So:
We scored 1.249 points per possession. We had 65.7 possessions per 40 minutes.
So, we scored 82.0593 points per 40 minutes.
We played 37 games this season.
82.0593 * 37 = about 3,036.194 points scored total IF each game were 40 minutes.
But, each game was not 40 minutes. We played 4 overtime games this year (MSU, UCLA, Wisconsin, Wisconsin) which means we played:
(40 * 37) + 20 =1,500 played minutes on the season.
IF each game were 40 minutes, we would have played 1480 minutes.
So:
(3,036.194 / 1480) * 1500 = 3077.2236 (rounded to 4 decimal places)
3077.2236 / 37 =
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On the season, Illinois is listed to have scored this many points per game:
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So there’s the super complicated method of finding out points per game.
Yes, you could obviously use total points scored divided by total games played for a significantly simpler calculation - and by definition, a more correct result (or the same result).
However, this was me just trying to prove that pace and ppp are the actual data that matters.