(03-29-2019, 09:02 AM)FarmBoy Wrote:(03-29-2019, 07:08 AM)2006alum Wrote:(03-29-2019, 05:52 AM)FarmBoy Wrote: Wait, you're telling me that teams with athletes able to dunk on their opponents win more games? I'm shocked! Shocked!
Not if they're playing at Stanford or UCLA, apparently...
I'm sure Stanford won more games than they would have had they not had some very athletic/big players who could dunk.
Sure, in the same way that a team with ace trey shooters will win more games than those without them, and teams with a terrific ball distributor will win more games than ones that turn it over a lot - all other things equal. But any team has to generate offense from somewhere. And a higher percentage of offense coming from dunks can also indicate that a team is not doing much else well on offense, and I'm afraid that's what afflicted Stanford all season. Sure, Sharma is a dunking machine - he also averaged just 10.2 points per game. If that's what nearly 20% of your offense gets you (and I know others including KZ also registered a lot of dunks), you're not going to win a lot of games. Without looking at the denominator, I don't think the numerator tells you much, and the fact that we're #2 in dunk share and ended <.500 on the season pretty much tells you that.