First Impressions
The annual Black and Gold Blowout was today. The Hawkeyes split into two teams to scrimmage in front of 6,532 eager fans at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. It was the first chance for many of us to see new guys like Doug Thomas, Carlton Reed, Alex Thompson, and J.R. Angle. I showed up early to get a good seat and get my basketball fix. The teams broke down like this:

Black	Gold
Jeff Horner	Pierre Pierce
Greg Brunner	Erek Hansen
Carlton Reed	Mike Henderson
Doug Thomas	Alex Thompson
J.R. Angle	Justin Wieck
Jack Brownlee	Jack Brownlee

Huh? Iowa has two guys named Jack Brownlee? Nope, he started out with the Gold squad but switched over at half time to give the five-man Black team some breathers. Anyway, Gold beat Black, 69-62. Here are some random things I saw while I was there.

• Adam Haluska didn't play, as expected. Alford said it was just precautionary and that Haluska would have played if it was a regular season game. Sounds good, no need to aggravate anything during an exhibition game. Is anyone else anxious to see what this guy can contribute to the team? We know he can score - he scored 2,209 points in high school, most all-time for an Iowa Class 3-A or 4-A player. He's also a great athlete - he won a handful of state titles in sprinting and the long jump during his high school track and field career. Granted, that was a few years ago, but the guy had a decent first year at Iowa State (9.2 ppg), and his size should create matchup problems when he's guarded by smaller players. Haluska was shooting threes during warmups; he was dropping in one after another from about three feet behind the top of the key, and man, it was pretty. I'm officially excited.
• Thomas is a rim wrecker. He should be fun to watch. He threw down some flashy dunks during warmups, and then scored the first points of the game on a strong two-handed dunk. He added a fast break jam later in the game. I didn't think he looked all that aggressive/tough during the game, but he seemed pretty nimble around the hoop with a nice reverse layup or two. I was surprised to find out that he ended up with 18 rebounds. . . .although I suppose the fact that the teams combined to shoot 38% helped him out there.
• Pierre Pierce was solid, finishing with a game-high 33 points. He was really the only guy on his team who could create his own shot, and took more than twice as many of them as anybody on his team. He owned the second half, too. He was great in transition, good at cutting through the lane, and knocked down a couple threes. He seemed to force shots early in the game, and only shot 2-9 from the perimeter, but i doubt too many people can complain about his performance (except the 3-7 at the FT line, which I'm guessing will irritate me throughout the year).
• Was anybody else impressed with Erek Hansen? The big guy had some nice numbers, including 13 points, 16 rebounds, and 6 blocks. I remember some hype about him improving his game at Pete Newell's Big Man Camp. Today's performance was a nice surprise, for me at least. He was swatting shots from Thomas and Greg Brunner, he showed some nifty post moves, he threw down a dunk (or two?) and he even knocked a couple short jumpers down. He should be able to hold down a starting job this year.
• Speaking of Brunner, that was a pretty rough outing. He went all 40 minutes but only grabbed three rebounds, and he only shot 4-15. I'm hoping he doesn't have too many more games this year with four 3-point attempts. Oh well, it's still early.
• Angle didn't impress me. He went 0 for the game and picked up seven rebounds. I kind of forgot he was even out there most of the time. Reed had a good game for a freshman (maybe that's an understatement). He did lead his team in scoring with 19 points, including 3 threes, but I thought his play looked a little sloppy. He had some ugly shots that only hit backboard. Also, he was guarding Pierce most of the time, and we saw how that turned out. It was a good first game though. Thompson was kind of like Angle in that he seemed to disappear for a while. He did manage to grab 9 rebounds, but looked tired when he was on the court.
• C'mon, TV timeouts during an untelevised game? I thought it was weak that they stopped play during the normal commercial break spots. I guess neither team had much of a bench, so they didn't want to wear the guys out, and a few of them looked like they needed a breather now and then.
• Best Timeout Contest of the game goes to the one where the little kids had to throw on the full-size Hawkeye shorts, jersey, and basketball shoes and then be the first to make a shot. How can you not smile with little kids running around, swimming in their jerseys, trying to hold up their shorts and not get tripped up by their giant shoes?

All in all, it was a fun morning/afternoon. I got to see my first basketball game in way too many months, and I got a first glimpse at some current and future Hawkeye stars. Next game is home on Wednesday against Upper Iowa University.

Black & Gold Blowout Box Score

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Don't Forget...
The Black and Gold Blowout is Saturday at 11:30am. Doors open at 10:15. I'll be there to check out the team, especially the new guys. Maybe Doug Thomas will live up to his hype and dazzle the crowd with some big dunks. Hopefully I'll have some pictures online by Sunday (that's assuming, of course, that I can figure out how to post images). I know it's only an intra-squad scrimmage, but damn, it's going to be nice to see some basketball again.

