tobers
03-20-2014, 10:30 PM
I researched the box scores from the last 10 ACC championship games, as well as the last 10 national championship games, looking at FTAs and PFs. These look better in a table, but here are the raw facts:
Last 10 ACC Championships
2004/Maryland-Duke/FTA 44-31/∆ 13/PF 23-31/∆ 8
2005/Duke-GaTech/FTA 33-22/∆ 11/PF 21-27/∆ 6
2006/Duke-BostonCol/FTA 29-17/∆ 12/PF 17-22/ ∆ 5
2007/UNC-NCState/FTA 24-19/∆ 5/PF 19-18/∆ 1
2008/UNC-Clemson/FTA 24-26 ∆ 2/PF 22-20/∆ 2
2009/Duke-FSU/FTA 26-19/∆ 7/PF 20-25/∆ 5
2010/Duke-GaTech/FTA 28-16/∆ 12/PF17-20/∆ 3
2011/Duke-UNC/FTA 15-21/∆ 6/PF 20-16/∆ 4
2012/FSU-UNC/FTA 11-24/∆ 13/PF14-19/∆ 5
2013/Miami-UNC/FTA 20-11/∆ 9/PF 10-18/∆ 8
Last 10 National Championships
2004/UConn-GaTech/FTA 39-21/∆18/PF 18-26/∆ 8
2005/UNC-Illinois/FTA 19-6/∆ 13/PF 18-13/∆ 5
2006/UF-UCLA/FTA 20-14/∆ 6/PF 13-22/∆ 9
2007/UF-OhioSt/FTA 25-17/∆ 8/PF 19-20/∆ 1
2008/Ku-Memphis/FTA15-19/∆ 4/PF 18-17/∆ 1
2009/UNC-MSU/FTA 40-29/∆ 11/PF 22-28/∆ 6
2010/Duke-Butler/FTA 16-18/∆ 2/PF 14-18/∆ 4
2011/UConn-Butler/FTA 15-14/∆ 1/PF 16-17/∆ 1
2012/UK-KU/FTA 21-15/∆ 6/PF 15-16/∆ 1
2013/Louisville-UMich/FTA 23-25/∆ 2/PF 22-15/∆ 7
1. If you look at FTA in the last 10 ACC championships, the greatest differential between teams is 13, and the average differential is 9.0. If you look at FTA in the last 10 national championships, the greatest differential between teams is 18, and the average is only 7.1. So the average FTA differential for these 20 games is about 8 attempts. The FTA differential for the UVA/Duke game was 27, or more than TRIPLE the average of these 20 games. With the exception of one game (2004 UConn vs GaTech) this number (27) was more than DOUBLE the differential of ANY of the 20 championship games.
2. If you look at PF in the last 10 ACC championships, the greatest differential between teams is 8, and the average differential is 5.1. For the last 10 national championship games, the greatest personal foul differential is 9, and the average is 6.1. So these 20 games averaged a personal foul differential between teams of 5.5 In the UVA/Duke game the personal foul differential was 13. This is 50% greater than ANY of the past 20 championship games.
So just by the facts, the UVA/Duke game on Sunday was indeed historic. No ACC or National championship game in the past 10 years has come remotely close to the differentials we saw on Sunday. It's not even close.
Last 10 ACC Championships
2004/Maryland-Duke/FTA 44-31/∆ 13/PF 23-31/∆ 8
2005/Duke-GaTech/FTA 33-22/∆ 11/PF 21-27/∆ 6
2006/Duke-BostonCol/FTA 29-17/∆ 12/PF 17-22/ ∆ 5
2007/UNC-NCState/FTA 24-19/∆ 5/PF 19-18/∆ 1
2008/UNC-Clemson/FTA 24-26 ∆ 2/PF 22-20/∆ 2
2009/Duke-FSU/FTA 26-19/∆ 7/PF 20-25/∆ 5
2010/Duke-GaTech/FTA 28-16/∆ 12/PF17-20/∆ 3
2011/Duke-UNC/FTA 15-21/∆ 6/PF 20-16/∆ 4
2012/FSU-UNC/FTA 11-24/∆ 13/PF14-19/∆ 5
2013/Miami-UNC/FTA 20-11/∆ 9/PF 10-18/∆ 8
Last 10 National Championships
2004/UConn-GaTech/FTA 39-21/∆18/PF 18-26/∆ 8
2005/UNC-Illinois/FTA 19-6/∆ 13/PF 18-13/∆ 5
2006/UF-UCLA/FTA 20-14/∆ 6/PF 13-22/∆ 9
2007/UF-OhioSt/FTA 25-17/∆ 8/PF 19-20/∆ 1
2008/Ku-Memphis/FTA15-19/∆ 4/PF 18-17/∆ 1
2009/UNC-MSU/FTA 40-29/∆ 11/PF 22-28/∆ 6
2010/Duke-Butler/FTA 16-18/∆ 2/PF 14-18/∆ 4
2011/UConn-Butler/FTA 15-14/∆ 1/PF 16-17/∆ 1
2012/UK-KU/FTA 21-15/∆ 6/PF 15-16/∆ 1
2013/Louisville-UMich/FTA 23-25/∆ 2/PF 22-15/∆ 7
1. If you look at FTA in the last 10 ACC championships, the greatest differential between teams is 13, and the average differential is 9.0. If you look at FTA in the last 10 national championships, the greatest differential between teams is 18, and the average is only 7.1. So the average FTA differential for these 20 games is about 8 attempts. The FTA differential for the UVA/Duke game was 27, or more than TRIPLE the average of these 20 games. With the exception of one game (2004 UConn vs GaTech) this number (27) was more than DOUBLE the differential of ANY of the 20 championship games.
2. If you look at PF in the last 10 ACC championships, the greatest differential between teams is 8, and the average differential is 5.1. For the last 10 national championship games, the greatest personal foul differential is 9, and the average is 6.1. So these 20 games averaged a personal foul differential between teams of 5.5 In the UVA/Duke game the personal foul differential was 13. This is 50% greater than ANY of the past 20 championship games.
So just by the facts, the UVA/Duke game on Sunday was indeed historic. No ACC or National championship game in the past 10 years has come remotely close to the differentials we saw on Sunday. It's not even close.