Tempo-Free Breakdown

John "Big Ten Wonk" Gasaway has an awesome article up today at Basketball Prospectus looking at tempo-free and efficiency stats for conference games only. Here is his breakdown of the Big Ten: Pace PPP Opp. PPP EM 1. Wisconsin 61.0 1.09 0.92 +0.17 2. Indiana 67.4 1.06 0.90 +0.16 3. Ohio State 67.2 1.03 0.88 +0.15 4. Purdue 65.4 1.05 0.94 +0.11 5. Michigan State 64.8 1.05 0.96 +0.09 6. Illinois 62.3 1.02 1.02 0.00 7. Minnesota 69.7 0.98 1.00 -0.02 8. Iowa 62.6 0.91 1.00 -0.09 9. Michigan 64.2 0.96 1.10 -0.14 10.Penn State 62.8 0.98 1.13 -0.15 11.Northwestern 63.5 0.90 1.15 -0.25 (Conference games only through January 28) Key: Pace: possessions per 40 minutes PPP: points per possession Opp. PPP: opponent points per possession EM: efficiency margin (PPP - Opp. PPP) To read Mr. Gasaway's entire breakdown and see stats for every conference visit his article at Basketball Prospectus. Basically the only surprises here are the high ranks for both Ohio State and Illinois. Some may also be surprised to see Michigan State rank in at 5th in efficiency margin.