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Princeton 15-1, 5-1

STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	FGM3-A	FTM-A	OFF	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Kwesi Abeyta, c	24	7-9	0-0	0-0	3	9	0	1	0	0	2	14
Leon Barrett, pf	18	3-10	0-0	0-0	3	8	0	0	0	0	0	6
Ken Redman, sf	25	5-9	2-2	2-6	3	9	0	1	0	2	3	14
Brad Montejano, sg	26	2-9	2-7	2-2	0	0	5	3	1	0	3	8
Desmond Bolton, pg	22	1-5	0-2	4-4	0	1	5	2	0	0	2	6
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	FGM3-A	FTM-A	OFF	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Jesse Bass, pf	21	1-7	0-0	2-4	1	2	2	1	1	1	4	4
Charlie Breckenstein, pg	18	0-3	0-2	1-2	0	0	3	3	0	0	1	1
Salvador Rangel, c	15	2-3	0-0	1-3	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	5
Joseph Sutton, sf	15	1-3	0-0	0-0	2	4	0	1	0	0	2	2
Reginald McGarvey, sg	12	3-4	3-4	0-0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	9
Jeffrey Stanton, sg	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Kimmons, c	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	200	25-62	7-17	12-21	14	39	16	12	3	3	18	69
Percentages		.403	.412	.571

Fordham 14-2, 6-0

STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	FGM3-A	FTM-A	OFF	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Lenard Hall, c	20	4-9	0-0	0-0	2	10	0	0	2	0	3	8
Taylor Carey, pf	20	4-5	0-0	4-4	1	5	0	2	0	2	1	12
Robert Thompson, sf	20	5-9	4-5	4-6	2	5	0	1	1	0	1	18
Laurence Fanelli, pg	25	3-8	2-6	0-0	0	1	11	3	0	0	2	8
John Jordan, sg	21	3-10	2-5	1-2	2	3	4	1	1	0	3	9
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	FGM3-A	FTM-A	OFF	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Harold Giles, pg	26	3-6	1-2	0-0	0	0	8	0	1	0	2	7
David Palmer, sf	20	1-6	1-2	0-0	0	3	1	0	0	0	2	3
Dennis Page, c	20	5-7	0-0	3-4	2	5	1	0	0	1	3	13
Michael Sayers, c	19	7-8	0-0	0-1	3	9	0	1	0	0	2	14
Joe Shue, sg	6	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Donald Burns, sf	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	200	35-68	10-20	12-17	12	42	26	8	5	3	19	92
Percentages		.515	.500	.706

Now that is what I call a good offensive game.

RPI 2, SOS 10, ranked 4th.

10/26/2007 11:00 AM

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10/28/2007 8:16 AM

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Fordham 16-2, 8-0

STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	FGM3-A	FTM-A	OFF	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Lenard Hall, c	19	2-3	0-0	6-6	3	6	0	2	2	4	2	10
Taylor Carey, pf	19	4-8	0-0	1-2	3	11	0	1	1	2	1	9
Robert Thompson, sf	21	4-6	0-1	7-8	0	5	1	4	1	0	2	15
Laurence Fanelli, pg	24	5-8	3-5	6-7	0	1	4	1	2	0	2	19
John Jordan, sg	22	2-5	1-3	4-4	0	1	4	0	0	0	3	9
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	FGM3-A	FTM-A	OFF	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Harold Giles, pg	23	3-5	3-3	4-6	0	0	1	3	2	0	0	13
Michael Sayers, c	20	3-3	0-0	7-8	1	6	0	0	1	1	1	13
Dennis Page, c	19	1-3	0-0	2-4	0	5	0	1	0	2	3	4
David Palmer, sf	18	2-3	0-1	1-4	1	2	0	1	2	0	3	5
Joe Shue, sg	8	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Donald Burns, sf	7	1-1	0-0	3-3	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	5
Totals	200	27-45	7-13	41-52	8	37	10	15	11	10	18	102
Percentages		.600	.538	.788

