Season Efficiency 2016-2017

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Welcome to the new season.
Nothing new this year unless you have any suggestions.
I'll try to keep the opponents efficiency top 25 performances vs Utah updated once a week.
I'm also going to only post efficiency scores of those who played, makes things more efficient :)

If you have anything you'd like me to track that isn't found on ESPN or whatever, just ask.
The score +/- per player is tough for me to track since I don't have that but I can extract whatever numbers we need.

Got it?
Let's go.

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PLAYER
EFF
+/-


Kyle Kuzma
37



Tyler Rawson
20



Jace Johnson
17



Gabe Bealer
14



Devon Daniels
10



Parker VanDyke
1



Jakub Jokl
1



Marc Reininger
0



Jake Connor
0



JoJo Zamora
-2



Lorenzo Bonam
-6




I apologize for not getting these out sooner, I was in Memphis all week for work.
We'll just buzz by these quickly since there isn't much to see here and nothing to compare to.

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PLAYER
EFF
+/-


Devon Daniels
22
+9.0


Parker VanDyke
21
+9.6


JoJo Zamora
21
+7.7


Lorenzo Bonam
16
-0.3


Tyler Rawson
16
-3.0


Kyle Kuzma
15
-9.3


Jakub Jokl
7
+0.3


Gabe Bealer
7
-2.0


Jake Connor
5
+0.3


Jace Johnson
2
-9.0


Marc Reininger
2
+0.3


Beau Rydalch
-1
-4.0



Game 2. Yawn. Utes shoot 53.5%. Only game so far, counting Coppin State

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PLAYER
EFF
+/-


Lorenzo Bonam
25
+8.7


JoJo Zamora
21
+7.7


Tyler Rawson
17
-2.0


Kyle Kuzma
13
-11.3


Jace Johnson
12
+1.0


Parker Van Dyke
12
+0.7


Jake Connor
11
+6.3


Jakub Jokl
8
+1.3


Devon Daniels
5
-8.0


Beau Rydalch
3
--


Gabe Bealer
0
-9


Marc Reininger
-1
-2.7



Yawn game #3. Utes shot the best game of the season from 3 at 42.9% 12/28.
They also had season highs in assists (22) and steals (9) but they also had a season high in fouls (22)
+96 efficiency was a high for the season but it came against a very tired Coppin St team.

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PLAYER
PER
+/-


Devon Daniels
26
+8.8


Lorenzo Bonam
23
+3.0


Tyler Rawson
19
--


Jace Johnson
18
+5.3


Kyle Kuzma
16
-7.8



Gabe Bealer
4
-3.8


JoJo Zamora
4
-7.5


Parker VanDyke
1
-7.3


Jake Connor
-1
-4.8








Last "exhibition" game. Bring on Butler.

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Utah Player
PER
+/-
Butler Player
PER


Kyle Kuzma
16
-6.6
Tyler Wideman
16


Lorenzo Bonam
11
-9.2
Andrew Chrabascz
14


Devon Daniels
7
-8.6
Tyler Lewis
14


Tyler Rawson
6
-11.6
Avery Woodson
11


Jace Johnson
4
-7.4
Kelan Martin
9


Parker Van Dyke
4
-3.0
Henry Baddley
6


JoJo Zamora
-1
-10.0
Kamar Baldwin
4


Gabe Bealer
-2
-8.2
Kethan Savage
1





Nate Fowler
0





Sean McDermott
0



The first real test of the season and I give them a C+. Utah won the battle at the free throw line and that's the only thing that kept them in this game.
Utah was +11 free throws made and +35.2% from the charity stripe. Everything else belonged to Butler. Their defense is really good.

The good. Free throws. Utah shot a season high 81.8% from the free throw line 18/22. Utah also had the 2nd most steals in a game (7) vs a really good passing team.
The Utes did a fair job on the boards even though this was the first time they've been outrebounded. They actually had +1 offensive rebounds over Butler.
The Utes were +6 in possessions but scored a season low for possessions at 70, with that said they allowed a season low 64 possessions.
The Utes scores a season high 20.3% of possessions resulted in a turnover. Also Butler didn't score a single block, Utah was +3

The bad. Utah shot terribly from the field. 36.5% was a season low 19/52 (both season lows). 15% from deep 3/20...all season lows.
Utah had a season low in possessions (70), turnovers per possession 25.6% of possessions, 39.1% of all possessions resulted in a score (first time they dropped below 45% all season)
Utah only had 7.7% of all shots scoring an assist and only had 4 assists which is -11 off their average.

You'll noticed I added Butler's efficiency scores, I like that and I think I'll keep doing that.

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PLAYER
PER
+/-
MONTANA ST
PER


Kyle Kuzma
27
+2.0
Quinton Everett
20


Tyler Rawson
23
+4.2
Tyler Hall
17


Devon Daniels
21
+4.5
Zach Green
13


Lorenzo Bonam
17
-2.7
Joe Mvuezolo Jr.
13


JoJo Zamora
14
+4.2
Harald Frey
9


Parker Van Dyke
8
+0.8
Sam Neumann
5


Jace Johnson
3
-7.7
Benson Osayande
1


Beau Rydalch
2
-0.7
Devin Kirby
1


Marc Reininger
-1
-2.5
Sarp Gobeloglu
-1


Gabe Bealer
-1
-6.0
Devonte Klines
-1




For the second straight game Utah gave up over 20% of assist to shot percentage, but Utah was a season 2nd high at 31.8% of all shots were assisted on.
* - FYI Utah was only 7.7% of assists to shot attempts vs Butler.
Utah had almost a season high for possessions at 81.
Utah tied a season high of 23 free throws made and was 76.7% 23/30 (3rd highest)
Utah only allowed 31 rebounds which was a season low for an opponent but they gave up a season high from three of 52.2% 12/23, also season highs.
Utah attempted only 19 threes, a season low but attempted 66 shots which was +14 more than Butler game.
This was the third time Utah scored over 90 and comes off the season low of 59 vs Butler.
Utah got 44.1% of all offensive rebound opportunities which is 2nd best for the season. Meaning there were 34 offensive rebound opportunities and Utah got 15 of them.
On the defensive boards Utah got 75% of those, 4th highest on the season. Out of 40 defensive rebounding opportunities Utah got 30 of them.
Utah allowed a season low opportunites for defensive boards at 55.9% for Montana State. Meaning they had 34 opportunities they only got 19 of them.
* -FYI those numbers won't add up because of the addition of team rebounds.

For the season Utah has had more blocks than their opponents in every game and has fouled less than their opponent in every game.

Bring on UVU

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I think that's the first tie I've ever seen on efficiency team scores.



PLAYER
PER
+/-
PLAYER
PER


Tyler Rawson
19
+0.1
Isaac Neilson
36


Lorenzo Bonam
18
-1.7
Jordan Poydras
22


Kyle Kuzma
15
-9.7
Brandon Randolph
13


JoJo Zamora
13
+2.4
Zach Nelson
7


Jace Johnson
10
-0.6
Jake Toolson
5


Parker Van Dyke
9
+1.3
Hayden Schenck
4


Devon Daniels
7
-8.7
Kenneth Ogbe
3


Gabe Bealer
2
-2.6
Jared Stutzman
3





Joonas Tahvanainen
1





Ivory Young
-4



*-editing note, I'm going to use the abbreviation for Utah Opponent as UO from now on. It just gets wording using all those letters and stuff.

Not only did Isaac Neilson shatter the opponents PER score with 36 but Poydras is now ranked 2nd for a Utah opponent this season
On the flip side, the 19 from Rawson was the 13th best performance for a Ute this season. FYI Kuzma has the season high with 37 vs NW Nazarene.

The good. Utah shot a season high 45.5% from deep 10/22. They also had their second best turnover performance with only 15% of all possessions ending in a TO.
Utah also shot over 50% from the field for the third time all season. Defensively Utah didn't have a great game and should be happy to escape with a win. This isn't your Dad's JC, this is UVU division I basketball. They are pushing to be a top 3 basketball program in the state. I think after beating BYU and this game, they have a valid argument.

The bad. UVU assisted on 29.2% of all their shot attempts. Meaning they got an assist for 1/3 shots, not shots made but shots. UVU made 32 shots (season high for UO). UVU had 19 assists (season high for UO) 4 blocks tied a season high for UO. UVU made a 2pt basket on 33.7% of all their possessions (2nd only to Butler at 35.9% ). Utah only had 8 offensive rebounds, season low. Utah tied a season low with steals at 2. Utah was -5 in the assist category. Utah scored a season low for offensive rebounding opportunities getting only 26.7% (averaging 36% ). This equates to an 83.3% of defensive rebounding opportunities gathered by UVU, second to NWNaz 87.1%. For only the second game all season (Butler) Utah had a lower basket rate per possession than their opponent on 2 point baskets, unlike Butler though Utah was +4.2% better on 3pt possessions which was the difference in the game.

Utah is 6-1 but this could've easily been a loss with a few bad bounces and smarter play from UVU. The Utes won't be so lucky if they play like that vs Xavier.

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Player
Team
FG
FT
3P
Reb
Ast
Blk
TO
Pts
Eff


1
Isaac Neilson
Utah Valley
13/20
2/5
0/2
15
1
1
0
28
36


2
Jordan Poydras
Utah Valley
8/12
1/1
4/7
1
4
0
1
21
22


3
Dikymbe Martin
UC Riverside
6/11
0/0
3/4
4
5
0
2
15
20


4
Quinton Everett
Montana State
8/15
2/3
3/4
4
3
0
2
21
20


5
Tyler Hall
Montana State
6/15
7/9
3/8
5
2
0
4
22
17


6
Tyler Wideman
Butler
6/6
3/6
0/0
5
0
0
3
15
16


7
Chance Murray
UC Riverside
6/15
2/4
3/8
3
2
0
1
17
14


8
Andrew Chrabascz
Butler
5/7
1/2
0/0
3
3
0
1
11
14


9
Tyler Lewis
Butler
4/6
1/3
1/1
3
6
0
1
10
14


10
Zach Green
Montana State
5/8
3/3
2/3
0
0
0
0
15
13


11
Joe Mvuezolo Jr
Montana State
3/9
3/4
2/3
4
2
4
2
11
13


12
Brandon Randolph
Utah Valley
6/13
2/2
0/2
3
7
0
4
14
13


13
Alex Larsson
UC Riverside
4/9
2/2
0/0
7
0
0
0
10
12


14
Menno Dijkstra
UC Riverside
3/5
0/0
0/0
7
0
2
1
6
12


15
Christopher Edward
Concordia
6/12
0/0
0/0
5
0
2
2
12
11


16
Latrell Wilson
Concordia
3/7
1/1
2/3
4
4
0
2
9
11


17
Avery Woodson
Butler
3/6
0/0
2/4
2
1
0
0
8
11


18
Taylor Harris
Concordia
3/6
1/2
2/3
4
0
0
1
9
9


19
Kelan Martin
Butler
7/15
2/4
2/5
3
2
0
4
18
9


20
Harald Frey
Montana State
2/8
0/0
2/3
4
5
0
0
6
9

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PLAYER
PER
+/-
PLAYER
PER


Devon Daniels
20
+3.3
RaShid Gaston
21


Kyle Kuzma
17
-6.5
Trevon Bluiett
15


Lorenzo Bonam
12
-7.8
Edmond Sumner
14


JoJo Zamora
10
-1.3
JP Macura
12


Jace Johnson
6
-4.0
Malcolm Bernard
8


Parker Van Dyke
1
-5.9
Tyrique Jones
6


Tyler Rawson
1
-15.4
Kaiser Gates
5


Gabe Bealer
0
-4.0
Quentin Goodin
3





Sean O'Mara
1





Tim Stainbrook
-1



Utes only went 8 deep again. I think they did a better job than expected and it was nice to see them not quit.
Several bounces go there way and this game is in there hands. Daniels played great and put up his 4th 20 PER performance of the season.

