2019-2020 Team Projections
Team projections are built on the lineups you see below. If you see a player listed who shouldn't be there, or if there's a player missing who should be included, please let me know.
TAPE Ratings show how a team would perform on a neutral site against an average BCS conference team.
| RANK | TEAM | CONF. | TAPE | OFFENSE | (RANK) | DEFENSE | (RANK) | PACE | (RANK) | At Large | Top 25 | Win Conf. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Michigan State | BigTen | 13.99 | 75.02 | (5) | 66.43 | (13) | 68.49 | (243) | 97% | 84% | 37% |
Player Per-Game Projections
Projected per-game averages, normalized to average D1 opponent.
| Player | Class | Pos | MIN | FGM | FGA | 3GM | 3GA | FTM | FTA | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | TO | STL | BLK | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cassius Winston | SR | PG | 30.4 | 5.9 | 12.5 | 2.3 | 5.9 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 7.6 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 17.4 |
| Aaron Henry | SO | SF | 26.2 | 3.6 | 6.3 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 4.3 | 5.6 | 2.4 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 9.8 |
| Xavier Tillman | JR | Big | 26.0 | 4.5 | 7.0 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 5.9 | 8.8 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 12.1 |
| Kyle Ahrens | SR | SG | 22.0 | 2.8 | 6.4 | 1.6 | 4.2 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 7.9 |
| Joshua Langford | SR | SG | 19.6 | 3.7 | 7.6 | 1.7 | 4.1 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 10.4 |
| Braden Burke | JR | SF | 17.2 | 2.6 | 5.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 2.3 | 6.8 |
| Rocket Watts Jr | FR | CG | 15.2 | 2.3 | 4.5 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 6.4 |
| Malik Hall | FR | PF | 13.6 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 2.5 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 2.3 | 5.0 |
| Thomas Kithier | SO | PF | 9.7 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 2.8 |
| Foster Loyer | SO | Combo | 8.2 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.4 |
| Gabe Brown | SO | SF | 6.7 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.7 |
| Julius Marble | FR | PF | 3.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.0 |
| Marcus Bingham Jr | SO | Big | 2.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Michigan State TEAM | 200.0 | 28.1 | 58.2 | 9.4 | 23.6 | 12.3 | 17.6 | 10.6 | 29.2 | 39.8 | 18.8 | 12.9 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 17.6 | 77.9 | ||
| Michigan State OPPONENTS | 200.0 | 24.2 | 59.1 | 7.1 | 20.8 | 13.4 | 18.8 | 10.7 | 24.4 | 35.0 | 12.7 | 11.4 | 5.9 | 3.5 | 17.0 | 68.9 | ||