I am of the belief that people lie, but numbers, if viewed objectively, don't. With that in mind, I decided to take a look at what this Hoya team's numbers tell us now that we are 25 games into the season, 2/3's through the Big East regular, and in the midst of yet another grossly disappointing season.
Some of the numbers make sense to me, whereas others are at odds with what I believe that I've witnessed this year. I've saved most of my conclusions for the end, but in summary the numbers seem to indicate that despite the eye test indicating something different, it is NOT a negative discrepancy in turnovers/points off of turnovers, offensive rebounds/second chance points, nor opponent's 3-point shooting that have doomed us to another failed season - though clearly each has hurt us in specific games.