re: LSU Basketball: The SoS Rating (Score on Stats)

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I want this to be the best it can. I am thinking of breaking out defensive and offensive rebounds because offensive rebounds lead to more points on average than defensive. I just would have to put in some extra work.

I am also thinking about adding fouls in as a negative variable.

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That would certainly make it more accurate, but each variable adds an increasing level of complexity to it.

If you made two equations with positives (points, assists, blocks, etc) and and another with negatives (tos, fouls, missed baskets, etc) and added them together, it would also be a good reflections of the player's overall contribution to the team, rather than just who is out there making an impact, but those are really two different things to look at.