40 assists in 5 games is really good. 31 turnovers in 5 games is... an area for improvement.
So you're mad at a 4-3 assist to turnover margin? Even with the turnovers being extreme he's still at what an average superstar point guard would be at. And a lot of his turnovers will be points in the paint for Tony or Treg that were just mishandled or out-athlete against Tulsa or FSU.
I think some of what you say is true. 4:3 is decent, but it doesn't matter what the ratio is, more than 6 turnovers per game is bad. But you certainly are right in that much of that was because of the teams Ohio played. I don't think the turnovers will be a big problem going forward.
I'll even take the turnovers with the production. The turnovers are going to get better as the players get used to each other. But I'll take controlled aggressive play 100 times out of 100 over too careful play. We are averaging 3 more turnovers a game this year compared with last year. Bad you say? I say nope. In large part because of Jaaron's aggressive play we are also averaging 16 more points a game than we did last year. We are shooting at a 48% clip compared with 43% last year and 40% from three versus 34% last year. In addition, in part because of Jaaron's aggressiveness we are getting to the line 30 times a game compared to 16 last year. Jaaron has already surpassed Bean's total of free throws for the entire season. Our shooting numbers are bright green across the board on Pomeroy.
The turnovers will improve but I hope not at the cost of aggressiveness. When I'm watching the Cats this year I don't see out of control play much. I also think that as Saul figures out who is going to be his backup and gets comfortable with him (I'm betting Dartis) we will see Jaaron get more rest and that will help as well.