The good. Xavier only had 3 steals, Utah did a much better job controlling the ball and only suffered 13 turnovers, 3rd lowest for the season.
Utah also shot 51.9% for the gams (2nd highest for season) and had 35% of all possessions end in a 2pt bucket. Shooting so well help Xavier to only 20 defensive rebounds, and they're one of the better rebounding teams. This game was a season low for possession for a UO, Xavier only had 63. Average is 72.6, but that also means Utah had a season low of 66, averaging 74.9. That's it.

The bad. There were plenty to cover. Season low in blocks (2), possessions (66), FT% 66.7%/attempts and makes 8/12, three point attempts (19), rebounds (25) and offensive rebounds (7). They also gave up a season high to UO in offensive rebounds (13), forced turnovers (8) and scores per possessions 54.2%. They said several times that Utah hadn't been out rebounded, well if you account for team rebounds Utah has been outrebounded -4 to Butler, -3 to UVU an -8 vs Xavier. This was the first game Utah had more fouls +4 over a UO. Utah only gathered 58.1% (meaning Xavier missed 31 shots and Utah only collected 18 rebounds) of all defensive rebounding opportunities, averaging 75.4%, this also equated to a season high of UO offensive rebounding opportunities 41.9%. Utah allowing 25.9%

Had this game as a 12 point loss 80-68 so I'll take a 77-69 beat the spread win.

Up next...Prairie View Agricultural and Mechanical University of Prairie View Texas Panthers.

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PLAYER
PER
+/-
PLAYER
PER


Kyle Kuzma
30
+9.3
Zachary Hamilton
20


Tyler Rawson
16
+0.8
Avery Lomax
8


Lorenzo Bonam
14
-0.4
JD Wallace
7


David Collette
13
+13
Jordan Giddings
7


Sedrick Barefield
13
+13
Ja'Donta Blakley
6


Jace Johnson
11
+1.8
Nolan Wilson
2


Parker Van Dyke
7
-0.1
Troy Thompson
1


JoJo Zamora
6
-3.6
Shay'rone Jett
0


Devon Daniels
5
-8.7
Lavonne Davis
0


Gabe Bealer
5
+1.8
Tevin Bellinger
0


Jakub Jokl
1
-3.3
LJ Westbrook
0


Jake Connor
0
-2.5
Daquan Cook
-1


Mark Reininger
-1
-0.8





This game was all about Collette and Barefield. Both put up 13 PER and did not disappoint. The big downside was Collete and 3 fouls and Barefield with 5 turnovers.
Barefield quickly established himself as Utah's three point threat and now leads the team at 62.5% (this after airballing his first attempt). I know it was Prairie View but Barefield is now the 2nd rated player on the team (Kuzma). Collette is 5th.

The Good. Utah only allowed 25 rebounds (average is 32.0). PVAM went 2/19 from deep for 10.5% (2nd low). Utah had a season high 40.7% assists to shot ratio. 22 assists on 54 shots. They also shot a season high 35 free throws. Something I brought up last year was efficiency per possession. If Utah averages +1 efficiency or higher per possession they usually win. Last night was 120 efficiency to 75 possessions for +1.61 eff/poss. Versus Butler they were -0.56 difference and versus Xavier -0.31. UVU they were +0.01. Versus PVAM they were +0.86. Utah scored on 56.2% of their possessions (2nd highest). Utah rebounded 94.9% of all defensive rebounding opportunities and 45.5% of all offensive rebounding opportunities (both 2nd highest on season).

The bad. Versus a weak team Utah appeared to get lazy in the second half. Probably why Daniels got benched. The announcers made it a point of emphasis to say every player is fighting for jobs. This team now has 10 guys averaging over 10 minutes a game. I expect Bealer and Johnson minutes to drop in lieu of Collette and Barefield to bring that number to 8 (although everybodies time will drop those two will become non-existent). Utah only forced 6 turnovers, season low, and were -8 on turnovers. This also lead to being -5 in steals. Utah also was blocked 4 times (4th time this season). Utah only shot 60.0% from the line 21/35 (season high for attempts). Kuzma 8/12, Collette 1/4 (and they weren't even close), everybody else went 1/2, Daniels being the only bright spot at 4/4.

Off to Hawai'i for the Diamondhead Classic (Illinois St and San Diego St are my expected opponents)

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TEAM RANKING
MPG
FGM/G
FGA/G
3PM/G
3PA/G
FTM/G
FTA/G
OFFR/G
DEFR/G
REB/G
AST/G
TO/G
STL/G
BLK/G
PF/G
PTS/G
EFF/G
FG%
3P%
FT%
AST/TO
PTS/MIN
Total


Kyle Kuzma
1
2
1
7
4
1
1
2
1
1
2
10
7
3
6
2
3
9
9
7
2
4
62


Sedrick Barefield
2
1
2
1
1
7
8
12
11
12
1
1
11
1
13
1
1
3
1
9
15
2
77


Lorenzo Bonam
3
3
4
6
4
4
4
7
7
6
3
13
5
2
4
3
5
2
8
5
4
3
79


Tyler Rawson
5
6
6
4
6
5
7
4
2
3
3
8
1
7
11
7
4
6
5
3
1
7
92


David Collette
8
4
2
10
11
7
2
1
3
2
13
1
1
14
13
5
1
6
15
12
15
1
102


Devon Daniels
7
5
8
9
10
2
3
5
5
5
5
12
5
4
10
6
6
3
7
4
5
6
105


JoJo Zamora
4
6
5
2
2
2
4
8
10
9
6
13
8
5
9
4
8
10
3
2
7
5
106


Jace Johnson
9
9
9
10
11
6
6
3
3
4
10
6
3
7
11
9
9
5
15
9
9
8
126


Parker Van Dyke
6
8
7
2
3
12
11
11
6
7
6
10
11
13
8
8
10
12
2
11
6
11
144


Jakub Jokl
13
12
13
10
11
7
9
12
8
8
12
1
4
11
7
12
7
1
15
8
15
10
150


Gabe Bealer
10
11
10
7
8
11
12
9
9
9
9
5
10
10
3
11
13
13
6
6
3
12
161


Beau Rydalch
12
13
12
10
9
10
10
6
11
9
10
6
11
6
1
13
11
14
10
1
9
13
165


Jake Connor
11
10
10
5
7
13
13
12
13
13
8
9
11
11
5
10
12
11
4
13
8
9
171


Marc Reininger
14
14
14
10
11
13
14
10
14
14
13
1
9
9
2
14
14
6
15
15
15
14
182





So what this is is the specific (per game) rankings for each player added up to show the top players. Kuzma ranks 1st in 6 categories. You can see Barefield already ranks 1st in 9 categories, obviously this will go down as the season gets tougher. This is a great overall gauge of the best players on the team.

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PLAYER
PER
+/-
PLAYER
PER


Sedrick Barefield
26
+6.5
Remu Raitanen
15


David Collette
17
+2.0
Mladen Djordjevic
12


Lorenzo Bonam
15
+0.5
Ronnie Boyce
12


Devon Daniels
13
-0.6
Chase Foster
11


Tyler Rawson
11
-3.8
Matt McCarthy
10


Parker Van Dyke
2
-4.6
Frankie Ferrari
9


Gabe Bealer
2
-1.1
Jordan Ratinho
8


Jace Johnson
0
-8.3
Charles Minlend
6


Kyle Kuzma
0
-18.6
Chance Anderson
5


JoJo Zamora
-3
-11.3
Jimob Lull
1





Nate Renfro
-2



Scary to think about this game without Barefield and Collette. Kuzma had his worst performance of his career...obviously.
Shooting 57.1% from three you can beat pretty much anybody.

The good. San Francisco didn't record one single block. The other game that happened...was Butler. The Dons had 23 turnovers (almost double what Utah has been getting) and 26 fouls +5 over average. Utah had 10 steals, they shot 80.8% from the line (2nd highest for season), 83 possessions was a season high and Utah shot 41.2% 7/17 from deep which was the 4th highest of the season. Plus, not in the score book, Utat didn't give up. When San Francisco was shooting lights out and got up 15 or whatever Utah just keep playing and came back.

The bad. I thought San Francisco would drop below 50% for the game but 16/28 is unreal. Both way over what Utah has been allowing. 7.3/20.6 is what Utah has been allowing. 89 points was a season high allowed. Only one other game did a UO shoot over 50% (Butler) from the field 52.5% from the field and 57.1% from deep. That's the 5th time this year a teams has shot better from three than from two but the first time it's been over 50% on both, close in the Xavier game. 19.1% of all San Francisco possessions resulted in a three, that's insane. Most games are around 6%-9%. If it wasn't for the 27.5% of possessions in turnovers SF would've won by 20. Utah had 21 turnovers (season high), 25 rebounds (season low). I know they don't really correlate but Utah has been +28 per game of rebounds to turnovers, they were +4 in this game. 5 offensive rebounds was a season low, that equated to a season low 19.2% of offensive rebounds were had, averaging 34.6%. Utah was also low on defensive rebounding opportunities. 71.4% of all defensive rebounding opportunities were had, average is 77.1%. Utah gave up a season high of defensive rebounds at 88.5% of all Utah shots were rebounded by San Francisco, average is 74.7%. Utah has been outrebounded 4 times (3 losses).

Well, the good news is Illinois State might have destroyed Utah. Bring on the Rainbows.

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PLAYER
PER
+/-
PLAYER
PER


David Collette
18
+2.0
Brocke Stepteau
12


Lorenzo Bonam
17
+2.3
Jack Purchase
8


Jace Johnson
8
-0.3
Ido Flaisher
7


Parker Van Dyke
8
+1.3
Zigmars Raimo
5


Devon Daniels
8
-5.1
Gibson Johnson
3


Gabe Bealer
8
+4.5
Sheriff Drammeh
1


Tyler Rawson
6
-8.0
Larry Lewis Jr
1


Sedrick Barefield
3
-11.0
Noah Allen
0


JoJo Zamora
2
-5.7
Matthew Owies
-2





Leland Green
-4



Terribly inefficient game on both sides. 38.2% shooting combined 39/102, only Coppin St game was worse 44/117 37.6%

The bad. Utah did a much better job across the board but Hawaii did shoot 80% from the line, 16/20 season high for UO. Barefield fouled out, Collette with 4 fouls and Utah has 21 fouls overall (22 Coppin St). The 51 shot attempts was a season low, 14 3pt attempts was a season low. The pace of this game was very slow. 139 possessions overall was the second lowest (Butler), 118 points was tied for lowest (Nazarene). 102 shot attempts was the season low. Utah again suffered on the offensive boards, only gathered 22.2% (second to San Francisco). Utah was averaging 11 offensive rebounds, they have 11 in the last two games combined.

