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[QUOTE="moqui, post: 135226, member: 214"]
that would be stronger a point if we were comparing different schools to one another (rather than different editions from the same school), but through 14 games you are basically comparing the same scorekeepers - in 2009-10, there had been 10 home games, 2 road games, and 2 games at MSG; last year's squad had 11 home games, 2 in Atlantic City and 1 at MSG; while this year where there have been 11 home games, 1 road game and 2 games at MSG.  For all intents and purposes, you are basically comparing the SU scorekeeper to the SU scorekeeper, plus whoever did the MSG games was likely the same.

Through 14 games, the 09-10 squad had 295 assists on 461 field goals - a .640 percentage.
Through 14 games, the 10-11 squad had 248 assists on 390 field goals - a .636 percentage.
Through 14 games, the current squad has 237 assists on 423 field goals - a .560 percentage.

I will modify the implication of my original post - this does not mean the current squad is "more selfish;"  if I spend more time with the data, I might find that the difference in offensive rebounding and transition scoring provides all the explanation.
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