12/21 Valpo vs. Southeastern

With his full compliment of players ready to go for the first time all year, Coach Drew was blessed to have the opportunity to have his team play a game like this.  In what amounted to be a game worthy of an early November exhibition, Drew and the Crusaders rolled to a 43 point victory in UCF’s holiday tournament in Orlando, Fl.

	PPS +	PPS –	Overall
Valpo	1.085	0.33	0.755
Alec Peters	1.875	0.25	1.625
Lavontae Dority	1.7647	0.2941	1.4706
David Chadwick	1.2307	0.1538	1.0769
Moussa Gueye	1.3077	0.4615	0.8462
Keith Carter	1.1667	0.3333	0.8334
Bobby Capobianco	1	0.2941	0.7059
Vashil Fernandez	0.9545	0.2727	0.6818
Clay Yeo	0.9444	0.2778	0.6666
Jubril Adekoya	0.619	0.2857	0.3333
Jordan Coleman	0.7778	0.5	0.2778
Nick Davidson	0.5	0.3333	0.1667
Lexus Williams	0.6667	0.5333	0.1334

Star freshman Alec Peters was the team leader in PPS, using a 4-5 effort from 3 point range and only playing 16 minutes really helped boost his score tonight.  As a whole the team rolled to a very high overall PPS behind an incredible 15-24 night from behind the arc (62.5%).  It should be noted that they did miss 6 in a row from outside at one point in the second half. This team still commits too many turnovers and a lot of fouls, but besides Southeastern who apparently doesn’t guard anybody close enough to commit any fouls (10 on the night), what team doesn’t foul a lot in the NCAA anymore?  Tomorrow’s night game against tournament host UCF, a rematch from earlier in the year when Valpo won by 15 at home, should be a good one and can be seen on ESPN3.

Valpo PPS – pre Keith Carter

We are 12 games in and while the team will be playing at full strength from this point out, it has become clear that this is not a rebuilding year.  The six freshmen have proven themselves solid contributors and a few have shown they have star qualities.  I thought it’d be interesting to take a look at the team’s PPS before the addition of Keith Carter, who will most likely be inserted right into the starting lineup starting Saturday in the UCF tournament.  The team has been led by freshman phenom Alec Peters, who has already gone over 30 points on several occasions this year.  With coach Bryce Drew signing a 10 year contract extension (I know that these contracts are sometimes just a novelty, but with the Drew-Valpo connection I think it will be quite sometime before we worry about him leaving), a real good freshmen class along with experienced upperclassmen this Valpo team will be right in the mix for a 3rd consecutive Horizon League title.

Valpo Team PPS – 0.6061
Lavontae Dority, Sr, G – 0.6836
Alec Peters, Fr, F – 0.6892
Jordan Coleman, Sr, G – 0.5236
Bobby Capobianco, Sr, F – 0.668
Lexus Williams, Fr, PG – 0.4391
Jubril Adekoya, Fr, F – 0.5699
Moussa Gueye, Sr, C – 0.5265
Clay Yeo, Fr, G – 0.3892
Vashil Fernandez, Jr, C – 0.4118
David Chadwick (Jr, F) and Nick Davidson (Fr, G) have only played 49 and 41 minutes respectively and don’t figure to play much once the conference slate begins.

Notre Dame vs Indiana – Game #11

Indiana (8-3) lost 79-72 to Notre Dame yesterday in a game where they never held the lead. Indiana struggled defensively and is beginning to look like a team without an identity. I’ve been harping on this all season but I’m baffled as to why Hanner Mosquera-Perea isn’t seeing much playing time on a team that isn’t very good. Some of the substitution rotations are just as baffling as I begin to wonder if Coach Crean is losing patience with his young team. PPS is below:

 

	MP	PPS +	PPS –	Overall PPS
Hanner Mosquera-Perea	3	2.67	0.00	2.67
Austin Etherington	11	1.09	0.18	0.91
Will Sheehey	35	1.17	0.43	0.74
Stanford Robinson	17	0.82	0.29	0.53
Noah Vonleh	21	0.86	0.33	0.52
Kevin Yogi Ferrell	32	0.88	0.44	0.44
Jeremy Hollowell	23	0.78	0.35	0.43
Evan Gordon	30	0.70	0.40	0.30
Troy Williams	12	0.42	0.42	0.00
Devin Davis	6	0.33	0.50	-0.17
Luke Fischer	10	0.20	0.40	-0.20

IU PPS – 2013-14

Just a reminder that you can find the year to date PPS for IU players at this link:

https://cbbpps.wordpress.com/iu-pps-2013-14/

Here is what you might be missing:

Here is the PPS through 10 games for the IU players that more than 85 total minutes. Sheehey and Hollowell could basically be replaced by any scholarship player at this point and you’d see the same production. That’s very discouraging for two guys that were supposed to be major parts of the team this year.

Keep in mind that we use .70 as an all-conference player, .80 as an All-American player and .90 as a future pro.

