Yesterday we ran a quick entry about our observation that there were two different boxscores – and therefore one incorrect boxscore – issued for the UNO @ NC State game on Sunday night.
We received a note from someone simply explaining that NC State issued two box scores for the game. That was a polite way of saying that somehow NC State screwed up the first boxscore and
Why is this important?
Well, take a look at this article in today’s N&O focused on the topic of playing time. The article states the following:
Hickson started both games, playing 30 minutes in each. McCauley was in for 14 minutes against William & Mary in the season-opener and then nine minutes against UNO.
You see, that’s incorrect. The N&O is doing what anyone would do and using the WRONG boxscore issued by NC State’s crack Sports Information Department. McCauley actually played 14 minutes vs UNO (and William & Mary).
I know that a lot of you were wondering why we bothered with this boxscore issue yesterday. You see, we knew that the issues related to playing time were going to be heavily scrutinzed by the media – as they should be – and therefore the raw data and information needed for the discussions desperately needed to be as accurate as possible.
Well, we were right. And now the ‘facts’ provided in many conversations by fans and the media are going to be based on incorrect data. Of course a few minutes here and few minutes there does not represent the coming of the apocolypse…but, we tend to want to have conversations and analysis based on accurate data.
