Hoosiers On SI examines past Hoosiers whose stats or style were similar to current players.
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – There might not be a more fascinating player than senior guard Trey Galloway when it comes to comparing current Indiana players to former ones.
Sometimes he ran the offense. Sometimes he played off point guard Xavier Johnson. Sometimes he camped on the 3-point line. Sometimes he drove the lane. All of this variance in data creates an extremely large and diverse group of “comps.” By the criteria used for this series, Galloway produced 26 “comps,” by far the most for any player.As comparisons go, Galloway is every player and unique. The data is all over the place.
Galloway’s advanced statistics, as used by sports-reference.com: Reneau had 1.7 win shares and a 13.3 Player Efficiency Rating. He had an 18.9% usage percentage, a 25.6 % assist percentage, a 4.9% total rebounding percentage and a 0.9 defensive box plus-minute rating.Purely from a scoring-rebounding-assist-shooting percentage point of view, Bob Wilkinson ’60 averaged 11 points, 2.8 rebounds and converted 42.6% of his shots for Branch McCracken’s Hoosiers.
Since he made the list twice, you have to include Xavier Johnson ’22 and ’23. The traditional stats are tight, but the advanced stats in both seasons create some separation in Johnson’s favor. Of course, the fact that they played in the same backcourt for Mike Woodson in both seasons also helps sharpen their similarities into focus.
Jones is kind of the opposite of Lewis. His traditional stats don’t make him comparable to Galloway at 7.5 points and 41.9% shooting, but the advanced stats reveal similarities. Not a perfect match by any means, but Green is where the traditional stats and the advanced stats come together. Not an easy task to find similarity when Galloway’s game and statistical record has so many different wrinkles to it.Players will only be compared to those who played roughly the same position. There’s little point in comparing Malik Reneau to Yogi Ferrell, for example.
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