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One More Guy's Predictions
I'm sure by now you've already read enough predictions about the conference to make this one irrelevant. I'll type up mine anyway so I have something to look back on at the end of the year - it'll be a good reminder of how little I actually know.

I'm getting more fired up every day for the new season of basketball. I know the Big Ten isn't as loaded as the ACC and lacks some of the big names of the Big East, but the conference returns enough talent that it should improve on last year's meager three team contribution to the NCAA Tournament. The top three teams seem to be pretty safe bets to return to the post-season. Michigan is coming off their NIT title and return all but one starter, a group which does not include their leading scorer, Lester Abram, who also returns. The Wolverines should be in good shape this year. Iowa certainly has an interesting team this year, with three quality starters coming back, and some solid transfers, but they'll be relying on a lot of new faces for their depth.
Here's how I see things ending up:

1. Michigan State
2. Illinois
3. Wisconsin
4. Michigan
5. Iowa
6. Indiana
7. Ohio State
8. Northwestern
9. Purdue
10.Penn State
11.Minnesota

Doesn't look much different than everyone else's picks, although I don't see too many people with Michigan State at the top.

Let's throw in my All-Big Ten First Team:

Deron Williams, Illinois
Bracey Wright, Indiana
Paul Davis, Michigan State
Chris Hill, Michigan State
Mike Wilkinson, Wisconsin

I'd like to add in some analysis, but I'm a little short on time tonight. There's still plenty of preseason left to make additional faulty predictions, so I'll flesh this post out a little more, hopefully this weekend.

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Something to Think About
The Big Ten is considering some changes to it's regular season schedule and post-season tournament for after this season.




The 20 game schedule wouldn't bother me much, since it would mean that each team would play home and away against every other team, instead of the unbalanced schedule we have now. Some might think it would be too long of a season, but I generally like changes that promote equal opportunity. For example, when I looked over this year's schedule, I noticed Indiana only plays Iowa, Michigan State, and Illinois one time each, whereas Purdue plays each of those three teams twice. Do those teams start the season with an equal chance? I think anytime you have a balanced schedule the league as a whole is better off.

The league's other proposal would be to cut the conference tournament to three days by trimming the qualifying teams from 11 down to 8. I suppose this makes sense in that you have to earn your way into the tournament, which makes the regular season games seem to mean more, but I don't like the idea much. To me, March basketball is all about the excitement of some weak team making an improbable three or four day run to sneak into the Big Dance when it has no right being there (2001, anyone?). Leave those bottom-feeders in the tournament so they still have that faint ray of hope to guide them at the end of the season. The top four teams in the conference get byes in the first round anyway, so that's gives some meaning to the regular season.

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Breaking Down the Conference Schedule
Yesterday I said that I was going to make my preseason picks for the standings and for the all-conference team. In preparing to do so, I got a little sidetracked. I decided to take a look at how the uneven scheduling would affect different teams' chances.

As many of you know, the Big Ten does not follow the traditional round-robin conference format, where each team plays a home and away game with each other team. Instead, they play home and away with six teams and just one game with the four remaining teams, for a total of 16 conference games. This creates an imbalance in the schedule (e.g., Michigan State plays Illinois once this year, while Iowa faces the Illini twice). I went a little crazy and tried to create a simple, unscientific model to see which teams have the easiest/hardest conference schedule.

Method
I started by assigning each team a value. I used the predicted standings from Big Ten Media Day and gave the best team (Illinois) 11 points, second best 10 points, and so on. Then I added total values for all the conference games a team would play. The higher the team's score, the more difficult their schedule. To illustrate, Iowa's scoring went like this:

Michigan	(8) x 2 = 16
Ohio State	(4) x 2 = 8
Minnesota	(2) x 2 = 4
Illinois	(11) x 2 = 22
Purdue	(3) x 2 = 6
Northwestern	(5) x 2 = 10
Indiana	(6) x 1 = 6
Michigan State	(10) x 1 = 10
Wisconsin	(9) x 1 = 9
Penn State	(1) x 1 = 1
	Total = 92

Here are the results, starting with the easiest schedules.

Schedule Difficulty

Illinois	84
Michigan State	84
Indiana	91
Iowa	92
Minnesota	95
Ohio State	98
Purdue	98
Wisconsin	99
Michigan	100
Northwestern	104
Penn State	105

Notes/Observations
1. The fewest points any team could score (where the top team plays the 2-5 teams only once) is 76.
2. The most points any team could score (where the last place team plays the 7-10 teams only once) is 116.
3. Starting higher in the original standings makes one's schedule inherently easier, because that team does not have to play itself. For example, Illinois is more likely to have an easier schedule than Penn State because Illinois does not have to play itself, but gets at least one game against Penn State.
4. I did not take into account whether games were played at home or on the road.

