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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 208355, member: 289"] Bud and the Manchild were just interviewing a guy, (didn't catch the anme), who said that Kentucky was better than Syracuse because they were more offensively efficient. Naturally, I had to check that. Per ESPN's stats: Syracuse 1799 FGA - 386 O-Rebs + 314 TO + (.475 x 565 FTA) = 1995 possessions in which they have scored 2277 points. 2277/1995 = 1.141 points per possession. Kentucky 1642 - 363 + 340 + (.475 x 675) = 1940 possessions in which they scored 2256 points. 2256/1940 = 1.163. So I guess he was right. We are averaging 66.5 possession per game. Kentucky is averaging 66.9. If both teams get 67 possessions at their normal efficiency, Syracuse would score 76 points and Kentucky would score 78. But of course, they haven't gone against eachother's defesne. I don't think either team would get close to those numbers. [/QUOTE]