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Message: [QUOTE="oldhusky, post: 4475768, member: 9844"] Good points, over time much of the competition differences start to even out. Uconn's schedule is largely front loaded, with a very tough out of conference start followed by a significantly easier Big East schedule. The powerhouse schools in the Power 5 conferences are just the opposite. They face a generally easier out of conference schedule and then go into a far more difficult conference schedule. The effect on individual player's stats is two-fold. When playing against tough competition you generally play more minutes which is good for per game stats, but less effectively or efficiently which can hurt per minute or PER stats. I generally look more at the later categories to adjust for the minutes played. Most of the Uconn players will see their PER (player efficiency rating) rise a little as they play more Big East opponents, and are winning by bigger margins. The South Carolina players on the other hand will see their PER ratings largely decline as they enter conference competition. Some sites like Her Hoops Stats show numbers for the season overall and then just for conference games. For Uconn players the PER stats in conference are frequently a little better than the overall numbers. Not all the time of course, but the differences in scheduling between Uconn and most Power 5 contenders in terms of when they play the difficult part of their schedule are just the opposite. Uconn's much tougher early season schedule will start to even out over time as we play Big East opponents and other contenders shift from cupcakes to Power 5 opponents. [/QUOTE]

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