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Offense wins games defense wins championships

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We are improved defensively but the program is on the right direction because the offense is a lot better.
Plain and simple.
Our offense improving allows the team not having to win low possession grindfests.

Jim Boeheim should get credit for the players developing this season.
It’s good to see. Just finish with a winning season and the season is a success.
 
I thought it was offense sells tickets...

Defense keeps you in games so the offense can win it. And winning games wins championships.
 
This is probably an appropriate thread to pose this question.

Where were we last year in points per game after 18 games (offensive and defensive) as compared to this year (73.1 and 65.4 respectively)? I know some of you junkies can come up with this.
 
This is probably an appropriate thread to pose this question.

Where were we last year in points per game after 18 games (offensive and defensive) as compared to this year (73.1 and 65.4 respectively)? I know some of you junkies can come up with this.

Went to a snapshot from KenPom on January 16, 2019 (archive.org)

2019
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2020

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So for 2020, our current offence scores 110.4 points per 100 possessions (adjusted for schedule strength) vs 107.8 last year. We have improved from 79th in the country last year at this time to #28. You don't see a large improvement in points/100 because scoring is down in the NCAA. For example you see above that Oklahoma at 108.2 is #45., while Syracuse at almost the same amount last year was #79.

There is the offset of course. Last year at this time we had a very good defence at #13, while this year it is all the way down to #97. We give up 97 points per 100 possessions vs 91 last year.
 
If we're going to continue to lose 12 to 15 games every year, I'd rather do it scoring 70+ points than scoring 55 points. This year's team is a lot more fun to watch because as a whole the team passing is MUCH better and they usually take higher quality shots than last year's team.
 

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