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Kansas

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Also known as: Kansas Jayhawks, Kansas
Program History
Coach: Bill Self

2018 Team Stats (31 games)

80.8
PPG
73.5
Opp
+7.2
Margin
49.2%
FG%
40.1%
3P%
70.3%
FT%
35.1
RPG
16.1
APG
11.8
TO
-
Est. poss./game
83.3
Adj PPG
65.2
Adj Opp PPG
#7
Scoring Rank

Model Outputs

2017-2018
Catalog

Output is shown as model rating with league rank in parentheses when available.

Model Output Notes
Elo Elo Streaming paired-comparison rating with recency baked into sequential updates. More → 1501 (#4) -
Bradley-Terry Bradley-Terry Static logistic paired-comparison model with one team strength parameter. More → 1355 (#4) -
Bradley-Terry Recency Bradley-Terry Recency Static Bradley-Terry with exponential recency weights on newer games. HCA +95 elo More → 1190 (#5) HCA +95 elo
Margin Margin Linear team-strength model fit on point differential instead of binary wins. HCA +2.9 More → +19.5 (#6) HCA +2.9
Margin Recency Margin Recency Margin regression with exponential recency weights on newer games. HCA +2.8 More → +17.2 (#8) HCA +2.8
Pythagorean Pythagorean Pythagorean win expectation from raw points scored and allowed. More → 0.807 (#23) -
Adjusted Efficiency Adjusted Efficiency Opponent-adjusted efficiency model with separate offensive and defensive components. AdjNet +27.1 More → 0.958 (#7) AdjNet +27.1
Log Adjusted Log Adjusted Log-scale adjusted efficiency model that downweights blowout leverage. AdjNet +27.4 More → 0.959 (#7) AdjNet +27.4
Points Off/Def Points Off/Def Raw points regression with separate offensive and defensive team parameters. AdjO 83.3 | AdjD 65.2 More → 0.838 (#7) AdjO 83.3 | AdjD 65.2
Points Off/Def Recency Points Off/Def Recency Off/def points regression with exponential recency weights. AdjO 80.3 | AdjD 69.2 More → 0.733 (#14) AdjO 80.3 | AdjD 69.2
Core Ensemble Core Ensemble Equal-logit blend of Elo, recency BT, recency margin, log-adjusted pyth, and points off/def. Blend of Elo, BT, Margin, PythLog, PtsOD More → 0.896 (#7) Blend of Elo, BT, Margin, PythLog, PtsOD
Recency Ensemble Recency Ensemble Equal-logit blend of Elo, recency BT, recency margin, log-adjusted pyth, and recency points off/def. Blend of Elo, BT, Margin, PythLog, PtsOD More → 0.883 (#6) Blend of Elo, BT, Margin, PythLog, PtsOD
Dynamic Bradley-Terry Dynamic Bradley-Terry Time-evolving paired-comparison model with latent team strength drift. RD 82 | GP 39 More → 1408 (#3) RD 82 | GP 39

2018 Schedule & Results

Date Vs/At Opponent Result Score
2017-11-10 vs Tennessee State Tigers W 92 - 56
2017-11-14 vs Kentucky Wildcats W 65 - 61
2017-11-17 vs South Dakota State Jackrabbits W 98 - 64
2017-11-21 vs Texas Southern Tigers W 114 - 71
2017-11-24 vs Oakland Golden Grizzlies W 102 - 59
2017-11-28 vs Toledo Rockets W 96 - 58
2017-12-02 @ Syracuse Orange W 76 - 60
2017-12-06 vs Washington Huskies L 65 - 74
2017-12-10 vs Arizona State Sun Devils L 85 - 95
2017-12-16 @ Nebraska Cornhuskers W 73 - 72
2017-12-18 vs Omaha Mavericks W 109 - 64
2017-12-21 @ Stanford Cardinal W 75 - 54
2017-12-29 @ Texas Longhorns W 92 - 86
2018-01-02 vs Texas Tech Red Raiders L 73 - 85
2018-01-06 @ TCU Horned Frogs W 88 - 84
2018-01-09 vs Iowa State Cyclones W 83 - 78
2018-01-13 vs Kansas State Wildcats W 73 - 72
2018-01-15 @ West Virginia Mountaineers W 71 - 66
2018-01-20 vs Baylor Bears W 70 - 67
2018-01-23 @ Oklahoma Sooners L 80 - 85
2018-01-27 vs Texas A&M Aggies W 79 - 68
2018-01-29 @ Kansas State Wildcats W 70 - 56
2018-02-03 vs Oklahoma State Cowboys L 79 - 84
2018-02-06 vs TCU Horned Frogs W 71 - 64
2018-02-10 @ Baylor Bears L 64 - 80
2018-02-13 @ Iowa State Cyclones W 83 - 77
2018-02-17 vs West Virginia Mountaineers W 77 - 69
2018-02-19 vs Oklahoma Sooners W 104 - 74
2018-02-24 @ Texas Tech Red Raiders W 74 - 72
2018-02-26 vs Texas Longhorns W 80 - 70
2018-03-03 @ Oklahoma State Cowboys L 64 - 82
2018-03-08 vs Oklahoma State Cowboys W 82 - 68
2018-03-09 vs Kansas State Wildcats W 83 - 67
2018-03-10 vs West Virginia Mountaineers W 81 - 70
2018-03-15 vs Pennsylvania Quakers W 76 - 60
2018-03-17 vs Seton Hall Pirates W 83 - 79
2018-03-23 vs Clemson Tigers W 80 - 76
2018-03-25 vs Duke Blue Devils W 85 - 81
2018-03-31 @ Villanova Wildcats L 79 - 95

