, meaning Capel has to give minutes to players that aren't playing even above average NCAA ball yet. OU is playing a game similar to OSU last year with 4 guards, but OSU had 3 guards with contributions of 6.0 per game, and the fourth at 3.7. OU doesn't have any quality depth right now.
Who will step up? TMG will likely break into the positive this year, but that won't be enough. The post has to step up; Tiny has to make strides, and Willie has to play good basketball. He needs to elevate above Tony Crocker, but I don't think he can with the mentality he has been showing.