Does all this work really accomplish anything? Before sifting through all the numbers, I think we could see that Iowa was lucky to only play Michigan State and Wisconsin once each this year. This shows up in their relatively low schedule difficulty number. It helps me, anyway, to have a little chart (attempting) to measure schedule difficulty instead of trying to compare each team's individual schedule. Hope you get some use out of it too.


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Take: Two
I've read before about the frustrations people have with Blogger when they type up a post and then lose it in the process of publishing it. Now I got to experience it first hand - yay! (Note to self: save posts from now on.)

Anyway, the regular season for Big Ten teams gets underway in less than two weeks, which is getting me and a lot of other people pretty damn excited. I don't have much time to post tonight, so I linked to two preview articles that include predictions for the order of finish in the conference this year. The busy part of my week ends tomorrow afternoon, so I'll toss in my picks for conference champs and all-conference team sometime tomorrow. I should have a little more time on my hands Thursday, so look for some new additions to the site. OK, time to put a dent into that pile of homework, then I'm off to an election party (let's hope there's celebrating to be done!).

Tony Mejia (CBS SportsLine) - Big Ten Preview
Chicago Sun-Times Big Ten Writers Preseason Basketball Poll


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Room for Improvement
I realize there's very few (read: zero) people who might actually see this site at this early stage, but I'm asking for a little leniency anyway. I'm new to blogging, so please let the aesthetic deficiencies of this site slide until I find some time to figure things out. Much like the Hawks this year, I'm optimistic for what lies in the months to come.

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Stretching the Talent
The Hawkeyes added weekly yoga sessions to their training. I think this is a great move on the part of new associate head coach Craig Neal, who started the program here. It should provide important benefits that are often overlooked in athletic training. Weight training is obviously integral to any athletic program, and is usually emphasized, but it's only part of the picture. Increased flexibilty allows athletes to take their added strength from the weight room and apply it to an increased range of motion. The players mentioned that they lacked flexibility before they started yoga, so I think we'll see improvements in their athleticism if they stick with the program. Coach Alford even mentioned the possibility of adding a second session each week, which I'm all for. Players should also see improvements in their mobility and balance, and a decreased susceptibility to injury.

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Big Ten Team Stats
- Final conference stats, 2004-05
- Conference games only
- Stats Primer

Offensive Efficiency

Illinois	119
Michigan State	114
Wisconsin	107
Indiana	106
Iowa	101
Ohio State	101
Purdue	98
Northwestern	98
Minnesota	94
Michigan	93
Penn State	91
Average	102

Defensive Efficiency

Minnesota	93
Illinois	95
Michigan State	96
Ohio State	98
Iowa	100
Wisconsin	100
Indiana	103
Purdue	106
Michigan	108
Northwestern	108
Penn State	115
Average	102

Effective Field Goal %

Illinois	56.7%
Michigan State	55.1
Northwestern	54.4
Indiana	52.0
Wisconsin	51.5
Ohio State	50.1
Iowa	49.4
Michigan	49.0
Purdue	48.2
Minnesota	45.5
Penn State	44.2
Average	50.6

Effective Field Goal % Allowed

Minnesota	47.3%
Ohio State	48.0
Iowa	48.2
Indiana	48.4
Wisconsin	49.1
Illinois	49.6
Michigan State	49.7
Purdue	51.0
Michigan	52.1
Penn State	56.1
Northwestern	56.5
Average	50.6

Turnovers per Possession

Illinois	15.7%
Ohio State	16.9
Wisconsin	18.6
Indiana	19.2
Michigan State	20.5
Iowa	21.2
Northwestern	21.5
Purdue	22.6
Minnesota	23.2
Penn State	24.3
Michigan	25.8
Average	20.9

Opp TO / possession
Minnesota.................0.251
Northwestern...........0.244
Illinois........................0.233
Iowa.........................0.221
Indiana.....................0.220
Michigan..................0.218
Michigan State........0.218
Ohio State...............0.212
Purdue....................0.188
Wisconsin...............0.174
Penn State..............0.172
Average.................0.214

Offensive Rebound Rate
Michigan State............0.378
Purdue........................0.355
Iowa............................0.343
Penn State.................0.340
Illinois..........................0.335
Minnesota...................0.335
Wisconsin...................0.318
Indiana.........................0.317
Michigan.....................0.316
Ohio State..................0.254
Northwestern.............0.221
Average....................0.320

Defensive Rebound Rate
Michigan State.............0.758
Wisconsin...................0.731
Illinois............................0.705
Minnesota.....................0.695
Ohio State...................0.678
Penn State..................0.675
Iowa............................0.669
Purdue........................0.662
Northwestern..............0.643
Indiana........................0.634
Michigan.....................0.620
Average.....................0.680

Total Rebound %
Michigan State............0.575
Wisconsin....................0.525
Illinois...........................0.523
Purdue.........................0.510
Minnesota....................0.508
Iowa.............................0.507
Penn State.................0.500
Indiana.........................0.481
Michigan......................0.468
Ohio State...................0.463
Northwestern...............0.432
Average......................0.500

