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Message: [QUOTE="Lefty2one, post: 2107228, member: 1001"] This post is a classic analytics-only view from folks who think you can look at numbers for the answer to everything. First of all, you're trying to throw numbers and numbers only at a subjective discussion. You list two stats regarding historically great offenses and what? That's supposed to mean that college basketball is as entertaining today as it was 15 years ago? Numbers can be cherry-picked and twisted and used without context and be just as off-base as someone's selective memory or confirmation bias. UCLA is doing what they're doing because Lonzo Ball is the best 19 y/o passing point guard since Jason Kidd. Could you use a bigger outlier? It's not coaching, it's not strategy, it's not player development, it's not the evolution of the college game. It's a once-in-a-generation kid having a huge impact on his team. Humans are getting better, that's why all the good players, and some of the not-so-good, are leaving earlier than ever for the pros and it's negatively impacting the college game. How do teams like Villanova '16, UConn '14, Louisville '13 and Duke '10 win titles with nary a rotational NBA player on the roster? There is less talent needed to win a title and less talent playing in the Final Four than ever before. Villanova '16 would get curb-stomped by championship teams from 15-20 years ago. It's not because individual players are worse these days, it's because the best players are on their 3rd NBA season when they could be cutting down the nets in college. Re: the NFL, it's apples to oranges after the rules were changed to favor the offense. No point in comparing yesteryear in the NFL to today's QBs. They're practically playing a different sport today. But if you want to spin it and only look at numbers such as passing yards, TDs, completion % and how many 4,500 or 5,000 yard passers since 2005 then you aren't getting the full picture. [/QUOTE]

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