StatSheet.com Experience Tracker

StatSheet.com has announced a new feature called the “Experience Tracker”

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The initial version doesn’t do much in the way of complex analysis, it just shows how teams rank among “average class year per minute”. Essentially, I take each player and multiply their minutes played with their class year (Freshmen = 1, Sophomores = 2, Juniors = 3, Seniors = 4). Averaging this out over a team creates a single number that is the average class year per minute played. A number close to 4 indicates that juniors and seniors play a lot whereas a number close to 1 indicates freshmen and sophomores play a lot. I also show some comparisons with average class year per minute and winning percentage.

The result? Across the NCAA, it doesn’t look like “experience” matters a whole lot when you look at a really high level (look at the scatter plot at the bottom of the Experience Tracker page)

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According to these calculations, Providence is the 4th most experienced team in the nation, and first in the BIG EAST.

Here is a chart comparing all BIG EAST teams.

Stats by StatSheet.com

For an even more in depth look at the numbers, check out the Experience Tracker main page for a scatter plot of EVERY team graphed by winning percentage and experience.