Pittsburg State vs. Kansas State
I don't know about everyone else, but I wouldn't be mad if no one but Mike Beasley attempted a two point jumper the rest of the year:
Beasley: 5-10 on two point jumpers.
Rest of team: 0-15.
Yikes.
Sacramento State vs. Kansas State
Blake Young's first half was encouraging. I was very happy to see he was perfect on two point jumpers.
And Mike Beasley is incredible.
Fort Hays State vs. Kansas State (exhibition)
Sorry, no substitution data.
Thoughts:
Props to Bill Walker for making a jump shot!!! His interior shooting continues its insane pace. I heard Brian Smoller on the radio blame some "in and outs" on jump shots on "new rims". Seriously.
Early indications are that the Pullen > Stewart statement is ridiculous.
Mike Beasley. Damn.
Blake! You're like a 4% jump shooter from inside the arc! How?!?!?
Looks like Kansas didn't share substitution data for the exhibition, so you just get a shooting box:
Pittsburg State vs. Kansas (exhibition)
Shooting boxes explained here
Notable stat: Pitt State was 2-5 on layups, tips, and dunks in a 76 possession game. Wow.
I should be able to get the UT box, but the rest of the early exhibitions have spotty info. Keep checking for updates.
Still planning on getting previews finished, and I will have an efficiency and shooting box for the big showdown with FHSU.
Exhibitions for the entire conference start this week, and I'll see what I can do about some box scores for those games, also.
Stay tuned...
I've been tossing around the idea of expanding to football, and now seems like a good time to start. KSU's fanbase has been very upset with the offense (despite having the defense give up 30 points at home, and it could have been worse.) People say they don't establish the run well enough, don't go vertical enough, aren't creative enough, etc. After looking at some stats, I think the problem is that the offensive coaches are great gameplanners, but poor at making adjustments on the fly.
cfbstats.com is a wonderful site
I love the situational statistics, and KSU's numbers are pretty interesting:
Passing offense by quarter:
1st: 45-62 (72.6%), 517 yards, 4 TD, 0 INT, 163.92 Rating
2nd: 35-61 (57.4%), 339 yards, 0 TD, 3 INT, 94.22
3rd: 37-58, (63.7%), 368 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT, 125.02
4th: 24-42, (57.1%), 149 yards, 1 TD, 3 INT, 80.51
Rushing by quarter:
1st: 30 att, 152 yards, 5.07 ypc
2nd: 23 att, 72 yards, 3.13 ypc
3rd: 40 att, 150 yards, 3.75 ypc
4th: 44 att, 175, yards, 3.97 ypc
Yards per play by quarter:
1st: 7.27 ypp
2nd: 4.89
3rd: 5.29
4th: 3.77
The defense has a dip in the 2nd quarter, but is much more steady.
Defensive yards per play by quarter:
1st: 4.14 ypp
2nd: 4.85
3rd: 4.49
4th: 4.09
Thoughts:
That 2nd quarter offensive offensive dip is incredible. I realize you can't just point to the opposition's in-game adjustments as the sole reason for the horrible 2nd quarter performance, (early leads could have something to do with it), but you can't ignore a 30% decrease in production and the TD and INT numbers. It's pretty obvious that most KSU games will be won or lost in the first quarter.
If KSU comes out flat and is tied or trailing after the 1st quarter tomorrow night, and you're worried about getting home too far after your bedtime, you might want to think about beating the traffic and hope you hear a couple Wyatt Thompson punt return calls.
