(November 30th) Some of Oso Ighodaro’s numbers are actually down this season – he’s averaging an AST% 7% lower than last season, and a BLK% 1.2% lower. And yet, all of his metrics that aggregate everything together are actually up – he’s 99th percentile in OPIPM, DPIPM, and the combination of the two, PIPM. Defensively, this is mostly the result of a combination of the improved Marquette Team defense (43rd last year, 15th thus far this year per Ken Pomeroy’s adjusted defensive efficiency) and Ighodaro’s increased steal rate. The offensive increase is the more interesting one, because Ighodaro’s turnover rate has cratered in the best way. After that was a minor weakness (that could be easily contextualized) last year, it is now an active strength. Additionally, Ighodaro has started drawing fouls at an excellent rate – 87th percentile among bigs in FTr – despite that having been a minor weakness in prior years. While we certainly hope to see the assists and blocks go back up, we are also encouraged by the other statistical improvements.