Statistical Rearview: Kansas vs. Colorado

by Owen on Feb 21, 2010 9:08 AM CST in Kansas Jayhawk Basketball

Breath easy, actually that was pretty much a snoozer. College basketball's Saturday action as a whole left very little in way of excitement. For their part the Jayhawks breezed through a game with the Colorado Buffaloes barely breaking a sweat for the most part. The big news on the day is that Xavier Henry is finding his way as a player and Tyshawn Taylor's reintroduction to the starting lineup went about as well as could have been expected. 12-0 in the Big 12, a win at home Monday and it would take a three game losing streak for Kansas not to win the conference outright. Almost 2 months ago we talked about winning six straight and the tough battle it was going to be. Strangely enough, it's been one of the easier roads I can remember.

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Statistically the only team that the team did that could be viewed as a negative is the 18 turnovers on the afternoon. It's often talked about, but at this point one has to wonder if this group will ever truly take care of the basketball well on a consistent basis. Sometimes you are what you are and that appears to be part of this groups identity dating back to last season.

Team	Split	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	2PM	2PA	2PT%	3PM	3PA	3PT%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF
COLO	Game Final	74	25	56	44.6	17	40	42.5	8	16	50.0	16	19	84.2	7	18	25	12	10	2	19	21
KU	Game Final	94	35	64	54.7	26	44	59.0	9	20	45.0	15	22	68.2	14	26	40	22	11	8	18	19
COLO	1st Half	34	11	28	39.3	8	20	40.0	3	8	37.5	9	10	90.0	3	11	14	5	2	2	8	10
KU	1st Half	48	18	34	52.9	12	23	52.1	6	11	54.5	6	10	60.0	7	15	22	12	2	3	8	9
COLO	2nd Half	40	14	28	50.0	9	20	45.0	5	8	62.5	7	9	77.8	4	7	11	7	8	0	11	11
KU	2nd Half	46	17	30	56.7	14	21	66.6	3	9	33.3	9	12	75.0	7	11	18	10	9	5	10	10
COLO	Offense Avg	74	24	53	46.5	18	36	50.5	6	16	37.9	18	23	76.6	7	21	29	13	8	2	12	21
KU	Offense Avg	82	29	59	48.7	21	40	52.7	7	18	39.8	17	24	69.3	13	28	41	17	8	6	12	18
COLO	Defense Avg	72	24	53	45.7	18	36	51.5	5	17	33.7	17	25	70.0	11	23	35	13	6	3	15	20
KU	Defense Avg	62	21	59	36.7	15	40	38.1	6	18	33.5	12	18	67.7	12	20	33	12	6	3	14	20

Enough with the nitpicking though, 22 assists? That's making the extra pass. 40 to 25 edge in the rebounding department and 8 blocks shows a Jayhawk team dominating on the interior. Shooting the ball at a 54% clip overall and 45% clip from beyond the arc shows that Kansas is taking good shots, working through the offense and playing at a level where they likely can't be beaten.

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Saturday was the good. At times we've seen the bad, or maybe even the ugly. But between a solid win at Texas, gutting one out at A&M and dominating an inferior opponent on Saturday, Kansas is slowly looking the part of a team putting things together and finding an identity.

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Individually it was noted in the game thread and I'll point it out again. 5 players in double figures for the Jayhawks and it's hard to imagine a scenario where the Jayhawks have that kind of balance against anybody and still lose. The best news of the day however was in the 2 leaders in the point column. Xavier Henry put in 24 points on the afternoon and he continues to do it in ways besides settling for the jumper. Overall Henry was over 50% from the field and while he did knock in 4 threes, he was hardly a one trick pony.

For Taylor Saturday was all about proving Coach Self right. Somewhat a surprise to many Taylor was given the starting nod this week and from the sounds of things it's a pretty permanent deal. Without a doubt Kansas is more dangerous with Taylor on the court, especially if he's playing to his capability. Saturday Taylor added 17 points on 6 of 7 shooting, including 1 for 1 from behind the arc. Taylor also shot a perfect 4 for 4 from the charity stripe and chipped in 6 assists to go with it. I'm sure for Coach Self it was a relief to see, but then again I doubt he'll admit he expected anything less in public.

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Oh...lost in the performances of two guys who have had their ups and downs is a guy who has been steady and consistent throughout much of the year. Cole Aldrich finishes with 17 points, 10 boards and 5 blocks once again dominating the middle and his play will continue to give Kansas an edge almost every night. Cole is a game changer underneath, even when he's off he makes life difficult on the defensive end. I know we all talk about missing Sherron, but I don't think anyone is fully grasping how much we might miss Cole when that day comes.

