Something you may have missed in Monday night’s blowout loss to the Georgetown Hoyas:
That game was the St. John’s Red Storm’s BEST defensive performance in Big East play.
Measured by points per possession - which describes scoring efficiency in a way that can be better compared across games - the Johnnies were actually a notch better than their performance against Butler, but played a faster game.
After noting that DePaul scored their highest point total in conference play, I went to a table to see what the difference was between opponents’ points scored per 100 possessions in conference games vs.