Brown 2-17, 0-9

STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	FGM3-A	FTM-A	OFF	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Von Wnorowski, c	17	4-6	0-0	0-0	2	5	1	0	1	0	4	8
Howard Pickard, pf	26	2-7	0-0	2-2	2	3	0	1	0	0	1	6
Douglas Barker, sf	22	4-6	0-2	2-2	0	2	0	2	4	0	4	10
Jonathan Krehbiel, sg	21	1-8	0-6	0-0	0	0	2	0	1	0	3	2
Michael Murphy, pg	23	3-6	2-3	0-1	0	2	0	5	0	0	4	8
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	FGM3-A	FTM-A	OFF	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Bryant Minor, sg	19	4-9	1-4	2-2	1	1	1	3	2	0	1	11
Thomas Danford, sf	18	3-5	2-3	0-1	0	4	0	2	0	0	3	8
Douglas Morin, pg	17	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	4	3	0	0	2	0
Arlie Beehler, c	16	1-4	0-0	5-7	1	4	1	1	0	2	5	7
Gary Manning, pf	11	2-4	0-0	0-1	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	4
Robert Leach, pf	10	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	2
Totals	200	25-57	5-18	11-16	7	24	10	18	8	2	31	66
Percentages		.439	.278	.688

A well-played game by us. I suppose if I'm going to come up with something to complain about, it'd be our assist-to-turnover ratio. Also, the fact that this game does nothing for us.

RPI 3, SOS 17, ranked 2nd.

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From:Harry Clark
To:Coach colorblind79
Subject:Mid-term Grade Report
Sent:10/30/2007 3:04AM

Mid-term grades just came out. I'm forwarding the report. See below.

o	Student Name	Yr.	Mid-Term GPA	Cumulative GPA	o
o	Fanelli, Laurence	Sr.	3.1	3.0	o
o	Giles, Harold	Jr.	2.8	3.0	o
o	Jordan, John	Sr.	3.7	3.2	o
o	Shue, Joe	Fr.	3.3	2.5	o
o	Palmer, David	Sr.	3.8	3.0	o
o	Thompson, Robert	Sr.	3.6	3.5	o
o	Burns, Donald	Fr.	2.9	3.5	o
o	Carey, Taylor	Sr.	3.4	3.0	o
o	Richards, Patrick	Fr.	2.9	3.7	o
o	Hall, Lenard	Sr.	3.1	3.0	o
o	Sayers, Michael	So.	3.1	3.5	o
o	Page, Dennis	Fr.	3.3	3.5	o

Harry Clark
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Fordham University

10/30/2007 7:33 AM

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a direct quote from Rails' thread that I want to apply to my team:

"Off. Efficiency: PTS/FGA+TO+(1/2*FTA). Based on this info it also appears we are giving up too many 2nd chances as a team. I think championship teams will have about a 1.00 offensive efficiency and rebound about 40% of their offensive reb. opportunities. I think avg. teams will be at about .85/33%."

so far for Fordham: points = 1648; FGA = 1096; TO = 247; FTA = 583...

going to the calculator...the denominator for us is 1634.5, so our offensive efficiency is roughly 1.01...

[updated] we have, as of Nov. 2nd, 276 offensive rebounds and have 625 missed shots; 276/625 = 44.2%

Huh. Perhaps we have a championship caliber team.

Let's apply it to my opponents...

Totals 531 1096 123 315 463 583 248 745 240 247 136 112 355 1648
Opp. Totals 462 1108 90 289 284 410 223 598 238 287 109 68 435 1298

okay, so let's see...
points - 1298; fg attempts - 1108; FT attempts - 410; turnovers - 287; offensive rebounds - 244; missed shots - 711

offensive rebounding opportunities: 244/711 = 34.3%
offensive efficiency: 1298/(1108 + 287 + 205) = 1298 / 1600 = 0.81125

sweet

[edited on 11/2 to deal with revelations on how the offensive rebounding stuff works...missed shots, not defensive rebounds, are the other factor]

