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Message: [QUOTE="champs99and04, post: 4952151, member: 488"] And that might still be understating things given Clingan's gone from about 20 MPG over the first half of the season to 25 MPG over the second half. Not that UConn's the first team ever to scale back on their best guys' minutes for durability/sportsmanship reasons, but I don't recall it ever happening to this extreme with one player. The five games he missed alone might be enough to vault UConn past other teams on the list if you extrapolate his per minute production. To put Clingan's relatively limited PT into perspective, consider that Edey actually [I]averaged [/I]more minutes (32) than Clingan topped out at (31). Purdue's efficiency numbers would likely look vastly different with him playing fewer minutes (in fact, they probably don't get to Phoenix without him going close to the full 40 on Sunday). Then again, playing fewer minutes has allowed Clingan to expend more energy and foul more liberally (2.5 fours per 40 minutes for Edey to 3.6 for Clingan). That stuff all gets baked into the efficiency numbers as well. Still, if you're to believe the hypothetical title game line some books have released (which I think had UConn as a six-point favorite or so), it would support my theory that Vegas is anticipating Clingan extending well beyond his usual threshold in a potential title game (probably in the ballpark of 28-32). KenPom indicates it should be closer to UConn -4 under normal circumstances. [/QUOTE]