Maybe Jaxon Kohler and Jase Richardson were better than we thought, and the Data backs that up.
Bart Torvik Big Ten Conference Overall Individual Basketball Rankings based on offense and defense.
BPM (Overall Ranking)=OBPM (Offensive Ranking)+ DBPM (Defensive Ranking)
1. Braden Smith (Purdue): 10.7 BPM (7.5+3.2)
2. Nate Bittle (Oregon): 10.7 BPM (6.2+4.5)
3. Jaxon Kohler (MSU): 10.6 (6.0+4.6)
4. Vlad Goldin (UM): 9.9 (7.0+2.8)
5. Jakobi Gillespie (Maryland): 9.3 (5.8+3.5)
6. Steven Crowl (Wisconsin): 9.0 (5.1+3.9)
7. Jase Richardson (MSU): 8.9 (5.4+3.5)
8. John Tonje (Wisconsin): 8.7 (7.0+1.7)
9. T Kaufman-Penn (Purdue): 8.5 (7.1+1.4)
10. Bruce Thornton (OSU): 8.4 (6.2+1.8)
11. Danny Wolf (UM): 8.3 (3.8+4.5)
12. Thomas Ivisic (Illinois): 7.7 (4.7+3.0)
13. Dylan Harper (Rutgers): 7.3 (5.6+1.7)
14. Oumar Ballo (Indiana): 7.0 (4.7+2.3)
15. Morez Johnson (Illinois): 6.9 (4.2+2.7)
16. Nolan Winter (Wisconsin): 6.9 (5.4+1.5)
17. Eric Dailey (UCLA): 6.8 (4.6+2.2)
18. Julian Reese (Maryland): 6.7 (2.6+4.1)
19. Zack Hicks (PSU): 6.2 (4.7+1.5)
20. Tyler Bilodeau (UCLA): 6.1 (4.2+1.9)
21. Brice Williams (Nebraska): 6.0 (5.3+0.6)
22. Kobe Johnson (UCLA): 5.9 (2.6+3.3)
23. Malik Reneau (Indiana): 5.7 (3.9+1.8)
24. Derik Queen (Maryland): 5.5 (2.2+3.3)
25. Rashaun Agee (USC): 5.3 (3.6+1.7)
26. Dawson Garcia (Minnesota): 5.2 (5.5+-0.3)
27. Kasparas Jakucionis (Illinois): 5.2 (3.8+1.4)
28. Matthew Nicholson (NU): 5.1 (1.4+3.7)
29. Pryce Sandfort (Iowa): 5.1 (5.1+0.0)
30. Tre Hollomon (MSU): 4.8 (2.2+2.6)
31. Ace Bailey (Rutgers): 4.2 (4.0+2.0)
32. Josh Dix (Iowa): 4.1 (4.4+ -0.3)
33. Kwame Evans (Oregon): 4.0 (2.2+1.8)
34. Great Osobor (Washington): 3.8 (2.1+1.7)
35. Jaden Akins (MSU): 3.8 (1.8+2.0)
36. Ace Baldwin (PSU): 3.3 (1.8+1.5)
37. Payton Sandfort (Iowa): 2.6 (3.1+ -0.5)
Some individual stats during the seven-game stretch to the end of the regular season:
1. Jaxon Kohler: 28/51 (54.9%), 6/13 three-point land (46.2%) 21 offensive rebounds, 55 rebounds, eight assists, six blocks, five steals.
2. Jase Richardson: 38/74 (51.4%), 11/28 three-point land (39.3%), sixteen assists, and four turnovers.
3. Tre Hollomon: 32/71 (45.1%), 10/29 three-point land (34.5%), 23 assists and ten turnovers.
4. Jaden Akins: 28/87 (32.2%), 12/39 three-pointers (30.8%), 12 assists and seven turnovers.
Regular Season +/- Michigan State:
Jaden Akins: 854 min, +293
Jaxon Kohler: 669 min, +274
Jase Richardson: 758 min, +260
Tre Holloman: 740 min, +259
Coen Carr: 633 min, +177
Jeremy Fears Jr: 711 min, +164
Szymon Zapala: 460 min, +138
Carson Cooper: 538 min, +133
Frankie Fidler: 535 min, +113
Xavier Booker: 418 min, +30
Kur Teng: 57 min, +4
Gehrig Normand: 26 min, +3
Nick Sanders: 12 min, +2
TOTAL PLUS/MINUS in SEVEN GAME MURDERERS ROW
Jaxon Kohler is the only MSU player who didn't have a negative plus/minus game in the seven-game stretch: (Akins -6 Purdue), Richardson (-2 Wisconsin), Hollomon (-2 Maryland)
Bart Torvik Big Ten Conference Overall Individual Basketball Rankings based on offense and defense.
