Stats stolen from IC

Points per game:

1. Tyler Hansbrough, North Carolina 18.1
2. Brandon Costner, North Carolina State 17.1
3. Tyrese Rice, Boston College 17.2
4. Jack McClinton, Miami (FL) 16.7
5. Gavin Grant, North Carolina State 15.0
6. Ben McCauley, North Carolina State 14.5
7. DeMarcus Nelson, Duke 14.3
8. Javaris Crittenton, Georgia Tech 14.6
9. Wayne Ellington, North Carolina 12.1
10. K.C. Rivers, Clemson 13.2

Rebounds per game

1. Tyler Hansbrough, North Carolina 7.9
2. Brandon Costner, North Carolina State 7.2
3. Ben McCauley, North Carolina State 6.6
4. Dwayne Collins, Miami (FL) 6.5
5. James Mays, Clemson 6.5
6. Trevor Booker, Clemson 6.3
7. Brian Asbury, Miami (FL) 5.9
8. Jeremis Smith, Georgia Tech 5.8
9. Deron Washington, Virginia Tech 5.4
10. Gavin Grant, North Carolina State 5.2

Assists per game

1. Ty Lawson, North Carolina 5.5
2. Ishmael Smith, Wake Forest 6.0
3. Javaris Crittenton, Georgia Tech 5.7
4. Tyrese Rice, Boston College 5.5
5. Greivis Vasquez, Maryland 4.7
6. Gavin Grant, North Carolina State 4.0
7. Cliff Hammonds, Clemson 4.2
8. Eric Hayes, Maryland 4.0
9. Greg Paulus, Duke 3.8
10. Ben McCauley, North Carolina State 3.4

I challenge any sportswriter to look at these numbers and tell us we won't be an elite force in the ACC next year.

4/24/2007 3:50:19 PM

it's only because they had to play so many minutes. not saying that we're not going to be good, but our very small bench has skewed all of our starters' stats very high.

4/24/2007 3:51:35 PM

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"it's only because they had to play so many minutes"

exactly what i thought when looking at the #s

4/24/2007 3:55:18 PM

the only question is if Gavin averaged twice as many turnovers as the next highest guy or not

4/24/2007 3:56:52 PM

why is Lawson #1 on assists?

4/24/2007 4:34:47 PM

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"we won't be an elite force in the ACC next year. "

^unc media bias obviously

[Edited on April 24, 2007 at 4:37 PM. Reason : fdh]

4/24/2007 4:37:29 PM

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"it's only because they had to play so many minutes"

4/24/2007 4:50:04 PM

I dont understand the minutes argument

there should be no reason that playing alot of minutes is a bad thing during the season, Duke does it all the time, see JJ, Shane, Wojo etc...

the problem is DEPTH not minutes played, I think it will be the same amount of time for them given their experience

4/24/2007 4:54:51 PM

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"it's only because they had to play so many minutes. not saying that we're not going to be good, but our very small bench has skewed all of our starters' stats very high. "

that goes both ways though.....you're not going to be as explosive later in the game when you play 40 minutes, so it sort of evens out imo.

4/24/2007 4:56:29 PM

what ^ said

4/24/2007 5:15:29 PM

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"that goes both ways though.....you're not going to be as explosive later in the game when you play 40 minutes, so it sort of evens out imo."

if these were % stats, maybe

4/24/2007 5:18:04 PM

I realize our players had high minutes but I expect Costner to stay right up there if not improve those stats over his 4? years (scary...)


P.S.That's some great math they teach them at Carolina, 5.5 assists for Lawson is apparently better than 6 and 5.7...this isnt the only mistake in there either.

4/24/2007 5:31:36 PM

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"P.S.That's some great math they teach them at Carolina, 5.5 assists for Lawson is apparently better than 6 and 5.7...this isnt the only mistake in there either."

Yeah I just saw that they copied the stats from the ESPN page apparently, and it's sorted by total assists instead of assists per game. Same with points and rebounds.

4/24/2007 6:16:12 PM

I would like to see the one for turnovers per game, just to keep me level minded as we move into next season

4/24/2007 7:44:41 PM

OK, the stats could possibly be different if the numbers were calculated by points/minute, rebounds/minute, etc... But this argument has been argued earlier in the year and Costner was still a beast when the numbers were calculated on a minute basis and not a game basis. Either way, the conclusion should still read "Costner is a beast and will greatly help us be a top contender next year."

[Edited on April 25, 2007 at 1:54 PM. Reason : Include McCauley too]

4/25/2007 1:53:57 PM