
Originally Posted by
proelitedota
Despite winning by 10 points and shooting 62% from 3, I thought we played a mediocre game overall. We were uncharacteristically careless with the ball and on the defensive boards. We had less possessions than UVA and that's never good, not even in a win.
/DAD RANT OVER
GG. That was well fought win.
While I agree with your thesis, and thought that good shooting (though stemming from really good selection mostly) covered up a lot of things, almost axiomatically you have the same number of actual possessions as the other team. except for the switch at halftime, you get a chance with the ball, then the other team gets a chance with the ball.
In terms of statistical possesions:
duke and uva each had almost exactly 63
Duke:
45 + .475 * 23 + 15 -8 = 62.9
uva:
60 + .475 * 7 - 14 + 14 = 63.3
The only discrepencies come from if a team gets two possessions in a row around half time, or starts and ends the game with the ball, or ends up with a really odd number of FTs (missing a ton of 1+1s, or &1s, or fouls on 3 point shots, which didn't happen tonight)
basketball is back, baby!