2011 Ratings- Conference Halfway Point

The full spreadsheet can be found here. The what and why is here.

Quick notes: The Big Ten is definitely better than in recent years. The efficiency ratings are up across the board, and this despite the loss of a *lot* of key players. I did include six players in my ratings that may not play again this season (Nolen, Joseph, Watford, Lucious, Creek, and Hart), but none of them are real outliers who would've affected the data. And quick btw- check out MSU's presence in the ratings- one wonders how they're playing so poorly, until you look at Korie Lucious' numbers and see that he was playing pretty well in the Big Ten game (11.7/.3017). It's little wonder that the Sparties have crashed with only the disappointing Summers and Appling (and walk-ons) to rely on otherwise on the wing.

The Highlights
Overall per-game mean: 10.7
Overall per-game median: 9.8
Overall per-possession mean: .3069
Overall per-possession median: .3017

Top 10 per-possession
1. Draymond Green, MSU (.6523)
2. Trevor Mbakwe, Minnesota (.5742)
3. Jordan Taylor, Wisconsin (.5415)
4. Jeff Brooks, Penn State (.5305)
5. Derrick Nix, MSU (.5283)
6. Jared Sullinger, OSU (.5171)
7. Delvon Roe, MSU (.5141)
8. Jereme Richmond, Illinois (.4963)
9. Darius Morris, Michigan (.4933)
10. Keaton Nankivil, Wisconsin (.4903)

Top 10 per-game
1. Draymond Green, MSU (33.0)
2. Jeff Brooks, Penn State (29.6)
3. Trevor Mbakwe, Minnesota (28.7)
4. Jared Sullinger, OSU (28.5)
5. Jordan Taylor, Wisconsin (28.3)
6. JaJuan Johnson, Purdue (27.5)
7. Etwuann Moore, Purdue (24.8)
8. Darius Morris, Michigan (24.6)
9. Kalin Lucas, MSU (23.1)
10. Delvon Roe, MSU (22.2)

Freshman 15 - First team
Jared Sullinger, OSU (28.5/.5171)
Jereme Richmond, Illinois (15.9/.4963)
Melsahn Basabe, Iowa (20.2/.4879)
Aaron Craft, OSU (17.6/.3643)
Victor Oladipo, Indiana (12.1/.3807)

Second team:
Adriean Payne, MSU (3.7/.4156)
Deshaun Thomas, OSU (6.2/.3138)
Chip Armelin, Minnesota (5.0/.3183)
Terone Johnson, Purdue (9.3/.3196)
Josh Gasser, Wisconsin (12.1/.3918)

Third team:
Travis Carroll, Purdue (4.7/.2834)
Jordan Morgan, Michigan (8.9/.2516)
Will Sheehey, Indiana (5.4/.2816)
Tim Hardaway, Jr., Michigan (12.1/.2689)
Jershon Cobb, Northwestern (12.9/.2842)

[HM: Jon Horford, Michigan (3.7/.2939)]