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Not to disagree with your point, I am going to disagree with the indication that the stats are that close.

An AVERAGE of 2 assists a game makes a big difference. 5 assists puts a player about middle of the pack for good point guards. 7 assists per game puts a player 2nd in the NCAA's.

Johnny Flynn was one of the major scoring options for Syracuse. Flynn, Devendorf and .....I'm not sure who else. don't forget that Flynn played in that 6 overtime game, so he got to county basically two full games worth of stats as one game. The reason that is a big deal is this:
Imagine if Flynn only played 2 games. One game he had 16 points and 5 assists, (like his regular average) then he played a 6-OT game against UCONN and had 43 points and 12 assists. His average goes to 29.5 points and 8.5 assists. I know that the gap would be smaller if stretched out to a 30 game season but the fact remains that he had a sensational game against UCONN and the LENGTH of that game certainly helped him pad the stats.






BTW- i realize that I am making a mountain out of a mole-hill with the UCONN game but someone I know actually calculated his stats before and after the game and it did make a significant difference. One player on the team went from about 8 PPG to around 12.5!!!!!!!!!!!

The Uconn game was Flynns Sophomore year. Not Freshman.