So we embark on another long summer with no college basketball, which means very little news, which means plenty of time to kill over at www.statsheet.com/mcb. Or, you know...go outside and stuff...your choice...
What I wanted to know today was any area where Georgia was really terrible this past season. I certainly know the team well, and I probably could have guessed, but the stats don't lie. Georgia's national rank in assists/assists per game/assist to turnover ratio? 311/331/330 respectively. That is out of 351. Let that sink in.
Georgia assisted on 341/767 made field goals. How much does it matter? A lot, it seems. There was only one tournament team with fewer assists per game than Georgia: Nebraska. After that, you have to move up about 80 slots to find the next one: Colorado (yeah, those teams have something else in common, but let's move on).
Is this something Georgia should improve on next season? Absolutely. Charles Mann is one of the more seasoned point guards returning in the SEC next year. It is time for him to turn drive-and-score into drive-and-kick. An abundance of 3-point threats (Gaines, Frazier, and Djurisic at least) should be available to cash in. We will talk more this summer about what else Charles needs to do to elevate his game, but the irony is that drive-and-kick will also open up more drive-and-score. It should help cut down on the turnovers, too. The circle of life.
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