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Michigan State

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Also known as: Michigan State Spartans, Michigan State
Program History
Coach: Tom Izzo

2018 Team Stats (26 games)

80.3
PPG
64.5
Opp
+15.8
Margin
49.6%
FG%
40.2%
3P%
75.3%
FT%
41.0
RPG
19.6
APG
12.9
TO
78.6
Pace

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 → 1784 (#6) -
Bradley-Terry Bradley-Terry Static logistic paired-comparison model with one team strength parameter. More → 1564 (#17) -
Margin Margin Linear team-strength model fit on point differential instead of binary wins. HCA +2.8 More → +41.4 (#10) HCA +2.8
Pythagorean Pythagorean Pythagorean win expectation from raw points scored and allowed. More → 0.844 (#7) -
Efficiency Efficiency Tempo-adjusted efficiency version of Pythagorean ratings. NetEff +10.6 More → 0.772 (#6) NetEff +10.6
Adjusted Efficiency Adjusted Efficiency Opponent-adjusted efficiency model with separate offensive and defensive components. AdjNet +13.6 More → 0.827 (#18) AdjNet +13.6
Log Adjusted Log Adjusted Log-scale adjusted efficiency model that downweights blowout leverage. AdjNet +13.7 More → 0.830 (#18) AdjNet +13.7

2018 Schedule & Results

Date Vs/At Opponent Result Score
2017-11-10 vs North Florida Ospreys W 98 - 66
2017-11-23 @ DePaul Blue Demons W 73 - 51
2017-12-03 vs Nebraska Cornhuskers W 86 - 57
2017-12-05 @ Rutgers Scarlet Knights W 62 - 52
2017-12-09 vs Southern Utah Thunderbirds W 88 - 63
2017-12-18 vs Houston Christian Huskies W 107 - 62
2017-12-21 vs Long Beach State Beach W 102 - 60
2017-12-31 vs Savannah State Tigers W 108 - 52
2018-01-04 vs Maryland Terrapins W 91 - 61
2018-01-07 @ Ohio State Buckeyes L 64 - 80
2018-01-10 vs Rutgers Scarlet Knights W 76 - 72
2018-01-13 vs Michigan Wolverines L 72 - 82
2018-01-19 vs Indiana Hoosiers W 85 - 57
2018-01-22 @ Illinois Fighting Illini W 87 - 74
2018-01-26 vs Wisconsin Badgers W 76 - 61
2018-01-28 @ Maryland Terrapins W 74 - 68
2018-01-31 vs Penn State Nittany Lions W 76 - 68
2018-02-03 @ Indiana Hoosiers W 63 - 60
2018-02-06 @ Iowa Hawkeyes W 96 - 93
2018-02-10 vs Purdue Boilermakers W 68 - 65
2018-02-13 @ Minnesota Golden Gophers W 87 - 57
2018-02-17 @ Northwestern Wildcats W 65 - 60
2018-02-20 vs Illinois Fighting Illini W 81 - 61
2018-02-25 @ Wisconsin Badgers W 68 - 63
2018-03-16 vs Bucknell Bison W 82 - 78
2018-03-18 vs Syracuse Orange L 53 - 55

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/G PM/40 FG% 3P% FT% RAPM TS% eFG%
M. Bridges M. Bridges - 24 32.2 17.8 7.1 2.8 0.6 0.6 1.9 13.5 13.5 - - - 46.4 36.5 86.4 - 58.9 54.2
Cassius Winston Cassius Winston - 26 28.1 12.2 3.3 7.2 0.5 0.0 2.5 7.3 13.4 - - - 49.2 50.0 89.9 - 71.4 63.4
N. Ward N. Ward F 26 18.9 12.0 6.7 0.5 0.3 1.4 1.9 6.4 12.8 - - - 66.3 100.0 60.8 - 70.8 66.6
J. Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr. - 26 22.4 11.6 5.8 1.2 0.7 3.3 1.5 6.3 14.8 74 6.2 8.2 52.4 40.6 79.3 1.26 70.7 61.0
J. Langford J. Langford G 26 26.8 11.1 3.1 1.6 0.3 0.1 1.4 9.6 5.2 - - - 39.8 38.7 84.2 - 52.5 45.6
M. McQuaid M. McQuaid G 26 19.9 5.8 1.9 1.3 0.3 0.1 0.7 4.3 4.5 - - - 40.5 41.5 93.3 - 64.2 58.1
G. Schilling G. Schilling F 25 9.7 3.1 3.8 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.6 1.4 6.0 - - - 73.5 0 56.4 - 76.2 73.5
X. Tillman X. Tillman - 26 8.7 2.8 2.6 0.2 0.3 0.6 0.5 1.6 4.5 - - - 66.7 0 66.7 - 72.2 66.7
K. Goins K. Goins F 25 14.1 2.2 2.8 1.1 0.3 0.8 0.4 2.1 4.6 - - - 44.2 26.7 71.4 - 49.9 48.1
L. Nairn Jr. L. Nairn Jr. G 26 16.6 2.0 0.7 2.9 0.3 0.0 1.0 1.4 3.6 62 4.8 6.6 54.1 41.7 0.0 1.25 68.1 60.8
B. Carter B. Carter F 17 6.5 0.5 1.1 0.8 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.7 1.7 - - - 33.3 0.0 20.0 - 31.7 33.3
C. George C. George G 12 3.6 0.5 1.2 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 1.1 0.8 - - - 23.1 0.0 0.0 - 21.6 23.1

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