Points Per Game Next Season

[mauconnfan]

When have we had a potentially more versatile roster?

It's been a while since we've had multiple players who could go for 20 or more in a given game. Purvis, Hamilton, Gibbs, Brimah and Miller have (not as sure on DHam but he could next year for sure) and we know Jalen more than likely has that potential. Not easy to defend and I think for this reason alone, this makes a guy like Miller even better than what we see. He was always seeing any teams best defender all the time now they really can't focus on him at all. Same with Gibbs, Rodney etc etc..

 

[Yankees32123]

It's been a while since we've had multiple players who could go for 20 or more in a given game. Purvis, Hamilton, Gibbs, Brimah and Miller have (not as sure on DHam but he could next year for sure) and we know Jalen more than likely has that potential. Not easy to defend and I think for this reason alone, this makes a guy like Miller even better than what we see. He was always seeing any teams best defender all the time now they really can't focus on him at all. Same with Gibbs, Rodney etc etc..

DHam went for 25 last year against Memphis and 20 against USF in the AAC tourney.

 

[champs99and04]

I'd be very disappointed if Gibbs is the leading scorer, he should average 5+ assists and his scoring can be around 10. Let's have our front court score some points for once.

Just don't understand this line of thought. Nobody operates this way anymore.

 

[Huskyforlife]

The AAC is not a much weaker conference. Doesn't mean he can't average 18ppg but it won't be because it is a weaker conference

I hate to go off topic, but yes it is. At least for right now

 

[Huskyforlife]

Not a much weaker conference, the AAC could have 5 teams in the tourney next year. And he needs to sacrifice for this team to be good. He was THE man at Seton Hall with Whitehead, but he's gonna have a lot more talent around him this year. He needs to help distribute and facilitate more at UConn, still score, but he doesn't need to score 18 per game. 14-15 would be great.

They had 6 bids in the tourney this year, same as the ACC, they're way better than us right now.

 

[boog204]

It was my understanding that there would be no math, but some of the predictions here have us averaging high 70s to low to mid 80s. We will be very talented, but I think there is little chance we're dropping 80+ a game. Our best teams, who ran and were pushing tempo, didn't get there. I'm thinking, as usual, we will go 9 deep max so some guys (Cassell/Omar, Phil/Enoch) are going to see very little minutes. You figure starting five plus backup combo guard (Adams/Gibbs-whomever doesn't start) plus two backup bigs (Facey and either Phil/Enoch).

 

[nyhusky89]

It was my understanding that there would be no math, but some of the predictions here have us averaging high 70s to low to mid 80s. We will be very talented, but I think there is little chance we're dropping 80+ a game. Our best teams, who ran and were pushing tempo, didn't get there. I'm thinking, as usual, we will go 9 deep max so some guys (Cassell/Omar, Phil/Enoch) are going to see very little minutes. You figure starting five plus backup combo guard (Adams/Gibbs-whomever doesn't start) plus two backup bigs (Facey and either Phil/Enoch).

I understand what you're saying, but 2 things I would like to point out. One, as you said, the increase in talent should mean a higher team shooting percentage and at least 2 more baskets if we play at the exact same pace. That would put us just under 70 ppg. Second though, is the 30 second shot clock, which should really benefit teams with good offensive coaches-which KO is (he may not be hoiberg on O, but there are not many NCAA coaches who understand how to utilize mismatches and get guys in the right spot for them to succeed better than KO). More than that though, a 30 second shot clock means at least 10 more possessions per game leading to at least 8 points if the team shoots even 40%.

Basically, while i agree that this team may not be our most efficient offense ever, because of rule changes our raw point totals may indeed be higher than anticipated. This could all be moot though if the team fails to develop chemistry (I don't expect this to be a problem as both Gibbs and Miller are 5th year guys-presumably more mature-who came here with the goal of winning a title). Also, Purvis seems to be the consummate team guy (maybe not in terms of passing on the court), in terms of welcoming the new guys and keeping morale high and Brimah, even as a freshman, was a guy who seemed to get along with everyone but also commands the respect of the team. On top of that you've got Adams, who has won everywhere he's gone and understands what it takes and bench players in Nolan/Calhoun-one who has never had a problem bringing energy off the bench and the other who watched his minutes dwindle and remained an engaged, enthusiastic member of the team. We know nothing official yet, but I get the sense this team knows how good it can be.

 

[selles]

It was my understanding that there would be no math, but some of the predictions here have us averaging high 70s to low to mid 80s. We will be very talented, but I think there is little chance we're dropping 80+ a game. Our best teams, who ran and were pushing tempo, didn't get there.

Unless I'm badly misreading the stats, pretty much all of our pre-2011 best teams averaged at least high 70s and several averaged over 80.