Cleaning out the inbox this morning…<\/p>\n
\nKen,<\/p>\n
I’m wondering if you’ve ever calculated these kinds of numbers for Grinnell College. They lead all NCAA hoops squads in scoring and must top all divisions in possessions. Any numbers on them?<\/p>\n
Gabe<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Let’s look at the two most notable college teams playing non-basketball.<\/p>\n
\nGrinnell<\/a>: 102.4 poss\/40 min, OE = 110.1, DE = 113.6\nRedlands<\/a>: 115.2 poss\/40 min, OE = 122.7, DE = 112.2<\/pre>\nBoth teams are off the chart on tempo considering the fastest D1 team is averaging around 80 possessions a game on the season. The offensive and defensive efficiency numbers are not unexpected given the two teams sacrifice defense to produce offense. <\/p>\n
On a related note, Andy Glockner of ESPN.com jumped into the efficiency fray<\/a> yesterday and latched on to the fact that North Carolina’s high tempo and efficiency makes them so scary. In terms of those two factors, UNC compares best to the Jerry Tarkanian UNLV teams. Tark’s Final Four teams were around 80 possessions per 40 minutes with an offensive efficiency of approximately 115-120. Thanks to the legendary Jazzy J’s historical stats site<\/a> for the data.<\/p>\n
\nKen,<\/p>\n
Your reasoning is correct that Wake might have this happen once every 2200 years, but remember that there are 332 (?) division I teams. If they all have approximately the same FT % as Wake, a streak of 50 FTs in a row might be expected to happen once every seven years for a team in division I. So it’s more common than expected, but rare enough to notice when it happens.<\/p>\n
Lee<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
I specifically focused on the chances of it happening to Wake for shock value, but I didn’t realize the numbers I chose would mean that it could happen in all of college hoops only every seven years. I think this goes to show just how important it was that primarily the good Wake shooters were involved in that streak. Especially when you consider that Jamaal Levy (46% FT shooter on the season) was the MVP of the streak, shooting only four free throws. If he traded a couple of attempts with Chris Paul (86%), we probably wouldn’t be talking about this.<\/p>\n
\nKen,<\/p>\n
I remember channel 56 from my days in Northern Virginia. What I also remember, in addition to watching George Washington and A-10 tourney games was at every commercial break, since 56 didn’t run the commercials, coming back into the studio and having some guy named Mike begging, I mean begging, for money. He could tell you the specific cost to them of broadcasting the games, and pretty clearly some of the lesser games must have been dirt cheap.<\/p>\n
Thanks for the great memory.<\/p>\n
Roger<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n