I feel like there's a problme with that graph, and it's referenced within the article. Namely, "...that's in the context of 347 D-I teams. There are entire conferences where the 6'10" guy is a tourist attraction." This graph includes many teams with above-average height who play mostly against other teams of above-average height, and vice versa. It might be more informative to have a sample size of only major-conference basketball. Or, even more informative (if more work-intensive) would be a graph that shows games as datapoints rather than teams, and effective height DIFFERENCE as the variable being adjusted. Just a thought.
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I feel like there's a problme with that graph, and it's referenced within the article. Namely, "...that's in the context of 347 D-I teams. There are entire conferences where the 6'10" guy is a tourist attraction." This graph includes many teams with above-average height who play mostly against other teams of above-average height, and vice versa. It might be more informative to have a sample size of only major-conference basketball. Or, even more informative (if more work-intensive) would be a graph that shows games as datapoints rather than teams, and effective height DIFFERENCE as the variable being adjusted. Just a thought.