Sunday, February 20, 2011

Penn State Pre-Game Analysis

Opening Comments: I'm making this quick and short. I honestly almost forgot to make this, as my attention has been squarely focused on something else going on in Madison.


What the Expert Nerds Say: Ken Pomeroy predicts a 64-53 Badger victory in 52 possessions, with a 10% chance of upset.

Jeff Sagarin predicts a 13-point Badger victory.


Penn State Rotation:
Position Height Name MPG PPG RPG APG SPG BPG Off Rating Poss % TO % FT% 2PT% 3PT% 3FGA Rate FT Rate Off Reb% Def Reb% Ast % Blk % Stl % Fouls/40
* G 6'0" Talor Battle 38.7 20.7 3.8 3.2 1.0 0.0 115.5 28.7 9.6 76.3% 53.8% 34.1% 57.5% 3.65 1.2 12.1 22.0 0.0 1.7 1.99
* G 6'1" Tim Frazier 30.7 5.4 3.7 5.4 0.9 0.1 97.6 18.2 26.9 74.3% 37.7% 23.1% 19.7% 5.30 2.5 14.0 35.7 0.5 2.0 3.63
* G 6'4" David Jackson 34.0 10.7 5.1 0.6 0.5 0.2 109.1 17.5 14.7 84.8% 43.9% 40.0% 51.3% 2.82 5.2 15.5 3.7 0.7 1.0 2.94
* F 6'8" Jeff Brooks 34.8 14.0 5.9 2.0 0.9 1.6 126.8 20.4 14.8 81.1% 65.6% 38.5% 21.8% 3.11 9.1 14.2 14.7 5.6 1.8 2.12
* F 6'10" Andrew Jones 36.7 6.5 5.5 0.7 0.2 0.1 104.5 14.5 21.3 50.0% 58.2% - 0.0% 3.88 9.9 15.4 5.2 0.2 0.4 4.12
F 6'8" Billy Oliver 14.8 2.1 1.6 0.4 0.1 0.3 81.6 14.2 20.9 61.5% 31.6% 20.0% 44.1% 3.82 7.9 6.6 5.7 2.3 0.6 7.15
G 6'5" Cammeron Woodyard 10.9 2.1 1.6 0.3 0.1 0.1 99.4 13.0 4.0 100.0% 58.3% 16.7% 60.0% 0.67 4.2 15.6 6.4 0.9 0.5 0.92


Wisconsin Rotation:
Position Height Name MPG PPG RPG APG SPG BPG Off Rating Poss % TO % FT% 2PT% 3PT% 3FGA Rate FT Rate Off Reb% Def Reb% Ast % Blk % Stl % Fouls/40
* G 6'1" Jordan Taylor 37.9 20.4 4.5 4.9 0.6 0.1 132.1 28.5 8.0 83.7% 50.5% 42.6% 39.3% 4.97 2.4 14.2 32.7 0.2 1.1 2.76
* G 6'3" Josh Gasser 27.1 4.4 4.2 2.5 0.4 0.0 128.6 11.4 12.2 66.7% 53.6% 36.8% 40.4% 1.91 5.7 16.0 18.1 0.0 1.0 3.3
* F/G 6'6" Tim Jarmusz 26.5 4.2 2.2 1.3 0.5 0.1 137.6 9.2 8.8 100.0% 33.3% 36.1% 92.3% 3.59 4.7 6.5 9.4 0.3 1.2 1.98
* F 6'10" Jon Leuer 35.0 18.7 7.1 1.4 0.5 0.5 110.0 30.9 12.0 91.5% 49.7% 34.6% 26.1% 2.36 6.2 21.9 10.9 1.7 0.9 2.37
* F 6'8" Keaton Nankivil 31.8 10.8 4.6 0.6 0.5 1.2 127.1 17.1 10.0 89.5% 44.7% 46.2% 63.1% 1.84 7.5 12.5 4.3 4.1 1.1 3.28
F 6'6" Mike Bruesewitz 16.8 3.5 1.9 0.7 0.4 0.2 109.2 15.2 12.7 85.7% 54.5% 22.7% 50.0% 1.59 9.2 6.4 8.4 1.0 1.6 3.1
G/F 6'6" Ryan Evans 9.5 2.5 1.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 97.7 17.8 19.3 87.5% 46.4% - 0.0% 2.86 3.3 14.8 5.3 1.8 1.1 5.2
G/F 6'4" Rob Wilson 8.5 0.8 0.7 0.3 0.1 0.0 50.2 15.8 15.7 100.0% 22.2% 0.0% 52.6% 2.11 1.5 9.9 6.5 0.0 0.8 4.71
F/C 6'10" Jared Berggren 7.2 1.1 1.1 0.2 0.0 0.6 77.4 16.1 11.1 50.0% 41.7% 0.0% 33.3% 2.22 6.8 14.2 5.0 10.0 0.0 8.1


Penn State Stats:

Efficiency Pace TO % Reb % FTA/FGA 3PT% 2PT% FT% Block% Stl%
Offense 108.0 (#4) 58.4 (#10) 16.2 (#4) 30.8 (#6) 35.0 (#5) 32.8 (#9) 52.2 (#1) 73.0 (#5) 10.3 (#9) 6.4 (#3)
Defense 108.1 (#6) 58.4 (#10) 16.0 (#8) 71.2 (#3) 28.9 (#4) 37.8 (#7) 49.0 (#7) 70.4 (#4) 7.0 (#9) 7.1 (#9)


Wisconsin Stats:

Efficiency Pace TO % Reb % FTA/FGA 3PT% 2PT% FT% Block% Stl%
Offense 117.7 (#1) 56.4 (#11) 12.3 (#1) 30.2 (#8) 29.4 (#7) 36.9 (#5) 48.5 (#8) 85.6 (#1) 8.1 (#3) 6.0 (#1)
Defense 104.5 (#4) 56.4 (#11) 14.9 (#11) 71.3 (#2) 34.5 (#7) 31.2 (#2) 48.4 (#5) 79.0 (#11) 7.5 (#8) 5.5 (#11)


My Expectations:
1. The Badgers hold Penn State to less than 49% shooting inside the arc. The Badgers shut down PSU's inside game.

2. Keaton shoots better than 49% from deep. He's had a few rough outings (comparatively to his average) lately and I think he comes back with a bang.

3. Talor Battle scores less than 15 points. I think Jordan et al. shut him down.


My Predictions: The Badgers avenge their loss, trouncing Penn State to the tune of 66-51 in 54 possessions.

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