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If you had to draw up the most average college basketball team possible, it would look a lot like East Carolina. They rank between 99 and 191 in each of the Four Factors on offense and defense. They don't do anything really well, they don't do anything bad, they just play average basketball.
The one non-efficiency stat that stands out is assist rate, where ECU ranks in the top 10 nationally. Most of that comes from Tristan Newton and his incredible 34.9 assist rate. He also leads the team in shot attempts, usage rate, effective field goal percentage, and ORtg (among 10+ min players). His shooting split is 57-35-88. Statistically he is very similar to Kendric Davis.
Keys to the game will be containing Newton without helping off of 40% three point shooters Vance Jackson and JJ Miles, and getting the ball to the rim on offense. In most of ECU's poor defensive games, they gave up either a ton of looks or a very high percentage at the rim (16-18 vs Temple, 19-29 vs Liberty, 16-34 vs NC A&T, 15-29 vs Coppin St, 11-12 vs Oklahoma).
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