Dan Hanner is Back

[We R Final Four]

After what he and Tyus did last April, they will always be considered friends of the Marquette family, and should never be questioned.

No doubt! Thank God.

[MUfan12]

Is that a Jewish message?

I think that's why Niv left. Not up temple enough.

[bilsu]

ok  tempo

[Loose Cannon]

Also less tired players, because of better depth.

Maybe another factor is missed games.

   Luke missed 8, if we add his average (11.04) X 8 ..88.33 to the team total (2083)
   and do the same for Carlino who missed 4.....(14.96) X 4 we have 59.85 to add

   2083 + 88  + 60  team total is then 2231 by 32 games averages  69.72 compared to the
   65.09 without their presence.   That narrows the gap to 75 plus.

[Jay Bee]

Maybe another factor is missed games.

   Luke missed 8, if we add his average (11.04) X 8 ..88.33 to the team total (2083)
   and do the same for Carlino who missed 4.....(14.96) X 4 we have 59.85 to add

   2083 + 88  + 60  team total is then 2231 by 32 games averages  69.72 compared to the
   65.09 without their presence.   That narrows the gap to 75 plus.

Oh dear.

It's a question of who do they replace? Someone has to take Carlino's used possessions... 107-ish offensive rating... and a high usage... how do you exceed those? Sure, the PG may score more.. but Derrick used very few possessions... his %Shot was.. not looking, guessing 12%?

Unfortunately it's not as easy as 'Traci will score X more points than Derrick'.. that logic is flawed.

It all gets down to tempo and efficiency. The wildcard = rule changes, IMO.

[Loose Cannon]

Oh dear.

It's a question of who do they replace? Someone has to take Carlino's used possessions... 107-ish offensive rating... and a high usage... how do you exceed those? Sure, the PG may score more.. but Derrick used very few possessions... his %Shot was.. not looking, guessing 12%?

Unfortunately it's not as easy as 'Traci will score X more points than Derrick'.. that logic is flawed.

It all gets down to tempo and efficiency. The wildcard = rule changes, IMO.

  So with your formula what are you forecasting for the 15-16 team's games average?  Thanks

[Jay Bee]

  So with your formula what are you forecasting for the 15-16 team's games average?  Thanks

Haven't gone to that level of detail to say.. 68-ish feels right