Player	MP	PPS +	PPS –	Overall PPS
Noah Vonieh	231	1.51	0.45	1.06
Hanner Mosquera-Perea	87	1.15	0.45	0.70
Evan Gordon	207	0.94	0.27	0.68
Stanford Robinson	90	1.14	0.48	0.67
Kevin Ferrell	303	1.07	0.41	0.66
Troy Williams	231	0.97	0.35	0.62
Devin Davis	99	1.01	0.46	0.55
Luke Fischer	90	0.83	0.30	0.53
Jeremy Hollowell	239	0.93	0.40	0.53
Will Sheehey	258	0.83	0.37	0.46

Oakland vs Indiana – Game #10

Evan Gordon was on fire last night as he led Indiana to a 81-54 victory over Oakland.  PPS is below:

Players	MP	PPS +	PPS –	Overall PPS
Evan Gordon	26	1.92	0.27	1.65
Luke Fischer	14	1.07	0.14	0.93
Stanford Robinson	12	1.50	0.58	0.92
Troy Williams	22	1.14	0.27	0.86
Noah Vonleh	28	0.89	0.14	0.75
Jeremy Hollowell	25	0.96	0.40	0.56
Kevin Yogi Ferrell	24	0.88	0.38	0.50
Will Sheehey	27	0.59	0.48	0.11
Hanner Mosquera-Perea	6	0.00	0.50	-0.50

North Florida vs Indiana – Game #9

Sorry for the delay as it took me a bit to get the correct stats for this game that IU won 89-68 on 12/7. Here is the PPS as I’m disappointed to see Perea with only 8 minutes.

Indiana	MP	PPS +	PPS –	Overall PPS
Hanner Mosquera-Perea	8	2.38	0.38	2.00
Noah Vonleh	27	1.52	0.22	1.30
Luke Fischer	7	1.71	0.43	1.29
Evan Gordon	19	1.53	0.32	1.21
Jeremy Hollowell	21	1.14	0.38	0.76
Stanford Robinson	17	1.29	0.59	0.71
Kevin Yogi Ferrell	29	1.07	0.38	0.69
Austin Etherington	11	0.91	0.36	0.55
Will Sheehey	21	0.62	0.48	0.14
Troy Williams	26	0.58	0.46	0.12

Indiana vs Syracuse – Game #8

It was a very ugly game last night as Indiana, by my count, had two field goals in the last 18 minutes and that led to a 69-52 loss to #4 Syracuse. Noah Vonleh was the only Hoosier with a respectable PPS as most of his points were earned at the free throw line. Indiana looked good for about ten minutes in the first half but other than that this game wasn’t even close.

Player	MP	PPS +	PPS –	Overall PPS
Noah Vonleh	27	1.56	0.48	1.07
Evan Gordon	24	0.38	0.00	0.38
Kevin Yogi Ferrell	36	0.53	0.19	0.33
Stanford Robinson	10	0.70	0.40	0.30
Jeremy Hollowell	29	0.48	0.31	0.17
Troy Williams	23	0.57	0.43	0.13
Will Sheehey	23	0.26	0.39	-0.13
Devin Davis	7	0.43	0.57	-0.14
Luke Fischer	8	0.25	0.50	-0.25

Evansville vs Indiana – Game #7

Indiana (6-1) smashwalloped Evansville (5-1) 77-46 last night as Jeremy Hollowell was on fire from the field and Evansville couldn’t engineer much offense. IU continues to dominate teams on the offensive boards and whether or not that’s because they miss a lot of shots isn’t for us to argue about the day before Thanksgiving.

Players	MP	PPS +	PPS –	Overall PPS
Jeremy Hollowell	17	2.12	0.41	1.71
Noah Vonleh	19	1.84	0.32	1.53
Luke Fischer	9	1.22	0.11	1.11
Hanner Mosquera-Perea	10	1.60	0.90	0.70
Austin Etherington	8	1.25	0.63	0.63
Evan Gordon	15	1.00	0.47	0.53
Troy Williams	19	0.84	0.32	0.53
Will Sheehey	27	0.74	0.26	0.48
Jeff Howard	15	0.47	0.20	0.27
Devin Davis	10	0.80	0.60	0.20
Kevin Yogi Ferrell	28	0.68	0.50	0.18
Stanford Robinson	11	0.45	0.55	-0.09

Indiana vs UConn – Game #6

UConn beat Indiana 59-58 in Madison Square Garden as Noah Vonleh picked up two fouls in the first two minutes and IU could never get on track offensively.

Players	MP	PPS +	PPS –	PPS Overall
Hanner Mosquera-Perea	8	0.88	0.25	0.63
Evan Gordon	19	0.63	0.11	0.53
Will Sheehey	35	0.80	0.29	0.51
Kevin Yogi Ferrell	35	1.06	0.57	0.49
Devin Davis	21	0.86	0.48	0.38
Jeremy Hollowell	31	0.61	0.29	0.32
Troy Williams	24	0.38	0.25	0.13
Luke Fischer	8	0.50	0.38	0.13
Noah Vonleh	10	0.40	1.00	-0.60

Washington vs Indiana – Game #5

Indiana improved to 5-0 on the season with a strong 102-84 victory last night at Madison Square Garden. While IU’s perimeter defense struggled they out-worked Washington on the boards to the tune of a 36-24 rebounding advantage. Coach Crean shortened the bench and I assume that the reason is because the starters were playing well but….they begin to lose their efficiency at some point so he should keep moving guys in and out of the game.

Player	MP	PPS +	PPS –	PPS Overall
Stanford Robinson	6	2.00	0.17	1.83
Troy Williams	29	1.59	0.24	1.34
Noah Vonleh	24	1.75	0.54	1.21
Devin Davis	7	1.57	0.57	1.00
Kevin Yogi Ferrell	35	1.11	0.31	0.80
Luke Fischer	9	0.89	0.11	0.78
Will Sheehey	34	1.03	0.32	0.71
Austin Etherington	6	0.83	0.33	0.50
Evan Gordon	17	0.47	0.29	0.18
Hanner Mosquera-Perea	6	0.67	0.50	0.17
Jeremy Hollowell	24	0.58	0.58	0.00