Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Recap: Kansas 67, Georgetown 63

Just a stats dump this morning for last night's game, what with the late ending and all.

Quick thoughts before I hit the "Publish" button:
  • Georgetown gave up ten dunks last night (and nine made dunks).  That may be a record for a single game by a Hoya opponent since I've been keeping track.
  • Otto Porter was the best player on the court for either team last night (yes, even better than Mr. Robinson on Kansas).  That may be the most important take away from last night's game for the Hoyas.
  • Markel Starks led the offense about as well as any game he's played in his career so far.  I think he silenced some doubters. Hollis Thompson and Jason Clark made some shots last night, but not quite enough to carry the team to a win.  All three were a bit exposed by the speed of the Jayhawk guards.
  • Nate Lubick was getting a ton of grief last night after the game on the Hoya interwebs as I went to bed.  Nate actually played a solid defensive game while having to guard an absolute beast in Robinson.  I think fans generally focus on the offense (Nate and Henry Sims were both brutal) and ignore the defensive end for the most part.
  • Freshmen report other than Otto (FROTO): Greg Whittington was a bit overwhelmed on the offensive end by Kansas' tough defense, but played well enough defensively (especially as a freshman) to stay on the court.  Jabril Trawick played his expected solid defense but needed to add something offensively to be useful.  Mikael Hopkins looked like the game was moving too fast for him.

Let's run the numbers:

TEMPO-FREE BOX SCORE
 
.            Visitor                         Home      
.            Georgetown                      Kansas         
.            1st Half  2nd Half   Total      1st Half  2nd Half   Total
Pace            34        32        65

Points          35        28        63          37        30        67   

Effic.        104.3      87.8      96.3       110.3      94.0     102.4  
 
eFG%           53.7      39.3      46.4        51.9      52.1      52.0  
TO%            17.9      15.7      16.8        14.9      21.9      18.3  
OR%            18.8      26.3      22.9        33.3      28.6      31.2  
FTA/FGA        29.6      35.7      32.7        51.9      33.3      43.1  
 
Assist Rate    25.0      30.0      27.3        66.7      41.7      54.2  
Block Rate     18.8       5.3      11.4         7.7      16.7      12.9  
Steal Rate      3.0      12.5       7.6         6.0       6.3       6.1  
 
2FG%           53.8      44.4      48.4        50.0      57.9      54.3  
3FG%           35.7      20.0      29.2        36.4      20.0      31.2  
FT%            75.0      60.0      66.7        64.3      62.5      63.6




INDIVIDUAL NET POINTS STATS

Georgetown            Off     %           Pts      Def           Pts   
Player                Poss  Poss  O.Rtg   Prod     Poss  D.Rtg  Allow    Net Pts
Thompson, Hollis       57   20.1  110.9   12.7      57   101.0   11.5      +1.1  
Lubick, Nate           48   18.7   72.2    6.5      47    91.7    8.6      -1.9  
Sims, Henry            40   28.4   77.8    8.8      40   112.2    9.0      -2.0  
Starks, Markel         41   13.4  111.1    6.1      41   114.7    9.4      -1.8  
Clark, Jason           52   26.1  104.0   14.1      53    90.3    9.6      +3.2  
Whittington, Greg      34   15.1   63.7    3.3      33    96.1    6.3      -2.4  
Hopkins, Mikael         7    0.0    -      0.0       6   179.2    2.1      -2.1  
Porter, Otto           43   25.5  126.2   13.9      40    82.0    6.6      +6.1  
Trawick, Jabril         8    0.0    -      0.0       8    83.8    1.3      -1.3  
TOTALS                 66          97.6   65.3      65    99.2   64.5      -0.1  

Kansas                Off     %           Pts      Def           Pts   
Player                Poss  Poss  O.Rtg   Prod     Poss  D.Rtg  Allow    Net Pts
Robinson, Thomas       58   26.7  110.2   17.0      58    84.2    9.8      +5.6  
Withey, Jeff           25   20.6   46.8    2.4      24    64.7    3.1      -0.8  
Taylor, Tyshawn        55   24.8  109.4   14.9      57   111.7   12.7      +0.9  
Johnson, Elijah        62   13.9  120.1   10.4      62    85.3   10.6      +1.4  
Releford, Travis       48   16.3  123.5    9.7      49    78.8    7.7      +2.7  
Tharpe, Naadir         11   19.0  107.7    2.2      11    86.4    1.9      +0.4  
Teahan, Conner         38   24.8   83.4    7.8      37   112.4    8.3      -1.6  
Wesley, Justin         18   16.0   97.2    2.8      21   110.7    4.7      -1.1  
Young, Kevin           10   10.0    0.0    0.0      11    96.7    2.1      -1.5  
TOTALS                 65         101.8   67.3      66    92.3   60.9      +6.3 


HD BOX SCORE

Georgetown vs Kansas
11-21-11 7 p.m. at Lahaina Civic Center, Maui, Hawaii
Final score: Kansas 67, Georgetown 63

