85SUAlum
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Made a similar comment in another thread.Remember the grand old days when we used to score a few points a game...
1965-66 99.0 ppg (WOW!! Wish I had seen that) Lost in Regional Final
1971-72 87.4 ppg
1976-77 86.9 ppg
1977-78 87.8 ppg
1978-79 88.7 ppg
1988-89 89.7 ppg
We haven't been over 80 in nearly 15 years, and above 75 only 4 times in those last 15 years... And those years were all in the pre-shot clock era, I think.
I was a student from 1980-1984 and remember free fries at Burger King on M-Street when SU scored 100 points and it actually happening more than once.
How is it with the shot clock and 3 pt shot which were supposed to increase the pace of the game and increase scoring, 100 pt games very rarely (if ever) happen anymore and the average points per game is less now than 40 years ago.
Has the game become more defense oriented? Is it the refs allowing more "hard" D than back in the day?
Is the talent spread too thin among too many D1 programs?
Too many players launching low percentage 3 pt shots instead of higher percentage 2 pt shots resulting in more empty trips on offense?