Editors’ note: The Total Impact Quotient is an elaborate ratings formula for players’ performance. It takes strong consideration into a player’s performance relative to the rest of the team. For more information, check out a complete introduction to the TIQ.
In the past three weeks, Connecticut has slipped a little after starting 17-2, losing four of the team’s past seven games.
Many people are quick to blame Kemba Walker, whom everyone expects to wear down after a torrid start to the season. But the most recent Total Impact Quotient ratings for Big East players indicate that its Walker’s backcourt mate, Jeremy Lamb, who’s more responsible for the slide.
During the past six games, Lamb’s TIQ has tumbled from a great 11.9 points per 40 minutes, No. 5 among Big East guards, to only 7.3, down to No. 25 at his position. That 4.6-point decline is the biggest of any player in the Big East during the past three weeks.
The bottom line is that Lamb just isn’t having the same impact on games that he had during the Huskies’ first 20. He shot 49.7 percent during the first part of the season; 36.5 percent during the past three weeks. He went from averaging about five rebounds and a steal per game to three rebounds per game and only one steal in six contests. And Lamb’s shot selection is looking worse, too: He’s taking nearly 40 percent of his shots from three-point territory as opposed to 33 percent during the first 20 games. To compound the problem, his free throw rate has dropped from 14 percent to 7 percent.
Despite Lamb’s decline, he’s logging more minutes: 30 per game, a significant increase from the 23 minutes he averaged during the first 20 games. While Lamb appears to be slowing down, Walker has been posting nearly identical numbers during the past few weeks as he did during the first 20 games.
There’s not a compelling argument to support the hypothesis that Walker is wearing down. He’s just facing more great defenses in Big East play that can contain any of the best scorers in the country. On any given a night, Walker could go off for 30 points and shoot better than 50 percent from the field. But that’s harder to do when regularly facing top 25 defenses. On the other hand, Lamb seems to be struggling against nearly everyone right now. And that’s really hurting the Huskies.
Here are the latest ratings for the Big East, through games of Saturday Feb. 19.
TIQ position averages and total number of Big East players at the position:
Centers: 10.8, 10 players
Forwards: 10.0, 61 players
Guards: 7.0, 68 players
TIQ = Total Impact Quotient
PD% = Position differential in % difference from average
| Top 3 centers | Team | TIQ | PD% | Minutes |
| Gorgui Dieng | Louisville | 17.0 | 57.4 | 346 |
| Gary McGhee | Pittsburgh | 15.5 | 43.5 | 605 |
| Jarrid Famous | South Florida | 12.4 | 14.8 | 527 |
| Top 5 forwards | Team | TIQ | PD% | Minutes |
| Rick Jackson | Syracuse | 15.9 | 59.0 | 986 |
| Jack Cooley | Notre Dame | 14.4 | 44.0 | 276 |
| Kadeem Batts | Providence | 14.4 | 44.0 | 557 |
