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[QUOTE="moqui, post: 272813, member: 214"]
otto123 is citing summary statistics for the entire season, which includes 34 victories, to make a claim about one of only 3 losses.  the smart thing to do is to look at those 3 losses and see what is common.  indeed, you will find that SU was outscored at the beginnings of each half in those three games . . . but it does not then follow that Dion starting would have meant those losses would have been SU wins, because in 2 of those 3 losses, Dion had some of his worst games of the year.  He shot 4/14 vs. Notre Dame and 2/8 vs. OSU.  He shot .476 in all games but just .272 in those two losses; he shot .363 from three for the year but just  .286 in those two losses.  You might be able to make the argument in the Cincy BET game, but not the other two losses.  When he was playing so poorly, why would it follow that more Dion would have meant victory?
 
What was the other commonality in those two particular losses?  No Fab.  It's not rocket surgery, otto.  You don't have to go reaching deep into the stats to realize that it was [U]Fab[/U] not starting those games (rather than Dion) that was difference maker #1
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