We all know it’s an issue but this makes it very real as to how much of an issue it is! Coupled with the slow starts and playing from behind……………it’s costing us in the big games so far. I like to think they will progress and settle in to a more reasonable average.

“Turn overs are like missing sleep and breakfast – sooner or later they will creep up and hurt you big time.”

(I am so glad to hear him and not Packer.)

Sunday I was thankful that Rick is not the coach he used to be and they only got off a few more shots than us off of them. UL is always a tad over rated in the polls and they are really playing like it this year. Those deadly UK teams of his would have made us pay like a hooker with a mean pimp.

What was the total shot difference in the UNC game? They slapped the wild out of us for turning it over. Even if it was only 7 more total points than UL they gained 40% of their points! they didn’t need to score many more ways than off turn overs.

We’ll settle down as the rotation evens out more.

I am still heartened by Sundays game. Never like to loose but there were many stretches where we looked the far better "TEAM’ than Ricks 15 individuals.

…If we get everyone back next year, with the players that are coming in, add Pilgrim & the (unknown late April recruit), and UK will be pre-season top 5…

Direct TO vs. Indirect TO…. that’s a really interesting stat.

If I had to guess, I would say most of Jodie’s turnovers fall in the direct turnover catetory.

I just watched the replay and BC beat UNC by playing, primarily a ZONE defense…

Note to BCG, it’s really hard to beat a more athletic team, playing man-to-man…

man these turnovers hurt so much, i mean look we have a very good offense with patterson and meeks, very good defense (those last seconds steals against louisville are testaments to that) so imagine if we just didn’t turnover the ball as much we would probably be 14-1 right now instead of 11-4. dont look now, but if we can establish our pg play we could be looking at a really really good run in the sec. i remember that one year we lost to louisville and then we went on a huge winning streak (somewhere around 25) i cant remember what yr but we played middle tennesse state after that louisville game and keith bogans was on the team

…. it was the 03 season

Tru mentioned we could gain if we could just cut our TOs by 25%. Our 4 losses averaged exactly a 9 point deficit for each loss. So oh yeah, that 14 points would have really helped; with the exception of the UNC game. Or maybe I should say the UNC game would have been more respectable…….

Is there any way one can separate out the “easy” turnovers from the “hard” ones? “Easy” ones are TOs that a competent high school player would not make (see: Jodie’s first few posessions from Sunday), whereas “hard” ones come from either defensive pressure, trying to make a good play, etc. I would postulate that “easy” turnovers can and should be corrected through constant repetition, getting used to playing together, etc., whereas “hard” turnovers are more a reflection of relative basketball playing ability and are much more difficult to resolve within a season. To the extent that our ratio is more skewed toward “easy” turnovers than the average team, that would seem to be encouraging (i.e., something that should be able to be remedied as the season goes on).