10/31/2007 11:18 AM

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Boston U. 8-13, 4-7

STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	FGM3-A	FTM-A	OFF	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
William Zagorac, c	26	5-7	0-0	2-4	3	7	0	1	0	0	3	12
Benjamin Newman, c	26	6-10	0-0	0-0	0	3	0	1	0	2	3	12
Dikembe Abdel, sf	25	1-5	0-1	2-2	2	6	2	1	1	0	3	4
Cedric Lipson, pg	35	0-6	0-0	0-0	2	2	6	2	1	0	4	0
Alex Foster, pg	26	1-3	1-1	1-2	0	0	3	5	0	0	5	4
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	FGM3-A	FTM-A	OFF	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Patrick Head, sg	19	3-8	0-3	2-2	1	1	2	1	0	0	2	8
Fred McBreen, sf	15	2-2	0-0	0-0	1	2	0	2	0	0	2	4
James Tolbert, pf	14	0-3	0-0	0-0	1	4	0	0	0	0	1	0
Scottie Voight, c	14	2-5	0-0	2-4	2	7	0	0	0	0	2	6
Totals	200	20-49	1-5	9-14	12	32	13	13	2	2	25	50
Percentages		.408	.200	.643

Fordham 18-2, 10-0

STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	FGM3-A	FTM-A	OFF	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Lenard Hall, c	26	3-5	0-0	6-8	1	2	0	0	0	0	3	12
Taylor Carey, pf	26	4-8	0-0	3-4	3	5	0	1	1	0	1	11
Robert Thompson, sf	24	1-5	0-0	0-1	5	7	0	3	1	0	4	2
Laurence Fanelli, pg	26	2-7	2-4	1-3	1	1	1	0	0	0	4	7
John Jordan, sg	29	3-8	2-6	6-8	1	5	4	2	2	0	1	14
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	FGM3-A	FTM-A	OFF	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Harold Giles, pg	20	2-4	1-2	0-0	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	5
David Palmer, sf	14	0-3	0-1	2-2	1	3	2	1	0	0	2	2
Dennis Page, c	14	2-3	0-0	0-2	0	4	0	1	0	1	2	4
Michael Sayers, c	14	0-2	0-0	2-2	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	2
Joe Shue, sg	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Donald Burns, sf	3	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	200	17-46	5-13	20-30	16	33	9	9	5	4	17	59
Percentages		.370	.385	.667

Turns out Rails said I was wrong about the offensive rebounding percentage, that it should go OREB/FG Misses. That means we go 248/565 instead of 623...43.9%

In terms of the game at hand, which isn't factored in to that calculation, we didn't play well but won anyways, and are now...

RPI 3, SOS 22, ranked...

Rank	Team	Record	Points	Previous
Poll voting is through 11/01/2007 2am EST
1.	Fordham	18-2	1046	2
	This week: W 59-50 v. Boston U. (11/1)
2.	Arizona	19-2	1040	6
	This week: W 84-60 v. UCLA (11/1), W 80-69 at Fresno St. (10/31)
3.	Illinois	17-5	1037	8
	This week: W 55-34 at #13 Penn St. (11/1), W 58-32 at Iowa (10/31)
4.	Kansas	17-4	1033	5
	This week: W 112-84 v. Kansas St. (11/1)
5.	Virginia Tech	15-5	1029	7
	This week: W 67-53 v. Miami (FL) (10/31)

