BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Of the three transfers Indiana lured from dilapidated Pac-12 colleges within the offseason, the most easy known is undoubtedly heart Oumar Ballo. He conducted at excessive-profile Arizona, and he conducted in opposition to the Hoosiers one day of the 2022-23 season.
The opposite two gamers – guards Myles Rice and Kanaan Carlyle – weren’t as visible. Carlyle, no longer decrease than, conducted at Stanford, which tends to get more fresh season national television appearances than Rice’s dilapidated college, Washington Disclose.
The Cougars, left within the encourage of within the dying of the Pac-12 along with Oregon Disclose, on occasion get TV time, even when they’re factual. That became the case remaining season when Wazzu went 25-10 and done 2d within the closing season of the Pac-12. Washington Disclose made it to the 2d spherical of the NCAA Tournament sooner than dropping to Iowa Disclose.
Some Indiana followers will beget considered Rice play, but no longer many. So comparisons to previous Indiana gamers draw in at hand.
The appropriate allege? Rice, anticipated to be a level guard for the Hoosiers, conducted that in finding 22 situation as his main characteristic at Washington Disclose, but he didn’t play it exclusively. While he led the Cougars at 3.8 assists per game, Washington Disclose did no longer hesitate, at instances, to let regarded as one of its other guards provoke motion.
That skews the statistics a chunk of to carry some combo guards from Indiana’s previous into the candidate pool. Which makes this comparison reasonably of bit more fun.
One intention thru which Rice doesn’t examine to any individual else coming off their freshman season? He’s 21. Forward of his college career began, he had to get greater from cancer. Rice underwent chemotherapy after he became recognized with a create of Hodgkin lymphoma.
But right here are some newcomers from Indiana’s previous who produced like Rice did for the Cougars remaining season.
Story of the tape
Rice’s susceptible statistics: 14.8 parts, 2.7 rebounds and 3.8 assists at Washington Disclose. He converted 43.9% of his photographs and 27.5% of his 3-point makes an try. He’s listed at 6-foot-2 and 175 pounds.
Rice’s developed statistics, as same old by sports-reference.com: Rice had 3.8 get shares and a 17 Player Effectivity Ranking. He had a 25.9% utilization share, a 22.7% serve share, a 5.4% complete rebounding share and a 2.4 defensive field plus-minute score.
One of the significant most developed statistics are explained below.
Honorable mention
A complete of 11 dilapidated Hoosiers certified as statistical comparisons for Rice, but ideal about a of them are worthy of mention.
Steve Alford ’84 is terminate in susceptible stats to Rice. The Indiana account averaged 15.5 parts, 3.2 assists and 2.6 rebounds in his first Indiana season. On the opposite hand, the comparison falls aside when shooting is taken into fable. Alford converted 59.2% of his two-point photographs and became a lethal 3-point shooter when he conducted in video games the put it existed. Rice struggled in that division.
Luke Recker ’98 isn’t some distance off in production, either. Recker averaged 12.8 parts, 3.9 rebounds and 3.7 assists in his first of two seasons in an Indiana uniform, but like Alford, Recker became a miles superior shooter. He made 49.8% of his photographs and 43.9% from 3-point fluctuate. Recker became moreover significant bigger at 6-foot-6.
In Fetch Shares, James Blackmon ’15 became an right match for Rice at 3.8 and they had been terminate in utilization, too, with Blackmon at 26.9% and Rice at 25.9%. Blackmon moreover converted 42% when put next with Rice’s 43.9%, but their video games weren’t alike in many other meaningful programs.
3. Bracey Wright ‘03
One in every of the mainstays of the Mike Davis technology, Wright started all 30 video games he conducted one day of his freshman season. Wright scored and rebounded (16.2 ppg, 5 rpg) at an even bigger clip than Rice (14.8 ppg, 2.7 rpg). Rice dished out more assists (3.8 to 2.1).
Where they’re identical is shooting. They each made 43% of their photographs. They’re moreover virtually unnecessary even in Fetch Shares as Wright had 3.9 to Rice’s 3.8. Their utilization rate is in relation to identical as smartly – Rice at 25.9% and Wright at 25.8%. Wright became ideal an streak taller than Rice, even though he became 25 pounds heavier.
One main field with this comparison? Wright became no longer the purpose guard in 2003. Tom Coverdale led the Hoosiers in assists with 4.5 per game to Wright’s 2.1. Wright became by no manner the main distributor for the Hoosiers, but he became a passer, as he became 2d on the Hoosiers in assists in each of his three seasons.