Georgetown              Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
Thompson, Hollis       33:32  - 7  14/53  3- 4  2- 5  2- 2  9/45  0/13  1/57  2/57  1/30  0/30  5/27   3
Lubick, Nate           28:56  + 1   4/45  1- 2  0- 2  2- 4  4/38  2/14  0/47  2/48  0/26  2/26  1/25   4
Sims, Henry            24:25  -11   8/34  2- 9  0- 0  4- 5  9/36  1/10  0/40  2/40  2/27  2/24  4/21   3
Starks, Markel         24:49  - 8   7/37  3- 3  0- 2  1- 2  5/37  0/11  0/41  1/41  0/22  0/25  2/20   0
Clark, Jason           30:33  - 6  15/47  3- 7  2- 6  3- 5 13/40  1/11  2/53  2/52  0/32  0/27  5/26   3
Whittington, Greg      21:59  + 3   3/39  0- 2  1- 4  0- 0  6/31  1/12  1/33  0/34  0/14  0/19  2/16   1
Hopkins, Mikael        03:38  + 4   0/14  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 6  0/ 6  0/ 6  0/ 7  0/ 1  0/ 0  0/ 3   3
Porter, Otto           26:20  + 8  12/43  3- 4  2- 5  0- 0  9/35  1/10  1/40  2/43  1/19  3/23  2/19   3
Trawick, Jabril        05:48  - 4   0/ 3  0- 0  0- 0  0- 0  0/ 7  0/ 1  0/ 8  0/ 8  0/ 4  0/ 6  1/ 3   0
TOTALS                 40:00       63    15-31  7-24 12-18    55  6/22  5/65 11/66  4/35  8/36 22/31  20
.                                        0.484 0.292 0.667       0.273 0.077 0.167 0.114 0.222 0.710    

Kansas                  Min   +/-   Pts  2PM-A 3PM-A FTM-A  FGA    A    Stl    TO   Blk    OR    DR   PF
Robinson, Thomas       35:09  + 5  20/58  7-14  0- 0  6-10 14/46  1/14  0/58  2/58  2/28  1/29 11/31   3
Withey, Jeff           13:36  + 8   2/29  1- 3  0- 0  0- 1  3/20  0/10  1/24  2/25  0/15  1/12  5/18   5
Taylor, Tyshawn        32:55  - 5  16/54  2- 6  3- 3  3- 5  9/43  3/15  0/57  2/55  1/27  0/27  1/31   0
Johnson, Elijah        37:44  + 9   9/64  3- 3  1- 6  0- 0  9/50  5/19  1/62  2/62  0/28  0/32  3/34   2
Releford, Travis       28:41  + 3  10/42  4- 4  0- 0  2- 2  4/35  0/13  1/49  3/48  1/25  2/21  2/32   3
Tharpe, Naadir         08:16  + 5   2/15  1- 1  0- 2  0- 0  3/ 9  1/ 4  0/11  0/11  0/ 5  0/ 5  1/ 5   0
Teahan, Conner         24:34  + 5   5/46  0- 1  1- 5  2- 2  6/32  3/14  0/37  1/38  0/15  2/20  0/18   1
Wesley, Justin         12:24  - 9   3/14  1- 2  0- 0  1- 2  2/12  0/ 3  0/21  0/18  0/ 8  1/ 9  0/ 7   4
Young, Kevin           06:41  - 1   0/13  0- 1  0- 0  0- 0  1/ 8  0/ 4  1/11  0/10  0/ 4  0/ 5  1/ 4   0
TOTALS                 40:00       67    19-35  5-16 14-22    51 13/24  4/66 12/65  4/31  9/31 28/36  18
.                                        0.543 0.312 0.636       0.542 0.061 0.185 0.129 0.290 0.778    

Efficiency: Kansas 1.031, Georgetown 0.955
eFG%: Kansas 0.520, Georgetown 0.464
Substitutions: Kansas 28, Georgetown 36

2-pt Shot Selection:
Dunks: Kansas 9-10, Georgetown 0-0
Layups/Tips: Kansas 6-15, Georgetown 11-19
Jumpers: Kansas 4-10, Georgetown 4-12

Fast break pts (% FG pts): Kansas 11 (20.8), Georgetown 7 (13.7)
Pts (eff.) after steal: Kansas 9 (225.0), Georgetown 3 (60.0)
Seconds per poss: Kansas 19.5, Georgetown 17.2

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3 comments:

  1. Our turnovers usually come from tough passes to cutters (which lead to high percentage shots). In this case the low TO rate probably comes hand-in-hand with the very-low-for-Georgetown assist rate. The offense just wasn't running the way it should

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  2. I think our bigs are trying to make the difficult pass instead of the safe pass. Sims & Lubick are above-average passers but the windows they have tried to squeeze these passes too are too small.

    I do like the ball-movement this year though. More crisp passes are going to continue to lead to open looks.

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  3. By their nature, the passes to cutters in the paint are difficult passes.

    As Jack noted, there is a higher risk/reward on high-post passing to cutters in the Princeton than the passing in most other offenses. JT3 has always been willing to live with the high turnover rate in exchange for the very high eFG%.

    It just takes a ton of reps in practice and games (a la Jeff Green) or a preternatural gift for it (a la Greg Monroe) to pull it off.

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