Exactly, and if both teams score 1 points per possession, the team with more possessions wins. That's not something to analyze, its just true. So if they are even in ppp then the winner in grand total of difference in rebounds and turnovers combined win every single time. Mathematically proven.
More possessions means more points when even.
Sports never end that easy when evaluating it. Tempo, efficiency, how you play in specific styles and speeds, it all matters
@kyjeff1 not arguing you, I'm actually supporting you
Edit: It didn't quote who you replied to which was where most of my points were directed
That's not really how the possession stuff works. Everyone gets the same amount of possessions in a game (of course there's instances where a team would finish with the last shot of a half and have the ball to start the second half but you get the point). A possession ends when you've either made the shot, missed the shot and the other team gets a rebound, a turnover or you get fouled and go to the line. If you get an offensive rebound, it's all part of the same possession. So everything is equal when talking about these type of stats.
Tempo only matters to the point of whether your team plays better up tempo or not. There's been a ton of teams that have won titles playing at a slower than normal pace. Way more than teams that play at an up tempo actually.
Maybe we play better up tempo which definitely makes sense because our half court offense is terrible. Getting points on the break and playing quickly no doubt helps this team. But at the same rate, you can still be efficient on defense and play at a fast pace just like you can still be efficient on offense while playing at a slow pace (ie Virginia and some Wisconsin teams from previous years).
Bruiser Flint gets it. When asked in the press conference about being happy that his team has scored 80+ the last few games he said "well the games have been played at a faster pace".
At this point in the season, the only hope is winning the SEC tournament. As such I'm looking for a massive improvement in this team, something to give me reason we can make an SEC tournament run. The last two games have been wins, but we've basically matched the line. We haven't exceeded it. We won the last two games because based on our talent and based on our opponent, we should have won the last two games.
1.00 to Missouri
1.07 to UT
1.11 to Arkansas
1.08 to Auburn
1.05 to Vandy
Those figures just don't really give me much confidence. Yes we have gotten better on offense, but this team will always go into shooting droughts. They need to get these figures closer to 1 than 1.10.
This team was never going to be THAT horrible shooting the three like we were in the beginning. Those numbers were always going to go up at some point. But in a two game stretch we went 25-50 from 3 (50% and 1-1 in those games). That stretch probably doesn't happen again either.
They will still have to very much rely on their d to get them wins here.
60 in 60 is the exact same thing as 80 in 80. Ideally what you'd like is to score 80 in 60 possessions lol.
