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Player Performance in 2022-23 season

PurpleWhiteBoy

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This table shows the performance of NU players for the first half of the season and the 2nd half of the season.
First half of season consists of the first ten Big Ten games, plus the games against Pitt, Auburn and DePaul.
Second half of season is the last 10 Big Ten games, plus the two tournaments.
Roper only played 21 minutes in the 2nd half of the season, so I left him out. He played 174 minutes in the first half of the season.

PlayerNU pts (1)Opp pts (1)MinsNU PaceOpp PaceNU pts (2)Opp pts (2)MinsNU PaceOpp Pace
Buie77975944969.467.675073547363.562.2
Audige77273643870.567.272172846761.862.4
Beran60356535867.463.240241626161.763.9
Berry56653233966.762.761560638563.963.0
Barnhizer49048827172.372.062159538564.561.8
Nicholson47246127967.766.144941327964.359.2
Verhoeven29328817865.764.632034722058.163.0
Martinelli971235570.389.121519913763.058.3

Several things jump out...

1. The NU offense scored at a notably slower pace in the 2nd half of the season.
2. Defensively, the inexperienced guys (Nicholson, Barnhizer, Martinelli) improved dramatically during the season while Beran and Berry actually saw the opponents scoring pace increase slightly in the 2nd half of the season.
3. Almost everyone played more minutes in the 2nd half of the season (to replace Roper's minutes) but Beran saw his minutes cut by 27%.
4. The biggest dropoffs in team performance relative to the first half of the season were for Beran, Verhoeven and Audige. Audige went from +3.3 pace to -0.6 pace. Beran went from +4.2 pace to -2.2 pace. Verhoeven went from +1.1 to -4.9 pace.
5. The biggest team pace improvements were for Martinelli (-18.8 to +4.7) Nicholson( +1.6 to +5.1) and Barnhizer (+0.3 to +2.7). This suggests additional improvement next season.

Some additional facts that are not shown in this table... when Nicholson and Barnhizer were paired on the court in the 2nd half of the season, we outscored our opponents 275-231, which is a 68.2 - 57.3 pace. Probably the most surprising stat is that when Nicholson played and Audige was on the bench, NU outscored its opponents 53-29 in about 26.5 minutes. Because Buie and Audige played so many minutes it is difficult to assess them as individuals (separate from their teammates) but the best I can come up with is this... In the 2nd half of the season, when Buie was not playing, NU was outscored 75-74 in 51 minutes. When Audige was not playing, NU outscored its opponents 103-82 in 57 minutes. This is obviously not irrefutable ,but it suggests fairly strongly that Buie is difficult to replace, while Audige may not be. Of course, Audige may have simply been worn down from too many minutes in the first half of the season.
 
This table shows the performance of NU players for the first half of the season and the 2nd half of the season.
First half of season consists of the first ten Big Ten games, plus the games against Pitt, Auburn and DePaul.
Second half of season is the last 10 Big Ten games, plus the two tournaments.
Roper only played 21 minutes in the 2nd half of the season, so I left him out. He played 174 minutes in the first half of the season.

PlayerNU pts (1)Opp pts (1)MinsNU PaceOpp PaceNU pts (2)Opp pts (2)MinsNU PaceOpp Pace
Buie77975944969.467.675073547363.562.2
Audige77273643870.567.272172846761.862.4
Beran60356535867.463.240241626161.763.9
Berry56653233966.762.761560638563.963.0
Barnhizer49048827172.372.062159538564.561.8
Nicholson47246127967.766.144941327964.359.2
Verhoeven29328817865.764.632034722058.163.0
Martinelli971235570.389.121519913763.058.3

Several things jump out...

1. The NU offense scored at a notably slower pace in the 2nd half of the season.
2. Defensively, the inexperienced guys (Nicholson, Barnhizer, Martinelli) improved dramatically during the season while Beran and Berry actually saw the opponents scoring pace increase slightly in the 2nd half of the season.
3. Almost everyone played more minutes in the 2nd half of the season (to replace Roper's minutes) but Beran saw his minutes cut by 27%.
4. The biggest dropoffs in team performance relative to the first half of the season were for Beran, Verhoeven and Audige. Audige went from +3.3 pace to -0.6 pace. Beran went from +4.2 pace to -2.2 pace. Verhoeven went from +1.1 to -4.9 pace.
5. The biggest team pace improvements were for Martinelli (-18.8 to +4.7) Nicholson( +1.6 to +5.1) and Barnhizer (+0.3 to +2.7). This suggests additional improvement next season.

Some additional facts that are not shown in this table... when Nicholson and Barnhizer were paired on the court in the 2nd half of the season, we outscored our opponents 275-231, which is a 68.2 - 57.3 pace. Probably the most surprising stat is that when Nicholson played and Audige was on the bench, NU outscored its opponents 53-29 in about 26.5 minutes. Because Buie and Audige played so many minutes it is difficult to assess them as individuals (separate from their teammates) but the best I can come up with is this... In the 2nd half of the season, when Buie was not playing, NU was outscored 75-74 in 51 minutes. When Audige was not playing, NU outscored its opponents 103-82 in 57 minutes. This is obviously not irrefutable ,but it suggests fairly strongly that Buie is difficult to replace, while Audige may not be. Of course, Audige may have simply been worn down from too many minutes in the first half of the season.
First, love stats that affirm my eyes. Second, I think Boo and Chase were overused out of necessity and that lowered usage might lead to better performance.

And I think I will let my man love for BB and Mart grow in the PWB / MN cuz what could possibly go wrong….
 
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On paper it's logical the younger players would show more of a jump from 1st to 2nd half of a season when compared to older players.

It also seems logical to me that efficiency would decline in the 2nd half of the season. While a team could be more of a well oiled machine, that applies the same way to the other team on the court. So that kind of cancels out. What could make a difference is how much teams know about each other and how much better they can be prepared to slow down the opponent.

The numbers above seem to follow this logic.
 
thanks for posting this,,,interesting stuff....but there are sooo many factors..like who replaces who for both teams when starters go out. My take on this is 1. There is a real upside to Nicholson and Barnhizer 2. Chase is a two edged sword...streaky, will take over the offense and plays so hard he probably wears himself down.
 
Definitely feels like our offense was grinding down as the season wore on. Berry, Beran and Audige all faded and sometimes struggled offensively in the 2nd half of the season. Thats 3 starters missing shots or, in Beran's case, not doing much.

The emergence of Barnhizer is difficult to dispute. Much of our success late in the season can be attributed directly to Nicholson at the 5 with Barnhizer at the 4.
Those two, I believe, have good chemistry (they played overseas together last summer and were frustrated benchwarmers prior to that).

The carryover stats (guys who are definitely returning) are very positive.
Nicholson/Barnhizer/Buie put up a 245-206 advantage over the 2nd half of the season.
 
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