BPM (Overall Ranking)=OBPM (Offensive Ranking)+ DBPM (Defensive Ranking)
1. Braden Smith (Purdue): 10.7 BPM (7.5+3.2)
2. Nate Bittle (Oregon): 10.7 BPM (6.2+4.5)
3. Jaxon Kohler (MSU): 10.6 (6.0+4.6)
4. Vlad Goldin (UM): 9.9 (7.0+2.8)
5. Jakobi Gillespie (Maryland): 9.3 (5.8+3.5)
6. Steven Crowl (Wisconsin): 9.0 (5.1+3.9)
7. Jase Richardson (MSU): 8.9 (5.4+3.5)
8. John Tonje (Wisconsin): 8.7 (7.0+1.7)
9. T Kaufman-Penn (Purdue): 8.5 (7.1+1.4)
10. Bruce Thornton (OSU): 8.4 (6.2+1.8)
11. Danny Wolf (UM): 8.3 (3.8+4.5)
12. Thomas Ivisic (Illinois): 7.7 (4.7+3.0)
13. Dylan Harper (Rutgers): 7.3 (5.6+1.7)
14. Oumar Ballo (Indiana): 7.0 (4.7+2.3)
15. Morez Johnson (Illinois): 6.9 (4.2+2.7)
16. Nolan Winter (Wisconsin): 6.9 (5.4+1.5)
17. Eric Dailey (UCLA): 6.8 (4.6+2.2)
18. Julian Reese (Maryland): 6.7 (2.6+4.1)
19. Zack Hicks (PSU): 6.2 (4.7+1.5)
20. Tyler Bilodeau (UCLA): 6.1 (4.2+1.9)
21. Brice Williams (Nebraska): 6.0 (5.3+0.6)
22. Kobe Johnson (UCLA): 5.9 (2.6+3.3)
23. Malik Reneau (Indiana): 5.7 (3.9+1.8)
24. Derik Queen (Maryland): 5.5 (2.2+3.3)
25. Rashaun Agee (USC): 5.3 (3.6+1.7)
26. Dawson Garcia (Minnesota): 5.2 (5.5+-0.3)
27. Kasparas Jakucionis (Illinois): 5.2 (3.8+1.4)
28. Matthew Nicholson (NU): 5.1 (1.4+3.7)
29. Pryce Sandfort (Iowa): 5.1 (5.1+0.0)
30. Tre Hollomon (MSU): 4.8 (2.2+2.6)
31. Ace Bailey (Rutgers): 4.2 (4.0+2.0)
32. Josh Dix (Iowa): 4.1 (4.4+ -0.3)
33. Kwame Evans (Oregon): 4.0 (2.2+1.8)
34. Great Osobor (Washington): 3.8 (2.1+1.7)
35. Jaden Akins (MSU): 3.8 (1.8+2.0)
36. Ace Baldwin (PSU): 3.3 (1.8+1.5)
37. Payton Sandfort (Iowa): 2.6 (3.1+ -0.5)
Some individual stats during the seven-game stretch to the end of the regular season:
1. Jaxon Kohler: 28/51 (54.9%), 6/13 three-point land (46.2%) 21 offensive rebounds, 55 rebounds, eight assists, six blocks, five steals.
2. Jase Richardson: 38/74 (51.4%), 11/28 three-point land (39.3%), sixteen assists, and four turnovers.
3. Tre Hollomon: 32/71 (45.1%), 10/29 three-point land (34.5%), 23 assists and ten turnovers.
4. Jaden Akins: 28/87 (32.2%), 12/39 three-pointers (30.8%), 12 assists and seven turnovers.
Regular Season +/- Michigan State:
Jaden Akins: 854 min, +293
Jaxon Kohler: 669 min, +274
Jase Richardson: 758 min, +260
Tre Holloman: 740 min, +259
Coen Carr: 633 min, +177
Jeremy Fears Jr: 711 min, +164
Szymon Zapala: 460 min, +138
Carson Cooper: 538 min, +133
Frankie Fidler: 535 min, +113
Xavier Booker: 418 min, +30
Kur Teng: 57 min, +4
Gehrig Normand: 26 min, +3
Nick Sanders: 12 min, +2
TOTAL PLUS/MINUS in SEVEN GAME MURDERERS ROW
- Tre Hollomon +65
- Jase Richardson +62
- Jaxon Kohler +57
- Jaden Akins +54
- Szymon Zapala +43
- Carson Cooper +39
- Coen Carr +24
- JeremyFears +18
- Frankie Fidler+11
- Xavier Booker -26
Jaxon Kohler is the only MSU player who didn't have a negative plus/minus game in the seven-game stretch: (Akins -6 Purdue), Richardson (-2 Wisconsin), Hollomon (-2 Maryland)
