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7 years 7 months ago #16315 by asteroid
Perhaps it's a good thing that Kansas has more road games left than home
games, as the Jayhawks have played better on the road than at home.  Let's
hope that trend continues this Saturday.

Asterisk, round two.  Seven Overtimes had the venue wrong the first time we
played Baylor, and indeed it's wrong again for the rematch in Waco.  That
explains why Kansas is favored by 11 points, the most optimistic of all the
various prognostications.  The most pessimistic is Sagarin's Recent Games
method, which has Baylor by 7 points.  Dunkel has also picked Baylor by a
single point, while the trend adjustment favors Baylor slightly in an
overtime game.  Everybody else likes Kansas, except the common opponents
comparison, where Kansas has more of the favorable comparisons, but falls
short in the average by less than a tenth of a point.

Among the eight key offensive stats, Kansas has the advantage in five of them;
Baylor grabs more total rebounds per game, gets a higher offensive rebound
percentage, and attempts more free throws per field goal attempt.  Among the
seven key defensive stats, Kansas has the advantage in only three, namely
opponents' effective field goal percentage, steals per game, and personal
fouls per game.

Common Opponents
================
There are nine common opponents, Texas Southern and all the other conference
members, two of which Baylor has played twice (Iowa State and Oklahoma State),
and two of which Kansas has played twice (TCU and Kansas State), plus the
head-to-head in Lawrence, giving us fourteen scores to compare:

KU  +43 TxS at home (+40 neutral court)
BU  +31 TxS at home (+28 neutral court)
KU   +9 BU  on road (+12 neutral court)

KU  -12 TTU at home (-15 neutral court)
BU  -24 TTU on road (-21 neutral court)
KU   +3 BU  on road ( +6 neutral court)

KU   +7 TCU at home ( +4 neutral court)     KU   +4 TCU on road ( +7 neutral court)
BU   -3 TCU at home ( -6 neutral court)     BU   -3 TCU at home ( -6 neutral court)
KU   +7 BU  on road (+10 neutral court)     KU  +10 BU  on road (+13 neutral court)

KU   +6 UT  on road ( +9 neutral court)
BU   +9 UT  at home ( +6 neutral court)
KU    0 BU  on road ( +3 neutral court)

KU   +5 WVU on road ( +8 neutral court)
BU   -3 WVU on road (  0 neutral court)
KU   +5 BU  on road ( +8 neutral court)

KU   +5 ISU at home ( +2 neutral court)     KU   +5 ISU at home ( +2 neutral court)
BU  -10 ISU on road ( -7 neutral court)     BU  +14 ISU at home (+11 neutral court)
KU   +6 BU  on road ( +9 neutral court)     KU  -12 BU  on road ( -9 neutral court)

KU   -5 OSU at home ( -8 neutral court)     KU   -5 OSU at home ( -8 neutral court)
BU  +16 OSU at home (+13 neutral court)     BU  +11 OSU on road (+14 neutral court)
KU  -24 BU  on road (-21 neutral court)     KU  -25 BU  on road (-22 neutral court)

KU   +1 KSU at home ( -2 neutral court)     KU  +14 KSU on road (+17 neutral court)
BU   -7 KSU at home (-10 neutral court)     BU   -7 KSU at home (-10 neutral court)
KU   +5 BU  on road ( +8 neutral court)     KU  +24 BU  on road (+27 neutral court)

KU   -5 OU  on road ( -2 neutral court)
BU   -2 OU  on road ( +1 neutral court)
KU   -6 BU  on road ( -3 neutral court)

KU   +3 BU  at home (  0 neutral court)
KU   -3 BU  on road (  0 neutral court)

Eight of the comparisons favor Kansas while five favor Baylor, with one being a
wash.  The most favorable for Baylor is their most recent game in Stillwater,
implying a 25 point win for the Bears, while the most favorable for Kansas is
the win over Kansas State in Manhattan, implying a 24 point win for the Jayhawks.
The average actually favors Baylor, but by only 0.07 points, with a scatter of
13.27 points.