The good. Utah hasn't been blocked in the past two games. Utah only gave up 2 steals and 5 offensive rebounds to Hawaii. Utah recorded 7 blocks (2nd highest Concordia). Utah was +9.8% on assists to shots. Defensive rebounds Utah gathered 86.1% of all opportunities (3rd highest of season). Gabe Bealer had a great game which was nice to see. 3/5 from field, 1 rebound, 1 steal for his 2nd best game of the season (Nazarene). David Collete scored his best game of the year...out of 3. 7/11 shots, 9 rebounds, 3 blocks but 5 turnovers. Would've broken 20 PER with better control of the ball.

Bring on SFA

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PLAYER
PER
+/-
PLAYER
PER


David Collette
21
+3.8
Ty Charles
15


Devon Daniels
20
+6.3
Chase Winchester
11


JoJo Zamora
19
+10.3
Kevon Harris
10


Lorenzo Bonam
10
-4.3
Ivan Canete
7


Tyler Rawson
7
-6.4
Josh Huntley
4


Gabe Bealer
5
+1.3
Samuli Nieminen
3


Jace Johnson
0
-7.6
Isaiah Traylor
3


Parker Van Dyke
-1
-7.1
Leon Gilmore III
2


Sedrick Barefield
-3
-12.8
Jovan Grujic
1





Aaron Augustin
0





Dallas Cameron
-1



Utah needed this game. Early start, easy game to lose. Gritty game with a couple of role players stepping up.
Barefield was held in check for the second straight game.

The good. Utah shot 58.5% from the field, (2nd highest) 24/41 and assisted on 41.5% of all shot attempts (season high) 17 assists on 41 attempts. Utah tied their 2nd highest amount of steals with 9. Defensively they held SFA to only 43 shot attempts, 10 attempts from deep, 23 turnovers, 15 defensive rebounds and 33.6% of possessions resulting in turnovers...all season highs or lows for UO. The teams combined for 53.6% from the field 45/84 a season high for Utah game and the 3rd time they've combined for over 50% shooting. Combined 48 personal fouls was 2nd for season, (blame it on the early start). Collette scored his season high PER for the fourth straight game. 13 vs Prairie view, 17 vs USF, 18 vs Hawai'i and 21 vs SFA (14th best performance for a Ute this season). Utah finally gave up a block. There was a 4 game stretch where Utah was getting blocked 4 times a game. The last three games they've given up 1.

The bad. Free throw defense. I know that sounds silly but this was the second straight game UO shot great from the line. 35-44 the past two games. A lot of this has to do with playing better opponents but a lot has to do with more opportunities. Utah was averaging 14 fouls per game, the last two game they've averaged 21.5. Utah had a season high 26.4% of all possessions ending up in a turnover. They also had a season low for offensive rebounds (4) but that had a lot to do with shooting 58.5%. Utah gave up a lot of boards for the opportunities allowed. SFA picked up an offensive rebound 40.9% of their shots (2nd highest for UO, Xavier 41.9% ). Utah also gave up 88.2% of all defensive rebounds (averaging 75.8% allowed) only San Francisco rebounded better for UO. With that said this game had the least rebounds (43) and shot attempts (84) averaging 68.5 rebounds and 117.6 shot attempts. This game saw 10 less possesions for an average Utah game.

Bring on the Pac12

[The Thrill]

FGM
FGA
TPM
TPA
FTM
FTA
OFFR
DEFR
REB
AST
Ast/Sht
STL
BLK
TO
PF
PTS
EFF
FG%
TP%
FT%
Possess


WINS
9.1
-1.8
1.0
0.9
4.9
6.9
1.2
10.6
11.8
8.2
14.4%
-0.6
2.7
1.2
-4.4
24.1
53.9
16.5%
3.5%
0.3%
1.5


LOSSES
-3.3
-3.0
-4.7
-1.0
4.7
2.7
-2.0
-3.3
-5.3
-5.7
-9.2%
-0.3
1.3
2.7
-2.7
-6.7
-17.7
-3.4%
-22.4%
14.9%
2.9



The way to read this is as follows. In wins Utah averages +9.1 field goals made but in losses they are -3.3 field goals.

The numbers that really stand out are three point defense, assists and rebounds.

Guard the three, rebound and pass the ball. If Utah can do that, easier said than done, then they typically will win the game.

[The Thrill]

PLAYER
PER
+/-
PLAYER
PER


David Collette
21
+3.0
Derrick White
19


Sedrick Barefield
15
+4.2
Wesley Gordon
12


Kyle Kuzma
14
-4.2
George King
12


Lorenzo Bonam
14
-0.3
Tory Miller
8


JoJo Zamora
11
+2.2
Xavier Johnson
4


Tyler Rawson
8
-5.0
Bryce Peters
3


Devon Daniels
5
-8.0
Lucas Siewert
2


Parker Van Dyke
4
-1.9
Thomas Akyzaili
0


Jace Johnson
3
-4.2
Dominique Collier
-1


Marc Reininger
0
+0.2
Josh Fortune
-2


Jakub Jokl
0
-3.4
Deleon Brown
-2


Jake Connor
0
-2.1




Beau Rydalch
0
-1.0




Gabe Bealer
-1
-4.3












Turnovers....turnovers...turnovers.

The good: For the first time since Prairie View, Utah was over 1:1 ratio of assists to turnovers. I use just the player stats so the team turnovers don't come into play with my numbers. For only the second time did Utah get over 2:1 ratio of assist to turnover margin. 8 turnovers to 18 assists. The official numbers are 10 turnovers (2 team turnovers). 11.8% of all Utah possessions resulted in a turnover (only Concordia game was better). Combined teams only hd 30 fouls (3rd lowest for Utah game) and 21 free throw attempts (tied season low - Condordia). For the 4th straight game Utah did a poor job on the offensive boards. Only 20.7% of all opportunites were had. Utah averages 32% but a lot of that is due to better competition over (Riverside, Montana St, Prairie View and Coppin St). Utah was -7 in turnovers (season high). Utah has really slowed down their offense, averaging 75.7 before the Hawaii game and only 68.7 in the past 3 games. Utah only allowed 1 block again. 2 in the past 4 games.

The bad: Colorado only committed 16 fouls, 4th time a UO was less than 20 (Concordia, Riverside, Xavier). Utah was only 60% from the line 6/10 all three season lows. Offensive rebounding. Some of this has to do with Utah shooting better. Utah was shooting 49.6% before the Hawaii trip and 11 offensive rebounds. Last 4 games they've shot 52.4% and offensive boards have dropped to 5.3 per game. I'll take that. This was the third straight game the total possessions was under 140, Utah game average is 146.5. Overall it was a great game controlled by the turnover margin. In Utah wins Utah is +0.4 in turnovers, in Utah losses Utah is +2.7. When their losses are at an average of 6.7 points and a turnover margin right around 3 it's easy to see cut down the turnovers and you get the win.

Next up, Arizona trip.

[The Thrill]

PLAYER
PER
+/-
PLAYER
PER


Devon Daniels
19
+5.6
Dusan Ristic
22


David Collette
16
-1.7
Lauri Markkanen
18


JoJo Zamora
7
-1.7
Parker Jackson-Cartwright
14


Tyler Rawson
4
-8.4
Kadeem Allen
9


Jace Johnson
3
-3.9
Rawle Alkins
7


Kyle Kuzma
2
-14.8
Chance Comanche
5


Sedrick Barefield
2
-7.3
Kobi Simmons
3


Parker Van Dyke
1
-4.6
Keanu Pinder
1


Lorenzo Bonam
1
-12.4





Without taking too much away from Devon, it was clear Arizona was going to let Devon Daniels score and shut down Bonam, Barefield and Kuzma. It should be noted that Devon has 6 of the top 25 performances of the year. He led the Utes in both Xavier and Arizona games at PER.

I think Utah has solved their turnover issues...now they're struggling on the boards.

The bad...Utah allowed 38 rebounds, 30 defensive boards and only managed 4 offensive boards. Yes a lot of that had to do with Arizona doing a great job on the boards but Utah only picked up 12.1% of all offensive rebounding opportunitied. They actually did an average job on the defensive boards, getting 71.4% (average is 76.6% ). This game was won on second chance points from Arizona and the lack of Utah getting fouls called. Only 8 fouls were called on Arizona resulting in only 4 free throw attempts for Utah....4. Utah was 2/4 50% season low on all three. The 56 points was also a season low and only the fourth gime Utah scored less than 70, 1-3 in those games. The 63 possessions was also a season low (average 73.3). Arizona was 14/17 from the line 82.4% (season high for UO). Utah was 0.87 efficiency per possession, remember the magic number is 1. Utah is 10-0 when they score over 1 efficiency per possession, they are 0-4 when they are at 1 or lower. Utah was -14 on the boards (season low), +9 on fouls (season high), -32.4% on FT%, -10 defensive boards (season low), -25 PER (2nd lowest - Butler).

The good....Not a lot but there was some good. First off, Devon Daniels. 6/11 - 7 rebounds - 5 assists - only 1 turnover. Arizona only forced 3 turnovers (Utah has been giving up 6.1) that equated to only 7 turnovers and 15 in Pac12 play. Utah was averaging over 15 turnovers a game, huge improvement. This relayed to only 11.1% of all possessions as a TO. Utah was +6 on shot attempts but was -3.1% worse on overall shooting. +7 on attempts from deep. Interesting that Utah has committed 17 fouls in 3 of their losses (Butler, SF and AZ) and they average 21 fouls in their wins. This could mean two things, when Utah plays more aggressive they have better defense and wins. Or they are playing better teams in losses that get cleaner shots off and better offense. Also, in wins Utah is averaging 74 possessions but in losses it's only 70. Speed up the game and play more aggressive defense.

Next up...Part 2 of the Arizona trip...I feel a Utah road win coming.

[The Thrill]

PLAYER
PER
+/-
PLAYER
PER


Kyle Kuzma
33
+14.9
Kodi Justice
19


Devon Daniels
20
+6.1
Obinna Oleka
18


David Collette
19
+1.1
Shannon Evans II
16


Lorenzo Bonam
17
+3.4
Torian Graham
15


JoJo Zamora
17
+7.7
Tre Holder
10


Tyler Rawson
2
-9.7
Ramon Vila
5


Sedrick Barefield
1
-7.1
Jethro Tshisumpa
0


Parker Van Dyke
0
-5.2
Maurice O'Field
0


Jace Johnson
-1
-7.4




Gabe Bealer
-2
-4.9





Welcome back Kuz! Nice to see Daniels and Zamora getting in a grove. Where have you gone Rawson and Barefield. Thanks for playing VanDyke, Johnson and Bealer. Enjoy the show Jokl and Connor.
Justice 19 was the 9th best performance vs Utah this year and Oleka's 18 was tied for 10th (Markkanen). Kuzma now has the top 4 performances of the year, his 33 was the second best of the season (37 vs Nazarene).

The bad....ASU recorded 4 blocks, 5th time this year Utah has allowed 4 blocks...Utah is 5-0 in those games. This was the 4th time Utah has allowed 80+ points (3-1 in those games) and the 32 shots made tied a season high for UO. Utah was -11 on attempts from deep (27 attempts from ASU, 16 for Utah). Utah has shot 60% from the line in 3 of their wins. Averaging 68.9% from the line in wins, 76.6% in losses...can't explain that one. Turnovers bumped back up again to 15 but Utah recorded 20 assists for the first time since Prairie View so not a huge deal. Not much else was really bad about this game.