2. Jalen Hood-Schifino ‘23
The 2d look for the Pittsburgh native within the comparison series. Hood-Schifino averaged 13.5 parts, 4.1 rebounds and 3.7 assists in 2023. The serve reasonable is virtually identical.
The shooting isn’t some distance off, either – in factual and unsuitable programs. Hood-Schifino canned 41.7% of his photographs, factual a colour off of Rice’s 43.9%. Each and every had been and are inconsistent 3-point threats. Hood-Schifino made 33.3% from long fluctuate in 2023. Rice made factual 27.5% at Washington Disclose.
Feature-practical, Hood-Schifino dealt with the ball veritably in 2023 with Xavier Johnson injured, but he didn’t enact so exclusively. By defensive field plus-minus, Rice is a miles superior defender with a 2.4 score to Hood-Schifino’s 0.3. One main difference is that Hood-Schifino is 6-6, four inches taller than Rice.
1. A.J. Guyton ‘97
To be within the same dialog as Guyton is a at ease factual factor for Rice. Guyton’s freshman campaign in 1997 lines up reasonably smartly with Rice’s one season with Washington Disclose.
Guyton averaged 13.6 parts, 3.3 rebounds and 3.9 assists in his first Indiana season, all within fluctuate of Rice’s production. They shot virtually exactly the same – Rice at 43.9% and Guyton at 43.5%. They both struggled from 3-point fluctuate with Rice having the sting at 27.5% to Guyton’s 25.6%.
Guyton conducted at the break of day of developed statistics, but his 3.6 get shares – the right developed stat accessible – aligns carefully with Rice.
Finally, they’re virtually the same dimension. Guyton became 6-1 and 175 pounds, a draw unnecessary-ringer for Rice.
Guyton went on to beget a ideal four-yr career for Indiana and a three-yr NBA career. If Rice can chart a identical course? Indiana shall be the total greater for it.
Next: Kanaan Carlyle.
Tips
First, the frequent guidelines. Avid gamers will ideal be when put next with folks that conducted roughly the same in finding 22 situation. There’s puny point in comparing Malik Reneau to Yogi Ferrell, for instance.
There’s some leeway granted to shooting guards, whether or no longer they moreover dealt with the ball or whether or no longer they had been sizable and might well presumably play small forward. Same for energy forwards, about a of whom are stretch forwards, others beget manned the post.
This rule is extreme: gamers are ideal when put next with folks that had been the same class. Seniors-to-seniors, juniors-to-juniors, and so forth.
With redshirt seasons, and namely because it pertains to most up-to-date gamers, COVID-19 amnesty seasons, some most up-to-date seniors can ideal be when put next with seniors who exhausted their eligibility in their private timeframe. Xavier Johnson had three senior seasons as a result of his damage waiver season – a first rate man of the instances.
Standards
Contemporary Indiana gamers had been when put next with gamers of the previous in three assorted classes – susceptible statistics, developed statistics and characteristic.
One classic field is that developed statistics are ideal accessible initiating within the mid-Nineties – and that’s ideal the most frequent ones. The tubby menu of developed statistics now we beget this day had been ideal tracked initiating within the 2009-10 season.
Even the tubby menu of susceptible statistics weren’t precisely tracked except the Eighties.
Veteran counting stats and developed stats invent differences in comps. Veteran stats are field to minutes conducted.
Avid gamers had been regarded as a “comp” if they had been within two parts per game in scoring or within one get allotment in developed statistics.
After that, the opposite statistics had been same old to create a terminate comparison. A factual comp moreover needs to be roughly the same dimension, even though that is advanced as gamers beget gradually grown over time. Invoice Garrett became a 6-foot-3 post participant within the early Fifties, for instance.
Ratings explained
Fetch shares: An estimate of the need of wins contributed by a participant thru their offense and protection. The larger the number, the greater.
Player Effectivity Ranking: A score created by John Hollinger in an strive to quantify a participant’s total contribution. A median score is 15.
Usage Share: An estimate of the percentage of team plays same old by a participant when they’re on the flooring.
Support share: An estimate of the percentage of teammate field targets a participant assisted on the put they had been on the flooring.
Total rebounding share: An estimate of the accessible rebounds a participant grabbed when they had been on the flooring.
Defensive field plus-minus: A field score estimate of the defensive parts per 100 possessions a participant contributed to above a league-reasonable participant. The larger the number, the greater.
