On the surface, the assist to turnover ratio for the season at 1.006 does not look good, but looking at it another way, it shows how much Cal has progressed this season in this statistic. After Cal's first six games the team had 51 assists and 74 TOs, for a ratio of 0.689. Cal won only 2 of those first 6 games. Looking at the last six games, Cal had 80 assists and 54 TOs, for a ratio of 1.48. In all 6 of those games, Cal had more assists than turnovers. And won 5 of those 6 games. Clearly they had increased their assists and cut down on their turnovers, compared to the poor start of the season.
Trying to figure out where our offense is now, it is more meaningful to look at the ratio of assists to field goals made, indicating in some measure, though imperfect, how well the team is sharing the ball. In our first 13 games our ratio of our assists to field goals made has been below 50%. In fact there was only one game of the 13, against Southern Utah, where Cal was over 50% in assists to baskets, 14 assists to 27 baskets. Only in the last two games, ASU and USC, was Cal's offense over 50%. 17 assists for 27 baskets vs ASU, and 13 assists for 22 baskets vs USC. Even with this loss to a very good team with superior talent, Cal has shown improvement in sharing the ball, and the recent results are indicative of that, IMHO.
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