The scoring increase in D-I men’s college basketball during the non-conference season has carried over into conference play. Scoring is up 8.1% (5.44 PPG) in all games and 8.3% in conference games only (5.56 PPG). This year, teams are averaging 72.8 PPG in non-conference games and 72.4 PPG in conference […]
Several weeks into conference play, the story continues to be that the increase in the number of possessions per game is having a large effect on the 5.38 points per game scoring increase (5.49 PPG in conference games). The number of possessions per game has increased while it also more difficult to […]
Several weeks into conference play, the story continues to be that the increase in the number of possessions per game is having a large effect on the 5.29 points per game scoring increase (5.26 PPG in conference games). The number of possessions per game has increased while it also more difficult to […]
Through the Sunday after New Year’s Day, scoring is up 7.9% in men’s basketball from 2014-15 to 2015-16. Typically scoring falls as the season progresses and conference play begins. However, so far this season the increase in scoring has been maintained and in some cases even grown from year to […]
Through the first 17 days of the 2015-16 college basketball season, the effects of rule changes this summer are becoming more clear. The pace of play is faster. It is more difficult to defend. Scoring is up. Scoring is up 5.46 points per team, per game over 2014-15 (up 8.0%), […]