| Gilvydas Biruta | Rutgers | 14.4 | 44.0 | 560 |
| Jae Crowder | Marquette | 14.3 | 43.0 | 751 |
| Top 5 guards | Team | TIQ | PD% | Minutes |
| Marshon Brooks | Providence | 12.9 | 84.3 | 974 |
| Brad Wanamaker | Pittsburgh | 12.4 | 77.1 | 804 |
| Kemba Walker | Connecticut | 12.2 | 74.3 | 961 |
| Shabazz Napier | Connecticut | 11.9 | 70.0 | 598 |
| Joe Mazzulla | West Virginia | 11.4 | 62.9 | 701 |
Player Rankings
| Position | Team/Player | TIQ | +/- Last TIQ | Minutes | PD% | Position rank |
| CINCINNATI 2010-11 | ||||||
| F | Rashad Bishop | 7.6 | 0.8 | 717 | -24.0 | 47 |
| G | Dion Dixon | 6.4 | -1.0 | 709 | -8.6 | 41 |
| F | Yancy Gates | 9.6 | 0.3 | 693 | -4.0 | 33 |
| G | Cashmere Wright | 10.3 | -0.9 | 671 | 47.1 | 7 |
| G | Sean Kilpatrick | 9.4 | 0.8 | 541 | 34.3 | 12 |
| F | Ibrahima Thomas | 12.1 | 0.2 | 540 | 21.0 | 18 |
| G | Larry Davis | 3.0 | -1.7 | 463 | -57.1 | 63 |
| F | Darnell Wilks | 9.5 | -1.0 | 409 | -5.0 | 34 |
| F | Justin Jackson | 10.2 | 0.8 | 344 | 2.0 | 28 |
| CONNECTICUT 2010-11 | TIQ | +/- Last TIQ | Minutes | PD% | Position average | |
| G | Kemba Walker | 12.2 | 0.2 | 961 | 74.3 | 3 |
| F | Alex Oriakhi | 13.2 | -0.7 | 762 | 32.0 | 9 |
| F | Roscoe Smith | 9.3 | -0.8 | 683 | -7.0 | 35 |
| G | Jeremy Lamb | 7.3 | -4.6 | 643 | 4.3 | 25 |
| G | Shabazz Napier | 11.9 | 2.9 | 598 | 70.0 | 4 |
| F | Jamal Coombs-McDaniel | 7.4 | 2.0 | 421 | -26.0 | 49 |
| G | Charles Okwandu | 7.8 | 1.0 | 392 | 11.4 | 20 |
| F | Niels Giffey | 3.3 | 0.2 | 282 | -67.0 | 61 |
| F | Tyler Olander | 5.5 | -0.4 | 279 | -45.0 | 57 |
| G | Donnell Beverly | 10.3 | -1.2 | 245 | 47.1 | 8 |
| DEPAUL 2010-11 | TIQ | +/- Last TIQ | Minutes | PD% | Position rank | |
| G | Jeremiah Kelly | 6.5 | 0.6 | 821 | -7.1 | 39 |
| G | Brandon Young | 6.8 | -1.0 | 798 | -2.9 | 35 |
| F | Cleveland Melvin | 10.2 | -1.6 | 679 | 2.0 | 29 |
| C | Krys Faber | 10.6 | -0.2 | 619 | -1.9 | 6 |
| G | Jimmy Drew | 9.6 | -0.9 | 616 | 37.1 | 10 |
| F | Tony Freeland | 9.3 | -0.2 | 613 | -7.0 | 36 |
| G | Michael Bizoukas | 7.9 | 0.7 | 367 | 12.9 | 19 |
| G | Mike Stovall | 2.8 | -0.4 | 336 | -60.0 | 64 |
| F | Moses Morgan | 4.9 | 3.7 | 287 | -51.0 | 58 |
| GEORGETOWN 2010-11 | TIQ | +/- Last TIQ | Minutes | PD% | Position rank | |
| G | Austin Freeman | 5.9 | -1.5 | 899 | -15.7 | 49 |
| G | Chris Wright | 7.5 | 1.0 | 893 | 7.1 | 21 |
| G | Jason Clark | 6.0 | 0.3 | 815 | -14.3 | 47 |
| F | Julian Vaughn | 13.1 | 0.2 | 629 | 31.0 | 11 |
| F | Hollis Thompson | 9.9 | -0.2 | 599 | -1.0 | 31 |
| F | Nate Lubick | 9.3 | -0.2 | 508 | -7.0 | 37 |
| C | Henry Sims | 11.3 | -1.2 | 393 | 4.6 | 5 |
| F | Jerrelle Benimon | 6.1 | -0.3 | 291 | -39.0 | 53 |
| LOUISVILLE 2010-11 | TIQ | +/- Last TIQ | Minutes | PD% | Position rank | |
| G | Preston Knowles | 5.4 | -0.6 | 762 | -22.9 | 55 |
| G | Peyton Siva | 11.3 | -1.8 | 741 | 61.4 | 6 |
| G | Chris Smith | 9.8 | 0.3 | 688 | 40.0 | 9 |
| G | Kyle Kuric | 8.4 | 1.2 | 628 | 20.0 | 14 |
| F | Terrence Jennings | 12.0 | -0.1 | 607 | 20.0 | 20 |