The good...50% from deep. 8/16. First time Utah shot 50% all year from deep. They also recorded 20 assists (averaging 15.4) and had 32.3% of all shots recorded an assist. ASU only had 5 offensive board (tied season high Hawai'i). The 78 possessions for Utah was the most since San Francisco (averaging 73.6 possessions but only 67 over the past 4 games). Utah recorded 80% of all defensive rebounding opportunities (average is 76.8% ). The +4 on offensive boards was the first positive on offensive boards since Prairie View. 9 for Utah 5 for ASU. The teams combined for 66 made shots (season high for Utah game - averaging 52.9) and the 51.2% shooting was the third best combined shooting performance of the season (SFA and USF shot better). The teams combined for 191 efficiency, second highest on the year (195 Montana St).

Overall, great game especially after getting down in the first half. Kuzma hit some big shots and Collette played another solid game. Collette has played 7 games and his PER in order has been 13, 17, 18, 21, 21, 16, 19.

Huge home stretch this week vs UCLA and USC. If the Utes can control the turnovers and collect the defensive boards they have a shot to win both games. Kuzma needs to lead this team.

[The Thrill]

Rank
Player
School
FG
FT
3P
REB
AST
BLK
TO
PTS
EFF


1
Isaac Neilson
Utah Valley
13/20
2/5
0/2
15
1
1
0
28
36


2
Jordan Poydras
Utah Valley
8/12
1/1
4/7
1
4
0
1
21
22


2
Dusan Ristic
@Arizona
7/10
4/5
0/0
8
1
0
1
18
22


4
RaShid Gaston
@Xavier
5/8
1/2
0/0
14
2
0
2
11
21


5
Zachary Hamilton
Prairie View
9/18
7/8
1/5
2
0
0
1
26
20


5
Quinton Everett
Montana State
8/15
2/3
3/4
4
3
0
2
21
20


5
Dikymbe Martin
UC Riverside
6/11
0/0
3/4
4
5
0
2
15
20


8
Derrick White
Colorado
6/12
0/0
3/6
2
8
0
2
15
19


8
Kodi Justice
@Arizona State
5/11
4/5
3/7
3
5
0
2
17
19


10
Lauri Markkanen
@Arizona
4/7
2/2
1/4
9
1
0
0
11
18


10
Obinna Oleka
@Arizona State
4/9
0/0
0/3
13
2
1
2
8
18


12
Tyler Hall
Montana State
6/15
7/9
3/8
5
2
0
4
22
17


13
Tyler Wideman
Butler
6/6
3/6
0/0
5
0
0
3
15
16


13
Shannon Evans II
@Arizona State
9/16
2/3
1/5
3
1
0
1
21
16


15
Trevon Bluiett
@Xavier
6/11
6/7
0/2
3
0
0
0
18
15


15
Remu Raitanen
San Francisco
4/6
0/0
4/5
5
1
0
2
12
15


15
Ty Charles
Stephen F Austin
3/5
5/5
0/0
4
2
0
2
11
15


15
Torian Graham
@Arizona State
6/13
0/0
3/6
6
1
0
1
15
15


19
Chance Murray
UC Riverside
6/15
2/4
3/8
3
2
0
1
17
14


19
Edmond Sumner
@Xavier
3/8
5/6
0/0
4
4
2
2
11
14


19
Andrew Chrabascz
Butler
5/7
1/2
0/0
3
3
0
1
11
14


19
Tyler Lewis
Butler
4/6
1/3
1/1
3
6
0
1
10
14


19
Parker Jackson-Cartwright
@Arizona
2/5
0/1
0/1
3
9
0
0
4
14

[U-Ute]

Collette putting together consistent numbers in conference play. That's nice to see.

[The Thrill]

PLAYER
PER
+/-
PLAYER
PER


Devon Daniels
20
+5.8
Chimezie Metu
12


Lorenzo Bonam
19
+5.1
Charles Buggs
12


Sedrick Barefield
17
+7.8
Shaqquan Aaron
10


Kyle Kuzma
16
-1.9
Nick Rakocevic
7


David Collette
14
-3.4
Jordan McLaughlin
6


JoJo Zamora
5
-4.0
Jonah Mathews
6


Tyler Rawson
4
-7.2
De'Anthony Melton
2


Marc Reininger
3
+2.7
Elijah Stewart
1


Jakub Jokl
2
-1.2
Samer Dhillon
0


Jace Johnson
0
-6.0
Kurt Karis
0


Jake Connor
0
-1.9
Harrison Henderson
-2


Gabe Bealer
-1
-3.7




Parker Van Dyke
-2
-6.8





Give it up to Reininger, new career high efficiency and minutes (16). Collette still reached double PER and has so in every game this season.
Daniels has been on a tear lately, 19,20,20 in the last 3 games. USC was the 7th game he reached 20 PER...remember, he's only a freshman averaging 14.3 PER.

The bad...USC shot 26 free throws and pulled down 14 offensive board (season high for UO). Utah only had 2 block (5th time this season) and Utah's assist/shot ratio was barely 17.2% (lowest for a Utah win), been averaging 25.9% on the season. Utah was right at 1.00 for assist to turnover 10/10, averaging 15.1 assists and 13.8 turnovers. Utah had 68 possessions which was a little under their average of 73.2. Utah only pulled 63.2% of all defensive rebounding opportunities, averaging 75.9%. That's an obvious correlation to the high amount of offensive boards USC got. The 10 assists for Utah was a season low for a Utah win and so was the 68 possessions. Utah is 2-3 in games where they only get 2 blocks, this game being the 2nd win.

The good....for the second straight game Utah shot great from deep, 9/17 52.9% from three (season high percentage). Utah scored on 56.1% of all possessions, barely behind Prairie View and Concordia, that's how well Utah scored. Even though USC shot 26 free throws, they were only 53.8% from the line 14/26, second worst peformance for UO. Utah won despite giving up 14 offensive boards, this game was won through execution. Utah shot 18.5% better from the field over USC

Next up the #4 UCLA Bruins

[The Thrill]

PLAYER
PER
+/-
PLAYER
PER


Kyle Kuzma
25
+6.6
Lonzo Ball
30


Devon Daniels
18
+3.5
Thomas Welsh
23


Lorenzo Bonam
17
+2.9
TJ Leaf
16


David Collette
13
-3.9
Aaron Holiday
15


Sedrick Barefield
9
-0.2
Bryce Alford
11


Jace Johnson
6
--
Ike Anigbogu
3


JoJo Zamora
5
-3.8
Gyorgy Goloman
-1


Tyler Rawson
2
-8.6
Isaac Hamilton
-3


Parker Van Dyke
0
-4.5





What can I say about Lonzo Ball? The dude is a winner. Without him Utah wins this game. His 2 key steals to dunks and deep threes out of nowhere won the game for UCLA, he was everything as advertised. You know what I liked most about him? I can't remember him saying a word during the game...not a peep. Below are the top 5 performance vs Utah this year, two now belong to UCLA players.




Player
Team
FG
FT
3P
Reb
Ast
Stl
Blk
TO
Pts
Eff


1
Isaac Neilson
Utah Valley
13/20
2/5
0/2
15
1
1
1
0
28
36


2
Lonzo Ball
UCLA
7/12
0/0
3/7
6
8
5
0
1
17
30


3
Thomas Welsh
UCLA
6/7
4/4
0/0
8
1
0
0
1
16
23


4
Dusan Ristic
@Arizona
7/10
4/5
0/0
8
1
0
0
1
18
22


4
Jordan Poydras
Utah Valley
8/12
1/1
4/7
1
4
1
0
1
21
22



Pac12Network noted he's only the third player in the nation to post +15 points +5 rebounds +5 assists +5 steals in a game and the first freshmen in like 38 years, not sure the actual stat. That's a special kid. Also, he was the first Utah opponent to play all 40 minutes.

The bad...I made a comment before the game that Ball isn't necessarily a great free throw shooter and Utah needs to put him to the line. He went 0/0. Utah scored 0 blocks for the first time this season. Now 2-4 when getting 2 or less blocks. Utah shot a season low from the line 3/6 50%. I thought Utah needed to keep the game under 140 possessions to win, they were at 143. Take away the 4 extra plays UCLA got off of steals and Utah wins this game by 7, that's mostly Ball. UCLA made 33 shots (season high for UO, Utah been allowing 24.1) they also put up 29 shots from 3 but only shot 31%, that kept Utah in the game. UCLA had 17 assists and had an assist on 25% of all shots, Utah allows 18.6% in this category. The 96 efficiency was a season high for UO, FYI UCLA has been averaging 110.3 efficiency as a team. 96 was a season low, UCLA had 102 in their only loss to Oregon and 113 in their win at Kentucky. Utah is the second team to hold them under 100 efficiency, Oregon State 99. The teams combined for only 57.9% from the line 11/19. UCLA scored a 2.43 assist/turnover ratio, Utah been allowing 0.89. UCLA 17 assists 7 turnovers. UCLA is just a very good team.

The good....Utah only gave up 1 block. Bryce Alford, their leading scorer only averages 15.9 PER was held to 11. Ball, who is third on the team in scoring, is averaging 23.1 PER. That's why I love the efficiency stat. Sure Alford is leading in scoring but it's obvious Ball is the best player on the team. Leaf is averaging 23.9 PER. Yes that's two players averaging over 23 PER and neither is the leading scorer. Utah only had 9 turnovers and was 2:1 on assists to turnovers 18 assists 9 turnovers, third highest of the season. Utah made 36 shots, 2nd highest (38 Concordia). Utah did score a season high of 2 point buckets per possession. 40.4% of all possessions ended in a 2 point bucket, averaging 31.7%, that's a phenomenal number. Also, Utah only gave up a turnover 12.5% of the time, averaging 18.4% of all possessions having a turnover. In fact, this was the 4th out of 5 games where Utah made great improvements in this number, ASU was 19.4%. The Hawai'i trip Utah was 24.4%, worst stretch of the season. The teams combined for many season highs for a Utah game. 69 shots made, 50 three point attempts, 35 assists, 16 turnovers (low). The combined 51.5% shooting was second only to San Francisco game at 52.6%. Something else overshadowed was Kuzma's game. Put up the 7th best performance of the season with 25 PER. That's a great performance versus one of the best teams in the NCAA.

In Utah wins Utah shoots 5.6% better from deep. In Utah losses Utah shoots -14.6% worse. Utah shoots 37.0% in wins, 26.5% in losses from three. Utah allows 31.4% in wins and a whopping 41.2% from deep in losses. In the five

Utah losses Utah has allowed 42/102 from deep for 41.2%
Utah wins Utah has allowed 75/239 from deep for 31.4%

Guard the three or find a way to make them miss. Holiday was 1/6, Hamilton was 1/7, that probably won't happen again for them.

