There are rules, practices or techniques that make basketball complex. But no matter how difficult basketball can be to understand for some people, there is one simple concept everyone can comprehend—whichever team scores more points at the end of the game wins. Through the first five games of the season, the Manhattan Jaspers men’s basketball team owes its 1-4 record to just not scoring more … Continue reading Inside the Numbers: Lack of Scoring Hurting Jaspers

Manhattan’s season-opening defeat against the Florida State Seminoles was one of those basketball games you only watch if you are a loyal fan of either team. To put things simply, it was an ugly contest. The Jaspers and Seminoles combined for 65 fouls and 42 turnovers, in what can only be categorized as a sloppy game. But what was undoubtedly the key statistic of the … Continue reading Inside the Numbers: Jaspers’ Foul Woes Prove Costly Against Florida State