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prediction for Kansas State game

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13 hours 55 minutes ago #34412 by asteroid
In this upside down world, we have a traditional basketball school winning a
football championship, and we have a traditional football school being one of
three remaining undefeated Division I basketball teams.  Why am I bringing
this up?  It's because Kansas State lost by just a single point to this
undefeated opponent.  That alone should be enough to warn the Jayhawks not
to take the Wildcats lightly.  Never mind their 1-5 conference record.  Add
to that the fact that it has been a while (the 2021-2022 season) since Kansas
won in Manhattan (and no, I'm not talking about Madison Square Garden).  And
Peterson, if he plays, will likely be slowed down by the after-effects of the 
rolled ankle he sustained in Boulder.

So much for the Doom and Gloom.  The usual prognosticators are picking Kansas
to win the game by anywhere from 1 to 9 points, the average being 5.9 points
with a scatter of 1.9 points.

Kansas State has already played five games "better than they are" and only
three games "worse than they are".  Of course, the laws of statistics do not
preclude another "better than they are" performance, but it is more likely
that they'd play one of those "who you are" games (that is, within ten points
of expectation), and a small chance of playing another "worse than you are"
game.  The Wildcats have not been very consistent this season.

The one statistic that kind of sticks out like a sore thumb is that the
Wildcats are Pomeroy's #18 team in terms of tempo.  They have 72.3 possessions
per game compared to just 67.4 for Kansas.  It's reasonable to expect a
somewhat higher scoring game.  Then again, the Wildcats have to go up against
Pomeroy's #13 defense, and with one of their three-point specialists out for
the game, it could also turn into a lowering scoring game.  See how easy it is
to cover all the bases?

Kansas State does show a negative trend, but of only marginal statistical
significance.  Their mental toughness value is not significant.  Kansas is
just the opposite, in that there is no significance to the trend, but the
mental toughness rating is definitely negative, while actually helps when
playing a weaker opponent.

Self indicated that the team bus would leave for Manhattan a little earlier
than usual to get there before the storm hit.  Let's hope the Fox broadcast
team did as well.  The Jayhawks have a mid-week bye, so if they get stuck in
Manhattan, no big deal.  (Yeah, I suppose it could hinder preparations for
the BYU game.)

Stay warm.  

Rock Chalk!

Greenfield Stats Comparison
===========================
Offensive Stats      KSU     KU      Defensive Stats      KSU     KU
Points/Game         85.3    77.8     Opp Points/Game     80.2    67.6
Avg Score Margin    +5.1   +10.3     Opp Effective FG %  50.7    44.3
Assists/Game        19.1    15.1     Off Rebounds/Gm      9.7     8.4
Total Rebounds/Gm   36.7    39.5     Def Rebounds/Gm     23.1    28.2
Effective FG %      55.3    53.9     Blocks/Game          3.8     6.3
Off Rebound %       30.3    27.3     Steals/Game          6.7     5.6
FTA/FGA            0.282   0.335     Personal Fouls/Gm   20.1    14.6
Turnover %          14.8    13.1   

My Stats Comparison        KU              KSU
===================   =============   ============
performance           +1.37           +1.54    
inconsistency          9.92           12.36    
trend                 +0.02 ± 0.43    -0.59 ± 0.51
mental toughness      -0.47 ± 0.25    -0.13 ± 0.20         
average total pts     145.89          165.47 

Common Opponents
================
There is one common opponent, in conference:

KU   -6 UCF on road ( -2 neutral court)
KSU  -9 UCF at home (-13 neutral court)
KU   +7 KSU on road (+11 neutral court)

Players to Watch
================
most minutes       P. J. Haggerty (guard)
most points        P. J. Haggerty (guard)
most rebounds      P. J. Haggerty (guard)
most assists       P. J. Haggerty (guard)
most steals        Nate Johnson (guard)
most blocks        Dorin Buca (center)
most turnovers     P. J. Haggerty (guard)
most fouls         Elias Rapieque (forward)
most patients      Julian Bashir (doctor, DS9)

Sharpshooter Abdi Bashir Jr. is out following surgery for a stress fracture; he
is second on the team in points per game.  Forward Khamari McGriff is questionable
for the game; he is fifth on the team in points per game.  Forward Elias Rapieque
is also questionable for the game; he doesn't score much, but averages nearly
18 minutes per game.  Perhaps these injuries are responsible for Kansas State's
rough start in conference action.  Anyway, it seems the key to winning the game is
to put Marcus Garrett on Haggerty.  Oh wait...

                                                          14-5           10-9
                       Margin   Predicted   Win Prb      Kansas      Kansas State
Predictor              points     Score     percent   Rating   SOS   Rating   SOS 
====================   ======   =========   =======   ============   ============
Massey                  +5.00   77   72       68       # 16   #  3    # 79   # 57
Pomeroy                 +7.51   86   79       76.1     # 17   #  2    # 84   # 43
Greenfield              +4.50   83   78.5              # 17   #  7    # 67   # 59
Dunkel                  +1.50   79   78                # 22           # 89
Vegas (via Dunkel)      +4.50   82   78                                        
Dolphin Predictive      +7.67   82   74       73.9     # 16   #  6    # 78   # 51
DPPI                    +4.80   80   75       63.9     # 16   #  1    # 88   # 46 
ESPN Bet/BPI            +4.50   82.5 78                # 15   #  3    # 67   # 43
Whitlock                +6.31                          # 18   #  2    # 89   # 33
Colley Matrix           +7.00                          # 17   #  2    # 94   # 30 
Donchess                +5.90   83   77       70.1     # 17   #  2    # 68   # 46
Haslametrics            +8.93   83   74                # 23           # 96
INCCStats               +7.00   82   75       75.2     # 19           # 85
common opponents        +7.00                                   
NCAA NET                                               # 18           # 82
LRMC                                                   #      #       #      #   
Massey composite                                       # 18           # 88
Pomeroy offense                                        # 38           # 75
Pomeroy defense                                        # 13           #103
Pomeroy tempo                                          #189           # 18
====================   ======   =========   =======   ============   ============ 
average                 +5.87   81.8 76.2     71.2 
scatter                  1.88    2.4  2.3      4.7

