define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); made – Rush The Court http://rushthecourt.net The Independent Voice of College Basketball Fri, 22 Jun 2012 03:38:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.9 http://rushthecourt.net http://rushthecourt.net/wp-content/mbp-favicon/RTC.jpg Rush The Court California Week: Will Improvement on the Offensive Glass Be Key to a Good Season in 2012-13? http://rushthecourt.net/2012/06/22/california-week-will-improvement-on-the-offensive-glass-be-key-to-a-good-season-in-2012-13-2/ http://rushthecourt.net/2012/06/22/california-week-will-improvement-on-the-offensive-glass-be-key-to-a-good-season-in-2012-13-2/#respond Fri, 22 Jun 2012 16:21:03 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=71320

For a team that made the NCAA Tournament in 2011-12, California’s extra scoring opportunities per game rate was quite low. The Golden Bears only averaged 1.9 ESOPG last season, which came in at 91st in the nation and sixth in the Pac-12. That’s not terrible, but it only converts to nearly four points per game, five if you throw a three in there. Take a team like VCU for example. The Rams averaged 7.7 ESOPG last season, meaning that they gained nearly 16 extra points a game if they had converted all of those (and that’s assuming all of the extra buckets [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2012/06/22/california-week-will-improvement-on-the-offensive-glass-be-key-to-a-good-season-in-2012-13-2/feed/ 0