Mox Sports Stats Blog

Quick Game Recap: The Gophers got their sixth win of the season in a low scoring 57-45 game against the Salukis of Southern Illinois. Despite the gophers never feeling worried about the outcome, Minnesota didn't make it very difficult for SUI to keep it close throughout most of the first half. The Gophers were a dismal 3 for 10 from the Free Throw line in the first half, which really shows how the lack of in-game experience is affecting the first year players. They did pick it up in the second half, shooting a much improved 9 of 12. No single player filled up the box score, but the starting five played as a well meshed unit, and each starter had 8 or more points, with Coffey, McBrayer, and Mason all in double digits. On The Numbers: Here's how the starters ranked in Pythagorean Win Shares, a statistic we at Minnesota SSA have been tweaking and working with in order to optimize it to all sports. DUPREE McBRAYER - 26.67% AMIR COFFEY - 26.67% NATE MASON - 15.98% JORDAN M

Hello, and welcome to Minnesota Sports Statistics Analysis's coverage of the Minnesota Gophers Men's Basketball Team. Our team will be writing about how the Gophers are doing this year, as well as about how we as a company are using statistics to make understanding the game easier for people of all ages. At this website you will find full blog posts about our research and development with new, and more accurate basketball metrics, as well as our general observations of the games we attend. You can find snippets of our work at our twitter account, where we will also talk about our work with baseball statistics. Our photographer, Jerry, will be uploading select photos from the games we attend to this blog, but the rest will be uploaded to our Company Instagram. Twitter: ( @MNStatsCo ) Instagram: @minnesota_ssa