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(12-05-2019 12:30 PM)VB Monarch Wrote:  

(12-05-2019 11:51 AM)mac Wrote:  

(12-05-2019 11:08 AM)ODU BBALL Wrote:  

(12-05-2019 09:25 AM)Gilesfan Wrote:  

(12-04-2019 11:38 PM)ODU BBALL Wrote:  Apparently you are too young to have seen a few of ODU's "best" teams that did indeed have very good offenses.

Right off the top of my head - ONE of their "best" teams averaged over 77 points a game and had 4 players average in double figures. Their top two scorers collectively averaged more than BJ and Caver did last season.

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/sch.../1995.html

Advanced data is only about 20 years old so thats how far I went back. Some of the earlier teams could have had better offenses but without good data comparing them to other teams (not ppg, lol), then its impossible to judge. It was a differet game with different rules. I would centure to guess the offenses were pretty good but the game was played at a significantly higher pace.

I didn't need any "advanced data" on that '95 team to determine if they were a strong team offensively. I had something far better to draw from - personal observation. They were a terrific team with multiple guys that could (and did) score. Had Odell Hodge not gotten injured in the 4th or 5th game against Tulane, an injury that took him out for the rest of the year, that team probably wins several more games than they ultimately did - possibly even in the NCAA Tournament.

The game hasn't changed that much since the team of Sessoms, Hodge, Jones, Mullen, etc. played for ODU. I have no doubt what so ever that if that same '95 team could come back today at the same ages they were at the time and play this years ODU team, or even last years NCAA Tournament ODU team, they would prevail. Odell and Petey alone would give this years team a severe headache trying to defend them. Throw in Jones and Mullen and it would be a severe meltdown. They also had a guard on that team - Duffy Samuels - that Coach Capel described as being like an "Ant at a picnic" because he was a defensive specialist that got a lot of steals while coming off the bench.

Yep!

Can you answer me this please? Why isn’t Perry Sessoms name hanging from the rafters? It should be.

Pretty sure Odell tore up his knee against Southern Illinois. Not that it matters.

Don't think he graduated and that is a requirement I believe. Duffy Samuels was a pure joy to wath. A guaranteed steal every time on the court. High motor, loved defense.

Thanks VB. You were right about Odell getting injured at Southern Illinois (see more about it in the link below). I stand corrected on that.

https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/VA-Pi...080612.htm