Back in June I toyed around with a new metric that I called points per player possession (PPPP) on Run the Floor. Basically what this stat does is apply offensive efficiency on a player-by-player basis instead of a whole team basis. It’s what I believe tempo-free stats lack for the average basketball fan, a more useful and equitable metric that could actually compete with the much-abhorred (by tempo-free freaks) but widely-used (by laymen and media) points per game metric. PPG just is a bad way for comparing players for a lot of reasons that won’t fit here.

PPPP shows us on an even field how many points a given player scores on average when possessions end with him. Now, there are a lot of alternatives to scoring points, such as dishing assists, turning the ball over and otherwise not scoring points (namely a missed shot or a missed free throw). It’s simple equation that is not simply attained, because numbers like possessions are hard to come. The equation is this: PPPP = points scored/possessions.

While in the linked post above I applied this metric to a range of D-I players, in this post I’m applying it to only returning Horizon League players as well as D-I transfers that will be playing in the Horizon League this season (using their last useful season’s figures). Only players with at least 30 possessions were profiled.

Green Bay’s Kam Cerroni (1.40 points/possession) leads the way. As a sophomore the two-guard scored more points than any other Horizon League player, on average, when Green Bay possessions ended in his hands. Seem like an unlikely leader? Cerroni logged the second-best eFG% in the Horizon League last season (63.7 percent) behind Tim Kamczyc that ranked 12th nationally. He also launched a lot of three-pointers (129) while dishing out relatively few assists to go with few turnovers.

The League’s undisputed favorite, Valparaiso houses three of the most efficient scorers in the top ten. Ryan Broekhoff (1.27), Kevin Van Wijk (1.22) and Will Bogan (1.21) are all there.

Only Loyola doesn’t have a player in the top ten. The full list is below.

Rank	Player	Team	Points	Poss.	Pts./Poss.
1	Kam Cerroni	UWGB	238	170	1.40
2	Tim Kamczyz	Cleve. St.	301	231	1.30
3	James Haarsma	Milwaukee	358	282	1.27
4	Ryan Broekhoff	Valparaiso	508	401	1.27
5	Kevin Van Wijk	Valparaiso	437	357	1.22
6	Blake Allen	YSU	397	329	1.21
7	Will Bogan	Valparaiso	246	204	1.21
8	Hayden Humes	UIC	247	209	1.18
9	Kendrick Perry	YSU	521	441	1.18
10	Doug Anderson	Detroit	332	282	1.18
11	Evan Bruinsma	Detroit	148	127	1.17
12	Jason Calliste	Detroit	366	320	1.14
13	Ray McCallum Jr.	Detroit	555	498	1.11
14	Paris Gulley	Milwaukee	288	259	1.11
15	Anton Grady	Cleve. St.	282	256	1.10
16	Kyle Kelm	Milwaukee	244	224	1.09
17	Alec Brown	UWGB	413	383	1.08
18	Ben Averkamp	Loyola	430	413	1.04
19	Brennan Cougill	UWGB	275	266	1.03
20	Daniel Barnes	UIC	311	301	1.03
21	Marlin Mason	Cleve. St.	67	67	1.00
22	Jordan Hicks	Loyola	168	169	0.99
23	Kiefer Sykes	UWGB	335	340	0.99
24	Nick Minnerath	Detroit	60	61	0.98
25	Josh Crittle**	UIC	145	150	0.97
26	Damian Eargle	YSU	344	358	0.96
27	Joey Miller**	UIC	301	318	0.95
28	Ryan Haggerty	Milwaukee	53	56	0.95
29	Christian Thomas	Loyola	149	158	0.94
30	Matt Kenney	Valparaiso	241	256	0.94
31	Gary Talton	UIC	349	372	0.94
32	Cole Darling	Wright St.	190	206	0.92
33	Joe Crisman	Loyola	222	244	0.91
34	Evan Richard	Milwaukee	66	73	0.90
35	Greg Mays	Green Bay	71	79	0.90
36	A.J. Pacher	Wright St.	173	198	0.87
37	Sebastian Douglas	Cleve. St.	44	51	0.86
38	Luda Ndaye	Cleve. St.	38	46	0.83
39	Josh Chojnacki	YSU	42	52	0.81
40	Reggie Arceneaux	Wright St.	272	337	0.81
41	Matt Vest	Wright St.	42	53	0.79
42	Cully Payne***	Loyola	277	352	0.79
43	Shawn Amiker	YSU	50	64	0.78
44	Demetrius Harris	Milwaukee	39	53	0.74
45	Tavares Sledge	Wright St.	96	132	0.73
46	Bobby Capobianco*	Valparaiso	26	36	0.72
47	Kendall Griffin	Wright St.	49	70	0.70
48	Charlie Lee	Cleve. St.	135	194	0.70
49	Daniel Turner	Green Bay	64	92	0.70
50	Erik Buggs	Valparaiso	148	230	0.64
51	Marc Brown	UIC	200	372	0.54
52	Will Simonton	UIC	16	33	0.48
53	P.J. Boutte	Detroit	28	65	0.43

*D-I transfer with stats from 2010-2011 season

**D-I transfer with stats from 2011-2012 season

***D-I transfer with stats from 2009-2010 season