FTM / FGA
Indiana.......................0.292
Minnesota..................0.276
Wisconsin.................0.273
Michigan State...........0.263
Iowa...........................0.259
Penn State.................0.255
Illinois.........................0.231
Michigan....................0.222
Purdue.......................0.208
Northwestern.............0.206
Ohio State..................0.191
Average....................0.243

Opp FTA / FGA
Penn State..................0.217
Illinois..........................0.269
Ohio State..................0.302
Wisconsin..................0.314
Minnesota...................0.333
Northwestern..............0.347
Indiana........................0.383
Iowa............................0.400
Purdue........................0.405
Michigan.....................0.406
Michigan State............0.427
Average....................0.347
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Iowa Hawkeye Basketball Long-Term Roster
Player	Height	Weight	Age	06-07	07-08	08-09	09-10	10-11
Adam Haluska	6 - 5	210	23	Sr
Mike Henderson	6 - 2	190	22	Sr
Ryan Kennedy	6 - 7	210	22	Sr
Justin Johnson	6 - 6	190	20	Jr	Sr
Kurt Looby	6 - 10	210	22	Jr	Sr
Seth Gorney	7 - 0	245	21	Jr	Sr
Cyrus Tate	6 - 8	240	21	So	Jr	Sr
Tony Freeman	6 - 1	185	20	So	Jr	Sr
J.R. Angle	6 - 7	205	21	So	Jr	Sr
Brett Wessels	6 - 3	190	20	So	Jr	Sr
Drew Adams	6 - 1	185	21	So	Jr	Sr
Tyler Smith	6 - 7	210	20	Fr	So	Jr	Sr
David Palmer	6 - 9	240	20	RS	So	Jr	Sr
Josh Crawford	6 - 11	205	18	Fr	So	Jr	Sr
Dan Bohall	6 - 4	185	20	Fr	So	Jr	Sr
Jarryd Cole - V	6 - 7	230	-	HS Sr	Fr	So	Jr	Sr
Dairese Gary - V	6 - 1	175	-	HS Sr	Fr	So	Jr	Sr
Jake Kelly - V	6 - 6	170	-	HS Sr	Fr	So	Jr	Sr
Beas Hamga - V	7 - 0	220	-	HS Jr	HS Sr	Fr	So	Jr
Matt Gatens - V	6 - 4	195	-	HS Jr	HS Sr	Fr	So	Jr

Scholarship

Walk On

Redshirt

No Eligibility

Note - Age is as of January 1, 2007.

Last Updated - September 7, 2006
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Big Ten Player Stats

- Final conference stats

- Conference games only

- Stats Primer

- Please notify me of any errors

Minutes Played

Player______________	Team__________	Minutes
Jeff Horner	Iowa	613
Brandon McKnight	Purdue	605
Vincent Grier	Minnesota	600
Dion Harris	Michigan	574
David Teague	Purdue	573
Aaron Robinson	Minnesota	563
Marshall Strickland	Indiana	563
Geary Claxton	Penn State	554
Vedran Vukusic	Northwestern	547
Greg Brunner	Iowa	544
Robert Vaden	Indiana	538
Luther Head	Illinois	536
Deron Williams	Illinois	534
Terence Dials	Ohio State	533
Mike Wilkinson	Wisconsin	528

Points Scored

Player______________	Team__________	Points
Vincent Grier	Minnesota	288
Vedran Vukusic	Northwestern	276
Terence Dials	Ohio State	262
Mike Wilkinson	Wisconsin	261
Luther Head	Illinois	255
Greg Brunner	Iowa	254
Carl Landry	Purdue	253
Adam Haluska	Iowa	242
Dee Brown	Illinois	240
Bracey Wright	Indiana	238
David Teague	Purdue	237
Dion Harris	Michigan	233
Alan Anderson	Michigan State	230
Geary Claxton	Penn State	224
D.J. White	Indiana	223

Field Goals Made

Player______________	Team__________	FGM
Terence Dials	Ohio State	104
Vedran Vukusic	Northwestern	102
Vincent Grier	Minnesota	97
Mike Wilkinson	Wisconsin	94
Carl Landry	Purdue	93
Greg Brunner	Iowa	90
David Teague	Purdue	86
Alan Anderson	Michigan State	83
Luther Head	Illinois	82
Dion Harris	Michigan	82
D.J. White	Indiana	82
Adam Haluska	Iowa	80
Dee Brown	Illinois	79
Geary Claxton	Penn State	74
Bracey Wright	Indiana	73

Field Goals Attempted

Player______________	Team__________	FGA
Vincent Grier	Minnesota	224
David Teague	Purdue	218
Dion Harris	Michigan	214
Vedran Vukusic	Northwestern	199
Jeff Horner	Iowa	189
Bracey Wright	Indiana	184
Geary Claxton	Penn State	184
Greg Brunner	Iowa	182
Terence Dials	Ohio State	182
Luther Head	Illinois	175
Adam Haluska	Iowa	171
Mike Wilkinson	Wisconsin	170
Brandon McKnight	Purdue	170
Tony Stockman	Ohio State	156
Alan Anderson	Michigan State	153

