At the University of Kansas we have been using a method of comparing
effectiveness of basketball teams. We use the term, “Kansas Offense Ratio",
which is the number of points a team scores to each point made by opponents.
Mrs We Ae Dill, Associate Professor of Journalism and Director of the News
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ball teams.

The “Kansas Offense Ratio" is in 6ffect a combining of offense and
defense effectiveness of a team. For example, in the Big Six season just
closed the best offense was shown by Oklahoma, wit a total of 456 scores in
ten conference gemes. Kansas had only 408 points, and Nebraska, last year's
co-champion, had 388. While Oklahoma was rumning up its score totals by
rapid-fire play, opponents likewise were scoring, amassing a total of 401.
in the meantime, Kansas was holding its opponents, including the fiery Okla~
homans, to a total of 329 points. Kansas’ moderate offense coupled with strong
defense gave the Jayhawkers the championship (their 20th in 31 years of con
ference competition), and Oklahoma took second place.

When the "Kansns Offense Ratio" is applied to these figures it
apyenre that. Kansas stored XeB40 pelute fer each cue an opponent ecored,
while Oklahoma was making a ratio of 1.112, ‘These ratios, substantially un-
changed, had prevailed throughout the season at least after several games
had been played, sufficient to "give an average". The relationship between
the offense vatio and conference standing is shown in the following summary
of the 1938 season in the Big Six:

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