Minutes Played by Starting Lineup

[Fullbacksympathy]

We have one of the beat starting 5s in the country.

 

They should play a lot of minutes.

 

I don’t think any of them would ask for less. 

[HuskerActuary]

  On 12/28/2018 at 10:21 PM, LK1 said:

We have one of the beat starting 5s in the country.

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I keep seeing this (and I would have guessed it, too), so I wanted to put some numbers to it and prove it out.

 

I took a pretty simple (quick) approach by summing the top 5 PORPAGATU! numbers on each team. This has a few caveats - biggest ones being 1) this is an offensive only metric and 2) it's possible that the top 5 on each team isn't necessarily the starters. But putting those aside, our top 5 is #9 in the country.

 

1. Gonzaga (Clarke, Norvell Jr, Hachimura, Perkins, Jones) 23.5

2. Nevada (Johnson, Martin, Caroline, Martin, Thurman (from Omaha)) 21.5

3. Purdue (Edwards, Cline, Eifert, Boudreaux, Eastern) 20.0

4. Tennessee (Williams, Schofield, Bone, Alexander, Bowden) 19.9

5. Iowa State (Haliburton, Jacobson (Michael), Shayok, Weiler-Babb, Horton-Tucker) 19.9

6. Duke (Williamson, Barrett, White, Jones, Reddish) 19.9

7. Villanova (Booth, Gillespie, Paschall, Cosby-Roundtree, Bey) 19.4

8. TCU (Bane, Robinson, Miller, Fisher, Noi) 19.4

9. Nebraska (Palmer, Watson, Copeland, Allen, Roby) 19.1

[cornfed24-7]

  On 12/28/2018 at 11:02 PM, HuskerActuary said:

I keep seeing this (and I would have guessed it, too), so I wanted to put some numbers to it and prove it out.

 

I took a pretty simple (quick) approach by summing the top 5 PORPAGATU! numbers on each team. This has a few caveats - biggest ones being 1) this is an offensive only metric and 2) it's possible that the top 5 on each team isn't necessarily the starters. But putting those aside, our top 5 is #9 in the country.

 

1. Gonzaga (Clarke, Norvell Jr, Hachimura, Perkins, Jones) 23.5

2. Nevada (Johnson, Martin, Caroline, Martin, Thurman (from Omaha)) 21.5

3. Purdue (Edwards, Cline, Eifert, Boudreaux, Eastern) 20.0

4. Tennessee (Williams, Schofield, Bone, Alexander, Bowden) 19.9

5. Iowa State (Haliburton, Jacobson (Michael), Shayok, Weiler-Babb, Horton-Tucker) 19.9

6. Duke (Williamson, Barrett, White, Jones, Reddish) 19.9

7. Villanova (Booth, Gillespie, Paschall, Cosby-Roundtree, Bey) 19.4

8. TCU (Bane, Robinson, Miller, Fisher, Noi) 19.4

9. Nebraska (Palmer, Watson, Copeland, Allen, Roby) 19.1

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Anyway to do something similar on the defensive side as well?

[hal9000]

  On 12/28/2018 at 11:02 PM, HuskerActuary said:

I keep seeing this (and I would have guessed it, too), so I wanted to put some numbers to it and prove it out.

 

I took a pretty simple (quick) approach by summing the top 5 PORPAGATU! numbers on each team. This has a few caveats - biggest ones being 1) this is an offensive only metric and 2) it's possible that the top 5 on each team isn't necessarily the starters. But putting those aside, our top 5 is #9 in the country.

 

 

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Gesundheit!

[HuskerActuary]

  On 12/29/2018 at 1:15 AM, cornfed24-7 said:

Anyway to do something similar on the defensive side as well?

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Haha nope, can't think of a good way to do that right now. 

[HuskerFever]

  On 12/28/2018 at 11:02 PM, HuskerActuary said:

3. Purdue (Edwards, Cline, Eifert, Boudreaux, Eastern) 20.0

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So how should I interpret this metric, @HuskerActuary?

 

That Purdue has very much underperformed so far this season with a strong starting lineup?

 

Or that they're heavily reliant on their top five players and don't have the depth to cover for them?

[HuskerActuary]

  On 12/29/2018 at 2:43 AM, HuskerFever said:

 

So how should I interpret this metric, @HuskerActuary?

 

That Purdue has very much underperformed so far this season with a strong starting lineup?

 

Or that they're heavily reliant on their top five players and don't have the depth to cover for them?

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Purdue has a really strong offense but a poorer defense, which brings to light one of the issues with the way I categorized the value of each player. If defense was considered, Purdue wouldn't be #3.

 

Additionally, using PORPAGATU, there is a big drop-off after their top 4 (not strong numbers from their bench). 

[nustudent]

  On 12/29/2018 at 2:43 AM, HuskerFever said:

 

So how should I interpret this metric, @HuskerActuary?

 

That Purdue has very much underperformed so far this season with a strong starting lineup?

 

Or that they're heavily reliant on their top five players and don't have the depth to cover for them?

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Purdue isn't that good outside of Edwards.

[hskr4life]

  On 12/29/2018 at 4:13 PM, nustudent said:

Purdue isn't that good outside of Edwards.

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Agreed.  They’ll struggle in the Big 10.  Especially if good defensive teams can shit down Edwards a little bit.  And by shut down, I mean hold him to 10-15 points.

[49r]

  On 12/29/2018 at 6:19 PM, hskr4life said:

good defensive teams can shit down Edwards

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come on now, let's not be so harsh on the kid!