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[QUOTE="SWC75, post: 3735073, member: 289"]
I don't have complete numbers for years before 1980-81 so I can't make a direct comparison but using what we do have in per game averages it would look something like this:

[URL='http://orangehoops.org/1979-1980.htm']Syracuse Orangemen Basketball 1979-1980 (orangehoops.org)[/URL]

Bouie:    16.1p 8.1r 0.8a ?s 2.4b = +27.4  3.3mfg 1.9mfg ?to 3.4pf = -8.6 = 18.8NP 
Orr:        16.0p 8.5r 3.5a ?s ?b = +28.0     4.8mfg 0.6mfg ?to 2.5pf = -7.9 = 20.1NP
Santifer: 10.7p 3.3r 1.5a 1.1s ?b = +16.6   4.3mfg 0.8mft ?to 2.1pf = -7.2 =    9.4NP
Headd   12.0p 1.3r 2.4a ?s ?b = +15.7       4.0mfg 0.5mft ?to 1.8pf = -6.3 =   9.4NP
Moss       6.1p 2.8r 5.8a 2.5s ?b = +17.2    2.4mfg 0.6mft 0to 3.0pf = -6.0 = 11.2NP

Steals, blocks and turnovers are not big ticket items statistically but they approximately cancel each other out. Without minutes, there's no point in evaluating non-starters and Santifer shared the small forward spot with Bruin. Even guys like Louie and Bouie didn't play 40.0 minutes a game so their NP are lower than they should have been.

I use the formula FGA - O-rebs + TO + (.475 x FTA) to determine possessions. Here how that goes with the current team:

[URL unfurl="true"]https://cuse.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2020-21[/URL]

1101 FGA - 188 O-Rebs + 209 TO + (.475 x 338 FTA) = 1,282.55 possession in 18  games = 71.25 SU possessions per game. Since possessions alternate, that's an average of 142.50555 or 143 total possessions per game.

I'd love to be able to do a similar comp for this team:

[URL='http://orangehoops.org/1965-1966.htm']Syracuse Orangemen Basketball 1965-1966 (orangehoops.org)[/URL]

But you will notice that Offensive rebounds and turnovers are within the same range. You can get an idea of the total possessions per game with this:

2271 FGA + (.475 x 705 FTA) = 2,608.875 / 28 games = 93.066964 possessions per game X 2= 186.13392. The 1965-66 team was playing 40 minutes games with 43 more possessions per game than this year's team.  That's 30% more. it's like playing 12 extra minutes. It must have been fun to watch.

By the way:

Dave BIng 28.4p 10.8r 6.6a ?s ?b = +45.8 9.3mfg 1.6mft ?to 2.2pf = -13.1 = 32.7NP

Jim Boeheim 14.6p 2.8r 3.1a ?s ?b = +20.5 4.9mfg 0.8mft ?to 1.7pf = -7.4 = 13.1NP
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