Re: Iowa State vs. East Tennessee State Pre-Game Thread
There has been allot of comparison between this team and the 2001-2002 team, and rightfully so. This is the best team we have had since then. Remember that the 2002 team was very close to moving on to the Sweet16. I posted this in another thread and I thought I would share it here:
The only way to really compare this team to '02, is to compare the ISU team to their opponents. I took our stats and subtracted the stats our opponents put up against us.
This is what I got (advantage in bold):
FGs- '09 is +46, '02 team was +6
FTs- '09 is +118, '02 team was +261
3pts- '09 is +104, '02 team was +48
Rebs- '09 is +183, '02 team was +302
Steals- '09 is +19, '02 team was -64
Ast- '09 is +119, '02 team was +31
Blk- '-09 is -1, '02 team was +19
PPG- '09 is +9.8, '02 team was 9.7
I attached the excel file for people to look at. It is clear that this team is just as good as the 2001-2002 team, if not better, from a statistical standpoint. Most important one is at the bottom, this team is outscoring opponents by more pre-game than the 2002 team, even though this team has struggled on offense.