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Article: More than a numbers game.(Sports)(Aaron Brooks has some impressive stats, but he cares more about winning)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- December 6, 2006
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Byline: Bob Clark The Register-Guard
P a p e J a m
It's certainly a game of numbers.
Basketball lives on assist-to-turnover ratios and shooting percentages and rebound margins.
And then there is what all those numbers add up to: wins and losses.
It is, perhaps, the awareness of that bottom line that leaves Oregon senior Aaron Brooks professing little appreciation for his personal numbers, and the milestones that are coming, except for how they relate to the early success of the Ducks, 6-0 entering Saturday's game against Nebraska at the Rose Garden in Portland.
`My sophomore year and junior year, you spend enough ...