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Norm Peterson

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  1. I'm sorry. This is such bullshit, I'm not going to just sit here and be silent. Yesterday was a huge disappointment, no question about it. But this is the type of guy who thinks "loss" = "outcoached." It is almost NEVER that simple.
  2. Jordy's stats per minute played probably go down if he's a starter because he'll be sharing more of that time with Ed and Tai and Glynn, etc. So, because he's starting, Michael's stats are artificially low compared to Jordy's. Have to keep that in mind. Nevertheless, what this tells me is that the guys who are starting are pretty much the guys who should be starting, and the first 2-3 guys off the bench are pretty much the guys who should be the first 2-3 off the bench. There's room in the middle to do some switching back and forth, but the three guys that we all knew were our best players clearly are our best players and should be starting. Outside of those 3 guys, I see some opportunities for shuffling players in and out of the starting lineup and maybe giving other guys a chance.
  3. My condolences. Hopefully, he also left you some good hunting gear.
  4. Well, if the answers to these questions are supposed to illuminate for us what some of the problems might be, we needn't look at the players at the very end of the bench, like Grace Mitchell, who has an abysmal 1:9 assist:turnover ratio. So, let's confine our number crunching (and save some time) to those with at least 150 minutes on the season. And, if we do that ... 1. The grand champion for worst assist:turnover ratio would be Jessica Shepard with a nearly 1:2 assist:turnover ratio (20 assists:39 turnovers). Runner-up is nowhere close to being as bad and that would be Allie Havers with basically a 3:4 assist:turnover ratio (13 assists:16 turnovers). (If we look at the whole bench, Darien Washington leads this category with 1 assist and 20 turnovers in 138 minutes.) 2. Turnovers per minute played winner is ... also Jess Shepard with 1 turnover every 8 minutes. Havers, who was 2nd worst on assist:turnover ratio was nowhere close on this one as she only turns the ball over once every 18.5 minutes. 3. Rebounds per minute is ... also Jessica Shepard. (Maybe rebounding her own misses? See #5). Jessica averages 1 rebound every 2.6 minutes she plays. 4. In the category of FG%, the winner is Nicea Eliely, who's knocking them down at a rate of exactly 50% from the floor. Second in this category is Jess Shepard who, for a big, isn't exactly scorching the nets at 44% shooting (which figure only improves to 44.5% if you only look at her 2-pt shots.) 5. Shot attempts per minute. Well, this isn't even remotely surprising. Jess Shepard. She takes a shot every 1.67 minutes played. The next most prolific shooter on the team is actually Hannah Whitish who lofts one every 3 minutes and then Jasmine Cincore who shoots the ball once every 3.4 minutes. Cincore, by the way, is the worst %age shooter on the team next to Rylie Cascio Jensen, and that's out of everyone all the way to the end of the bench. Yet, she has more attempts on the season than Eliely, who is our best %age shooter. One other stat that jumps out at you, and this is in addition to those that HB's friend suggested looking up: Jess Shepard accounts for nearly 30% of all the shots taken on the season. By the entire team. Among those getting starter's minutes, though, Shepard accounts for 42% of the shot attempts. So, basically, when Jess Shepard is on the floor (and not turning the ball over) she's taking every other shot for the Huskers. Fascinating. Thanks for that suggestion, HB. And thanks to whoever suggested to you that we should look at those numbers.
  5. Who said that Horne would be "that three point shooter we are missing"? I don't recall that.
  6. And quit running that stupid weave. At least their coach doesn't tweet at halftime. And doesn't crack jokes. So they've got that going for them. Which is nice.
  7. No, the analysis would be whether we are winning at a level commensurate with the schedule, the talent and the development. And this year proves that you cannot simply look at the final win-loss record to determine whether we won enough or not. Obviously, this season, with the schedule we've had, 5-5 is a pretty solid record. If we had played Rutgers' schedule, I would expect we'd be 10-1. So, again, the answer to the question "are we winning enough?" is a conclusion rather than analysis. The analysis is what leads to the conclusion. Your conclusion seems to be that we are not winning enough and I am curious to read your analysis that leads you to that conclusion.
  8. But that is more of a conclusion. I would like to read the analysis that leads you to that conclusion.
  9. I saw Rutgers against Hartford and I thought they looked horrible. Rutgers is NOT a good team and it would surprise me if they beat anyone in the Big 10 this year. Including us.
  10. Those stats should put to bed the persistent and unfounded complaint that you frequently read on other boards, populated by less informed fans, that players never develop under Miles. Obviously, that isn't true.
