Hey, apparently we're not alone in struggling offensively during the first few minutes of games. Using play-by-play data from a large sample of games, Mr. Pomeroy finds that there's an odd lack of offensive aggressiveness and shooting efficiency in the first couple minutes of college basketball games. He doesn't provide any data on turnover rates in the opening minutes of games, though, so we can continue to assume that that maddening statistical characteristic is unique to our beloved Spartans.