This tool can provide anyone with a quick snap shot of how the Big Ten teams stack up using Dean Oliver’s Four Factors. When you Click to Analyze the chart, you will be presented with a comparison of Northwestern and Penn State (since that’s our game tomorrow) in each of the factors (actually eight factors [...]
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The Pete Maravich effect…
There’s no doubt that Pete Maravich was an incredible ball player. The numbers that he put up were unheard of for a guard – plus he did it without the benefit of the three point shot. However, as good as he was, I don’t think anyone would ever call him the greatest ball player ever. [...]
Dean Oliver’s Four Factors
In his groundbreaking book “Basketball on Paper”, Dean Oliver hypothesized that there were four elements to basketball success, shooting, turnovers, rebounding, and free throws. He referred to them as the “Four Factors”, a name which has been pretty much universally accepted by the APBRmetrics community. These factors can be thought of as applying both offensive [...]
