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Message: [QUOTE="oldhusky, post: 5291584, member: 9844"] Yes adding up points per game without adjusting for games played will always overstate points per game for the team, unless every single player played in every single game the team played. A points per game number for players that would add up to the actual team number, would be to take the total points a player scored for the whole season divided by the number of games the team played, not the player. Because of games missed due to injury, and other competitive games where Geno might have a rotation of say 10 and not play 5 of them by design, it is almost impossible to use per game averages for this purpose. Whether this team will score a ton of points, or significantly more than last year is an interesting debate, but points per game for all 15 players should not be used IMO to try to make the point for the over, or the under argument for 90 points a game. I think the team might score a little more than last year, but mostly based on pace. For all the talk about Uconn wanting to play fast, our possessions per game was actually below average. Yes we press some, and try to run when we have the opportunity, but when the break isn't there, we have a very patient offense that looks for a great shot, not the first shot. This year should be more minutes for KK who likes to play fast, but also for K9, Kellis and Blanca. I suspect we might go with a little deeper rotation that allow us to press more as well. So I don't expect us to score more per possession, partly because we were so good at that anyway last year, and Paige was incredibly efficient, but I do think our pace will pick up resulting in more opportunities per game. [/QUOTE]

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