College hoops, probability, points per game
This one may be easy for the probability experts, but I'm no sure how to solve it and I think it's interesting.
The University of Connecticut Men's basketball team is averaging 89 points per game, good for second highest in the country. They have scored 91, 67, 76, 116, 97, 59, and 117 in their 7 games.
In their 6th game (vs UMass) they scored only 9 points in the first half. From a strictly statistical point of view (ignoring how good the other team's defense is, etc) what is the probability of a team that averages 44.5 points per half scoring only 9?
I'm not sure how much information is needed to solve this. Just in case the scores by half are needed, they are:
48/43, 37/30, 38/38, 59/57, 53/44, 9/50, 51/66
Thanks.
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