Nice writeups about K'Andre Miller and Zac Jones' seasons
10 Observations From a Year of NCAA Data Tracking
Regarding Miller, this is what I and a few others said all season, he actually had a good year that got better as the year went on (after an admittedly slow start). He played for an idiot coach in a stupid system for a program in decline. The kid is a beast, absolute stud. He has some skills that can't be taught that will be incredibly useful.
"Not only did Miller post identical zone exit results to Hobey Baker winner
Scott Perunovich (left), he led the dataset in controlled entry prevention rate, despite the rest of his teammates sitting at average (right). And compared to his teammates, he’s out on an island.
How Miller posted these transition results is even more impressive. While the average Wisconsin blue-liner with the middle in just 11 percent of zone exit attempts while under forechecking duress, Miller used the middle a staggering 46 percent of attempts. And this didn’t come with a loss in success rate – Miller’s exits result in Wisconsin possession in the neutral zone 91 percent of the time – 10 percent higher than Wisconsin average.
Still concerned? While Miller’s half-point-per-game clip seems underwhelming, it wasn’t indicative of his impact. He posted Expected Primary Points per 60 at a virtually identical rate to high-scoring blueliners
Jack Rathbone,
David Farrance, and Perunovich at 5-on-5. Ignore the noise — Miller’s still a top prospect."