In my last article, I looked at how the Wisconsin Badgers did as a team against Ohio State (spoiler: they did pretty darn well). This time around, let’s look at which players fueled the win.
There are two main ways to look at player value. The first is on a possession-adjusted basis, which removes issues of playing time from the analysis, but which brings in the problem of small sample size. This can be valuable in uncovering players who aren’t getting much playing time, but who may deserve more.
The second way of looking at player value is in terms of total value, where opportunities to accumulate stats (playing time) factors into things.