[Paint Touches] Player grades from Hoop-Explorer

[PaintTouches]

Far be it from me to step on Tower's game analysis toes, but it came to my attention that even the nerdiest of peeps I talk to weren't aware of Hoop-Explorer's Player Impact grades that are published after every game. It's an insane set of regressions I won't pretend to understand, but the results seem pretty good.

LINK HERE

To make it easier, I pulled out the individual player scores for every game this season and put them in a dashboard in the link above. (I'm using an intentionally difficult to see image to get you to click)

[tower912]

Please, for the love of all that is good, step on my toes.  I will happily cede it to you.  I love reading the numbers stuff. 


And those are some very interesting numbers.

[GoldenEagles03]

Very interesting.

Really shows the inconsistency of the Freshman and bench as a whole, and the recent drop off from 4 non-Kam starters minus the most recent from Stevie.

[BrewCity83]

This is super cool--love it

[MU82]

I love that. You gonna update that graphic after every game?

[The Sultan]

This is super cool--love it

It is...but you can't have all those red blocks in the upper left hand corner.

[FairWeatherEagle]

Thanks, love the charts and graphs with color that's meaningful.

I would only say your interpretation with 10+ being All American is a bit generous though certainly we've had a few of those this season.

But that's a quibble. It's great stuff. Kudos to you and Brewcity77 for providing stuff like this.

[Shooter McGavin]

Great stuff.  Thank you.  Really backs up the eye test. 

Some of the fall off with Ben is hopefully due to injury. And as Rico has mentioned Tre being injured could be having a clear impact on his performance all season.

[MuggsyB]

Ty.

[PaintTouches]

I love that. You gonna update that graphic after every game?

Takes a few hours, but I'll do my best. The dashboard is updated with last night's scores.

[StillWarriors]

Takes a few hours, but I'll do my best. The dashboard is updated with last night's scores.

Thank you! Really interesting to see how the stats meet the eye test.

[BrewCity83]

It is...but you can't have all those red blocks in the upper left hand corner.

You're right.  The updated chart for this morning's upper left corner is all green.  Gotta get a string of those going.

[tower912]

If this can't be used as a tool to criticize players and Shaka for nut hitting the portal, then what is the point?

What would it have shown for the Chones/Alcindor match up?

[nairb]

If this can't be used as a tool to criticize players and Shaka for nut hitting the portal, then what is the point?

What would it have shown for the Chones/Alcindor match up?

What does "Brad Davidsoning" the portal even mean?

[tower912]

Glorious.  No way I am changing that.

[Shooter McGavin]

Great stuff.  Thank you.  Really backs up the eye test. 

Some of the fall off with Ben is hopefully due to injury. And as Rico has mentioned Tre being injured could be having a clear impact on his performance all season.

Tre must have looked at the graph before the game.😂 I know it was only seton hall but he played well.  Liked what he said after the game about finally not feeling pressure all the time on the court.  Hope his confidence continues to grow.  I'm especially excited about how Shaka stated the second team in practice is getting more confident and sometimes beating the starters while scrimmaging.  Hopefully this can be a watershed  time of the year for the growth and winning portion of the three step plan. 

[romey]

Great night for Ben.  Also noticed that the highest single-game number after Kam's two best games was Ben's game vs. the BADgers.

[PaintTouches]

I would only say your interpretation with 10+ being All American is a bit generous though certainly we've had a few of those this season.

I got some help from the creator of the site as to how best to interpret the scale.

0-2: Role player/deep bench
2-4: Rotation caliber
4-6: Starter
6-8: Star
8-10: All Conference
10+: All American

For the full season, there are only 11 players above the 10.0 threshold.
1. Broome: +12
2. Flagg: +11.9
6. Kam: +10.6

Obviously you will have individual games that far surpass the general scale, but overall I do think it holds up. 

[RJax55]

I got some help from the creator of the site as to how best to interpret the scale.

0-2: Role player/deep bench
2-4: Rotation caliber
4-6: Starter
6-8: Star
8-10: All Conference
10+: All American

For the full season, there are only 11 players above the 10.0 threshold.
1. Broome: +12
2. Flagg: +11.9
6. Kam: +10.6

Obviously you will have individual games that far surpass the general scale, but overall I do think it holds up. 

Yep. And, it is a solid look at why guys like Broome, Flagg and Kam are going to be All-Americans. They are playing at a high level almost every game.

[MU82]

Takes a few hours, but I'll do my best. The dashboard is updated with last night's scores.

It takes you a few hours? Huh. It only takes me a few minutes to view it!

Seriously, thanks for your efforts so far, and for whatever you do going forward.

[Hards Alumni]

Such an excellent post.  Love being able to visualize this kind of thing.

[mileskishnish72]

Love the data. I hope it aligns with Scoop's SOTG awards.

[taylor999]

It's cool to see how players like Broome and Kam are consistently showing up.

[MU82]

Broome really swept to the top of the standings. He's cleaning up in lots of categories.

[MuMark]

Our starting lineup has done quite well

https://x.com/evanmiya/status/1893012048684208614?s=61&t=6XPB8f4sAKmJIzxgMcsCjw