In Reply to: The Fallacy In That Explains Why UCLA Ranks High In KenPom. posted by NYBruin on December 20, 2025 at 16:51:01
The definition of points per possession is quite unsurprisingly litterally the number of points a team effectively scores per each possession in a game.
Whether a team plays fast and has 77 possessions in a game (like Cal Poly), or plays slow and has only 66 possessions (like UCLA), points per possession reflects the true efficiency of their offense.
That's why the Bruins, in a 79 possession game, were able to score 108 points, or 1.37 points per possession, even though the Mustangs 1.11 ppp was above their season average of 1.05.
This game was not a defensive struggle. It was offense over offense, and it was UCLA's #22 offense that prevailed.