Wake Forest is playing much slower this year than it has before under Danny Manning

Through seven games of the 2017 season Wake Forest basketball is playing much slower relative to its NCAA Division I peers than it has in the previous three years under Danny Manning.

While it is clearly a small sample size through seven games, we are starting to get to the point where it could be more than just noise and perhaps a strategic move from head coach Danny Manning and the staff based on the personnel and makeup of the team.

First of all let’s take a look at how possessions are measured and how fast Wake Forest has been playing under Manning so far.

Ken Pomeroy (our friend again) measures possessions in every single Division I game. He categorizes it as “Tempo” and it is defined as…