Bring on the Pacific Northwest

[#1 Utefan]

PLAYER
PER
+/-
PLAYER
PER


Kyle Kuzma
25
+6.6
Lonzo Ball
30


Devon Daniels
18
+3.5
Thomas Welsh
23


Lorenzo Bonam
17
+2.9
TJ Leaf
16


David Collette
13
-3.9
Aaron Holiday
15


Sedrick Barefield
9
-0.2
Bryce Alford
11


Jace Johnson
6
--
Ike Anigbogu
3


JoJo Zamora
5
-3.8
Gyorgy Goloman
-1


Tyler Rawson
2
-8.6
Isaac Hamilton
-3


Parker Van Dyke
0
-4.5





What can I say about Lonzo Ball? The dude is a winner. Without him Utah wins this game. His 2 key steals to dunks and deep threes out of nowhere won the game for UCLA, he was everything as advertised. You know what I liked most about him? I can't remember him saying a word during the game...not a peep. Below are the top 5 performance vs Utah this year, two now belong to UCLA players.




Player
Team
FG
FT
3P
Reb
Ast
Stl
Blk
TO
Pts
Eff


1
Isaac Neilson
Utah Valley
13/20
2/5
0/2
15
1
1
1
0
28
36


2
Lonzo Ball
UCLA
7/12
0/0
3/7
6
8
5
0
1
17
30


3
Thomas Welsh
UCLA
6/7
4/4
0/0
8
1
0
0
1
16
23


4
Dusan Ristic
@Arizona
7/10
4/5
0/0
8
1
0
0
1
18
22


4
Jordan Poydras
Utah Valley
8/12
1/1
4/7
1
4
1
0
1
21
22



Pac12Network noted he's only the third player in the nation to post +15 points +5 rebounds +5 assists +5 steals in a game and the first freshmen in like 38 years, not sure the actual stat. That's a special kid. Also, he was the first Utah opponent to play all 40 minutes.

The bad...I made a comment before the game that Ball isn't necessarily a great free throw shooter and Utah needs to put him to the line. He went 0/0. Utah scored 0 blocks for the first time this season. Now 2-4 when getting 2 or less blocks. Utah shot a season low from the line 3/6 50%. I thought Utah needed to keep the game under 140 possessions to win, they were at 143. Take away the 4 extra plays UCLA got off of steals and Utah wins this game by 7, that's mostly Ball. UCLA made 33 shots (season high for UO, Utah been allowing 24.1) they also put up 29 shots from 3 but only shot 31%, that kept Utah in the game. UCLA had 17 assists and had an assist on 25% of all shots, Utah allows 18.6% in this category. The 96 efficiency was a season high for UO, FYI UCLA has been averaging 110.3 efficiency as a team. 96 was a season low, UCLA had 102 in their only loss to Oregon and 113 in their win at Kentucky. Utah is the second team to hold them under 100 efficiency, Oregon State 99. The teams combined for only 57.9% from the line 11/19. UCLA scored a 2.43 assist/turnover ratio, Utah been allowing 0.89. UCLA 17 assists 7 turnovers. UCLA is just a very good team.

The good....Utah only gave up 1 block. Bryce Alford, their leading scorer only averages 15.9 PER was held to 11. Ball, who is third on the team in scoring, is averaging 23.1 PER. That's why I love the efficiency stat. Sure Alford is leading in scoring but it's obvious Ball is the best player on the team. Leaf is averaging 23.9 PER. Yes that's two players averaging over 23 PER and neither is the leading scorer. Utah only had 9 turnovers and was 2:1 on assists to turnovers 18 assists 9 turnovers, third highest of the season. Utah made 36 shots, 2nd highest (38 Concordia). Utah did score a season high of 2 point buckets per possession. 40.4% of all possessions ended in a 2 point bucket, averaging 31.7%, that's a phenomenal number. Also, Utah only gave up a turnover 12.5% of the time, averaging 18.4% of all possessions having a turnover. In fact, this was the 4th out of 5 games where Utah made great improvements in this number, ASU was 19.4%. The Hawai'i trip Utah was 24.4%, worst stretch of the season. The teams combined for many season highs for a Utah game. 69 shots made, 50 three point attempts, 35 assists, 16 turnovers (low). The combined 51.5% shooting was second only to San Francisco game at 52.6%. Something else overshadowed was Kuzma's game. Put up the 7th best performance of the season with 25 PER. That's a great performance versus one of the best teams in the NCAA.

In Utah wins Utah shoots 5.6% better from deep. In Utah losses Utah shoots -14.6% worse. Utah shoots 37.0% in wins, 26.5% in losses from three. Utah allows 31.4% in wins and a whopping 41.2% from deep in losses. In the five

Utah losses Utah has allowed 42/102 from deep for 41.2%
Utah wins Utah has allowed 75/239 from deep for 31.4%

Guard the three or find a way to make them miss. Holiday was 1/6, Hamilton was 1/7, that probably won't happen again for them.

Bring on the Pacific Northwest

Ball did do it all including hacking Kuzma's arm intentionally to prevent a put back late in the game that may have changed the outcome. Nice no call refs.

[The Thrill]

PLAYER
PER
+/-
PLAYER
PER


Kyle Kuzma
31
+11.8
Josh Hawkinson
27


Lorenzo Bonam
23
+8.4
Malachi Flynn
9


Gabe Bealer
15
+11.6
Ike Iroegbu
4


Parker Van Dyke
10
+5.2
Robert Franks
3


Sedrick Barefield
10
+0.7
Conor Clifford
2


Tyler Rawson
9
-1.6
Jeff Pollard
-2


Jace Johnson
6
--
Chrles Callison
-3


Devon Daniels
3
-10.8
Viont'e Daniels
-3


Marc Reininger
1
+0.6
Steven Shpreyregin
-4


Beau Rydalch
1
--
KJ Langston
-5


Jake Connor
0
-1.7




Jakub Jokl
-1
-3.6




JoJo Zamora
-2
-10.2





So, Kuzma had a higher efficiency rating than the entire Washington St team....yeah. 5 negative players? Never seen that. Hawkinson obviously carries that team right now, third best performance vs Utah this year BTW.

Nothing bad in this game except Washington St. The only negative I can take from this game is Utah only had 9 assists. 15.8% assist/shot was a season low for Utah in a win (Butler and Xavier games Utah was worse).

The good: Lots of good but nothing to brag about. Washington St was dreadful.

Let's look at individual numbers for guys getting a chance to play.
Reininger played 4 minutes, pulled down 1 rebound. (High 3 USC / Low Montana St -1)
Jace Johnson played well but he's eerily familiar to Chris Reyes. Plays well vs lesser talent, below average vs elite talent. Is he playing a league up? Maybe, I have hope he'll develop. (High 18 Riverside / Low -1 ASU)
JoJo Zamora 0-2 with a block and a turnover in 18 minutes. He needs to produce more when he gets the chance. He was coming off a great game at ASU 3 games ago, very inconsistent. (High 21 Coppin and Concordia / Low -3 USF)
Rawson is another guy who's disappeared in Pac12 play. A lot of that has to do with the emergence of Collette. WSU game was right in the middle for his performances (High 23 Montana St / Low 1 Xavier)
Gabe Bealer had his best game of the season. Most minutes 18, 10 pts (2nd) 7 rebounds, 1 sweet dunk, 2/4 from three. I have a fondness for Bealer, if he can be a solid bench player Utah will succeed. (High 15 WSU / Low -2 ASU)
VanDyke had his 3rd best game of the year in only 14 minutes. Somebody made a comment that PVD is amazing at catching the pass off a screen and not doing anything, that needs to stop. (High 21 Concordia / Low USC -2)
Jokl had his worst game of the year, in a blowout. Will he figure it out? He's young, I have hopes. He appears very stiff, do some yoga. (High 8 Coppin / Low -1 WSU)

Ranking all the players in every category I've come up with a Utah power depth chart. See below.
Bolded are averaging 10 min or more a game
- FYI Kuzma leads in 8 categories - Kuzma also owns the top 5 PER for the season.


1
Kyle Kuzma


2
Lorenzo Bonam


2
David Collette


4
Devon Daniels


4
Sedrick Barefield


6
Tyler Rawson


7
JoJo Zamora


8
Jace Johnson


9
Parker Van Dyke


10
Gabe Bealer


11
Jakub Jokl


12
Beau Rydalch


13
Marc Reininger


13
Jake Connor




Need a win on Saturday vs the Huskies. Hopefully Collette will be good to go, going to need him.

[Ma'ake]

Thrill - this is truly great work.

It would be interesting to see what the numbers look like in conference games, and what the composite numbers are, beyond ordinal ranking. My sense is Zamora has been more productive than Rawson, and maybe Barefield, but those two were much stronger earlier, and have faded lately.

[The Thrill]

PLAYER
PER
+/-
PLAYER
PER


Lorenzo Bonam
29
+13.6
Markelle Fultz
28


Devon Daniels
28
+13.4
Sam Timmins
6


Kyle Kuzma
26
+6.4
Domnic Green
6


Sedrick Barefield
10
+0.6
Matisse Thybulle
5


Jace Johnson
7
+0.9
David Crisp
5


Tyler Rawson
6
-4.3
Carlos Johnson
3


Jakub Jokl
3
+0.4
Matthew Atewe
2


Gabe Bealer
3
-0.4
Noah Dickerson
2


JoJo Zamora
1
-6.8
Greg Bowman
0


Jake Connor
0
-1.5
Devenir Duruisseau
0


Beau Rydalch
0
-0.8
Dan Kingma
0


Parker Van Dyke
-1
-5.5
Bitumba Baruti
-1





Quin Barnard
-1



1-2-3 it was the Bonam, Daniels and Kuzma show. Even though the announcers spent 39.6 minutes talking about Fultz. Our freshman played every bit as good as Fultz...what's his name again?

Bonam 10/12 FG - 2/2 FT - 2/2 3P - 2 reb - 6 ast - 0 stl - 1 to - 24 pts - 29 PER
M. Fultz 10/18 FG - 6/8 FT - 4/7 3P - 7 Reb - 4 ast - 1 blk - 4 to - 30 pts - 28 PER
Daniels 10/13 FG - 1/2 FT - 3/3 3P - 6 reb - 3 ast - 1 stl - 2 to - 24 pts - 28 PER
Kuzma - 10/21 FG - 2/5 FT - 0/1 FT - 15 reb - 2 ast - 1 stl - 1 blk - 1 to - 22 pts - 26 PER

I don't think I've ever seen a game with 3 players over 25 PER, especially from Utah.
It appears Krystkowiak said "Let their stars get their numbers, stop the other guys. Hawkinson and Fultz had 55 PER combined, the rest of the state of Washington had 31 PER.

The bad...Utah gave up 5 blocks to an undersized team. Also Utah only forced 7 turnovers, average is 12.3. Surprisingly Utah gave up 13 offensive boards to Washington, only game worse was USC with 14. Washington picked up 31% of available offensive rebounds which is much higher than the average Utah game. Utah was -16 in three point attempts but +22.6%. The 12 three point attempts for Utah was well under their average of 19.1, probably because Washington just kept letting them make layups. Utah had 21 fouls +4 over average and the first time they had +20 fouls in Pac12 play. Utah was only 53.3% from the line, 9/16. The teams combined for only 52.5% 21/40 which was the worst of the season for a Utah game.

The good...Utah scored a 2pt bucket on 44.7% of their possessions, that's a huge number. The Utes average 32.6% with that. They also averaged a score on 60.4% of every possession, they scored 60% of the time! Typically they're right around 50%. 60% shooting was a season high 39(season high)/65 shooting. The 58.3% from three was also a season high 7/12. They only allowed 1 steal in both Washington games, that's huge since Utah was giving up 6.1 steals per game before the trip. Utah was +14 on shots made in both games in Washington, that's crazy numbers similar to Nazarene and Concordia...not common in Pac12 games. The teams combined for a season low for a Utah game with only 15 turnovers, average is 25.3.