	S	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	2PA	2PA	2P%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OR	DR	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	RR
M. Relphorde	*	33	16	7	14	50.0	5	10	50.0	2	4	50.0	0	0		1	3	4	3	2	0	4	1	-4	12
A. Burks	*	31	17	7	16	43.8	7	15	46.6	0	1	0.0	3	4	75.0	2	5	7	1	0	1	2	3	-20	-20
N. Tomlinson	*	24	0	0	0		0	0	0.0	0	0		0	0		0	1	1	4	1	0	1	5	-5	10
C. Higgins	*	24	13	3	7	42.9	2	5	40.0	1	2	50.0	6	7	85.7	0	2	2	0	1	1	3	2	-24	-28
A. Dufault	*	20	7	3	9	33.3	2	6	33.3	1	3	33.3	0	0		1	2	3	0	1	0	1	2	-28	-36
D. Thorne II		30	6	1	2	50.0	1	1	100.0	0	1	0.0	4	4	100.0	0	5	5	2	3	0	5	1	-8	4
C. Crawford		17	8	2	5	40.0	0	2	0.0	2	3	66.7	2	2	100.0	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	3	6	32
S. Harris-Tunks		11	1	0	0		0	0	0.0	0	0		1	2	50.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	-14	-8
L. Knutson		10	6	2	3	66.7	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	0	0		0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	-3	14
COLO		200	74	25	56	44.6	17	40	42.5	8	16	50.0	16	19	84.2	7	18	25	12	10	2	19	21
	S	MIN	PTS	FGM	FGA	FG%	2PA	2PA	2P%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OR	DR	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	+/-	RR
KU		200	94	35	64	54.7	26	44	59.0	9	20	45.0	15	22	68.2	14	26	40	22	11	8	18	19
S. Collins	*	29	13	4	11	36.4	1	4	25.0	3	7	42.9	2	2	100.0	0	1	1	7	1	0	2	2	26	32
X. Henry	*	29	24	9	16	56.2	5	9	55.5	4	7	57.1	2	3	66.7	2	4	6	1	1	0	1	1	21	22
C. Aldrich	*	28	17	6	8	75.0	6	8	75.0	0	0		5	8	62.5	4	6	10	2	1	5	0	2	29	38
T. Taylor	*	24	17	6	7	85.7	5	6	83.3	1	1	100.0	4	4	100.0	0	3	3	6	2	1	3	3	20	20
M. Morris	*	19	5	2	3	66.7	2	3	66.6	0	0		1	3	33.3	2	3	5	2	1	0	2	3	19	18
M. Morris		21	11	5	9	55.6	5	8	62.5	0	1	0.0	1	2	50.0	2	5	7	2	0	2	5	2	-2	-24
B. Morningstar		17	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	1	1	2	2	0	1	2	5	-10
T. Reed		15	3	1	4	25.0	0	1	0.0	1	3	33.3	0	0		0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	-16
T. Robinson		6	2	1	3	33.3	1	3	33.3	0	0		0	0		2	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	-12	-44
E. Johnson		5	2	1	1	100.0	1	1	100.0	0	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	-2	-24
C. Teahan		3	0	0	0		0	0	0.0	0	0		0	0		0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	-2	-24
J. Withey		3	0	0	1	0.0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0		1	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	-2	-24
J. Juenemann		1	0	0	0		0	0	0.0	0	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-2	-24

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Good to have you back X.

"That pitch wasn’t down and in, that pitch was down and up." Tim McCarver

by wrigleyrocker12 on Feb 21, 2010 11:34 AM CST reply actions

Turnovers

There are two different types of turnovers: live ball (usually steals), and dead ball (out of bounds, offensive fouls, etc.). Dead ball tend not to hurt as much because the defense has a chance to get set up.

I have no data to support this, but I feel like most of KU’s TOs are the dead ball variety. We seem to be good for a couple of charges a game, and we do silly things like throw skip passes into the third row of seats.

Rather than just look at the raw turnover count, then, I think we should focus on how many points our opponent is scoring off of those TOs, and how many fast break points we’re giving up. If we keep those two numbers down, we should be just fine.

"Here are our top priorities: recruit, beat Missouri, recruit, win the North, recruit, win the Big 12, and in most cases if you win the Big 12 then you're playing for a National Championship. And then we're going to recruit."

by KennyGregoryRockThaCradle on Feb 21, 2010 1:16 PM CST via mobile reply actions

I didn't get to see much of the game yesterday

but it looks like it was a pretty good team effort. I’m gonna miss tomorrow’s OGT too, as I got a late ticket to the game. Carry on in my stead, all.

Operation 39-1 is a go. Proceed to target.

by Bensa on Feb 21, 2010 1:58 PM CST reply actions

They shot close to 50%

sure didn’t feel like it…

Me no likey T2.

by labbadabba on Feb 22, 2010 9:42 AM CST reply actions

IIRC wasn't it about this point in the season last year that the team seemed to be coming together?

I remember that most of the way they looked underwhelming, but in the last month or so—despite the youth—they showed some promise, and fans started to say, ‘hey wait a minute, these guys could actually make some noise come March’.

Zapp Brannigan/Dayton Moore quote of the day: "...And like all my plans, it's so simple an idiot could have devised it!"

by SagehenMacGyver47 on Feb 22, 2010 12:35 PM CST reply actions