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Giving “pushing the tempo” a whole new meaning

Posted by kj on Friday, November 21st, 2008

College Fast Break notes that Texas Tech beat Division II team East Central University 167-116 last night.  That scoreline is somewhat less impressive when you consider the game featured a whopping 118 possessions for each team.

On the other hand, just getting the ball up and down the court that many times is no small feat: That’s only 10.2 seconds per possession for a full 40 minutes.  It’s no wonder that Texas Tech used a 14-man rotation.  Since when did Pat Knight decide to implement the old Loyola Marymount offense?

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  1. Kevin Hunteron 21 Nov 2008 at 11:26 am 1

    Hey,

    Thanks for mentioning us.

    The late Hank Gathers and Bo Kimble would have been proud of Texas Tech last night.

    Kevin Hunter