Good Points

How do you like your point guards: pass-first, shoot-first or somewhere in between? The 2012-13 season will showcase a bumper crop of elite floor generals, whose divergent personalities are plotted on the matrix. (The y-axis is assist-to-field-goal-attempt ratio, which measures how frequently each player looks to pass; the x-axis is the percent of team possessions each uses, which helps quantify the size of their role in the offense.)

Point guards in the upper-left quadrant-Ohio State's Aaron Craft, Missouri's Phil Pressey, Louisville's Peyton Siva and N.C. State's Lorenzo Brown-tend to distribute as often as they try to score. Baylor's Pierre Jackson falls in the in-between category.

In the lower-right quadrant-featuring South Dakota State's Nate Wolters, Murray State's Isaiah Canaan, Michigan's Trey Burke and Ohio's D.J. Cooper-are players who have a primary scoring role; these three are more than twice as likely to shoot as they are to pass. Wolters is close to a one-man show, but it takes an extreme profile to get All-America attention in Brookings, S.D.