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MaxBuck

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Ken Pomeroy published this fascinating graph to illustrate evolution of the college game over the past 60 years.

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I had no idea college basketball players in the '50s were such bricklayers. But the slowdown in pace has been pretty evident over the last 30 years. (Though 90 possessions per game in the mid '50s through early '70s seems incredible, doesn't it?)
 
Big difference in the type of shots that were taken in the 50s and 60s and even going into the 70s. You certainly didn't see many dunks back in those days and the game was played at a much slower pace so there was more outside shooting is specially in the 50s and 60s. Wilt certainly wasn't shooting from the outside when he scored his 100. Sometimes statistics can be misleading especially comparing totally different eras in the majority of sports.
 
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LitlBuck;2082177; said:
Big difference in the type of shots that were taken in the 50s and 60s and even going into the 70s. ... the game was played at a much slower pace ...
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I don't think you read the graph very carefully. The pace was incredibly faster than it is today.
 
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LitlBuck;2082184; said:
well, I guess I just disagree with his findings.
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They're not "findings," they're measurements based on actual game transcripts. It's a bad idea to argue with Ken Pomeroy on basketball statistics, since he knows more about the subject than all of us here put together.
 
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MaxBuck;2082187; said:
They're not "findings," they're measurements based on actual game transcripts. It's a bad idea to argue with Ken Pomeroy on basketball statistics, since he knows more about the subject than all of us here put together.
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I'm confused by how that's possible though. With 4 corners crap going on back in those days, how could the pace have been faster?

Meanwhile, with dunks and 3 pointers now the norm, I'm not surprised that OE has gone up.
 
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MaxBuck;2082187; said:
They're not "findings," they're measurements based on actual game transcripts. It's a bad idea to argue with Ken Pomeroy on basketball statistics, since he knows more about the subject than all of us here put together.
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he doesn't know more than you:biggrin:
 
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MaxBuck;2082251; said:
Nice comment; great wit.

Pomeroy sure does know more than I do; a lot more. That's why I read his stuff with such interest. He and John Gasaway are the smartest guys writing about college basketball today IMO.
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And, if you meet him, you'll find that he is a real gentleman. How many guys would be willing to share this kind of data with other modelers? I sincerely respect him.
 
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