That was a huge trip with two great blowouts. I had Utah winning both games but not like that. All this without Collette.

Huge game vs Oregon on Thursday. Need a win...it's a must win.

[The Thrill]

Thrill - this is truly great work.

It would be interesting to see what the numbers look like in conference games, and what the composite numbers are, beyond ordinal ranking. My sense is Zamora has been more productive than Rawson, and maybe Barefield, but those two were much stronger earlier, and have faded lately.

So I took your idea and ran a comparison of out of conference vs in Pac12 ranked by efficiency improvement. Granted Collette and Barefield only had 2 games but the point is still made. This will show who has stepped it up during Pac12 and who has faded. Kuzma, who had great OOC numbers, has actually improved. That's a nice thing to see. Interesting that Barefield is averaging more rebounds and steals but his minutes dropped by nearly 10 a game.
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[U-Ute]

So I took your idea and ran a comparison of out of conference vs in Pac12 ranked by efficiency improvement. Granted Collette and Barefield only had 2 games but the point is still made. This will show who has stepped it up during Pac12 and who has faded. Kuzma, who had great OOC numbers, has actually improved. That's a nice thing to see. Interesting that Barefield is averaging more rebounds and steals but his minutes dropped by nearly 10 a game.

So the obvious takeaway from this is: Collette needs to take more 3's.

[The Thrill]

So the obvious takeaway from this is: Collette needs to take more 3's.

Well that's because he went from 0-0 to 1-1. Great improvement by doing that.

[The Thrill]

PLAYER
PER
+/-
PLAYER
PER


Kyle Kuzma
19
-0.6
Jordan Bell
18


Devon Daniels
13
-1.5
Dillon Brooks
16


David Collette
10
-6.2
Chris Boucher
16


Sedrick Barefield
9
-0.3
Casey Benson
13


Parker Van Dyke
8
+3.4
Dylan Ennis
10


Lorenzo Bonam
8
-7.0
Tyler Dorsey
7


JoJo Zamora
5
-2.7
Patyon Pritchard
2


Jace Johnson
1
-4.8
Keith Smith
0


Tyler Rawson
-1
-10.8
Roman Sorkin
0





Kavell Bigby-Williams
0



First off...Oregon is really good. Bell and Boucher don't get enough credit. Can we just call their top four the Oregon Killer B's?
Second...Kuzma, Barefield and Daniels had good games, right in line with their average. But between Collette, Bonam and Rawson Utah was down -24 PER.
Third...Give it up for PVD. Dude had the only positive PER in the game. He actually had a much better game vs Washington State but 2nd best for Pac12 game.
Those three Collette, Bonam and Rawson were 9/16 from the field with 6 turnovers. Granted Collette was coming off a few days without practice and Rawson just didn't match up with Oregon.

Kuzma's performance was the 28th best for a Ute. Bell only put up the 14th best for a UO.

The bad...I have no idea how many dunks Oregon had...but it was a record. Utah gave up 6 blocks (season high) and 11 in the past 2 games. 37 in the first 18 games. Oregon finished at 49.1% and Utah finished at 48.1%. Both teams were over 50% for most of the game. Oregon scored a 2 on 32.8% of their possessions, Utah has allowed +30% in 5 of their 6 losses, the other game was only 17.9% from San Francisco (they made 19.1% of their possessions were from three, a season high). Utah actually had a really good game, nothing really stands out. -4 in steals was probably the difference in the game, Oregon was easily +6 on points off turnovers. The game was fairly slow, only 133 possessions. Utah games average 144.1 possessions. As a team, in Utah wins Utah is around 27.5% of all shots garnered an assist...in losses they are only at 19.5%.

The good...Utah did give Oregon everything they could handle. 4 blocks was a high for a Utah loss. Utah held Oregon to only 20% of assists/shot attempts (season low for a Utah loss) but in Utah wins they hold their opponent under 16%. Oregon didn't beat Utah from the outside. The 27.8% was the lowest Utah allowed in a loss, giving up 39.2% in losses on the season. The 11 assists and 28 rebounds were also season lows for UO in Utah losses. This game was slow and methodical and efficient for both teams. Utah was only -1 in possessions but +5 in turnovers. That's your ballgame. Utah is +2 in turnovers in losses and +0.4 in wins.

Tough game, Utah had a chance.

The Beavers should be the cure. I say 81-60 win for Utah tomorrow. Go Utes!

[The Thrill]

PLAYER
PER
+/-
PLAYER
PER


Kyle Kuzma
28
+8.0
Jaquori McLaughlin
33


Parker Van Dyke
15
+9.9
Stephen Thompson Jr
20


Devon Daniels
14
-0.5
Drew Eubanks
12


JoJo Zamora
12
+4.1
Gligorije Rakocevic
12


David Collette
11
-4.7
Ben Kone
5


Lorenzo Bonam
8
-6.7
Ronnie Stacy
5


Jake Connor
7
+5.0
Tanner Sanders
3


Tyler Rawson
4
-5.5
Daine Muller
2


Beau Rydalch
0
-0.7
Matt Dahlen
0


Marc Reininger
-1
-1.2
Kendal Manuel
-4


Jakub Jokl
-1
-3.2




Gabe Bealer
-1
-4.2




Jace Johnson
-2
-7.4




Sedrick Barefield
-2
-10.5





5 negative players? And it was all during the final 8 minutes? Utah dominated this game for 33 minutes and got destroyed for 7 minutes. Luckily for them the difference was 8 points.
Van Dyke and Connor were awesome, 5/5 from deep combined.

The bad...Oregon St shot 85% from the line 17/20. Utah had 0 blocks for the second time this year and are -8 on blocks in the last 3 games. Utah only shot 53.8% from the line 14/26 for a difference of -31.2% between OSU and Utah. Giving up a 28 point lead wasn't all that bad, it really showed how important the 1s are. Give it to Oregon St, they didn't give up. The two teams combined for only 11 offensive rebounds, season low for Utah game. This was the first game where a UO shot better than 50% and Utah won. Utah is 1-2 in those games. Utah is 4-6 in games where they allow 46% or better. 11-0 when their opponent shoots below 46%. Utah gave up a ton of defensive boards to Oregon St, nearly every Utah shot was rebounded by the Beavers.

The good...Utah shot 58.2% 32/55 from the field and 50% from deep 8/16. Utah had an assist on 34.5% of all shots, averaging 25.6% Oregon State only had 4 offensive rebounds, season low for UO. Utah gathered 80.8% of defensive rebounding opportunities. This was the best shooting game for a Utah game, 54.2% combined 58/107. 6th time this season over 50% combined, 4-2 in those games.

Utah needs more depth, Barefield and Rawson are slipping. Bealer isn't amounting to much. Johnson and Jokl are big dudes who are duds. Barefield had a nice 4 game stretch right around 10 but 1/5 yesterday was poor.

Bay area roadie coming up.

[The Thrill]

PLAYER
PER
+/-
PLAYER
PER
Rank


Kyle Kuzma
21
+0.9
Jabari Bird
25
#6


Lorenzo Bonam
16
+1.3
Ivan Rabb
20
#11


David Collette
12
-3.4
Charlie Moore
15



Parker Van Dyke
12
+6.5
Kingsley Okoroh
11



Tyler Rawson
7
-2.4
Grant Mullins
5



Jace Johnson
4
-1.4
Kameron Rooks
4



Devon Daniels
2
-11.9
Roger Moute A Bidias
2



JoJo Zamora
1
-6.5
Sam Singer
2



Sedrick Barefield
1
-6.9
Stephen Domingo
0




Wow. Great game. The numbers are a bit inflated due to the 2 overtime ending.
6 players played over 40 minutes. Kuzma 47, Bonam 42, Bird 48, Mullins 46, Rabb 43, Moore 41.
Utah=Cal in records, in style, in everything. Whatever you think about Cal, realize that's the national perception of Utah.

The bad...Again, the numbers are inflated for the extra 10 minutes. 4 season highs for a UO came about last night. 72 shot attempts, 30 defensive rebounds, 41 total rebounds, 9 blocks...Utah was -14 in three point attempts and +8 on turnovers. Turnovers was the difference in the game, without mentioning the 18-4 start. Utah was bad from three. 4/14 and only 4.8% of their possessions ended up in a made three. Only San Francisco and Butler did Utah have a worse game across the line defensively with that said...it was defense that got Utah back into the game. There were 15 missed free throws in this game, one extra one from either team ends the game in regulation. The turnover with 10 seconds left in the first half was the difference in the game. Utah committed a turnover on 21.6% of their possessions.

The good...Utah never gave up. The game had 164 possessions which you'd think would be a season high given the 2OT, but San Francisco game had 167. Utah let that game slip out from under them. Utes still held Cal to only 19.4% assists per shots and 25% from deep, both season lows for a Utah loss. Utah had 42 rebounds and 6 blocks, both highs for a Utah loss. PVD has played great as of late. Minus the Concordia game (21 PER for PVD) he averaged 2.9 PER up to the Washington trip. Since the Washington trip he's averaged 8.8 PER, including a -1 EFF at Washington. Utah actually shot better than Cal in every manner +1.3% FG, +3.6% from 3, 10.8% from the line. Turnovers won the game for Cal.

Colorado beat Stanford for their 3rd straight win. Oregon barely beat ASU (probably looking to Arizona) but that gives me more faith when Utah goes up there in 2 weeks.

Beat Furd!

[The Thrill]

PLAYER
PER
+/-
PLAYER
PER
Rank


Kyle Kuzma
18
-2.0
Reid Travis
27
#5


Tyler Rawson
17
+7.3
Robert Cartwright
17
#22


David Collette
16
+0.5
Dorian Pickens
16
#24


Sedrick Barefield
9
+1.0
Marcus Allen
14



Lorenzo Bonam
5
-9.3
Michael Humphrey
11



Devon Daniels
5
-8.5
Christian Sanders
4



JoJo Zamora
2
-5.3
Marcus Sheffield
3



Jace Johnson
0
-5.1
Grant Verhoeven
1



Gabe Bealer
0
-3.0
Josh Sharma
0



Parker Van Dyke
-1
-6.2
Cameron Walker
-1






Trevor Stanback
-1





Stanford actually dominated on the efficiency in this game. It was nice to see Rawson come back in a big way but the guard play had been poor lately. Bonam, Daniels, Zamora and PVD were all more than 5 PER under their average.

The Bad....Stanford was very good at shots on assists. 29.1% of all their shots resulted in an assist. Only game better for a UO was UVU. The 54.5% was the highest shooting % Utah allowed all year. This was only the third game this season Utah allowed 90+ efficiency. 2-1 in those games (UCLA, UVU). Utah only scored a 2pt bucked on 20.9% of their possessions, a season low for Utah. Averaging 31.7% 2 point buckets. Utah was -6 in steals and this was only the second time all year they gave up 10+ steals (Butler). With that said Utah didn't turn the ball over that much, meaning Stanford took the ball, Utah didn't lose it. Utah has only shot worse than their opponent 4 times this year (Butler -16.3%, Stanford -10.5%, Arizona -3.1% and Oregon -0.9% 0-4 in those games). Stanford won this game in the paint. Stanford scored on 51.4% of their possessions, Utah has been allowing 42.2% of possessions a bucket. The free throw shooting was bad, Utah was 13/22 only the 5th time Utah shot worse than 60% from the line, 2-3 in those games. Teams combined for 27/48 for 56.3%, 2nd worst of the season (Washington 52.5% )

The good...Only Butler 7/15 and Washington 12/24 shot worse from the line, Stanford was 14/26 53.8%. Utah only gave up 28 rebounds, averaging 31.3 allowed. Plus the 14 attempts from deep was the second least a team shot vs Utah (SFA shot 10)...probably because they were making interior shots all game. Utah made a three point bucket 13.1% of all possessions, 10/24 for 41.7%, this was the best shooting performance from deep for Utah in a loss, averaging 29.7% in losses. . Utah was +5 in possessions for the game, only Butler +6 was higher.

