After 8 games we are averaging 75 per game.
Given our well known droughts, and using 3 Freshmen and a Sam Houston transfer, this strikes me as doing pretty well.
These games include SEC, ACC opponents, not the dregs of society.
And this scoring can improve! 
Sahko also played at Utah State.
This doesn’t change anything
Through the first 8 games, we are averaging 1.2 points more per game than the 24-25 season.
Compared to the Houston standard, the offense this year has been amazing, even before adding the context that we are playing freshmen who will only get better.
If you look through the lens of a generic comparison to any good team, the defense is fine and the offense looks like it needs some work. But when you compare this team to other Houston teams, this offense is on pace to be one of the best, if not the best, in the entire Sampson era.
The defense is what is weak compared to our usual standard.
You just have to apply the right context to the lens. We always have scoring droughts (every year). The difference is that in past years you did not care because we were up by 20. Games that should be 67 to 50 for us are now turning into 75 to 68, with some scoring droughts in the middle. That makes people think the offense is the problem, when in reality the defense is what has slipped from our normal level.
I think it’s funny when we hold a team scoreless for 5 minutes it’s because of our suffocating defense. But, if we go on a drought, it’s becuase our offense is bad. Sometimes, the other team does play good defense too. Some people on this board need to learn how to give the other team some credit.
I am encouraged by the scoring!
Pesik is correct. The Defense is lagging. With more steals and shot clock violations our scoring will increase.
75 isn’t all that bad considering our inside scoring is sus this year even for our standards…
Our scoring in the paint is probably equivalent to what it was last year at this time. But it’s all coming from guards.
I haven’t stat-checked this - just a hunch.
I think the Mountain West has been a lot more competitive than CUSA in basketball.
I don’t care who wants to be the guy but we need a bench guy whether that be McCarty, Harwell, Miller or someone else to post up on the 3 point line and consistently knock down open 3s when the ball finds them. Instead of it being Milos, Sharp and Cryer in the starting guard rotation it’s now Milos, Sharp and Flemings.
Flemings is only attempting a couple of 3 attempts a game while LJ averaged over 7 attempts from deep. That 3 point attempts void is being filled mostly by Sharp and Milos both shooting it more liberally than they did last year and the results thus far is poorer shooting percentages for both of them. And those 2 guys are too critical to our offense for them to be shooting it poorly.
We don’t need Sharp launching up unbalanced shots 5 feet behind the 3 line. We don’t need Tugler trying 5-10 post ups a game leading to low percentage shots and turnovers. We don’t need Cenac taking fadeaway 2’s or non wide open 3s.
1 or 2 guys on the bench needs to step up
Where is Lath in his development? Shouldn’t we start seeing some productivity from him?
0 points in 12 minutes on the season and wasn’t in the game vs Tenn or Auburn. That tells me he’s way behind.
Think than Elvin or sunshine.
That’s the type of minutes we’ll be getting from lath this year.
Shame to have that much athleticism in that size body and not get productivity. I guess he’ll absorb fouls for us when we get in trouble.
He’s already played more than they ever did. He also played pretty decent against ND. Some guys best ability is helping others get better in practice, nothing wrong with that
I didn’t see the ND game. I was just looking at total stats. I missed the Rider game too. Which I think he plsyed in.
I think our rebounding is down too, Auburn and Syracuse had a lot of second chance points that we usually don’t give up.
Our offensive rebounding% allowed is the second worst since 2017. 2024 was worse.
That’s the percentage of the other team’s missed shots that we allow offensive rebounds on.
That’s especially bad considering the competition we’ve played so far this year, which should skew all of our stats more favorably compared to a full year of data with more, better opponents on the back half of our schedule, which is baked into the full seasons of data I’m comparing to.
I believe the data. I’m gonna chalk most of that up to starting two freshmen. They have to have a bit of shell shock in regards to the upgrade in athleticism.
If we get to averaging 80 per game we are not going to lose another game
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