| G | Mike Marra | 3.8 | 0.6 | 465 | -45.7 | 60 |
| F | Stephan Van Treese | 11.9 | 0.5 | 380 | 19.0 | 22 |
| C | Gorgui Dieng | 17.0 | 1.3 | 346 | 57.4 | 1 |
| F | Rakeem Buckles | 14.1 | -1.0 | 274 | 41.0 | 8 |
| G | Elisha Justice | 7.3 | -0.5 | 246 | 4.3 | 26 |
| MARQUETTE 2010-11 | TIQ | +/- Last TIQ | Minutes | PD% | Position rank | |
| F | Jimmy Butler | 12.1 | -0.7 | 923 | 21.0 | 19 |
| G | Darius Johnson-Odom | 5.4 | -1.7 | 811 | -22.9 | 56 |
| G | Dwight Buycks | 6.9 | -1.6 | 769 | -1.4 | 33 |
| F | Jae Crowder | 14.3 | 0.6 | 751 | 43.0 | 5 |
| G | Vander Blue | 6.0 | -0.4 | 569 | -14.3 | 48 |
| G | Junior Cadougan | 7.2 | -0.4 | 483 | 2.9 | 28 |
| C | Chris Otule | 9.9 | 1.5 | 425 | -8.3 | 7 |
| F | Joseph Fulce | 10.6 | N/A | 203 | 6.0 | 27 |
| NOTRE DAME 2010-11 | TIQ | +/- Last TIQ | Minutes | PD% | Position rank | |
| F | Ben Hansbrough | 9.0 | 0.4 | 906 | -10.0 | 39 |
| F | Tim Abromaitis | 8.4 | 0.2 | 877 | -16.0 | 44 |
| G | Scott Martin | 5.2 | 0.9 | 754 | -25.7 | 58 |
| F | Tyrone Nash | 12.0 | -0.5 | 739 | 20.0 | 21 |
| G | Eric Atkins | 7.4 | 0.3 | 703 | 5.7 | 22 |
| F | Carleton Scott | 12.4 | -0.5 | 655 | 24.0 | 14 |
| F | Jack Cooley | 14.4 | 1.2 | 276 | 44.0 | 2 |
| PITTSBURGH 2010-11 | TIQ | +/- Last TIQ | Minutes | PD% | Position rank | |
| G | Brad Wanamaker | 12.4 | -1.8 | 804 | 77.1 | 2 |
| G | Ashton Gibbs | 5.6 | 1.0 | 762 | -20.0 | 53 |
| F | Gilbert Brown | 8.9 | -1.3 | 743 | -11.0 | 40 |
| C | Gary McGhee | 15.5 | -0.9 | 605 | 43.5 | 2 |
| G | Travon Woodall | 7.3 | -1.5 | 598 | 4.3 | 27 |
| F | Nasir Robinson | 8.6 | 0.6 | 569 | -14.0 | 42 |
| F | Dante Taylor | 14.3 | -0.7 | 397 | 43.0 | 6 |
| F | Talib Zanna | 11.8 | -1.4 | 319 | 18.0 | 23 |
| F | Lamar Patterson | 6.0 | -0.5 | 306 | -40.0 | 56 |
| PROVIDENCE 2010-11 | TIQ | +/- Last TIQ | Minutes | PD% | Position rank | |
| G | Marshon Brooks | 12.9 | -0.6 | 974 | 84.3 | 1 |
| G | Vincent Council | 8.3 | -0.7 | 966 | 18.6 | 16 |
| G | Gerard Coleman | 1.9 | -1.1 | 745 | -72.9 | 68 |
| G | Duke Mondy | 6.6 | 0.7 | 729 | -5.7 | 38 |
| F | Bilal Dixon | 13.2 | 0.7 | 565 | 32.0 | 10 |
| F | Kadeem Batts | 14.4 | -1.0 | 557 | 44.0 | 3 |
| G | Bryce Cotton | 7.4 | -0.6 | 357 | 5.7 | 23 |
| RUTGERS 2010-11 | TIQ | +/- Last TIQ | Minutes | PD% | Position rank | |
| G | Mike Coburn | 7.2 | -0.4 | 849 | 2.9 | 29 |
| G | James Beatty | 7.1 | -0.4 | 834 | 1.4 | 30 |
| F | Jonathan Mitchell | 10.2 | 1.1 | 780 | 2.0 | 30 |
| F | Dane Miller | 8.5 | -1.0 | 764 | -15.0 | 43 |
| F | Gilvydas Biruta | 14.4 | 0.1 | 560 | 44.0 | 4 |
| G | Mike Poole | 7.0 | -0.3 | 508 | 0.0 | 32 |
| C | Austin Johnson | 5.4 | -0.7 | 429 | -50.0 | 10 |
| F | Robert Lumpkins | 4.8 | -0.4 | 293 | -52.0 | 59 |
| G | Austin Carroll | 7.4 | 2.3 | 188 | 5.7 | 24 |
| SETON HALL 2010-11 | TIQ | +/- Last TIQ | Minutes | PD% | Position rank | |
| F | Jeff Robinson | 8.4 | -0.6 | 870 | -16.0 | 45 |
| G | Jordan Theodore | 8.9 | -0.3 | 798 | 27.1 | 13 |
| F | Herb Pope | 13.0 | -1.2 | 703 | 30.0 | 12 |
| G | Fuquan Edwin | 6.1 | -0.8 | 663 | -12.9 | 46 |
