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Message: [QUOTE="nomdoux, post: 4217390, member: 11245"] Eyeroll, thanks for compiling this analysis. Great thread! CH, excellent above-captioned points. TO +/- is a better way to gauge since incorporates net play, not unlike TO margin in football. But this stat is best digested vis-a-vis other factors. A great defensive but average offensive team like SC can afford more TO's b/c they lock down on the other end & their scoring opportunity cost is not as severe, whereas a better offensive team that does not defend as well is hurt more by TO imbalance. Crucially, this is the time of year where stats like TO/margin need to improve. Only 4 teams get to the FF & only 1 emerges as NCAA Champion, so the fact that our TO stats are comparable to the other highly ranked teams, though comforting in seasonal context, means very little at this point. Unless we improve relative to these other teams, we will lose to one of them, & perhaps prior to Minneapolis. [/QUOTE]