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[QUOTE="EdSaid, post: 3538443, member: 10651"]
I knew there was something I wanted to respond to, but couldn't find it.   The debater from the Great Northwest, your up.  Powell only had 6 of the 8 Stanford 3-2's. I don't but if you say Ionescu's rebounds were weighted defensively, you get that point.

You asked,
"How many former UConn stars would've amassed 26 triple doubles if they had played for Graves at Oregon"

Sue Bird
Diana Taurasi
Jen Rizzotti
Maya Moore
Moriah Jefferson
Brianna Stewart
Nykesha Sales
Gabby Williams
Shea Ralph
Napheesa Collier
Kia Nurse
Kia Stokes
Katie Lou
Crystal Dangerfield,
Svetlana Abrosimova
Swin Cash
Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis
 Christyn Williams

Take your pick, any or all of them could have done it. Scoring is not an issue for any of them. They all have great ball skills and are great passers, total unselfish team players. Rebounds find them.  All UConn players will tell you that stats don't mean anything at UConn. Geno could care less about individual stats. He takes them out when he takes them out. Freshmen don't play many minutes.

Consider this:
                       Season             Assist    Opp     +/-
Uconn             19-20               599      357      +242
                        18-19               748      433      +315
                        17-18               843      385      +458
                        16-17               863      387      +476

Oregon            19-20               696      423      +273
                        18-19               717      518      +199
                        17-18               727      515      +212
                        16-17               611      502      +109

Its tough to know what Geno thinks are important stat wise, but I think he considers assist differential.
UConn's offensive bread and butter is cuts/pick and rolls/blocks, a nice pass and a high percentage easy shot. Assists do not come from one person, they come from any and all. On defense they switch and double team down low and try to prevent the easy shot. Simple in theory, hard to do. You need great athletes.

UConn averaged about 100 more assists per year (3 a game could make a difference). The +/- is huge. Fewer opponent assists means fewer easy baskets. Make them take the tough shot.  I know Pac 12 vs AAC. I'll give you a margin of error for that.
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