Utah really needed this game, I'm afraid at this point they're NIT bound unless they make a strong tournament push. I think losing in the Pac12 CG might still be NIT bound unless they can beat Oregon twice and Arizona in the tournament.

Washington's coming to Salt Lake next week should help Utah earn back some confidence.

Devon Daniels is having a very up and down season. Typically by this time of the year freshmen begin to wear down. It will be interesting to see how he finishes.
Below is a graph of Devon's season for PER. Game 13 began Pac12 play

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[The Thrill]

PLAYER
PER
+/-
PLAYER
PER
Rank


David Collette
25
+8.9
Josh Hawkinson
24
#8


Lorenzo Bonam
15
+0.7
Ike Iroegbu
17
#23


Devon Daniels
12
-1.5
Charles Callison
13



Kyle Kuzma
11
-8.5
Malachi Flynn
7



Jace Johnson
9
+3.7
Conor Clifford
4



Gabe Bealer
6
+2.9
KJ Langston
3



Parker Van Dyke
4
-1.1
Viont'e Daniels
3



Tyler Rawson
3
-6.4
Jeff Pollard
2



Sedrick Barefield
2
-5.6
Robert Franks
0




Collette was a beast. Kuzma was a ghost and Barefield...his name is Cedric right?

The good. Utah had been allowing 5.4 blocks over the past 5 games...0 last night. WSU only shot 6/8 from the line off 11 fouls (2nd lowest for Utah). On the flip side Utah shot 22/31 from the line (2nd most) off 19 WSU fouls. Obviously Utah was forcing the issue (getting fouled) and not forcing shots (getting blocked). Utah picked up 87.1% of all defensive rebounding opportunities, only allowing 5 offensive boards. Utah had 11 steals (season high) which won the game.

The bad...Washington State had 19 assists (tied season high for UO) which resulted in 32.8% of assists to shots (season high). Utah only shot 13.3% from deep 2/15 (2 makes being a season low...averaging 6.6 makes a game). That wouldn't have been so bad if WSU wasn't 10/22 for 45.5% which kept the Cougars in the game. The 11 offensive boards combined tied the season low for Utah game (USF, Hawaii, OSU).

Utah needed this win. They still have a shot at 4th place.

Bring on the Huskies.

[The Thrill]

PLAYER
PER
+/-
PLAYER
PER
Rank


Devon Daniels
25
+11.1
David Crisp
24
#8


Kyle Kuzma
21
+1.4
Noah Dickerson
17
#24


Parker Van Dyke
18
+12.4
Matisse Thybulle
5



David Collette
16
-0.1
Greg Bowman
4



Jace Johnson
11
+5.5
Devenir Duruisseau
3



Lorenzo Bonam
11
-3.2
Sam Timmins
1



Sedrick Barefield
6
-1.5
Dan Kingma
1



Tyler Rawson
5
-4.2
Quin Barnard
1



Jakub Jokl
2
-0.2
Dominic Green
0



Jake Connor
1
-0.9
Carlos Johnson
0



Marc Reininger
0
-0.2
Bitumba Baruti
-1



Beau Rydalch
0
-0.6





Gabe Bealer
-2
-4.9





JoJo Zamora
-2
-8.6






Something interesting is the first meeting was a 112-58 score in efficiency. Exactly the same for this game. +22 pt victory in game 1, +24 pt victory in game 2.
Something about Washington that the Utes just match up well against. Especially Devon Daniels. 2 of his top 3 performances were vs Washington (28 and 25).

The bad...Utah was only 6/9 from the line today. They were also -2 on blocks. The teams combined for only 12/21 from the line (2nd lowest all year) off of 30 total fouls (season low 21 combined). That's about it for the bad.

The good...Devon Daniels. He just owns Washington. Fultz was out which was huge but it was an exact replica of the first game that Fultz played in so can't say he would've changed a lot. Crisp made up the difference. Washington only had 14 defensive rebounds and 23 total rebounds, both season lows for UO. Utah has been giving up 12 free throws made per game, Washington St and Washington combined for 12/20. Utah picked up 55.6% of all offensive rebounding opportunities, easily a season high. Utah owned the offensive boards at +6. Utah was great from deep also. 16.1% of all possessions resulted in a 3pt basket. They've been averaging 10.6% of all possessions. Utah had 21 assists which was 1 shy of season high (Coppin and Prairie View). The 11 makes was 1 behind the Coppin State game, but Utah shot 5% better in today's game. The last time Utah played Washington the Utes shot 58.3% from deep, obviously they do something against the Huskies to get the shots and they exploited it today. Washington only shot 50% from the line 6/12. Only one team has shot below 50% vs Utah, that was Butler 7/15, a game Utah lost by 9. The +6 makes on three pointers tied the season high for Utah.

Note, the last three games Utah is -5 on steals, total of 53 steals combined. 17.7 combined steals per game in the last 3. Utah games were averaging 11.7 combined steals per game. Better defense or sloppy offense, whatever it is it isn't in Utah's favor right now. But Utah is 2-1 in that same stretch.

Huge game in Eugene next week. It is a must win for Utah for any chance at an at-large bid.

[The Thrill]

PLAYER
PER
+/-
PLAYER
PER
Rank


Jace Johnson
20
+13.9
Jordan Bell
31
#3


David Collette
9
-6.7
Dillon Brooks
19
#20


Tyler Rawson
7
-2.2
Payton Pritchard
19
#20


Devon Daniels
6
-7.6
Tyler Dorsey
16



Lorenzo Bonam
5
-8.8
Kavell Bigby-Williams
7



Gabe Bealer
5
+2.0
Chris Boucher
6



Sedrick Barefield
2
-5.2
Dylan Ennis
5



Jakub Jokl
0
-2.0
Casey Benson
3



JoJo Zamora
0
-6.4
Evan Gross
1



Parker Van Dyke
-3
-8.3
Charlie Noebel
-1






Roman Sorkin
-2




When Jace Johnson and Gabe Bealer are the only two who have improvement games, something is not going to go well.

Give it up for Jace, his first double double. He had 14 reb and 8 pts vs Nazarene and 9 reb and 12 pts vs Riverside.
His 1.09 PER/Min was the 5th best of the season and the highest for a road game for a Ute.
His 12 rebounds was 7th best for the season for a Ute.
Here are the double double counts:

Kyle Kuzma 15 (6 on the road)
Jace Johnson 1 (@Oregon)
Devon Daniels 1 (Riverside)
Lorenzo Bonam 1 (Riverside)


Obviously not having Kuzma sucked.

The good...For the third straight game Utah only gave up 12 or less free throw attempts. Averaging 17 on the season. That translates to a low foul count, averaging 13 over last three games, 16.7 for the season. Utah had 68 shot attempts and 76 possessions...problem is they only shot 38.2%, not a season low. Utah only had 13.1% of their possessions result in a turnover, averaging 20.6% Utah was +6 on offensive boards, mainly because Oregon shot 53.4% from the field. Utah only had 10 turnovers, -3 under their average. Lastly, Jace Johnson. He led the team in PER but still only 28th best on the season 7/9 from the field, 12 rebounds. If he can remove those 3 turnovers and 2 terrible free throws he would've been mid 20s, that would've bumped him into top 15. That's about it for the good

The bad...Utah. They were bad. Not having Kuzma was key but the shooting was awful. Oregon collected 31 defensive boards (season high for UO), 31 made field goals (3rd most), 10 blocks (season high) 109 team efficiency (+41.2 over UO average) 41.9% of all possessions ending in 2pt shot (season high) that's it for Oregon records. For Utah they only had 16 defensive board, -15 on defensive boards (both lows), 61 points (3rd lowest-Butler, Arizona) 51 team efficiency (2nd lowest - Butler), 38.2% shooting (2nd lowest - Butler) 15.8% shooting from 3 (3/19 - 3rd lowest- Butler, Washington St last week). Utah had a 0.67 team efficiency per possession. The Utes are 0-3 when they are <1 on this stat. Utah was -7 on blocks. -58 on team efficiency, -36.4% from the line, -15 defensive boards, -8 assists, -16.3% on assists to shot ratio...(all season lows). In other words, Oregon kicked their asses.

Moving on, I had that game as a loss.

Time for some good beaver action to make everything feel better.

[The Thrill]

PLAYER
PER
+/-
PLAYER
PER
Rank


Kyle Kuzma
17
-2.5
Stephen Thompson Jr
33
#2


Sedrick Barefield
13
+5.5
Drew Eubanks
16



David Collette
10
-5.4
Kendal Manuel
11



Devon Daniels
10
-3.5
Jaquori McLaughlin
6



Gabe Bealer
9
+5.7
Gligorije Rakocevic
5



Lorenzo Bonam
7
-6.6
Matt Dahlen
1



Jace Johnson
6
-0.1
Ben Kone
1



JoJo Zamora
4
-2.3
Daine Muller
0



Parker Van Dyke
1
-4.1
Ronnie Stacy
-1



Tyler Rawson
-1
-9.8
Tanner Sanders
-1




Well this season was fun.

I'm going to make this quick.

The Bad...Utah 5/9 from the line? 55.6% is awful. -5 in blocks, +6 in turnovers = a loss.

The good...Utah was 43.8% of possessions resulted in a 2pt bucket. Oregon State only had 25 rebounds, tied for 2nd least for UO. The other good, we can shelf our expectations until next year at this point. A long NIT run is the best case scenario...and that's....ok.

3 games left in the regular season.

[The Thrill]

PLAYER
PER
+/-
PLAYER
PER
Rank


Kyle Kuzma
26
+6.2
Derrick White
34
#2


David Collette
19
+3.4
Wesley Gordon
15



Lorenzo Bonam
16
+2.3
George King
14



Jace Johnson
12
+5.7
Xavier Johnson
6



Tyler Rawson
7
-1.7
Dominique Collier
6



Gabe Bealer
7
+3.6
Tory Miller
4



JoJo Zamora
6
-0.3
Lucas Siewert
4



Parker Van Dyke
6
+0.8
Josh Fortune
0



Sedrick Barefield
3
-4.3
Thomas Akyzaili
0






Deleon Brown
-3




Great road win to finish the road season at 5-6. Jace Johnson has been great lately. Double digit PER in 3 of the last 5 games (9 vs WSU). His aggressiveness and rebounding have surely helped out coming off the bench.
Keep in mind that Bealer and Bonam are the only seniors on this team.

