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Message: [QUOTE="MD#12Fan, post: 3849215, member: 8636"] When I was coming up I got lucky to be exposed to some great programs and some of the emphases they had. I worked as a counselor at Coach K's summer basketball camp at Duke and from what I understood at the time UNC did similar stuff. The biggee was your [B]efficiency by possession[/B]. So, obviously you kept track of # of possessions and points per possession. Definitely accounted for offensive rebounds, which if converted improved that efficiency. IMO it's a flaw in your system to count a second shot attempt as just another shot. It's more valuable than that. All those plays that AG makes are absolutely huge to our efficiency. Another indice that the bigtime programs focused on, back in the day, was [B]deflections. [/B]They were tallied even if the ball wasn't stolen. Just the idea of doing things on defense that got your hands on the ball. Turnovers would happen naturally. With UConn, I've been disappointed in that lately. Not seeing deflected balls. We are not the best at the fundamental of trapping. Not so much being in the right place, but not executing the trap. Hands up, no reaching, and moving your feet like a defensive slide. 2 different situations- trapping the ball that has lost their dribble and trapping when the dribble is still alive. [/QUOTE]