  11. Why are we STILL offensively challenged? Maybe it's because, this year, we've played the nation's toughest schedule, a schedule designed with the expectation that we'd have a 16.5 ppg, 41% three-point shooter returning. If we did have that guy, we'd have two more games in the win column and nobody would be on here worrying about our offensive abilities.
  12. Interesting question. I look forward to your analysis.
  13. Might be another under-the-radar kid Miles gets to commit who then ascends into the Rivals 150. I'm trying to remember what the beat writer for Hail Varsity had to say about him.
  14. Myth Busters Common Myth #1: Miles can't recruit and doesn't develop talent. Inherited players: Brandon Ubel Stats: '9-'10: (frosh year, Doc): 15.8 min; 4.4 pts; 2.0 bds. '10-'11 (soph year, Doc): 20.1 min; 6.1 pts; 3.7 bds. '11-'12 (junior year, Doc): 28.2 min; 6.7 pts; 5.3 bds. '12-'13 (senior year, Miles year #1): 33.0 min; 11.5 pts; 6.7 bds. Dylan Talley Stats: '9-'10 (frosh year at D1 Binghamton): 29.3 min; 11.8 pts; 3.7 bds; 2.1 ast. '11-'12: (junior year, Doc): 23.8 min; 8.9 pts; 3.3 bds; 1.8 ast. '12-'13 (senior year, Miles year #1): 35.5 min; 13.7 pts; 4.8 bds; 2.5 ast. Ray Gallegos Stats: '9-'10 (frosh year, Doc): 13.6 min; 3.0 pts; 1.4 bds; 0.6 ast; 3P% - .349 '10-'11 (soph year, Doc): 11.8 min; 2.8 pts; 1.0 bds; 0.3 ast; 3P% - .143 '12-'13 (RJr. year, Miles year #1): 37.5 min; 12.5 pts; 3.1 bds; 1.2 ast; 3P% - .306 '13-'14 (Sr. year, Miles year #2 (Petteway)): 28.2 min; 7.3 pts; 2.0 bds; 1.4 ast; 3P% - .335 David Rivers saw progressively diminishing role as recruiting improved across his 3 seasons under Miles. Andre Almeida remained large. 2012 recruiting class, freshmen: Shavon Shields Stats: '12-'13: 28.7 min; 8.6 pts; 5.1 bds; 0.9 ast. '13-'14: 32.6 min; 12.8 pts; 5.8 bds; 1.6 ast. '14-'15: 35.3 min; 15.4 pts; 6.0 bds; 2.2 ast. '15-'16: 30.7 min; 16.8 pts; 5.1 bds; 2.7 ast. Benny Parker Stats: '12-'13: 20.6 min; 2.7 pts; 2.1 ast; 3P% - .154. '13-'14: 14.9 min; 2.4 pts; 0.9 ast; 3P% - 0.00 '14-15: 28.2 min; 4.2 pts; 1.7 ast; 3P% - .293; '15-'16: 25.8 min; 4.8 pts; 2.2 ast; 3P% - .316. Sergej Vucetic played sparingly and transferred after 2 seasons as recruiting improved under Miles. 2013 recruiting class, freshmen: Tai Webster Stats: '13-'14: 22.8 min; 3.9 pts; 2.1 bds; 2.0 ast; 3P% - .171 '14-'15: 18.4 min; 3.9 pts; 1.9 bds; 1.2 ast; 3P% - .231 '15-'16: 27.7 min; 10.1 pts; 4.1 bds; 1.9 ast; 3P% - .350 '16-'17: 33.0 min; 17.7 pts; 5.1 bds; 3.9 ast; 3P% - .395 Nathan Hawkins transferred after 1 season; Nick Fuller redshirted and has played a limited role as recruiting improved under Miles. 2014 recruiting class, freshmen: Tarin Smith played major backup role in one season and quit to be a bigger fish in a smaller pond; Jacob Hammond played a small reserve role for 2 seasons before transferring. Both players are arguably casualties of improved recruiting under Miles, because ... 2015 recruiting class, freshmen: Glynn Watson Stats: '15-'16: 24.3 min; 8.6 pts; 2.4 ast; 1.2 stl; 3P% - .267 '16-'17: 30.8 min; 12.4 pts; 2.8 ast; 2.1 stl; 3P% - .333 Ed Morrow Stats: '15-'16: 13.7 min; 4.1 pts; 3.3 bds '16-'17: 24.9 min; 10.7 pts; 8.0 bds Jack McVeigh Stats: '15-'16: 17.0 min; 4.8 pts; 2.6 bds; 3P% - .340 '16-'17: 26.4 min; 7.8 pts; 3.6 bds; 3P% - .327 Michael Jacobson Stats: '15-'16: 18.3 min; 4.7 pts; 4.3 bds '16-'17: 24.2 min; 5.9 pts; 5.8 bds
  15. Just looked it up to check my recollection of Alec Burks' stats. Yep. He started off badly. Through his first 13 games as a true freshman, he shot 5 of 23 from beyond the arc for a rate of under 22%. In the last 15 games of the season (conference schedule) he was an amazing 9 of 20 (45%.) So, he really turned it on after the first 13 games of the year.