11/1/2007 7:19 AM

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Columbia 13-9, 6-6

STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	FGM3-A	FTM-A	OFF	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
James Brunette, c	22	2-10	0-0	2-2	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	6
Albert Howard, pf	24	3-5	0-0	0-0	2	8	1	2	0	0	3	6
Michael Thompson, sf	25	5-11	3-7	0-0	0	4	1	3	0	0	4	13
Charles Yerby, sg	22	4-9	4-8	0-0	0	1	2	1	0	0	2	12
Jerry Green, pg	26	3-6	3-4	2-2	0	0	3	5	0	0	2	11
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	FGM3-A	FTM-A	OFF	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
David Cackowski, pg	22	2-4	0-2	2-3	0	3	2	2	0	0	3	6
Gregory Rucker, sf	18	0-4	0-1	2-2	0	1	3	0	1	0	4	2
William Root, pf	18	6-11	0-0	0-0	4	5	1	0	2	0	2	12
Eric Bush, c	16	2-3	0-0	0-0	1	5	0	1	0	0	4	4
Robert Raper, sg	7	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0
Totals	200	27-63	10-22	8-9	9	34	13	15	3	0	25	72
Percentages		.429	.455	.889

Fordham 19-2, 11-0

STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	FGM3-A	FTM-A	OFF	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Lenard Hall, c	22	2-8	0-0	7-7	1	8	0	0	2	0	1	11
Taylor Carey, pf	22	4-8	0-0	3-5	3	5	0	2	1	1	2	11
Robert Thompson, sf	21	4-6	2-3	2-4	3	8	1	1	1	0	1	12
Laurence Fanelli, pg	26	4-10	3-7	4-6	0	1	3	0	2	0	3	15
John Jordan, sg	23	2-4	2-2	1-3	1	7	4	1	0	0	0	7
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	FGM3-A	FTM-A	OFF	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Harold Giles, pg	26	4-9	2-7	5-6	1	2	3	2	1	0	1	15
Dennis Page, c	17	1-3	0-0	0-0	1	2	0	1	0	2	1	2
Michael Sayers, c	17	3-4	0-0	2-2	1	4	0	0	1	1	1	8
David Palmer, sf	16	0-3	0-1	4-4	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	4
Joe Shue, sg	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0
Donald Burns, sf	5	1-1	0-0	0-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2
Totals	200	25-56	9-20	28-37	12	39	12	9	8	5	13	87
Percentages		.446	.450	.757

Our defense could've done better, but we won comfortably, all the same.

RPI 2, SOS 21, ranked 1st

11/2/2007 8:45 AM

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11/2/2007 8:55 AM

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we won by 4, and I'll take it and be thrilled

RPI 1, SOS 14, ranked 1st

I also passed the Bar Exam

11/3/2007 3:31 AM

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CB, just looking at some of the stats. I'm trying to reconcile how my MSU team could allow their opponents (w. very similar SOS to yours) basically the same offensive efficiency, despite having a huge def advantage, and about 10 pts each at sp and ath. Plus my top nine guys are all between A- and A+ defensive iq.

Just seems like there should be a pretty clear defensive advantage for my team, but it doesn't seem to exist. And let me emphasize I'm not trying to take anything away from what you've done at Fordham, which you know I think is awesome. But the #'s just aren't adding up ... and it's not just when I compare them to your team, but plenty of others as well that shouldn't be within shouting distance of me. Thoughts?

11/4/2007 10:04 AM

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I don't think defense can get much better than mine had been performing throughout the year at the point I made the analysis. With that said, I firmly prefer zone/press to man-to-man. I don't have any theories on why a mid-level team like mine would be able to run a better zone/press than MSU's man-to-man, except that maybe it's a better system. Or it could be that after hitting the 0.85 mark or so, it gets harder and harder for teams to defend better. Diminishing returns. But really, what it keeps coming back to for me is that I've never had great consistency with man-to-man defense, and I've seen plenty of flukes there. Stuff that shouldn't happen but does. I don't know why, I just know what I like to run.

