1st 6 games
Last season:
OSU 102, Campbell 65
OSU 102, Central Ark 90
OSU 117, UNO 72
OSU 98, UCONN 90
UNC 107, OSU 75
OSU 97, GTown 70
This season:
OSU 78, Pepperdine 47
OSU 83, Charlotte 65
OSU 91, ORU 48
aTm 72, OSU 55
OSU 75, Pitt 67
OSU 101, HBU 74
Conclusions:
Obviously, not an apples to apples comparison, but we do have a similar mix. 1 elite team, 3 cream puffs, 1 weak P5 team (that used to be really good) and 1 mediocre team (or something along those lines).
Average points scored last season: 103.8
Average points scored this season: 83.3
Average points against last season: 77.0
Average points against this season: 59.3
Worth mentioning that we were without our best player in the first 4 games this season.
Obviously, we can't expect the offense to be as uptempo without Evans to facilitate and score. Also, points doesn't tell the whole story without taking into account number of possessions. But, it does appear that we are playing significantly slower and more deliberate on offense and not as focused on generating turnovers on defense. Both seasons have close to a 20 point point differential. Both seasons have one loss and it was a blowout by a top 10 opponent.
How does this translate to the rest of the season? Who knows.
We did start Big 12 play with a 6 game losing streak, then had to recover from that over the remaining 12 conference games. Hopefully, if Boynton sees that we are getting burned by the pressing defense, he will be quicker to make adjustments than Underwood was. It does seem that adding a true rim protector (Sima) would make a big difference.
A lot of our fans seem to be buying into the "no chance this team gets to the NCAA tourny" narrative, but I think it is too soon to tell. Sure we had more offensive firepower last season, but as we all earned from Eddie, defense can be the great equalizer, and I don't think there is any doubt that this team is going to give up fewer points than last season's squad (especially with Sima in the mix).
There will be other games like the aTm game. But, there will also be plenty of games that come down to the final minute of play, IMO. Win more of those than we lose, and we have a chance to have a solid season.
Last season:
OSU 102, Campbell 65
OSU 102, Central Ark 90
OSU 117, UNO 72
OSU 98, UCONN 90
UNC 107, OSU 75
OSU 97, GTown 70
This season:
OSU 78, Pepperdine 47
OSU 83, Charlotte 65
OSU 91, ORU 48
aTm 72, OSU 55
OSU 75, Pitt 67
OSU 101, HBU 74
Conclusions:
Obviously, not an apples to apples comparison, but we do have a similar mix. 1 elite team, 3 cream puffs, 1 weak P5 team (that used to be really good) and 1 mediocre team (or something along those lines).
Average points scored last season: 103.8
Average points scored this season: 83.3
Average points against last season: 77.0
Average points against this season: 59.3
Worth mentioning that we were without our best player in the first 4 games this season.
Obviously, we can't expect the offense to be as uptempo without Evans to facilitate and score. Also, points doesn't tell the whole story without taking into account number of possessions. But, it does appear that we are playing significantly slower and more deliberate on offense and not as focused on generating turnovers on defense. Both seasons have close to a 20 point point differential. Both seasons have one loss and it was a blowout by a top 10 opponent.
How does this translate to the rest of the season? Who knows.
We did start Big 12 play with a 6 game losing streak, then had to recover from that over the remaining 12 conference games. Hopefully, if Boynton sees that we are getting burned by the pressing defense, he will be quicker to make adjustments than Underwood was. It does seem that adding a true rim protector (Sima) would make a big difference.
A lot of our fans seem to be buying into the "no chance this team gets to the NCAA tourny" narrative, but I think it is too soon to tell. Sure we had more offensive firepower last season, but as we all earned from Eddie, defense can be the great equalizer, and I don't think there is any doubt that this team is going to give up fewer points than last season's squad (especially with Sima in the mix).
There will be other games like the aTm game. But, there will also be plenty of games that come down to the final minute of play, IMO. Win more of those than we lose, and we have a chance to have a solid season.