The good...So many fouls. 60 free throws. Utah 25 (season high) for 32 (2nd highest) and 78.1% from the line. 9 turnovers for Utah was -4 under their average. Colorado only had 2 steals, Utah allows 6.2 per game. The 185 combined efficiency was the 5th best of the season (average is 159.4). Utah made a three on 15.5% of all their possessions (average is 10.5% ) . The 9 three pointers made was 5th best of the season. When Utah gets under 30 rebounds they are 2-7 which makes them 16-3 when they get over 30 rebounds. The combined 76.7% from the line was a season high for a Utah game.

The bad...48 combined personal fouls. The first game had 49, SFA game had 48. 46/60 was a season high for both from the line combined. Utah was -12 on shot attempts and -7 on offensive boards. Luckily for the Utes they were +11.3% from the field. Utah had -16 possessions, only game worse was Xavier. At least it was called even, both teams had 24 fouls (high for the Utes). Overall it was a good game from Utah. Utah was +14% from deep and -1 in turnovers.

One more home stand and it's off to Vegas.

[The Thrill]

Speaking of Jayce Johnson, it's about time I spelled his name correctly, below is his PER flow chart for the year.
Pac12 league play started game 13

2148

[sancho]

Speaking of Jayce Johnson, it's about time I spelled his name correctly, below is his PER flow chart for the year.
Pac12 league play started game 13


There's gotta be some kind of PER deduction for his form on free throws.

[NorthwestUteFan]

That form is terrifying. Why has nobody ever corrected that?

[The Thrill]

PLAYER
PER
+/-
PLAYER
PER
Rank


Lorenzo Bonam
20
+6.1
Ivan Rabb
13



Jace Johnson
15
+8.4
Grant Mullins
9



David Collette
14
-1.5
Kameron Rooks
5



Kyle Kuzma
13
-6.5
Cole Welle
1



Sedrick Barefield
11
+3.5
Roger Moute A Bidias
1



Parker Van Dyke
9
+3.7
Kingsley Okoroh
1



Tyler Rawson
6
-2.6
Sam Singer
1



Gabe Bealer
3
-0.4
Stephen Domingo
1



Jakub Jokl
2
--
Don Coleman
1



Marc Reininger
1
+0.7
Roman Davis
0



Jake Connor
1
-0.8
Nick Hamilton
0



JoJo Zamora
1
-5.1
Jabari Bird
-1



Beau Rydalch
0
-0.6
Charlie Moore
-5




Cal forgot to show up.

The good...Cal only made 12 shots. Utah allows 24.6. Cal only had 3 assists...Utah allows 11.7. Cal had 5.9% of their shots off an assist. 27 efficiency, 0.25 assist to turnover, 35.5% of possessions was a score. Pretty much every Cal stat was the second worst of the season for a UO. Only game 1 NW Nazarene was worse. Utah shot a season high 16/19 84.2% from the line. Average now at 68.7% on the season. Other than that Utah had a fairly average game, Cal just sucked.

The bad....Utah was only 4/20 from deep at 20%. Cal only broke the 30 point barrier because they were 18/23 from the line. Utah has given up 39/51 from the line the last two games. 8 times this season they've allowed 23 free throws or more, twice the past 2 games. Combined both teams season lows in the following 6 three point makes, 118 points, 15.8% three point shooting. 6/38 yikes. Devon Daniels :(

That's about it.

Beat Furd

[The Thrill]

PLAYER
PER
+/-
PLAYER
PER
RANK


Lorenzo Bonam
30
+15.6
Dorian Pickens
22
#14


Kyle Kuzma
15
-4.3
Malcolm Allen
13



Gabe Bealer
8
+4.4
Reid Travis
11



Tyler Rawson
6
-2.5
Robert Cartwright
8



Parker Van Dyke
6
+0.7
Michael Humphrey
5



David Collette
3
-11.9
Grant Verhoeven
5



Jace Johnson
3
-3.5
Josh Sharma
3



Sedrick Barefield
1
-6.2
Marcus Sheffield
1



JoJo Zamora
-2
-7.8
Christian Sanders
-1




Why didn't we have senior season for ZoBo? Dude killed it today.

I'll do a regular season stats next but let's look at the final game.
1st game all season where Utah won the game but lost the efficiency.
They tied vs UVU at 93

The bad...Stanford played a great game and led most of the game. The bad news for them was somebody pissed off Bonam. Stanford shot 53.3% from deep 8/15 which was the 2nd best all year for UO (San Francisco 57.1% ). The Cardinal had 30% of their shots off an assist, Utah allows 20%. Utah only made a 2 point basket on 22.7% of their possessions, season low. Utah averages 35.8% of their possessions getting a 2pt basket. 42.9% shooting for Utah was the worst they've shot in a win.

The good...Utah was +12 in possessions. Utah also had 10 steals (19 in the last 2 games), utah is +10 in steals over the three game win streak. Utah only had 12 fouls average is 16.7. Utah made a three on 16.2% of their possessions, a season high. Utah was 16% vs Stanford the first game. Utah is 7-1 when they score over 14% of their possessions from deep.

Utes didn't need this win for the BYE but they needed this win for a chance at the dance. I think if they make it to the final game (which means beating Oregon) then they get in. Otherwise it's NIT...and that's....ok.

[The Thrill]

There were 5 games with a 30 per or better

37 Kuzma vs NW Nazarene
33 Kuzma @ Arizona St
31 Kuzma @ Washington St
30 Kuzma vs Prairie View
30 Bonam vs Stanford

Season Highs
Rebounds - 19 Kuzma vs NW Nazarene
Assists - 9 Kuzma vs Montana St
Steals - 4 Bonam vs California
Blocks - 4 Bonam vs Montana St
Turnovers 7 (tie) Kuzma @Oregon St and Bonam vs NW Nazarene
Minutes - 47 Kuzma @California
Shot attempts - 21 Kuzma @Washington
Points - 35 Barefield vs San Francisco (only 30 pt game of season)
Shooting% - 100% Collette vs Stephen F Austin 8/8

5 players played in all 30 games:
Jace Johnson
Parker Van Dyke
Lorenzo Bonam
Tyler Rawson
JoJo Zamora

Game Season highs combined teams
Shots attempted - 140 - Concordia OR
3pt Made - 23 - San Francisco
FT attempts - 60 - @Colorado
Assists - 35 - UCLA and Montana St
Blocks - 15 - @California
Turnovers - 44 - San Francisco
Points - 176 - Montana St
Shooting % - 54.2% - Oregon St

In Utah wins vs Losses
Rebounds - Utah was +7.4 in wins / -3.1 in losses
Assists - Utah was +5.7 in wins / -2.1 in losses
Shooting % - Utah was +14.8% in wins / -2.6% in losses
Points - Utah was +20.2 in wins / -6.4 in losses
FT % - Utah was +0.1% in wins / +2.7% in losses - Yes that means Utah shot better from the line in losses
3pt % - Utah was +5.9% in wins / -8.9% in losses
Shot attempts - Utah was -1.3 in wins / 0.0 in losses

2165

[The Thrill]

Crazy consistency. Game 1 at Cal final efficiency was Cal 88-76 (OT)



PLAYER
PER
+/-
PLAYER
PER
RANK


Kyle Kuzma
21
+1.6
Jabari Bird
27
#11


Lorenzo Bonam
16
+1.5
Charlie Moore
18
#28


David Collette
9
-5.6
Kingsley Okoroh
15



Sedrick Barefield
9
+1.7
Ivan Rabb
11



JoJo Zamora
8
+2.1
Grant Mullins
8



Gabe Bealer
6
+2.3
Kameron Rooks
6



Tyler Rawson
4
-4.4
Roger Moute A Bidias
1



Devon Daniels
2
-11.1
Sam Singer
0



Jace Johnson
2
-4.3
Stephen Domingo
0



Parker Van Dyke
-1
-6.1
Don Coleman
0




Crazy how similar this game was to the first game. Bird had 25 PER in game 1.

[The Thrill]

PLAYER
PER
+/-
PLAYER
PER
RANK


Kyle Kuzma
24
+4.4
Chandler Hutchinson
29
#7


David Collette
19
+4.2
Zach Haney
12



Gabe Bealer
11
+7.1
Marcus Dickinson
10



Devon Daniels
9
-3.9
Justinian Jessup
7



Lorenzo Bonam
5
-9.2
Paris Austin
7



JoJo Zamora
5
-0.9
James Reid
3



Tyler Rawson
3
-5.2
Nick Duncan
1



Sedrick Barefield
1
-6.0
David Wacker
1



Jace Johnson
-1
-7.1
Robin Jorch
0






Alex Hobbs
0





Season over.

[UBlender]

PLAYER
PER
+/-
PLAYER
PER
RANK


Kyle Kuzma
24
+4.4
Chandler Hutchinson
29
#7


David Collette
19
+4.2
Zach Haney
12



Gabe Bealer
11
+7.1
Marcus Dickinson
10



Devon Daniels
9
-3.9
Justinian Jessup
7



Lorenzo Bonam
5
-9.2
Paris Austin
7



JoJo Zamora
5
-0.9
James Reid
3



Tyler Rawson
3
-5.2
Nick Duncan
1



Sedrick Barefield
1
-6.0
David Wacker
1



Jace Johnson
-1
-7.1
Robin Jorch
0






Alex Hobbs
0





Season over.

I made the observation on twitter that Utah was really hurt by Bealer getting in foul trouble in both halves. That +/- seems to support that. He'll be an interesting player next year, seems like the light turned on and he could be a solid complimentary piece.

[The Thrill]

I made the observation on twitter that Utah was really hurt by Bealer getting in foul trouble in both halves. That +/- seems to support that. He'll be an interesting player next year, seems like the light turned on and he could be a solid complimentary piece.

Very true, not sure if you're aware of not but the +/- is that players total over or under their season average not the score +/- for the game. Still the comment holds true. Bealer really has come on late.
Next season could be interesting. What was up with PVD vs Boise? Jace only 1 minute? Something seemed off.

I keep hearing rumors that Kuzma is NBA bound. Many draft board have him early 2nd round. Not sure that's worth it.
Recruits coming in are mission bound, other than that not a lot will change. Other than Tillman replacing Bonam and Seeley seeing the floor the team is/will be the same.


Next Season roster prediction:

1s - Zamora - PVD - Connor
2s - Barefield - Daniels - Bealer - Rydalch
3s - Kuzma - Seeley - Tillman
4s - Collette - Rawson - Reininger
5s - Johnson - Jokl

Won't hit depth chart/transfer?
Connor - Coaches kid, probably in it for 4 years
Rydalch - Great story, great kid, legacy, he'll be a 4 year bench guy.
Reininger - Might belong at mid-major level for significant playing time.
Jokl - Pac12 is just above his level.

I could see Reininger and Jokl leaving if Utah gets a JC big man transfer or late commit.
I thought if Akot came that Kuzma would surely leave, now I'm not so sure. I don't think Kuzma like Coach K, Larry pushes him hard and honestly KK is a bit of an introvert.

SMALL FORWARDS
Donnie Tillman, HS PF, 6'7" 225, needs to stay light to play 3, too small for a 4.
Chris Seeley, 6'6" 215, crazy athletic but raw and inexperienced. Hopefully a year away he grows in ability.
Kyle Kuzma, 6'9" 221, All Pac12 first team, projected 2nd round NBA player, lacks leadership,

Utes need a floor general.
The most outspoken player is Devon Daniels and he apparently is a loose cannon. K needs to corral DD and let him lead this team, his aggressiveness and attitude could be a great leadership to the team.