  16. If Tim Miles should be on the hot seat (in part) for losing assistants, just think how hot the seat of the Butler coach must be. They lost a quality young assistant to Nebraska for gawdsakes. Oh, wait, Miles poached an assistant from Butler? H4tS didn't mention that part. Hmmm.
  17. You're correct, baseball13, Burks not Burke. The kid wasn't a good shooter coming in as a true freshman but found his range about 10 games into his freshman season and became a real scoring threat. I disagree with you about Creighton. I watched the CU-Wisconsin game a couple of times before we played them just to get an idea of what to expect. I thought we defended their ball screen offense pretty well all things considered. Mo Watson has a special ability to make people look bad that's all. He confounded Wisconsin also. I love the fact that we're scoring in the 70s without a legit deep threat, that we're getting points in the paint. The defense is solid and the offense looks as in-sync as any Miles offense I've seen.
  18. H4tS, has there been a game yet this year where you thought we looked "VERY bad"? Or even pretty bad? Hell, even bad period? I've been rewatching games the last few days and I think we look as good as I've ever seen us look at this point in a season in any season in the Miles era. Ed Morrow adds a dimension inside that we haven't had before under Miles. Jordy's emergence only adds to that. On top of that, we have the best point in years and one of the best shooting guards in years maybe second only to Petteway but with better shot selection and less ball hoggery. What we lack is that dead eye shooter from deep and, well, we had one but we don't now and it is what it is and we're not using that as an excuse. If Roby could find his range like Trey Burke did at Colorado a few years back, we'd really have something. In the meantime, Jack needs to recover his stroke, probably coming off the bench. Isaiah is looking more and more starter worthy, as does Jordy. If we can continue to get improvement from Evan and Anton, and if Glynn fights his way out of the funk he seems to be in, you won't have to worry about us losing enough games to get Tim fired this year. If things go the way I think they could, you'll more likely have to worry about someone taking him off our hands in a couple of years.
  19. So, you're saying when the media has a giant boner, they need a Jok?
  20. Kid's back on the market as a mid-year transfer from G'town. Not that we necessarily want him. He's averaging like 5.4 ppg on a mediocre G'town team that's 1 game over .500 without playing the schedule we've played.
  21. Also, can we stipulate that anyone KU recruits is, by definition, highly recruited?
  22. Looking at the game film again, Jack didn't really do anything wrong in the 7 minutes he was on the floor. It's more that he didn't add much. He's not setting screens, he's not making sharp cuts to get himself open for a shot, he's not a ball handler. Someone said he's taken on Benny's role. That's a bit unfair to both players, but I get the anology. Jack was not trying to force his offense, which was good. But then he ends up spotting up in a corner waiting for the skip pass, which doesn't come. Then sliding to the wing when the ball goes to the high post. When he got the ball, it was basically bailing out a point guard who'd maybe given up his dribble and he wasn't getting the ball in position to shoot. He's too skinny yet to guard the 4 and he's not really quick enough to stay in front of a slasher or strong enough to fight through a screen to keep up with a catch-and-shoot guy. His defense basically involves lagging off his man and making sure he doesn't get beat on the drive. He wasn't really a defensive liability but he wasn't really a defensive asset either. If Jack could shoot off the dribble, he could at least dribble behind a screen and elevate. And, with his length, that would be a tough shot to stop. Roby comes in and makes some freshman mistakes -- like not switching a screen with Horne or failing to find his man in transition, both of which resulted in made 3 pointers in the first half alone. But he's also mixing it up, altering shots in the lane by at least going after a block, and he can handle the ball pretty well, which resulted in a kick-out to Gill for a trey at the end of the first half at KU. I'd say Roby is positioning himself to break into the starting rotation. And Jordy may be as well.
  23. You talking about the guys who complain that our "offensive identity" is standing around and jacking up three-pointers all game even though we didn't attempt our first 3-pointer against KU until 3 minutes left in the half and had gotten nearly all of our points in the paint? Those guys?
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