ACC Offense/Defense Ratings (All Games Through 11/23/03)

        Welcome to the first in my weekly series 
of posts assessing the offensive & defensive 
performance of ACC teams in all games.  
Obviously, meaningful comparisons can be 
difficult this early in the season.

        First is the rating of team offensive 
performance, from best (highest) to worst 
(lowest); then the rating of team defensive 
performance, from best (lowest) to worst 
(highest); and finally, a tally of each team's 
tendencies, from highest offense to highest 
defense.  The basic form of these ratings is 

        [points/(def rebounds + turnovers)]

        with the obvious team's number for each 
category.

        Too early to tell much; unsurprisingly, 
FSU is dead last in offense, and Virginia is dead 
last in defense.

        Offense 
                
Rank)Team       Rating
                
1)UNC           2.903
2)Wake          2.395
3)Maryland      2.324
4)NCState       2.290
5)Ga Tech       2.280
6)Duke          2.030
7t)Virginia     2.000
7t)Clemson      2.000
9)FSU           1.865
                
Average         2.241
                
        Defense 
                
Rank)Team       Rating
                
1)Clemson       0.948
2)Maryland      1.000
3)FSU           1.043
4)NCState       1.095
5)Ga Tech       1.250
6)Wake          1.297
7)UNC           1.391
8)Duke          1.474
9)Virginia      1.690
                
Average         1.237
                
        Tendencies      
                
Offense         Rating
^       
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UNC             2.000
Virginia        1.841
Wake            1.768
Duke            1.732
Ga Tech         1.704
NCState         1.603
Maryland        1.549
FSU             1.405
Clemson         1.396
|               
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Defense         
                
Average         1.675

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