Nuyoika
Destroyer of Baked Goods
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That from a big game standpoint SCAR played how they always play. Well at least in reference to this years 5 previous games against ranked opponents. This is really frustrating me. Frankly, it's frustrated me all year long. The day before the game I went through and quickly looked at their numbers. I was shocked. Take a look:
SCAR vs #22- Result W 67-63 (.359 Shooting)
SCAR vs #9- Result W 51-50 (.377 Shooting)
SCAR vs #10- Result W 68-60 (.338 Shooting)
SCAR vs #12- Result W 79-61 (.491 Shooting) *Respectable night here. I give props where they are due.
SCAR vs #22- Result W 58-35 (.386 Shooting)
How on earth, could anyone with an average big game shooting percentage under 40%, 39.02 to be exact think that they would walk in to Gampel and win? How? They average 66 points a game vs ranked opponents. Who really thought 66 points was gonna be enough. If you didn't think it would, how then could you think they were gonna manage to score MORE vs UConn. Am I the only person confused by all this? Lets look at the other side here.
UCONN vs #6- Result L 86-88 (.406 Shooting)
UCONN vs #2- Result W 76-58 (.475 Shooting)
UCONN vs #25- Result W 98-64 (.541 Shooting)
UCONN vs #10- Result W 83-52 (.517 Shooting)
With just that information alone UConn averages nearly 50% shooting vs ranked opponents, 48.475 to be exact and score on average 86 points a game vs ranked opponents. This is what people do not understand. UConn's big game stats are nearly parallel to their season stats. That is what sets them apart. Doesn't matter where we play or who we play we perform at a high level consistently. I saw so many mock ups leading up to that game about how similar their stats were on the years. Did no one notice that SCAR has done "just enough" in their games vs ranked opponents to win. Was this not a factor in pre-game analysis. To end my frustrating rant. If you used the same stats I used to predict this game you would have gotten this result:
Prediction UCONN 86-SCAR 66
Actual Result UCONN 87-SCAR 62
Maybe someone should pass this to Carolyn Peck.
SCAR vs #22- Result W 67-63 (.359 Shooting)
SCAR vs #9- Result W 51-50 (.377 Shooting)
SCAR vs #10- Result W 68-60 (.338 Shooting)
SCAR vs #12- Result W 79-61 (.491 Shooting) *Respectable night here. I give props where they are due.
SCAR vs #22- Result W 58-35 (.386 Shooting)
How on earth, could anyone with an average big game shooting percentage under 40%, 39.02 to be exact think that they would walk in to Gampel and win? How? They average 66 points a game vs ranked opponents. Who really thought 66 points was gonna be enough. If you didn't think it would, how then could you think they were gonna manage to score MORE vs UConn. Am I the only person confused by all this? Lets look at the other side here.
UCONN vs #6- Result L 86-88 (.406 Shooting)
UCONN vs #2- Result W 76-58 (.475 Shooting)
UCONN vs #25- Result W 98-64 (.541 Shooting)
UCONN vs #10- Result W 83-52 (.517 Shooting)
With just that information alone UConn averages nearly 50% shooting vs ranked opponents, 48.475 to be exact and score on average 86 points a game vs ranked opponents. This is what people do not understand. UConn's big game stats are nearly parallel to their season stats. That is what sets them apart. Doesn't matter where we play or who we play we perform at a high level consistently. I saw so many mock ups leading up to that game about how similar their stats were on the years. Did no one notice that SCAR has done "just enough" in their games vs ranked opponents to win. Was this not a factor in pre-game analysis. To end my frustrating rant. If you used the same stats I used to predict this game you would have gotten this result:
Prediction UCONN 86-SCAR 66
Actual Result UCONN 87-SCAR 62
Maybe someone should pass this to Carolyn Peck.