Scouting Oklahoma State

[49r]

Taking a cue from @cipsucks I agree we need to move on and start focusing on the next game and getting win #9.  So, I'm starting the scouting thread off with a look at the Cowboys schedule (from KenPom):

 

2019 Schedule

Game Plan | Opponent Tracker

Date	Rk	Opponent		Result			Location	Record	Conf
Sat Nov 10	62	310	Charlotte	L, 66-64	70		Away	0-1
Wed Nov 14	70	189	UTSA	W, 82-60	74		Home	1-1
Sun Nov 18	65	117	Charleston	W, 70-58	69		Home	2-1
Thu Nov 22	61	118	Memphis	W, 84-64	77		Neutral	3-1
Fri Nov 23	52	16	Villanova	L, 77-58	61		Neutral	3-2
Sun Nov 25	60	49	LSU	W, 90-77	75		Neutral	4-2
Fri Nov 30	54	55	Minnesota	L, 83-76	76		Semi-Away	4-3
Wed Dec 5	53	122	Tulsa	L, 74-71	72		Away	4-4
Sat Dec 8	58	36	Houston	L, 63-53	66		Home	4-5
Sun Dec 16		21	Nebraska	L, 75-69	69	29%	Neutral
Fri Dec 21		274	Central Arkansas	W, 84-67	74	94%	Home
Sat Dec 29		306	Texas A&M Corpus Chris	W, 77-58	68	95%	Home
Wed Jan 2		19	Iowa St.	L, 76-73	72	39%	Home		×
Sat Jan 5		33	Oklahoma	L, 78-70	74	23%	Away		×
Tue Jan 8		37	Texas	L, 71-70	71	49%	Home		×
Sat Jan 12		32	West Virginia	L, 79-71	74	23%	Away		×
Mon Jan 14		65	Baylor	W, 72-69	70	63%	Home		×
Sat Jan 19		19	Iowa St.	L, 79-69	72	18%	Away		×
Wed Jan 23		33	Oklahoma	L, 75-74	74	46%	Home		×
Sat Jan 26		103	South Carolina	W, 78-72	75	70%	Home
Sat Feb 2		24	Kansas St.	L, 70-68	71	43%	Home		×
Wed Feb 6		30	TCU	L, 78-69	72	23%	Away		×
Sat Feb 9		2	Kansas	L, 83-67	73	8%	Away		×
Wed Feb 13		12	Texas Tech	L, 71-66	70	34%	Home		×
Sat Feb 16		37	Texas	L, 74-67	71	26%	Away		×
Mon Feb 18		30	TCU	L, 74-73	72	45%	Home		×
Sat Feb 23		24	Kansas St.	L, 73-64	71	21%	Away		×
Wed Feb 27		12	Texas Tech	L, 74-63	70	15%	Away		×
Sat Mar 2		2	Kansas	L, 79-71	73	22%	Home		×
Wed Mar 6		65	Baylor	L, 72-69	70	38%	Away		×
Sat Mar 9		32	West Virginia	L, 75-74	74	46%	Home		×
Projected record:								13-18	6-12

Edited December 10, 2018 by 49r

[49r]

...like Creighton, Oklahoma State is very effective shooting the 3 pointer, unlike them, OSU can play some defense:

 

Scouting Report 

Data through games of Monday, December 10

 

Category	Offense	Defense	D-I Avg
Adj. Efficiency	106.6 108	96.4 52	103.2
Adj. Tempo	72.4 84		70.2
Avg. Poss. Length	16.6 113	17.3 204	17.1
Four Factors
Effective FG%:	54.2 70	47.9 94	50.5
Turnover %:	21.4 285	21.9 46	19.1
Off. Reb. %:	26.7 244	30.0 228	29.0
FTA/FGA:	33.0 198	30.2 102	34.1
Miscellaneous Components
3P%:	41.6 9	32.9 143	33.8
2P%:	48.8 220	46.9 79	50.4
FT%:	64.2 297	71.9 253	69.5
Block%:	8.3 123	15.3 16	9.3
Steal%:	10.0 271	10.6 59	8.8
Style Components
3PA/FGA:	39.4 158	42.0 266	38.6
A/FGM:	58.3 48	53.9 226	51.8
Defensive Fingerprint:	Inconclusive
Point Distribution (% of total points)
3-Pointers:	38.0 52	35.2 84	31.4
2-Pointers:	45.7 279	46.3 271	49.6
Free Throws:	16.4 267	18.5 195	19.0
Strength of Schedule
Components:	107.0 30	100.4 46	103.2
Overall:	+6.54 31		0.00
Non-conference:	+6.54 29		0.00
Personnel
Bench Minutes:	29.8% 194		30.5%
Experience:	1.25 yrs 306		1.68
Minutes Continuity:	30.3% 302		47.8%
Average Height:	77.7" 69		76.8"
2-Foul Participation:	12.5% 239		21.9%

[hhcmatt]

I think there are certain matchup that work in our favor and I see this 3pt shooting team with only two players with a large number of 2s at a low percentage and think this is a very good matchup for us.

[B-town hoopsfan]

I watched them when they played Minnesota, thought they would eventually pull it out but they had no answer for Murphy or Washington. We should match up w them extremely well. 

[hhcmatt]

 

[49r]

 

[Norm Peterson]

Inexcusable for OSU to be 4-5 right now. No way they should have lost at Charlotte or Tulsa.  They should be 6-3 at worst, not 4-5.  This was supposed to be a Q1 win against a top 50 team on a neutral floor and those guys have ruined it. Jerks.

[AuroranHusker]

1 hour ago, Norm Peterson said:

Inexcusable for OSU to be 4-5 right now. No way they should have lost at Charlotte or Tulsa.  They should be 6-3 at worst, not 4-5.  This was supposed to be a Q1 win against a top 50 team on a neutral floor and those guys have ruined it. Jerks.

