These are Matt's stats per 40 minutes in Big Ten games.
The only obvious area of improvement is in his rebounding numbers.
Much of the stark decline in his Field Goal Attempts has to be attributed to the departure of Boo Buie, who would look for (and find) Nicholson from time to time.
Nicholson set the school record last year for field goal percentage... this year, not so much.
Obviously the question is "Why didn't Matt improve?"
Season | Minutes | FG | FGA | FG% | FT% | ORB | DRB | Assts | TO | Steals | Blks | Pts | Fouls |
2021-22 | 36 | 3.3 | 5.6 | 60.0 | 58.3 | 3.3 | 5.6 | 4.4 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 14.4 | 10.0 |
2022-23 | 437 | 4.3 | 7.2 | 59.5 | 42.9 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 10.5 | 4.1 |
2023-24 | 417 | 4.2 | 6.3 | 66.7 | 52.0 | 2.7 | 5.3 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 9.7 | 5.6 |
2024-25 | 200 | 1.6 | 3.4 | 47.1 | 52.6 | 4.6 | 7.2 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 5.2 | 3.8 |
The only obvious area of improvement is in his rebounding numbers.
Much of the stark decline in his Field Goal Attempts has to be attributed to the departure of Boo Buie, who would look for (and find) Nicholson from time to time.
Nicholson set the school record last year for field goal percentage... this year, not so much.
Obviously the question is "Why didn't Matt improve?"