Free Throws Made

Player______________	Team__________	FTM
Vincent Grier	Minnesota	90
Bracey Wright	Indiana	71
Geary Claxton	Penn State	70
Carl Landry	Purdue	64
Greg Brunner	Iowa	63
Jeff Hagen	Minnesota	61
Mike Wilkinson	Wisconsin	59
D.J. White	Indiana	59
Kammron Taylor	Wisconsin	59
Adam Haluska	Iowa	56
Terence Dials	Ohio State	54
Alan Anderson	Michigan State	51
James Augustine	Illinois	50
Luther Head	Illinois	48
Maurice Ager	Michigan State	48
Aaron Johnson	Penn State	48

Free Throws Attempted

Player______________	Team__________	FTA
Vincent Grier	Minnesota	121
Geary Claxton	Penn State	99
Carl Landry	Purdue	96
Greg Brunner	Iowa	93
Terence Dials	Ohio State	92
Bracey Wright	Indiana	89
Mike Wilkinson	Wisconsin	88
D.J. White	Indiana	88
Jeff Hagen	Minnesota	82
Kammron Taylor	Wisconsin	75
Aaron Johnson	Penn State	71
Adam Haluska	Iowa	68
James Augustine	Illinois	59
Luther Head	Illinois	59
Maurice Ager	Michigan State	59
Roger Powell	Illinois	59

FTA per FGA (min 50 FGA)

Player______________	Team__________	FTA/FGA
J'son Stamper	Minnesota	0.754
Jeff Hagen	Minnesota	0.695
Carl Landry	Purdue	0.653
D.J. White	Indiana	0.647
Kammron Taylor	Wisconsin	0.610
James Augustine	Illinois	0.596
Aaron Johnson	Penn State	0.563
Vincent Grier	Minnesota	0.540
Geary Claxton	Penn State	0.538
Mike Wilkinson	Wisconsin	0.518
Greg Brunner	Iowa	0.511
Terence Dials	Ohio State	0.505
Zach Morley	Wisconsin	0.484
Bracey Wright	Indiana	0.484
Tim Doyle	Northwestern	0.470

Three Pointers Made

Player______________	Team__________	3PM
Dee Brown	Illinois	51
Luther Head	Illinois	43
Dion Harris	Michigan	40
Jeff Horner	Iowa	39
Vedran Vukusic	Northwestern	36
David Teague	Purdue	36
Aaron Robinson	Minnesota	34
Danny Morrissey	Penn State	33
Chris Hill	Michigan State	28
Robert Vaden	Indiana	27
Deron Williams	Illinois	27
Adam Haluska	Iowa	26
Sharif Chambliss	Wisconsin	25
Clayton Hanson	Wisconsin	25
Ron Coleman	Michigan	25
Je'Kel Foster	Ohio State	25

Three Pointers Attempted

Player______________	Team__________	3PA
Luther Head	Illinois	110
Dion Harris	Michigan	110
Jeff Horner	Iowa	110
David Teague	Purdue	102
Dee Brown	Illinois	99
Vedran Vukusic	Northwestern	94
Aaron Robinson	Minnesota	88
Danny Morrissey	Penn State	88
Tony Stockman	Ohio State	80
Ron Coleman	Michigan	76
Chris Hill	Michigan State	73
Mike Walker	Penn State	73
Adam Haluska	Iowa	71
Je'Kel Foster	Ohio State	71
Bracey Wright	Indiana	70

Adjusted Field Goal % (min 50 FGA)

Player______________	Team__________	adjFG%
Dee Brown	Illinois	0.692
A.J. Ratliff	Indiana	0.660
Vince Scott	Northwestern	0.653
Carl Landry	Purdue	0.643
James Augustine	Illinois	0.606
Vedran Vukusic	Northwestern	0.603
D.J. White	Indiana	0.603
Mike Wilkinson	Wisconsin	0.594
Maurice Ager	Michigan State	0.594
Luther Head	Illinois	0.591
Alan Anderson	Michigan State	0.585
Courtney Sims	Michigan	0.579
Clayton Hanson	Wisconsin	0.574
Terence Dials	Ohio State	0.571
Davor Duvancic	Northwestern	0.571

True Shot % (min 50 FGA)

Player______________	Team__________	adjFG%
Dee Brown	Illinois	0.706
James Augustine	Illinois	0.680
A.J. Ratliff	Indiana	0.674
Vince Scott	Northwestern	0.672
Carl Landry	Purdue	0.668
Alan Anderson	Michigan State	0.649
Maurice Ager	Michigan State	0.648
D.J. White	Indiana	0.638
Luther Head	Illinois	0.634
Vedran Vukusic	Northwestern	0.627
Mike Wilkinson	Wisconsin	0.625
Kelvin Torbert	Michigan State	0.620
Courtney Sims	Michigan	0.612
Adam Haluska	Iowa	0.602
Graham Brown	Michigan	0.595