| G | Keon Lawrence | 6.8 | -0.2 | 575 | -2.9 | 36 |
| G | Jeremy Hazell | 8.3 | -0.8 | 481 | 18.6 | 17 |
| G | Eniel Polynice | 6.5 | 1.2 | 450 | -7.1 | 40 |
| F | Patrick Auda | 7.4 | -0.9 | 296 | -26.0 | 50 |
| G | Jamel Jackson | 2.3 | 0.7 | 280 | -67.1 | 67 |
| F | Ferrakohn Hall | 6.1 | 0.2 | 184 | -39.0 | 54 |
| SOUTH FLORIDA 2010-11 | TIQ | +/- Last TIQ | Minutes | PD% | Position rank | |
| G | Hugh Robertson | 6.8 | -0.1 | 874 | -2.9 | 37 |
| G | Anthony Crater | 5.7 | 0.1 | 841 | -18.6 | 51 |
| G | Jawanza Poland | 2.7 | 0.2 | 768 | -61.4 | 65 |
| C | Augustus Gilchrist | 7.2 | -1.4 | 691 | -33.3 | 9 |
| F | Ron Anderson Jr. | 14.2 | -0.9 | 641 | 42.0 | 7 |
| C | Jarrid Famous | 12.4 | -0.6 | 527 | 14.8 | 3 |
| F | Toarlyn Fitzpatrick | 12.4 | -0.5 | 436 | 24.0 | 15 |
| G | Shaun Noriega | 3.2 | 1.1 | 415 | -54.3 | 61 |
| G | Mike Burwell | 2.7 | 0.3 | 238 | -61.4 | 66 |
| ST. JOHN’S 2010-11 | TIQ | +/- Last TIQ | Minutes | PD% | Position rank | |
| G | Dwight Hardy | 6.9 | 1.1 | 876 | -1.4 | 34 |
| F | Justin Brownlee | 7.1 | -0.4 | 770 | -29.0 | 52 |
| F | D.J. Kennedy | 11.5 | 0.4 | 763 | 15.0 | 24 |
| G | Paris Horne | 5.7 | -1.3 | 691 | -18.6 | 52 |
| F | Justin Burrell | 11.1 | 0.2 | 548 | 11.0 | 25 |
| G | Malik Boothe | 8.4 | 0.1 | 490 | 20.0 | 15 |
| F | Dwayne Polee Jr. | 3.5 | -0.3 | 410 | -65.0 | 60 |
| G | Malik Stith | 5.0 | -0.7 | 292 | -28.6 | 59 |
| SYRACUSE 2010-11 | TIQ | +/- Last TIQ | Minutes | PD% | Position rank | |
| F | Rick Jackson | 15.9 | -0.3 | 986 | 59.0 | 1 |
| G | Scoop Jardine | 6.3 | -1.0 | 905 | -10.0 | 43 |
| F | Kris Joseph | 9.9 | -0.2 | 856 | -1.0 | 32 |
| G | Brandon Triche | 5.4 | -0.2 | 806 | -22.9 | 57 |
| F | C.J. Fair | 9.1 | 0.4 | 456 | -9.0 | 38 |
| F | Baye Moussa Keita | 12.7 | 1.0 | 452 | 27.0 | 13 |
| G | Dion Waiters | 5.5 | -1.2 | 424 | -21.4 | 54 |
| F | James Southerland | 7.3 | -0.1 | 335 | -27.0 | 51 |
| C | Fab Melo | 7.3 | 1.5 | 248 | -32.4 | 8 |
| VILLANOVA 2010-11 | TIQ | +/- Last TIQ | Minutes | PD% | Position rank | |
| G | Corey Fisher | 9.6 | 1.2 | 897 | 37.1 | 11 |
| F | Antonio Pena | 8.1 | -1.1 | 886 | -19.0 | 46 |
| G | Maalik Wayns | 6.4 | -1.1 | 792 | -8.6 | 42 |
| G | Corey Stokes | 5.9 | -1.0 | 784 | -15.7 | 50 |
| C | Mouphtaou Yarou | 11.4 | 0.0 | 675 | 5.6 | 4 |
| G | Dominic Cheek | 7.1 | -0.9 | 522 | 1.4 | 31 |
| F | Isaiah Armwood | 8.8 | -0.3 | 430 | -12.0 | 41 |
| F | Maurice Sutton | 12.3 | -0.5 | 233 | 23.0 | 16 |
| G | James Bell | 8.1 | N/A | 192 | 15.7 | 18 |
| WEST VIRGINIA 2010-11 | TIQ | +/- Last TIQ | Minutes | PD% | Position rank | |
| F | Kevin Jones | 6.1 | -0.1 | 896 | -39.0 | 55 |
| F | John Flowers | 12.3 | -0.6 | 783 | 23.0 | 17 |
| G | Joe Mazzulla | 11.4 | 0.9 | 701 | 62.9 | 5 |
| G | Darryl Bryant | 6.3 | 0.8 | 653 | -10.0 | 44 |
| G | Casey Mitchell | 6.2 | -1.1 | 593 | -11.4 | 45 |
| F | Cam Thoroughman | 11.0 | -2.2 | 476 | 10.0 | 26 |
| F | Deniz Kilicli | 7.5 | 0.3 | 441 | -25.0 | 48 |
| G | Dalton Pepper | 3.1 | 0.0 | 310 | -55.7 | 62 |
