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Message: [QUOTE="44cuse, post: 2442770, member: 693"] 2 things: 1: "Or you could call him and ask that." Not sure why you are being so sensitive here. I was being serious. I know you post the questions you are going to ask him each week and I'm sure it isn't easy to come up with questions each week, so I was being serious in making that suggestion. Particularly since you are the one who said you weren't sure what he meant by the comment in your post. I wasn't being flip, I was being serious. Sorry you took it any other way. 2. I appreciate that you went and did all the math, and maybe I'm just tired, but is this intended to answer my question around "no idea if scorers grant more assists on lay-ups and dunks versus jump shots."? I'm just not tracking what is likely an obvious answer. Is this the data that you would use to affirm that it's more likely to be an assist on a jump shot than a lay-up? If so, that's probably true given the data...but even though it's a large sample size, 50% of the data are the same players within in each sample size. I very highly doubt it would differ materially from this looking at the entire NCAA for example, but it would be interesting to see. Just looking at Syracuse isn't a wide enough view in the big picture. EDIT: I think I have it now after re-reading. You're saying that since the % of shots we take (and using 3's as a measure of jump shots which is probably right since we aren't talking about the Warriors or Rockets here) from 3 are less than our opponents AND that our assists are lower it suggests that there are more assists on jump shots. Do I have that right? And back to your original question as this kind of sidetracked us from that, it still seems pretty clear that 230th in AST/POSS (on an average of 76th) means we just aren't passing the ball well or using the pass to create good looks OR (to your point) shooting it well once we get it (which is exactly why I was saying "potential assists" matters. If a pass leads to a wide open shot and the shooter misses, it doesn't necessarily mean the pass was bad. To your point, which I agree with, is that both pieces have to be working. I would just assert, that assists matter in the sense that they lead to easier baskets.). 44cuse [/QUOTE]

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