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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 150813, member: 289"] Take all the positives: points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks and subtract the negatives: missed field goals, miss free throws, turnovers and fouls. The result is “Net Points.” (NP). M = minutes. Scoop Jardine +18NP in 17M season: +191NP in 407M per 40M: +18.8NP CJ Fair +15NP in 29M season: +188NP in 481M per 40M: +15.6NP Kris Joseph +13NP in 23M season: +245NP in 556M per 40M: +17.6NP Rakeem Christmas +11NP in 16M season: +78NP in 234M per 40M: +13.3NP Mookie Jones +10NP in 8M season: +12NP in 38M per 40M: +12.6NP Dion Waiters +9NP in 22M season: +231NP in 424M per 40M: +21.8NP Michael Carter-Williams +7NP in 17M season: +82NP in 225M per 40M: +14.6NP Fab Melo +6NP in 19M season: +171NP in 420M per 40M: +16.3NP Baye Moussa Keita +5NP in 13M season: +84NP in 224M per 40M: +15.0NP Brandon Triche +3NP in 16M season: +173NP in 412M per 40M: +16.8NP James Southerland -4NP in 20M season: +168NP in 305M per 40M: +22.0NP Comment: Scoop loves to play against the Friars. He had 35NP in 42 minutes in the two games, including 20 points, 20 assists and 1 turnover. We had a Mookie sighting and this time he came to play, scoring 10 points in 8 minutes. It was the old Mookie, not the guy who had gone 3 for 16 in his prior games. His NP per 40 rose from 2.7 to 12.6 in one game. Now every scholarship player is averaging at least 12.6NP per 40, with is incredible. I’ve got the numbers dating back to 1983-84 and this is the number of players averaging 10NP per 40 minutes or more for each team, (the team is designated by the year in which the championship is decided: 1983-84 is “1984“): 9- 1995, 2000, 2011 8- 2002, 2010 7- 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1993, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2009 6- 1986, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005 5- 1985, 1990, 1998, 2007 4- 2001 3- 1992 The other years when we were ranked #1 were 1988, when we had seven 10NP players, 1990, when we had five and 2010 when we had eight. We won the national championship with eight. This year we have eleven. 　 Shooting Breakdown: SU was[B] [/B]25/49 from inside the arc, (.510), 5/20 from outside, (.250) and 13/18 from the line (.722). Providence was 17/43 (.395), 3/14, (.214). and 12/15, (.800) 23 of our 30 baskets were assisted, (77%), vs. 11 of Providence’s 20, (56%). Rebounding: Syracuse had 16 offensive and 23 defensive rebounds. Providence had 17 offensive and 26 defensive rebounds. That means that when we missed, we got the rebound 38% of the time. When they missed, they got the rebound 42.5% of the time. Providence had 22 turnovers, of which 12 were Syracuse steals, (54.5%). Syracuse had 8 turnovers of which 7 were Providence steals, (87.5%). We had 61 “manufactured” possessions, (our rebounds + their turnovers). They had 51. And, thanks to Blacksquirrels and Knicks411, I now understand how to compute “points per possession, (field goal attempts – offensive rebounds + turnovers plus 47.5% of free throws attempted) and here they are: Syracuse: 69 FGA minus 16 offensive rebounds plus 8 turnovers plus 47.5% of 18 free throws = 69.55 possessions. The possessions can’t be more than one off so I’ll call that 70 possessions in which we scored 78 points or 1.114 points per possession. For the season it’s 1.174 . Providence: 57-17+22 plus 47.5% of 15 = 69.125 possessions. Let’s call that 69 possessions, (so we won’t be more than one off) in which they scored 55 points or 0.797 points per possession. For the season it’s 0.877 . Dry stretches were a problem last year- we’d go 8-10 minutes with the offense not functioning. I decided it should be a goal to score at least 15 points in every 10 minute “quarter” of the game, (college is the only level that doesn’t have quarters). You want to score more than that, of course, but if we can avoid falling under 15 in any ten minute period we should have a good scoring average because we’ll have 20 and 25 point quarters as well. The “quarterly” splits in this game were 12-12, 26-9, 20-11, 20-23. We’ve had 9 sub 15 point quarters this year and lost 16 quarters (of 76). 19-0 and 12 to go LET’S GO ORANGE!!! 　　　　 [/QUOTE]

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