 

After losing to NU Sunday, I'd imagine that OSU will have plenty of opportunities in the Big 12 to pick up some quality wins to boost their NET rankings, eventually. We'll have to wait & see.

[tcp]

can't accuse them of creampuffing it on the schedule. but some headscratchers on there. 

 

let's hope they bring their B game for this one, too. 

[hhcmatt]

Against Tulsa on the road young Jeriah put up 16 and 7 on them off the bench.

 

The big loss was the Charlotte game. They had it put away and Charlotte came back at home after being down 14 with 14 to go. (it happens)

 

 

 

[Noah121]

The epitome of brutality!

[AuroranHusker]

Charlotte knocking off Okie St reminds one of NU losing at MN not all that long ago. Ughh.

 

It does happen. Hopefully NU can put away Okie St early & often! GBR !!!

 

 

[hhcmatt]

This is easily the best source for info on Okie St basketball on the net

https://pistolsfiringblog.com/category/hoops/

 

Great tidbits like Tulsa throwing a matchup zone against this young team that threw them for a loop (doubtful they have seen 1-3-1)

This thread in general vs Houston was helpful in noting their issue to exploit  https://pistolsfiringblog.com/five-thoughts-on-osus-63-53-loss-to-houston/

[hhcmatt]

On 12/11/2018 at 7:41 AM, hhcmatt said:

The big loss was the Charlotte game. They had it put away and Charlotte came back at home after being down 14 with 14 to go. (it happens)

 

I forgot about the worst part. Charlotte was down three and Okie St decided to foul them so they wouldn't get the three off.  They were whistled for the flagrant so Charlotte got 2 fts (which they made) and the ball. 

[49r]

10 hours ago, Noah121 said:

The epitome of brutality!

 

Nope, this is:

 

 

https://kenpom.com/winprob.php?g=1415&y=2015

[burgundy95]

57 minutes ago, 49r said:

 

Nope, this is:

 

 

https://kenpom.com/winprob.php?g=1415&y=2015

 

The 12-month subscription for $19.95 is the epitome of brutality for sure

[49r]

23 minutes ago, burgundy95 said:

 

The 12-month subscription for $19.95 is the epitome of brutality for sure

 

(it's just the win probability chart for our game against Incarnate Word, we were about 95-98% odds of winning the whole game until the last about 30 seconds)

[Nighthawk]

A friend and I were discussing this game yesterday...and were wondering what the reason is for playing it.  I see that other teams (including big 10 schools) have played there before, but outside of a game what's in it for the team financially?  Are they getting paid big bucks?  I'd think it would it would be hard to get paid a lot given that there's only around 3500 seats in the place and tickets are not that much.  It's not a home and home series...and hell if it was, I think simply from the nostalgia standpoint of the old big 8 it would sell out...just like the Kansas game.  Hopefully we get these guys and ISU on the non conference home schedule in the next few years.  I'd love to be able to see some of the old rivals from the Big 8 at the Vault. 

[*Deleted Account*]

$100,000 paid to each team. 

[Huskerpapa]

1 hour ago, Nighthawk said:

A friend and I were discussing this game yesterday...and were wondering what the reason is for playing it.  I see that other teams (including big 10 schools) have played there before, but outside of a game what's in it for the team financially?  Are they getting paid big bucks?  I'd think it would it would be hard to get paid a lot given that there's only around 3500 seats in the place and tickets are not that much.  It's not a home and home series...and hell if it was, I think simply from the nostalgia standpoint of the old big 8 it would sell out...just like the Kansas game.  Hopefully we get these guys and ISU on the non conference home schedule in the next few years.  I'd love to be able to see some of the old rivals from the Big 8 at the Vault. 

A recent article that was published indicated that Nebraska will receive $100,000 for playing in this game.  Also the article indicated that this game came about because there was a failed attempt to arrange a home and home series against Kansas State.

[hhcmatt]

Last but not least we wanted to boost our strength of schedule 

[hskr4life]

2 minutes ago, hhcmatt said:

Last but not least we wanted to boost our strength of schedule 

 

This.  This will be counted as a "neutral" site game though it should be pretty Pro-Husker.

[hskr4life]

3 minutes ago, hhcmatt said:

Last but not least we wanted to boost our strength of schedule 

 

I guess I should ask though... This won't be one of those semi-neutral site games that KenPom does will it?

[hhcmatt]

Just now, hskr4life said:

I guess I should ask though... This won't be one of those semi-neutral site games that KenPom does will it?

 

This is in no way a semi-neutral site. KenPom notes that for trying to decide how much home court advantage to dole out. I think maybe a game in Omaha might get that treatment. Maybe not. NET doesn't have "semi-neutral" so it's a neutral game for the committee.

[Norm Peterson]

4 hours ago, Nighthawk said:

A friend and I were discussing this game yesterday...and were wondering what the reason is for playing it.  I see that other teams (including big 10 schools) have played there before, but outside of a game what's in it for the team financially?  Are they getting paid big bucks?  I'd think it would it would be hard to get paid a lot given that there's only around 3500 seats in the place and tickets are not that much.  It's not a home and home series...and hell if it was, I think simply from the nostalgia standpoint of the old big 8 it would sell out...just like the Kansas game.  Hopefully we get these guys and ISU on the non conference home schedule in the next few years.  I'd love to be able to see some of the old rivals from the Big 8 at the Vault. 

 

Why would we play in a game like this?  Think about the mutual advantage.  Each team has a neutral-site game against a foe they probably expected would be Q1 at the time they made the deal.  Losing a Q1 game doesn't hurt; winning a Q1 game helps. A lot.  So there's not a lot of downside risk to either team.  Makes a lot of sense if you think about it.