There was an article I read last week about the top coaches of the past five years.
The piece was an interesting one that compared the Points Per Possession of 30 major conference coaches minus the Points Per Possession of their opponents.
Inspired by what I was looking at, I've set up a similar table including every Princeton team from 1996-97 through 2010-11. Instead of using Points Per Possession, I'm working with Offensive Efficiency, which is Points Per Possession multiplied by 100. It was easier to get accurate data this way. For those more comfortable with Points Per Possession, just slide each decimal point two spaces to the left while you're reading!
Breaks between years should make it easier to visualize these numbers by head coach.
Year Tigers Foes Diff. 10-11 107.1 97.5 9.6 09-10 100.4 88.7 11.7 08-09 96.9 95.9 1.0 07-08 94.6 105.3 -10.7 06-07 92.3 97.8 -5.5 05-06 93.7 100.3 -6.6 04-05 101.2 97.7 3.5 03-04 105.3 95.2 10.1 02-03 109.0 101.8 7.2 01-02 101.6 97.2 4.4 00-01 100.8 101.3 -0.5 99-00 101.6 89.9 11.7 98-99 107.9 92.0 15.9 97-98 115.5 89.6 25.9 96-97 111.6 92.1 19.5
In 2009-10, the offensive efficiency for Tiger opponents was worst in the nation, a testament to Princeton's defense.
It is surprising that the 2000-01 Ivy League champions finished with a negative number.
In 1997-98, Princeton's offensive efficiency was sixth-best in the nation. The Tigers had the highest OE of any Princeton team in the past 15 years as well as the second-lowest OE for their foes during this span, creating the biggest differential and confirming how efficient the 97-98 squad was on both sides of the basketball.