Players to Watch
================
Most minutes          Manu Lecomte              guard
Leading scorer        Manu Lecomte              guard
Leading rebounder     Jo Acuil                  forward
Most assists          Manu Lecomte              guard
Most steals           Jake Lindsey              guard
Most blocks           Jo Acuil                  forward
Most turnovers        Jo Acuil                  forward
Most fouls            Jo Acuil                  forward

                                                          18-5           14-10    
                       Margin   Predicted   Win Prb      Kansas         Baylor
Predictor              points     Score     percent   Rating   SOS    Rating   SOS 
====================   ======   =========   =======   =============   =============
Sagarin Overall         +2.38   76   73                #  6   #  6     # 30   # 12 
Sagarin Predictor       +3.23   76   73       60.7     #  6   #  6     # 32   # 12 
Sagarin Golden Mean     +2.94   76   73                #  7   #  6     # 34   # 12 
Sagarin Recent Games    -7.37   71   78                # 29   #  6     #  9   # 12 
Sagarin Off-Def Meth    +3.87   74   70                                           
Sagarin Combo           +5.82   77   71                #  4   #  8     # 51   # 22
Sagarin Elo             +7.00   78   71                #  7   #  8     # 72   # 22
Sagarin Blue            +4.00   76   72                #  6   #  8     # 39   # 22
performance adjust      +4.08   76   72           
trend adjust            -0.24   74   74           
Massey                  +1.00   73   72       51.0     # 13   #  3     # 58   # 39 
Pomeroy                 +1.62   73   71                # 11   #  7     # 40   # 32
Greenfield              +1.50   74   73                #  7   #  6     # 32   # 16
Dunkel                  -1.00   75.5 76.5              # 12            # 48       
Vegas (via Dunkel)      +2.00   73.5 71.5                                         
Real Time RPI           +3.00   80   77                #  8   #  4     # 83   # 37 
Real Time GAMER         +3.00   80   77       55.1     #  8   #  4     # 83   # 37 
Dolphin Predictive      +2.36   74   72       58.1     #  9   #  6     # 41   # 26
ESPN BPI                +3.30                 62.6     #  7   # 21     # 40   # 20
Seven Overtimes        +11.00   80   69       90.0     #  5   #  3     #102   # 39
Whitlock                +4.02                          #  9   #  3     # 48   # 49       
DPPI                    +2.90   72   69       59.5     #  9   #  2     # 39   # 41
Colley Matrix           +9.42                          #  6   #  2     # 77   # 33
CBN RPI                                                #  6   #  1     # 76   # 40
LRMC                                                   #  9   #  1     # 38   # 41
common opponents        -0.07                     
====================   ======   =========   =======   ============    ============ 
average                 +2.91 +/- 3.53

So the average favors Kansas by a field goal (of the football variety), though the
scatter is larger, suggesting that it would be easy for the game to go either way.

Here is Kansas' season; all remaining games are projected wins, except
for the game in Lubbock, which remains a toss-up, though now favoring
Texas Tech slightly.  The projected season record remains at 24-7:

SITE   OPPONENT                         SCORE    PREDIC    ERROR    PROB.
----   -----------------------------   -------   ------    -----    -----
HOME   #200 Tennessee State             92  56   +25.95   +10.05
NEUT   # 16 Kentucky                    65  61    +4.89    -0.89
HOME   # 94 South Dakota State          98  64   +17.13   +16.87
HOME   #233 Texas Southern             114  71   +28.06   +14.94
HOME   #148 Oakland-Mich.              102  59   +21.62   +21.38
HOME   #110 Toledo                      96  58   +19.12   +18.88
NEUT   # 48 Syracuse                    76  60    +8.48    +7.52
HOME   # 97 Washington                  65  74   +17.65   -26.65
HOME   # 37 Arizona State               85  95   +10.32   -20.32
AWAY   # 66 Nebraska                    73  72    +8.13    -7.13
HOME   #256 Omaha(Neb.-Omaha)          109  64   +29.40   +15.60
AWAY   # 86 Stanford                    75  54    +9.96   +11.04
AWAY   # 34 Texas                       92  86    +3.62    +2.38
HOME   # 11 Texas Tech                  73  85    +6.25   -18.25
AWAY   # 22 TCU                         88  84    +2.23    +1.77
HOME   # 80 Iowa State                  83  78   +15.93   -10.93
HOME   # 47 Kansas State                73  72   +11.49   -10.49
AWAY   #  8 West Virginia               71  66    -1.93    +6.93
HOME   # 32 Baylor                      70  67    +9.57    -6.57
AWAY   # 20 Oklahoma                    80  85    +1.96    -6.96
HOME   # 24 Texas A&M                   79  68    +8.68    +2.32
AWAY   # 47 Kansas State                70  56    +5.15    +8.85
HOME   # 53 Oklahoma State              79  84   +13.08   -18.08
HOME   # 22 TCU                         71  64    +8.57    -1.57
AWAY   # 32 Baylor                                +3.23             0.607
AWAY   # 80 Iowa State                            +9.59             0.760
HOME   #  8 West Virginia                         +4.41             0.625
HOME   # 20 Oklahoma                              +8.30             0.761
AWAY   # 11 Texas Tech                            -0.09             0.497
HOME   # 34 Texas                                 +9.96             0.805
AWAY   # 53 Oklahoma State                        +6.74             0.720

Here is Baylor's season:

SITE   OPPONENT                         SCORE    PREDIC    ERROR    PROB.
----   -----------------------------   -------   ------    -----    -----
HOME   #211 Central Arkansas           107  66   +20.06   +20.94
HOME   #287 Texas A&M-CorpusChristi     70  46   +24.98    -0.98
HOME   #340 Alcorn State                78  61   +31.62   -14.62
NEUT   # 68 Wisconsin                   70  65    +5.11    -0.11
NEUT   # 15 Creighton                   65  59    -1.86    +7.86
AWAY   # 12 Xavier-Ohio                 63  76    -6.46    -6.54
HOME   # 13 Wichita State               62  69    +0.10    -7.10
HOME   #217 Sam Houston State           84  56   +20.36    +7.64
Div2        Randall University         105  82
HOME   #233 Texas Southern              99  68   +21.66    +9.34
HOME   #329 Savannah State             118  86   +29.32    +2.68
HOME   #318 Southern U.                 80  60   +27.28    -7.28
AWAY   # 11 Texas Tech                  53  77    -6.49   -17.51
HOME   # 22 TCU                         78  81    +2.17    -5.17
HOME   # 34 Texas                       69  60    +3.56    +5.44
AWAY   #  8 West Virginia               54  57    -8.33    +5.33
AWAY   # 80 Iowa State                  65  75    +3.19   -13.19
HOME   # 53 Oklahoma State              76  60    +6.68    +9.32
AWAY   #  6 Kansas                      67  70    -9.57    +6.57
HOME   # 47 Kansas State                83  90    +5.09   -12.09
AWAY   # 28 Florida                     60  81    -3.69   -17.31
AWAY   # 20 Oklahoma                    96  98    -4.44    +2.44
HOME   # 80 Iowa State                  81  67    +9.53    +4.47
AWAY   # 53 Oklahoma State              67  56    +0.34   +10.66
HOME   #  6 Kansas                                -3.23             0.393
AWAY   # 34 Texas                                 -2.78             0.389
HOME   # 11 Texas Tech                            -0.15             0.494
HOME   #  8 West Virginia                         -1.99             0.436
AWAY   # 22 TCU                                   -4.17             0.325
HOME   # 20 Oklahoma                              +1.90             0.576
AWAY   # 47 Kansas State                          -1.25             0.452
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