Big Ten Wonk
Monday, March 05, 2007
 
Final 2007 team tempo-free stats: pace
Conference games only
(Questions? Read more here.)

Possessions per 40 min.
1. Purdue (64.0)

2. Iowa (63.8)
3. Indiana (62.7)
4. Minnesota (62.6)
5. Ohio State (62.2)
6. Wisconsin (61.3)
7. Michigan (61.2)
8. Michigan State (60.8)
9. Penn State (60.5)
10. Illinois (60.3)
11. Northwestern (57.1)

Effective possessions ("ePoss.")
One thing that's always bothered me about the traditional stat on pace (above) is that it makes teams that commit a lot of turnovers look "fast" while teams that take good care of the ball look "slow." With effective possessions, I merely subtract the percentage of possessions where each team, on average, commits a TO.

Think of it as the number of possessions per 40 minutes where a team either gets off a shot or goes to the line.

1. Ohio State (51.5)
2. Iowa (51.2)
3. Indiana (50.8)
4. Wisconsin (50.6)
5. Purdue (49.6)
6. Minnesota (48.2)
7. Penn State (48.1)
8. Illinois (47.6)
9. Michigan (47.2)
10. Northwestern (46.5)
11. Michigan State (45.0)
 


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