Offensive Rating (min 25% of team minutes)

Player______________	Team__________	Off Rtg______	%Poss
Dee Brown	Illinois	138	19.9%
James Augustine	Illinois	135	18.1%
Alan Anderson	Michigan State	130	23.6%
Mike Wilkinson	Wisconsin	129	24.1%
Kelvin Torbert	Michigan State	126	17.0%
Jack Ingram	Illinois	124	15.9%
Luther Head	Illinois	124	22.4%
Chris Hill	Michigan State	124	20.7%
D.J. White	Indiana	121	23.7%
A.J. Ratliff	Indiana	120	15.9%
Carl Landry	Purdue	120	28.3%
Roger Powell	Illinois	119	23.9%
Adam Haluska	Iowa	119	21.6%
Maurice Ager	Michigan State	118	25.1%
Paul Davis	Michigan State	118	21.5%

Offensive Rebounds

Player______________	Team__________	Oreb
Aaron Johnson	Penn State	60
Geary Claxton	Penn State	49
Mike Wilkinson	Wisconsin	48
Carl Landry	Purdue	48
Jeff Hagen	Minnesota	48
Greg Brunner	Iowa	47
Roger Powell	Illinois	41
James Augustine	Illinois	41
Terence Dials	Ohio State	40
J'son Stamper	Minnesota	38
Alan Anderson	Michigan State	37
Paul Davis	Michigan State	37
Alando Tucker	Wisconsin	34
Travis Parker	Penn State	29
Brent Petway	Michigan	29

Offensive Rebound % (min 25% of team minutes)

Player______________	Team__________	Oreb%
J'son Stamper	Minnesota	15.5%
Carl Landry	Purdue	14.7%
Roger Powell	Illinois	14.5%
Brent Petway	Michigan	14.4%
Matt Trannon	Michigan State	13.6%
Aaron Johnson	Penn State	13.6%
Jeff Hagen	Minnesota	12.5%
Pat Ewing	Indiana	12.3%
James Augustine	Illinois	12.2%
Doug Thomas	Iowa	12.2%
Paul Davis	Michigan State	12.2%
Alan Anderson	Michigan State	11.5%
Mike Wilkinson	Wisconsin	11.4%
Jack Ingram	Illinois	11.2%
Alando Tucker	Wisconsin	10.7%

Defensive Rebounds

Player______________	Team__________	Dreb
Greg Brunner	Iowa	96
Aaron Johnson	Penn State	87
Paul Davis	Michigan State	85
Terence Dials	Ohio State	84
Mike Wilkinson	Wisconsin	78
J.J. Sullinger	Ohio State	73
James Augustine	Illinois	70
Jeff Hagen	Minnesota	70
Vincent Grier	Minnesota	70
David Teague	Purdue	69
Alan Anderson	Michigan State	61
Luther Head	Illinois	56
Jeff Horner	Iowa	56
Alando Tucker	Wisconsin	55
Matt Kiefer	Purdue	53
Travis Parker	Penn State	53

Defensive Rebound % (min 25% of team minutes)

Player______________	Team__________	Dreb%
Matt Trannon	Michigan State	27.4%
Paul Davis	Michigan State	26.0%
J.J. Sullinger	Ohio State	21.4%
Aaron Johnson	Penn State	21.4%
Greg Brunner	Iowa	21.0%
Doug Thomas	Iowa	20.6%
James Augustine	Illinois	20.2%
Jeff Hagen	Minnesota	19.9%
Terence Dials	Ohio State	19.6%
Zach Morley	Wisconsin	19.3%
J'son Stamper	Minnesota	18.6%
Mohamed Hachad	Northwestern	18.6%
Mike Wilkinson	Wisconsin	18.6%
Charles Davis	Purdue	18.5%
Courtney Sims	Michigan	18.4%

Total Rebounds

Player______________	Team__________	Reb
Aaron Johnson	Penn State	147
Greg Brunner	Iowa	143
Mike Wilkinson	Wisconsin	126
Terence Dials	Ohio State	124
Paul Davis	Michigan State	122
Jeff Hagen	Minnesota	118
James Augustine	Illinois	111
Alan Anderson	Michigan State	98
J.J. Sullinger	Ohio State	96
Geary Claxton	Penn State	95
David Teague	Purdue	94
Vincent Grier	Minnesota	90
Alando Tucker	Wisconsin	89
Carl Landry	Purdue	89
Roger Powell	Illinois	88

Total Rebound % (min 25% of team minutes)

