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Message: [QUOTE="YKCornelius, post: 5354696, member: 9864"] Bone dog, I agree with you. Additionally, with regards to Sarah, I am going to defend her one step further. Rather than just evaluate her impressive assist-to-turnover ration, I think it is prudent and germane to also [U]evaluate turnovers against steals and block shots.[/U] [B]Turnovers forfeit scoring opportunities for one's team, the steals and blocks deny other teams' scoring opportunities.[/B] Hence, looking at those three stats together provides an alternative perspective to assists/turnover ratio. I think the combination tells an interesting, thought-provoking story. Sarah's Fabulous Frosh year gave us 62 TOs (1.6 pg), 66 blocks (1.7 pg) and 92 steals (2.3 pg). In other words, 4.0 denials per game against 1.6 forfeitures, for an overall plus 96 of scoring opportunities (+2.4 pg). Contrast that against other notable bigs performance last year: L. Betts: 91 TOs (2.7 pg), 100 blocks (2.9 pg), and 31 steals (0.9 pg), for an overall plus 40 (+1.1 pg). J. Edwards: 69 TOs (1.8 pg), 21 blocks (0.5 pg), and 42 steals (1.1 pg), for an overall minus 6 (-0.2 pg). K. Iriafin: 85 TOs (2.4 pg), 22 blocks (0.6 pg), and 32 steals (0.9 pg) , for an overall minus 31 (-0.9 pg). R. Beers: 91 TOs (2.8 pg), 39 blocks (1.2 pg), and 20 steals (0.6 pg), for an overall minus 32 (-1.0 pg). A. Morrow: 74 TOs (2.1 pg), 20 blocks (0.6 pg), and 89 steals (2.5 pg), for an overall plus 35 (+1.0 pg). A. Crooks: 98 TOs (2.9 pg), 25 blocks (0.7 pg), and 12 steals (0.3 pg), for an overall minus 61 (-1.9 pg). S. Williams: 99 TOs (3.3 pg), 69 blocks (2.3 pg), and 33 steals (1.1 pg), for an overall plus 3 (+0.1 pg) Here are how other AA-caliber players performed last year using the same metrics: P. Bueckers: 50 TOs (1.3 pg), 29 blocks (0.8 pg), 81 steals (2.1 pg), for an overall plus 60 (+1.6 pg). A. Fudd: 35 TOs (1.0 pg), 10 blocks (0.3 pg), 46 steals (1.4 pg), for an overall plus 21 (+0.7 pg). J. Watkins: 105 TOs (3.2 pg), 58 blocks (1.8 pg), 72 steals (2.2 pg), for an overall plus 25 (+0.8 pg). H. Hidalgo: 87 TOs (2.7 pg), 5 blocks (0.2 pg), 119 steals (3.7 pg), for an overall plus 37 (+1.2 pg). O. Miles: 85 TOs (2.5 pg), 8 blocks (0.2 pg), 47 steals (1.4 pg), for an overall minus 30 (-0.9 pg). S. Citron: 58 TOs (1.8 pg), 29 blocks (0.9 pg), 62 steals (1.9 pg), for an overall plus 33 (+1.0 pg). M. Booker: 80 TOs (2.1 pg), 18 blocks (0.5 pg), 61 steals (1.6 pg), for an overall minus 1 (-0.0 pg). R. Harmon: 76 TOs (1.9 pg), 3 blocks (0.3 pg), 84 steals (2.2 pg), for an overall plus 11 (+0.6 pg). F. Johnson: 91 TOs (2.7 pg), 31 blocks (0.9 pg), 57 steals (1.7 pg), for an overall minus 3 (-0.1 pg). M. Williams: 98 TOs (2.6 pg), 14 blocks (0.4 pg), 39 steals (1.1 pg), for an overall minus 45 (-1.1 pg). K. Pierre: 58 TOs (1.8 pg), 8 blocks (0.3 pg), 94 steals (2.9 pg), for an overall plus 44 (+1.4 pg). M. Blakes: 96 TOs (2.9 pg), 8 blocks (0.2 pg), 78 steals (2.4 pg), for an overall minus 10 (-0.3 pg). T. Cooper: 120 TOs (3.5 pg), 25 blocks (0.7 pg), 105 steals (3.1 pg), for an overall plus 5 (+0.3 pg). T. Latson: 89 TOs (3.1 pg), 14 blocks (0.5 pg), 63 steals (2.2 pg), for an overall minus 12 (-0.4 pg). G. Amoore: 95 TOs (3.1 pg), 11 blocks (0.4 pg), 32 steals (1.0 pg), for an overall minus 52 (-1.7 pg). G. Kneepkens: 75 TOs (2.4 pg), 8 blocks (0.3 pg), 32 steals (1.0 pg), for an overall minus 35 (-1.1 pg). These figures underscore how elite our Super Soph Sarah Strong is among the best WCBB players. [/QUOTE]

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