Can UConn break the scoring record next year?

[DavidinNaples]

Phil is correct...my OP was just about UConn total points in a seasson. 2001-02 team scored 3,394. 2008-09 was second at 3,274. Last year's team was third at 3,218 total points. Sorry not clearer...

 

[Icebear]

NCAA record for margin.

In 2002, UConn outscored its opponents by 35.4 points per game. I can see that margin in jeopardy.

I think those talking about breaking the scoring record are talking about a UConn record. In 1991 Providence scored 96.7 points per game, and I don't see us getting within 5 points of that.

Yes, it is going to be hard to hold our scoring under a 100.

 

[jsloanjr]

Chong might be a starter and Geno might keep Bria as a 6th man

 

[DobbsRover2]

* Faris, Doty and Buck played 1,936 minutes & scored 14.2 pts/game. Banks, Jefferson and Tuck averaged 18.4 pts in less minutes.

You have to be a little careful when compiling stats, because in neither of those groups of three did the players play the same number of games, especially with Banks at 21, so you can't accurately just add up ppg for the two groups. But basically the senior groups averaged about 1 point per 4 minutes, while the youngsters were at a more productive 1 point per 3 minutes.

But points aren't scored in isolation of other stats, and the senior group averaged 1 rebound every 5 minutes while the younger trio got 1 board every 7 minutes.

 

[DavidinNaples]

Good points....my guess is that Banks, Jefferson and Tuck would outscore the three seniors all things being equal... I admit the senior number are heavily weighted by Faris, where the younger group is much more balanced... Can't wait to see Tuck and Banks healthy and one year older..!!

 

[DobbsRover2]

Phil is correct...my OP was just about UConn total points in a seasson. 2001-02 team scored 3,394. 2008-09 was second at 3,274. Last year's team was third at 3,218 total points. Sorry not clearer...

Yeah, for total points there is some chance of breaking the UConn record because with I believe a potential 40 games to work with UConn would need to average about 85 ppg, which is just a couple points higher than the recent-time best. But to beat the ppg record the team would have to remain on a scoring binge level that is about 10 points higher than the best recent years, and that would be stretching it with a team that is fairly small in numbers.

Also to break what I believe is the NCAA most points mark (that number isn't cited I believe because of the huge disparity in games played in a season for different teams) which is I think 3464 by 1998 UTenn, UConn at 40 games would need to go at about 87 ppg.

 

[meyers7]

Nice post!
On the down side of course ... the following teams are not on the schedule:
Team/points scored/MoV
Providence/105/56
Seton Hall/90/60
Marquette/85/34 and 94/57
Syracuse/87/25
DePaul/91/47 and 94/33

Not sure exactly how the new AAC will ever match up to that kind of murders row from the old BE. And I left out Pitt (MoV=40) because we scored below our season average.

Well for one thing besides Marquette we only played them once. With the AAC, we get Memphis, Houston, SMU, Temple and Central FL......twice. And Temple's the only one close to Syracuse/DePaul level. (They actually beat Syracuse last season.

One other added benefit though is two trips to FL, two trips to Texas in the middle of the winter. That won't be all bad.

 

[meyers7]

I guess you could have the ball handler literally wait in the back-court, so they wouldn't be passing up good shots. Of course, if too obvious, it might be viewed as rubbing it in.

They actually do this now. You'll see a long rebound out to one of the guards and they'll just stop and let everyone get down to the other end before walking it up the court, instead of pushing it up the floor like they do in the 1st half.