Here's the Princeton boxscore:

Fordham 21-2, 13-0

STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	FGM3-A	FTM-A	OFF	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Lenard Hall, c	24	3-9	0-0	2-4	3	13	0	0	1	1	4	8
Taylor Carey, pf	23	1-3	0-0	1-2	1	5	1	4	1	3	3	3
Robert Thompson, sf	24	6-12	2-2	4-4	6	10	0	0	2	0	3	18
Laurence Fanelli, pg	32	4-12	2-8	7-9	0	3	3	3	2	0	4	17
John Jordan, sg	21	4-5	1-1	4-4	1	2	2	2	0	0	3	13
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	FGM3-A	FTM-A	OFF	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Harold Giles, pg	23	2-6	0-4	0-1	2	2	4	6	2	0	3	4
Dennis Page, c	17	4-9	0-0	3-4	3	5	0	1	1	1	2	11
Michael Sayers, c	16	3-6	0-0	0-0	2	3	0	0	0	2	2	6
David Palmer, sf	16	2-8	1-3	0-0	0	3	2	0	2	0	2	5
Joe Shue, sg	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	200	29-70	6-18	21-28	18	47	12	16	11	7	26	85
Percentages		.414	.333	.750

Princeton 20-3, 10-3

STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	FGM3-A	FTM-A	OFF	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Kwesi Abeyta, c	23	5-11	0-0	1-2	4	9	0	2	1	0	2	11
Leon Barrett, pf	20	1-8	0-0	4-6	5	10	0	0	0	1	1	6
Ken Redman, sf	25	4-10	2-3	4-8	2	5	0	2	0	0	4	14
Brad Montejano, sg	28	3-9	2-6	0-0	0	4	6	3	0	0	3	8
Desmond Bolton, pg	23	4-5	1-1	4-6	2	2	1	2	0	0	4	13
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	FGM3-A	FTM-A	OFF	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Jesse Bass, pf	20	1-8	0-0	1-2	2	5	1	1	1	2	2	3
Salvador Rangel, c	17	3-6	0-0	2-2	3	7	0	1	1	0	2	8
Charlie Breckenstein, pg	17	4-7	3-4	0-1	1	2	2	1	1	0	2	11
Joseph Sutton, sf	15	0-2	0-2	2-2	0	1	1	5	0	0	1	2
Reginald McGarvey, sg	12	2-2	1-1	0-0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	5
Totals	200	27-68	9-17	18-29	19	45	12	18	4	3	21	81
Percentages		.397	.529	.621

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Other than allowing too many 3s and too many offensive rebounds, no complaints.

11/4/2007 3:15 PM

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STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	FGM3-A	FTM-A	OFF	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
James Howell, c	23	0-6	0-0	1-4	2	6	1	1	0	1	5	1
Olorun Albarazi, c	29	5-10	0-0	4-6	3	8	0	1	2	1	3	14
David Jacques, sg	31	3-9	2-4	2-4	2	3	1	1	0	0	3	10
William Madrid, pg	30	5-9	3-4	1-2	4	8	7	0	2	0	2	14
Kerel Akawanzie, pg	29	3-10	2-2	0-0	1	3	3	4	1	0	0	8
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	FGM3-A	FTM-A	OFF	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Peter Russell, c	17	3-4	0-0	0-0	3	5	0	2	0	0	2	6
David Smith, sg	11	2-4	0-1	2-2	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	6
William Padula, pf	11	1-3	0-0	0-0	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	2
Kurt Martel, sf	10	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Charles Leofsky, sf	9	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	0
Totals	200	22-56	7-11	10-18	16	39	13	14	5	2	17	61
Percentages		.393	.636	.556

Fordham 21-2, 13-0

STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	FGM3-A	FTM-A	OFF	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Lenard Hall, c	22	0-3	0-0	5-6	3	7	0	0	0	1	0	5
Taylor Carey, pf	25	2-6	0-0	3-4	0	6	0	5	0	0	1	7
Robert Thompson, sf	25	3-9	2-4	0-0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	8
Laurence Fanelli, pg	30	3-8	1-5	0-2	1	1	5	2	3	0	4	7
John Jordan, sg	27	4-6	1-2	4-6	1	4	2	1	2	0	3	13
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	FGM3-A	FTM-A	OFF	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Harold Giles, pg	21	2-6	2-3	2-2	1	1	4	0	0	0	2	8
Michael Sayers, c	17	1-2	0-0	1-2	1	5	0	1	2	1	2	3
Dennis Page, c	16	2-4	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4
David Palmer, sf	15	4-4	2-2	1-2	1	4	1	1	1	0	3	11
Joe Shue, sg	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	200	21-48	8-16	16-24	8	29	12	11	10	2	15	66
Percentages		.438	.500	.667

Same comments as for Princeton's game, but still a win.

