The Matchup Zone

Penn State Nittany Lions

2015 Penn State Projections

2015 Projected PAPER Ratings

Player Class Pos Off. Rate (Nat'l Rank) Def. Rate (Nat'l Rank) Value/40 (Nat'l Rank) WINS (Nat'l Rank)
Devonte Newbill SR+ Wing 1.50 (208) 0.22 (930) 0.68 (204) 1.83 (159)
Donovon Jack JR PF 2.05 (137) 0.07 (807) 0.73 (195) 1.09 (542)
Geno Thorpe SO Wing -0.59 (943) 0.38 (1072) -0.27 (1027) 0.84 (781)
Ross Travis SR PF -1.07 (1248) 0.84 (1520) -0.89 (2352) 0.83 (796)
Brandon Taylor JR PF -0.73 (1015) 1.54 (2394) -0.93 (2410) 0.65 (1040)
Jordan Dickerson JR Big 0.17 (578) 0.75 (1425) -0.11 (637) 0.63 (1081)
Payton Banks FR+ SF -1.81 (1731) 0.82 (1492) -0.49 (1551) 0.30 (1744)
John Johnson SR Wing -3.12 (2662) 1.08 (1819) -0.91 (2384) 0.20 (2066)
Shep Garner FR SG -3.27 (2754) 0.61 (1264) -0.76 (2100) 0.15 (2231)
Alan Wisniewski SR+ PF 1.26 (249) 3.69 (3975) -0.10 (629) 0.07 (2553)
Julian Moore FR+ PF -1.24 (1357) 0.63 (1287) -0.06 (572) 0.06 (2579)
Isaiah Washington FR SG -4.37 (3288) 1.96 (2915) -1.25 (3045) -0.05 (3408)

Player Per-Game Projections

Projected per-game averages, normalized to BCS-average opponent.

Player Class Pos MIN FGM FGA 3GM 3GA FTM FTA OREB DREB REB AST TO STL BLK PF PTS
Devonte Newbill SR+ Wing 32.7 6.2 13.7 1.5 4.4 4.0 5.6 2.1 3.2 5.2 2.0 2.1 0.9 0.3 2.6 17.8
Ross Travis SR PF 28.9 3.2 7.4 0.3 1.1 2.8 3.5 2.4 5.3 7.7 1.2 1.6 0.7 0.3 2.5 9.3
Brandon Taylor JR PF 25.3 3.2 8.7 1.3 4.6 1.7 2.2 1.5 3.9 5.5 0.8 1.2 0.3 1.0 2.8 9.4
Geno Thorpe SO Wing 22.9 2.3 4.4 0.3 0.9 2.6 3.5 0.9 2.7 3.7 1.7 1.5 0.9 0.0 2.3 7.4
John Johnson SR Wing 20.1 2.6 6.7 1.1 3.2 1.1 1.5 0.3 1.8 2.1 0.9 1.3 0.4 0.0 1.8 7.5
Donovon Jack JR PF 17.6 2.2 5.2 0.5 1.8 1.0 1.7 1.7 2.3 3.9 0.9 0.5 0.4 1.3 2.6 6.0
Jordan Dickerson JR Big 15.8 1.2 2.0 0.0 0.1 0.6 1.0 1.4 1.7 3.2 0.1 0.8 0.2 1.7 2.4 3.0
Payton Banks FR+ SF 13.3 1.2 3.8 0.4 1.6 0.6 0.9 0.9 1.6 2.5 0.8 0.8 0.4 0.1 1.0 3.4
Shep Garner FR SG 11.6 1.0 3.0 0.4 1.5 0.4 0.7 0.4 1.1 1.5 1.0 0.8 0.4 0.0 0.7 2.8
Isaiah Washington FR SG 6.8 0.6 1.9 0.3 0.9 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.0 0.4 1.7
Alan Wisniewski SR+ PF 2.7 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.6 0.3
Julian Moore FR+ PF 2.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2
Penn State TEAM 200.0 21.9 57.0 6.1 20.9 13.5 18.7 11.6 23.6 35.2 9.2 11.4 4.9 3.8 20.0 63.3
Penn State TEAM 200.0 22.7 53.3 6.6 18.5 16.5 23.8 11.2 26.4 11.2 12.9 11.2 5.9 4.6 17.5 68.5