Player______________	Team__________	Reb%
Matt Trannon	Michigan State	20.8%
Paul Davis	Michigan State	19.3%
Aaron Johnson	Penn State	17.3%
J'son Stamper	Minnesota	17.0%
Doug Thomas	Iowa	16.4%
James Augustine	Illinois	16.3%
Brent Petway	Michigan	16.1%
Jeff Hagen	Minnesota	16.0%
Greg Brunner	Iowa	15.8%
Roger Powell	Illinois	15.3%
Mike Wilkinson	Wisconsin	15.0%
Alan Anderson	Michigan State	14.6%
Terence Dials	Ohio State	14.3%
Alando Tucker	Wisconsin	14.0%
J.J. Sullinger	Ohio State	13.9%

Assists

Player______________	Team__________	Ast
Deron Williams	Illinois	107
Jeff Horner	Iowa	79
Chris Hill	Michigan State	72
Dee Brown	Illinois	64
Brandon McKnight	Purdue	57
Marshall Strickland	Indiana	55
Dion Harris	Michigan	54
Ben Luber	Penn State	54
Luther Head	Illinois	48
Davor Duvancic	Northwestern	46
Je'Kel Foster	Ohio State	45
Bracey Wright	Indiana	44
Aaron Robinson	Minnesota	44
Sharif Chambliss	Wisconsin	43
Drew Neitzel	Michigan State	41

Pass Rating (min 25% of team minutes)

Player______________	Team__________	Pass Rt
Deron Williams	Illinois	38.66
Chris Hill	Michigan State	33.47
Drew Neitzel	Michigan State	30.78
Dee Brown	Illinois	24.39
Dani Wohl	Michigan	23.33
Brandon Fuss-Cheatham	Ohio State	22.02
Davor Duvancic	Northwestern	21.02
Vince Scott	Northwestern	20.60
Jeff Horner	Iowa	20.54
Sharif Chambliss	Wisconsin	19.91
Tim Doyle	Northwestern	19.47
Marshall Strickland	Indiana	18.86
Jamar Butler	Ohio State	18.21
Je'Kel Foster	Ohio State	18.20
Ben Luber	Penn State	18.05
Carlton Reed	Iowa	16.91

Turnovers

Player______________	Team__________	TO
Dion Harris	Michigan	54
Jeff Hagen	Minnesota	48
Brandon McKnight	Purdue	43
Ben Luber	Penn State	43
Vincent Grier	Minnesota	43
Geary Claxton	Penn State	42
Kammron Taylor	Wisconsin	41
Aaron Johnson	Penn State	41
Aaron Robinson	Minnesota	40
Greg Brunner	Iowa	40
Travis Parker	Penn State	39
Deron Williams	Illinois	38
Pierre Pierce	Iowa	38
Carl Landry	Purdue	38
Jeff Horner	Iowa	37
Vedran Vukusic	Northwestern	37

Turnovers per possession (min 65 possessions)

Player______________	Team__________	TO/poss
Mike Henderson	Iowa	0.338
Ben Luber	Penn State	0.317
Chris Hunter	Michigan	0.315
Rico Tucker	Minnesota	0.307
Aaron Robinson	Minnesota	0.303
Davor Duvancic	Northwestern	0.302
Vince Scott	Northwestern	0.286
Pierre Pierce	Iowa	0.281
Mike Walker	Penn State	0.272
J'son Stamper	Minnesota	0.270
Michael Jenkins	Northwestern	0.269
Jeff Hagen	Minnesota	0.268
Jamar Butler	Ohio State	0.262
Courtney Sims	Michigan	0.261
Drew Neitzel	Michigan State	0.260
Brent Lawson	Minnesota	0.257

Steals

Player______________	Team__________	Stl
Vincent Grier	Minnesota	35
Luther Head	Illinois	31
Brent Lawson	Minnesota	31
T.J. Parker	Northwestern	28
Dee Brown	Illinois	28
Aaron Robinson	Minnesota	27
Michael Jenkins	Northwestern	24
Greg Brunner	Iowa	22
Deron Williams	Illinois	22
Brandon McKnight	Purdue	21
Jeff Horner	Iowa	21
Je'Kel Foster	Ohio State	21
Robert Vaden	Indiana	20
Adam Haluska	Iowa	20
Paul Davis	Michigan State	20
Mohamed Hachad	Northwestern	20

Steal % (min 25% of team minutes)

Player______________	Team__________	Stl%
Rico Tucker	Minnesota	4.06%
T.J. Parker	Northwestern	4.06%
Dani Wohl	Michigan	4.02%
Brent Lawson	Minnesota	3.78%
Luther Head	Illinois	3.74%
Pierre Pierce	Iowa	3.72%
Michael Jenkins	Northwestern	3.69%
Vincent Grier	Minnesota	3.60%
Dee Brown	Illinois	3.51%
Roderick Wilmont	Indiana	3.51%
Pat Ewing	Indiana	3.47%
Mohamed Hachad	Northwestern	3.42%
Paul Davis	Michigan State	3.08%
Je'Kel Foster	Ohio State	3.00%
Shannon Brown	Michigan State	2.96%
Aaron Robinson	Minnesota	2.96%