2018 Roster

Minutes by Position

The surface stays filled across the five on-court roles. Use the labels or legend to isolate how each player absorbs guard-to-big minutes.

Player Pos GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TO FGA Numbers PM PM GP PM/G PM/40 FG% 3P% FT% RAPM TS% eFG%
Devonte' Graham Devonte' Graham - 38 37.7 17.6 4.0 7.2 1.6 0.1 2.8 11.2 16.4 257 25 10.3 12.4 39.8 40.8 83.1 4.53 65.7 51.3
Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk - 38 34.5 14.4 3.9 2.7 1.2 0.3 1.7 10.7 10.1 245 25 9.8 12.9 42.5 43.1 79.2 3.54 64.1 54.4
Malik Newman Malik Newman G 38 31.5 14.2 5.0 2.1 1.1 0.2 1.5 9.1 11.9 221 25 8.8 12.2 46.1 41.2 83.7 3.56 68.5 56.9
Udoka Azubuike Udoka Azubuike - 35 23.6 13.1 7.0 0.6 0.6 1.6 1.8 6.4 14.8 168 22 7.6 15.5 79.0 0 41.9 2.67 86.6 79.0
Lagerald Vick Lagerald Vick G 38 33.1 12.1 4.8 2.1 0.9 0.3 1.6 8.7 9.9 146 25 5.8 8.1 49.1 35.7 66.7 -1.46 64.9 56.6
Silvio De Sousa Silvio De Sousa F 19 9.1 4.2 3.9 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.9 2.5 5.0 10 14 0.7 3.3 68.1 0 71.4 -3.72 70.2 68.1
Marcus Garrett Marcus Garrett - 38 19.2 4.0 3.4 1.1 0.9 0.2 0.8 3.0 5.9 130 25 5.2 12.8 42.1 20.0 47.9 1.62 56.2 45.2
Mitch Lightfoot Mitch Lightfoot F 37 13.9 3.8 3.1 0.3 0.3 1.5 0.8 2.4 5.7 48 24 2.0 5.9 55.2 27.3 68.4 -2.41 72.9 56.9
Sam Cunliffe Sam Cunliffe G 15 4.9 1.9 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.3 1.7 0.9 6 8 0.8 9.4 48.0 25.0 100.0 -1.07 54.1 52.0
Chris Teahan Chris Teahan G 11 2.3 1.1 0.6 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.5 1.0 1 8 0.1 2.3 33.3 40.0 0 -1.09 100.0 50.0
James Sosinski James Sosinski F 7 1.3 0.9 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 1.0 -2 5 -0.4 -18.9 100.0 0 0 -1.38 100.0 100.0
Clay Young Clay Young G 13 5.5 0.7 0.1 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.4 1.0 25 9 2.8 20.7 60.0 0.0 50.0 0.44 76.5 60.0

Numbers/Game vs RAPM

X-axis = Numbers/Game (PTS+REB+AST+STL+BLK-TO-FGA), Y-axis = RAPM.

Advanced: Numbers = PTS+REB+AST+STL+BLK-TO-FGA, PM = total +/-, PM/G = per game, PM/40 = per 40 minutes, RAPM = Regularized Adj Plus-Minus, TS% = True Shooting, eFG% = Effective FG