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Tyler Ulis has the highest Modified Tendex Rating ever

I'd been wondering when they'd finally post the MTR's. No Horse has ever won the Ky Derby without the MTR over 2. I may have that confused with Dosage.
 
Not surprised. That's why I've been begging for him to get some breathers. You can't have him playing 37 minutes a game and expect him to be fresh in March. If he's tired, UK is in trouble.

Tough call. He's gotten better and better continuously.
 
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Not surprised. That's why I've been begging for him to get some breathers. You can't have him playing 37 minutes a game and expect him to be fresh in March. If he's tired, UK is in trouble.
Since 2010, 3 (out of 6) champions have had players log similar minutes as tyler is.

Scheyer with 37mpg in 2010 (dukes entire backcourt average at least 35.5mpg)
Kemba with 38mpg in 2011
Napier with 36mpg in 2014.

I'd venture to guess that tyler is better conditioned and has a better body type to be playing 36mpg+ than at least 2 of those guys.
 
Wonder what Boogie's rating would be if he averaged more than the 23.5 minutes he did. For perspective, Wall averaged 34.8 minutes.
 
Who has the highest that is unmodified?

On a per-game basis it's Kenny Walker's Junior year.

Link to Season Unmodified Tendex Rating per Game

For those of you who are confused by all this, Tendex is actually a well-known rating system that has been around for nearly 50 years. It was developed by a guy named Dave Heeran. (BTW, Martin Manley's efficiency rating is essentially the Tendex as well.)

Heeran used to write these long treatises about why his system (which he tirelessly promoted for over 30 years) was the best, and why the coefficients he used in his model (which all happened to be 1.0) made sense and best reflected what was going on in the game etc. And he wasn't really open to debate about this at all, even though I thought some of his arguments were circular and hard to justify.

The 'modified' tendex is kind of my response to this. It uses the Tendex as a basis, but took me about five minutes 'to develop' and uses coefficients which I considered at the time I made it to be more useful (i.e. the weightings were changed to give some factors like blocks and assists etc. more weight.) BTW, that's why you see someone like Ulis with a higher modified Tendex than a standard Tendex.

So in a way it's kind of a joke to counter Heeran's adamant stance that only coefficient of 1.0 make sense. But it does have its uses, and people can use it as they wish.

If you want to know the details of how all these are calculated, it's outlined on the page below:

Various Efficiency Ratings

BTW, for a long time I've been thinking of adding PER (Player Efficiency Ratings), however I always get hung up with the fact that it was created for the NBA. I'm still not sure how it should correctly be translated over to college basketball (and not sure those who have published PER #'s for college players have accounted for this either). I've consulted with a few basketball analytics guys about this issue and they seem to be stumped as well.

Also if anyone has any ideas or wishes for other player ratings systems to publish for UK players, I'm always open to suggestions.
 
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On a per-game basis it's Kenny Walker's Junior year.

Link to Season Unmodified Tendex Rating per Game

For those of you who are confused by all this, Tendex is actually a well-known rating system that has been around for nearly 50 years. It was developed by a guy named Dave Heeran. (BTW, Martin Manley's efficiency rating is essentially the Tendex as well.)

Heeran used to write these long treatises about why his system (which he tirelessly promoted for over 30 years) was the best, and why the coefficients he used in his model (which all happened to be 1.0) made sense and best reflected what was going on in the game etc. And he wasn't really open to debate about this at all, even though I thought some of his arguments were circular and hard to justify.

The 'modified' tendex is kind of my response to this. It uses the Tendex as a basis, but took me about five minutes 'to develop' and uses coefficients which I considered at the time I made it to be more useful (i.e. the weightings were changed to give some factors like blocks and assists etc. more weight.) BTW, that's why you see someone like Ulis with a higher modified Tendex than a standard Tendex.

So in a way it's kind of a joke to counter Heeran's adamant stance that only coefficient of 1.0 make sense. But it does have its uses, and people can use it as they wish.

If you want to know the details of how all these are calculated, it's outlined on the page below:

Various Efficiency Ratings

BTW, for a long time I've been thinking of adding PER (Player Efficiency Ratings), however I always get hung up with the fact that it was created for the NBA. I'm still not sure how it should correctly be translated over to college basketball (and not sure those who have published PER #'s for college players have accounted for this either). I've consulted with a few basketball analytics guys about this issue and they seem to be stumped as well.

Also if anyone has any ideas or wishes for other player ratings systems to publish for UK players, I'm always open to suggestions.
I think that would be awesome if you had a PER section for UK players. I think it would be cool if there would be sections based on per game. For instance you have a list of players with the most points in a season and even by class also but it would be cool to see the highest for PPG/APG/RPG/SPG/BPG.
 
I had to have the tendex replaced in my car.

Oh, man, you should have traded it. Those aftermarket tendex parts have a really bad history of failing and taking the garblefloogelsnatchit along with them. But I digress.

Tyler is having a fabulous year. To me, a point guard's value comes down to decision making and engaging the team. On both counts, not only is he doing outstanding, but he is IMPROVING! I can't really call him consistent because he just seems to get better and better. Tyler has been a joy to watch and I'll be sorry to see the season end as a result.
 
Ok... Still doesn't mean he has the "highest ever." Among guards, sure. But the threat title doesn't specify that and is a tad misleading.
Tyler Ulis has the highest modified tendex rating ever for a single season by a GAURD in UK history is exactly what I said and it is a 100% accurate statement. You can only put so much in the title.
 
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