I will put this here again. Park was averaging 52 and scored 32 on the raiders. The Raiders are the only 4a team left playing who hasn't lost. Mr Hyundai need to dig deeper than 2 games.
Of course you consider more than just two games Mr. Raider, if you're considering the whole season. All I'm saying is that we're in playoff mode now, not regular season mode. I don't care how they did earlier in the year against Sandhills opponents. It's like the old saying, "what have you done for me lately". I'm more interested in how they're doing now in the playoffs, against playoff competition. The same for Vance.
So, let's take a look. First for Vance. In the regular season they scored 30.6ppg. In the playoffs, their averaging 23 ppg. So there's a dropoff of 7.6 ppg, which can be expected when facing tougher competition in the playoffs. Defensively, they allowed 11.4 ppg during the regular season. So far, in the playoffs they've allowed 4.67 ppg. So there's an improvement of 6.73 ppg. Their offensive dropoff was 7.6ppg. But their improvement in points allowed offset the dropoff in scoring.
Now, let's take a look at Richmond. During the regular season, they averaged 44.64 ppg. Defensively, they were giving up 10.18 ppg. During the playoffs, they're scoring 35.5 ppg per game. So, the scoring dropoff has been 9.14 ppg. During the playoffs, defensively they've allowed 29.5 ppg. That's a dropoff of 19.32 ppg. Richmond has had a total dropoff of 28.46,considering scoring ppg and points allowed per game.
Compare that with Vance's offensive dropoff of 7.6 ppg and an improvement defensively of 6.73 ppg. That's a net dropoff against tougher competition in the playoffs of .87 ppg.
I'm not saying I think Vance is definitely going to win. What I am saying is that instead of mocking them as some do, these numbers should be taken into consideration.