Here is Kansas' season, for which the projected record is currently 21-10:

SITE   OPPONENT                         SCORE    PREDIC    ERROR    PROB.
----   -----------------------------   -------   ------    -----    -----
HOME   #238 Green Bay                   94  51   +23.00   +20.00
AWAY   # 33 North Carolina              74  87    +0.20   -13.20
HOME   #183 Texas A&M Corpus Chris      77  46   +21.27    +9.73
HOME   #230 Princeton                   76  57   +23.15    -4.15
NEUT   #  3 Duke                        66  78    -5.19    -6.81
NEUT   # 83 Notre Dame                  71  61    +9.74    +0.26
NEUT   # 71 Syracuse                    71  60    +9.14    +1.86
NEUT   # 23 Tennessee                   81  76    +1.25    +3.75
HOME   # 11 Connecticut                 56  61    +1.31    -6.31
NEUT   # 55 Missouri                    80  69    +7.13    +3.87
AWAY   # 28 N.C. State                  77  76    -0.57    +1.57
HOME   #159 Towson                      73  49   +19.16    +4.84
HOME   #130 Davidson                    90  61   +17.64   +11.36
AWAY   # 46 UCF                         75  81    +2.91    -8.91
HOME   # 53 TCU                        104 100   +10.40    -6.40
AWAY   # 58 West Virginia               75  86    +3.38   -14.38
HOME   #  5 Iowa St.                    84  63    -0.25   +21.25
HOME   # 48 Baylor                      80  62    +9.81    +8.19
AWAY   # 80 Colorado                    75  69    +6.46    -0.46
AWAY   # 84 Kansas St.                  86  79    +7.51             0.761
HOME   # 14 BYU                         82  79    +2.66             0.599
AWAY   # 19 Texas Tech                  76  80    -3.43             0.373
HOME   #115 Utah                        89  71   +17.40             0.950
HOME   #  2 Arizona                     78  81    -3.11             0.384
AWAY   #  5 Iowa St.                    73  80    -7.25             0.247
AWAY   # 66 Oklahoma St.                87  81    +6.02             0.715
HOME   # 54 Cincinnati                  77  66   +10.89             0.848
HOME   #  4 Houston                     70  70    -0.07             0.497
AWAY   #  2 Arizona                     75  85   -10.11             0.170
AWAY   # 92 Arizona St.                 85  77    +7.92             0.773
HOME   # 84 Kansas St.                  90  75   +14.51             0.915

Here is Kansas State's season:

SITE   OPPONENT                         SCORE    PREDIC    ERROR    PROB.
----   -----------------------------   -------   ------    -----    -----
HOME   #309 UNC Greensboro              93  64   +19.69    +9.31
HOME   #285 Bellarmine                  98  71   +17.48    +9.52
HOME   # 74 California                  99  96    +2.51    +0.49
HOME   # 60 Tulsa                       84  83    +1.12    -0.12
NEUT   # 85 Mississippi St.             98  77    +0.51   +20.49
NEUT   # 12 Nebraska                    85  86   -12.21   +11.21
AWAY   # 35 Indiana                     69  86   -10.40    -6.60
HOME   #112 Bowling Green               66  82    +6.81   -22.81
HOME   # 49 Seton Hall                  67  78    -0.62   -10.38
HOME   #365 Mississippi Valley St.     108  49   +34.75   +24.25
AWAY   # 52 Creighton                   83  76    -7.10   +14.10
HOME   #281 South Dakota               106  76   +18.52   +11.48
HOME   #358 Louisiana Monroe            94  85   +28.28   -19.28
HOME   # 14 BYU                         73  83    -8.88    -1.12
AWAY   #  2 Arizona                     76 101   -22.15    -2.85
AWAY   # 92 Arizona St.                 84  87    -2.68    -0.32
HOME   # 46 UCF                         73  82    -0.89    -8.11
AWAY   # 66 Oklahoma St.                83  84    -5.19    +4.19
HOME   #115 Utah                        81  78    +7.21    -4.21
HOME   # 17 Kansas                      79  86    -7.51             0.239
AWAY   # 58 West Virginia               74  80    -6.38             0.273
HOME   #  5 Iowa St.                    78  90   -11.58             0.137
AWAY   # 53 TCU                         77  84    -7.06             0.252
HOME   # 54 Cincinnati                  79  79    +0.23             0.509
AWAY   #  4 Houston                     69  87   -17.74             0.047
HOME   # 48 Baylor                      88  88    -0.82             0.469
AWAY   # 19 Texas Tech                  78  93   -14.47             0.086
AWAY   # 80 Colorado                    86  90    -4.08             0.350
HOME   # 53 TCU                         80  81    -0.06             0.498
HOME   # 58 West Virginia               78  77    +0.62             0.523
AWAY   # 17 Kansas                      75  90   -14.51             0.085
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