RPI 2, SOS 18, ranked 1st

11/4/2007 3:18 PM

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Quote: Originally Posted By colorblind79 on 11/04/2007
I don't think defense can get much better than mine had been performing throughout the year at the point I made the analysis. With that said, I firmly prefer zone/press to man-to-man. I don't have any theories on why a mid-level team like mine would be able to run a better zone/press than MSU's man-to-man, except that maybe it's a better system. Or it could be that after hitting the 0.85 mark or so, it gets harder and harder for teams to defend better. Diminishing returns. But really, what it keeps coming back to for me is that I've never had great consistency with man-to-man defense, and I've seen plenty of flukes there. Stuff that shouldn't happen but does. I don't know why, I just know what I like to run.
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Yeah, you may have answered the question. I have long felt that zone yielded unrealistically good results for the type of defensive players in it. Maybe that is the big difference, you might've hit the nail on the head. I certainly can't come up with a better explanation.

11/4/2007 3:43 PM

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Fordham 22-2, 14-0

STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	FGM3-A	FTM-A	OFF	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Lenard Hall, c	24	5-9	0-0	2-4	4	7	0	1	1	2	2	12
Taylor Carey, pf	23	3-6	0-0	2-4	3	11	0	2	0	1	4	8
Robert Thompson, sf	26	5-11	1-2	0-0	1	2	2	3	0	1	2	11
Laurence Fanelli, pg	31	10-15	6-11	2-3	0	3	4	5	5	0	3	28
John Jordan, sg	27	2-6	2-3	2-2	0	1	7	2	0	0	2	8
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	FGM3-A	FTM-A	OFF	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Harold Giles, pg	21	3-3	0-0	1-2	0	1	3	1	1	0	4	7
Dennis Page, c	17	1-6	0-0	0-0	1	8	0	0	1	3	1	2
Michael Sayers, c	16	4-5	0-0	4-4	2	3	0	0	1	1	3	12
David Palmer, sf	13	1-3	0-0	0-0	0	1	1	4	1	0	1	2
Joe Shue, sg	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Donald Burns, sf	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	200	34-65	9-17	13-19	11	37	17	18	10	8	22	90
Percentages		.523	.529	.684

Bucknell 14-12, 7-9

STARTERS	MIN	FGM-A	FGM3-A	FTM-A	OFF	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Allen Cordon, pf	29	6-11	0-0	3-5	1	3	0	2	1	2	1	15
Joey Kresge, pf	28	5-13	0-1	3-3	3	9	0	3	0	1	3	13
Ernest Freeman, sf	30	5-12	3-7	0-0	1	4	4	2	0	0	1	13
Donald Pulliam, sg	28	3-5	2-4	0-1	0	1	3	3	0	0	3	8
Calvin Ayres, pg	26	2-5	2-5	0-1	1	1	8	3	0	0	4	6
BENCH	MIN	FGM-A	FGM3-A	FTM-A	OFF	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	PF	PTS
Brent Simonson, c	18	1-5	0-0	5-6	3	8	0	0	1	0	2	7
Dustin Stafford, sg	17	3-4	2-3	0-0	0	1	2	3	1	0	3	8
Robert Mara, sf	10	4-5	2-3	2-2	0	3	0	1	2	0	1	12
Jerry Bush, pg	9	1-1	0-0	2-2	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	4
Dane Purvis, c	5	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0
Totals	200	30-61	11-23	15-20	9	33	17	19	6	3	19	86
Percentages		.492	.478	.750

Positive interpretation: as the #1 team, we're getting everyone's best shot, and we're surviving.

RPI 2, SOS 17, ranked 1st

11/5/2007 9:06 AM

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