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[QUOTE="DangerZone, post: 4134110, member: 8061"]
Obviously, we've seen games where we lost significant leads and ended up losing this year. Others have presented some statistics, such as scoring by half, to illuminate what might be fatigue issues or lack of coaching adjustments in the second half. However, I wondered what the scores by quarter would look like, if in fact, there were quarters:

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Sure enough, we see that the Orange have won the cumulative 1st half and lost the 2nd half. But is rather interesting to see that a 9-9 team is 15-2-1 in the first 10 minutes. Given that all of these opponents knew decades in advance that they would be facing a zone right out of the gate, and of course, that many of these teams have battled the zone several times, it is a bit surprising that it still catches them off guard to such a degree (note that it is the 'quarter' of least offensive output).

To that end, note that the opponent scoring ramps up with every additional ten minutes. This suggests a lack of defensive adjustment. And while the boys put up more points in the second half than the first, note that the scoring drops off in the second ten minutes of each half. This suggests fatigue even within a half.
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