Click to view Big Ten Efficiency Margin Table Indiana is the class of the Big Ten – both in the record column and in the efficiency margin column. The Hoosiers picked up a pivotal win at Michigan State and control their own destiny with a two game lead over the rest of the league. Wins are [...]
The efficiency numbers tell us that Indiana is the league’s best team by a fairly comfortable margin. (See the full efficiency margin table here.) The Hoosiers have the best offense in the Big Ten and their defense isn’t far behind, second best in the league to be precise. The Spartans have been extremely consistent on [...]
Rather than the standard efficiency margin table, we went visual this week with a scatter plot. The best offensive teams lie to the right and the best defensive teams fall in the upper half. The ideal quadrant for the best teams is the upper-right. Michigan and Indiana continue to score the ball better than anyone [...]
Team W L Tempo PPP PPP Eff Margin Michigan 6 1 63 1.20 0.96 0.24 Indiana 6 1 66 1.08 0.94 0.14 Wisconsin 5 2 58 1.00 0.90 0.10 Ohio State 5 2 64 0.99 0.90 0.09 Michigan State 6 2 65 1.02 0.96 0.06 Minnesota 3 4 63 1.08 1.03 0.06 Purdue 4 3 [...]
Team W L Tempo Off. PPP Def. PPP Eff Margin Michigan 4 1 64 1.22 0.98 0.24 Wisconsin 4 1 60 1.04 0.91 0.13 Indiana 4 1 66 1.09 0.97 0.11 Minnesota 3 2 66 1.16 1.06 0.10 Michigan State 5 1 67 1.04 0.95 0.09 Ohio State 3 2 65 0.96 0.91 0.05 Purdue [...]
Team W L Tempo Off. PPP Def. PPP Eff Margin Michigan 3 1 63 1.21 0.94 0.27 Wisconsin 3 0 58 1.03 0.82 0.22 Indiana 3 0 72 1.07 0.91 0.16 Minnesota 3 1 67 1.17 1.01 0.15 Michigan State 3 1 68 1.02 0.93 0.09 Ohio State 3 1 66 0.97 0.89 0.08 Purdue [...]
