The Fallacy In That Explains Why UCLA Ranks High In KenPom.

In Reply to: UCLA is scoring 1.2 points per possession, #22 in D1; the most... posted by Born2BBruin on December 20, 2025 at 15:33:21

Mick takes the air out of the ball on O.

Mick has a plodding playing-in-mud style of O, mostly weaves at or beyond the arc, which serves to juice the denominator in KenPom's metric.

UCLA ranks a head-shaking 269th out of 365 Div 1 hoops teams in terms of possession per game. So, ipso facto, any pts they score on a base of minuscule possessions per game, is going to inflate that KP ratio. 269th!

I don't make these things up, B2B. :)

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• With all due respect NYB, you couldn't be more wrong... Born2BBruin 22:49:30 12/20/25 (1)
  • I Will Gladly Concede Your Point, As To UCLA Being A Supreme NYBruin 00:27:41 12/21/25 (0)
• Points per possession doesn't go up if you have fewer possessions mh 17:01:59 12/20/25 (7)
  • That Metric Clashes Meaningfully With The NCAA Stats On NYBruin 17:11:38 12/20/25 (6)
    • There is a reason everyone takes efficiency numbers seriously mh 23:18:43 12/20/25 (3)
      • In Contrast To The Insecure Fool Below, NYBruin 12:25:40 12/21/25 (1)
        • I'll give you some credit Dr.Bruin 13:05:42 12/21/25 (0)
      • Purdue #1 ORtg #336 adjT 85ppg Dr.Bruin 02:15:41 12/21/25 (0)
    • It's not how many points you score. mh 23:01:41 12/20/25 (1)
      • Which Is Elemental My Dear Mr. mh. NYBruin 00:35:12 12/21/25 (0)

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