"Basketball guys, on the other hand, took one look at Kenpom and said "hey, that makes sense." Wonder why that is."
I think part of it is simply that tempo-free basketball stats are more elegant/intuitive than advanced stats in other sports. It takes quite a bit of effort to figure out what WARP and DVOA are. Points per possession is pretty much self-explanatory (as are all of the "four factors" stats).
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