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[jimk72Participant]

The essence of Ken Pomeroy’s system is the number of points expected to be scored (against the average division one team) in one hundred possessions. Defense is the same but in reverse. For complete descriptions, try this:

Ratings Glossary

Pomeroy is a mathematician type guy that blossomed his ideas into a full time business in basketball statistics. For me it’s a bunch of fun since he does every team for every game, and it’s only $20/year. If you like stats you’ll love it.