Blocks

Player______________	Team__________	Blk
Jeff Hagen	Minnesota	34
D.J. White	Indiana	34
Erek Hansen	Iowa	31
Courtney Sims	Michigan	25
Gary Ware	Purdue	22
Brent Petway	Michigan	20
James Augustine	Illinois	18
Geary Claxton	Penn State	16
Mike Wilkinson	Wisconsin	16
Greg Brunner	Iowa	14
A.J. Ratliff	Indiana	12
Jason MacDougald	Penn State	12
Paul Davis	Michigan State	11
Carl Landry	Purdue	10
J.J. Sullinger	Ohio State	9
Terence Dials	Ohio State	9
Matt Kiefer	Purdue	9

Blocks per 40 Minutes (min 25% of team minutes)

Player______________	Team__________	Blk/40
Erek Hansen	Iowa	4.56
Gary Ware	Purdue	3.62
Jeff Hagen	Minnesota	3.06
Brent Petway	Michigan	2.92
D.J. White	Indiana	2.91
Courtney Sims	Michigan	2.82
Alex Thompson	Iowa	1.96
James Augustine	Illinois	1.60
Pat Ewing	Indiana	1.35
A.J. Ratliff	Indiana	1.24
Mike Wilkinson	Wisconsin	1.21
Nick Smith	Illinois	1.17
Geary Claxton	Penn State	1.16
Mike Thompson	Northwestern	1.10
Paul Davis	Michigan State	1.05

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Hawkeye Hoops Stats Glossary
Here are equations for a few uncommon statistics that are commonly used at Hawkeye Hoops.

TEAM RATINGS

*Team Possessions = FGA - Oreb + TO + (0.4 x FTA)

*Offensive Efficiency = (Points Scored / Possessions) x 100

*Defensive Efficiency = (Points Allowed / Possessions) x 100

Expected Winning % = Offensive Efficiency^10 / (Offensive Efficiency^10 + Defensive Efficiency^10)

*Scoring Possession = any possession on which the team scores at least 1 point

Four Factors = rate stats measuring a team's effectiveness at each component of the possessions formula. They include adjFG%, TO/poss, Oreb rate, and either FTA/FGA or FTM/FGA.

Offensive Rebound Rate (Oreb rate) = Oreb / (Oreb + Opponent's Dreb)
- measures a team's ability to extend possessions through offensive rebounds

Defensive Rebound Rate (Dreb rate) = Dreb / (Dreb + Opponent's Oreb)
- measures a team's success at ending their opponent's possession after they force a missed shot

Total Rebound % = Rebounds / (Rebounds + Opponent's Rebounds)

Adjusted Field Goal % (adjFG%) = [FGM + (0.5 x 3PM)] / FGA

Free Throw Attempts per Field Goal Attempt = FTA / FGA
- measures how frequently a team gets to the free throw line

Three Point Attempts per Field Goal Attempt = 3PA / FGA
- measures how many of a team's shots are three pointers

INDIVIDUAL RATINGS

*Floor Percentage = the ratio of a player's scoring possessions to his total possessions

*Scoring Possessions = contribution to a team scoring possession
- players get credit (and partial credit) toward scoring possessions through field goals, free throws, assists, and offensive rebounds

*Individual Possessions = sum of a player's scoring possessions, missed shots and free throws that are rebounded by the defense, and turnovers

*Points Produced = points a player generates through field goals, free throws, assists, and offensive rebounds
- e.g., when a player scores a 2 pt FG that is assisted on, the shooter and passer each get credited with a fraction of the 2 pts

*Offensive Rating = (Points Produced / Possessions) x 100

*Percent of Team Possessions (%Poss) = [(individual possessions) / 40 min] / (team possessions / game)
- an estimate of how much of a team's possessions a player uses while he's playing
- players' offensive ratings generally increase as they use fewer possessions, and fall when they use more

**Rebound % = Rebounds / [(Team Rebounds + Opponent's Rebounds) x (Minutes / Team Minutes)]

**True Shot % (TS%) = Points / [2 x (Field Goals Attempted + 0.44 x Free Throws Attempted)]

Steal % = Steals / [Team Possessions x (Minutes / Team Minutes)]

Pass Rating = "Assist Part" / Individual Possessions
- "assist part" is a component of Oliver's Points Produced formula - it estimates the points a player produces through assists

Free Throw Rate = (FT Made x FT%) / min x 100
- I first saw this at Justin Kubatko's awesome Basketball-Reference

Three Point Rate = (3pt Made x 3pt%) / min x 100
- another creation of Mr. Kubatko



*from Dean Oliver's Basketball On Paper

**I think these are generally credited to John Hollinger, author of Basketball Prospectus
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