Data from games played by the Grinnell College men's basketball team between 1997 and 2006
A data frame with 147 observations on the following 22 variables.
Game |
An ID number assigned to each game |
Opp |
Name of the opponent school for the game |
Home |
Indicator variable where 1 = home game and 0 = away game |
OppAtt |
Number of field goal attempts by the opposing team |
GrAtt |
Number of field goal attempts by Grinnell |
Gr3Att |
Number of three-point field goal attempts by Grinnell |
GrFT |
Number of free throw attempts by Grinnell |
OppFT |
Number of free throw attempts by the opponent |
GrRB |
Total number of Grinnell rebounds |
GrOR |
Number of Grinnell offensive rebounds |
OppDR |
Number of defensive rebounds the opposing team had |
OppPoint |
Points scored in the game by the opponent |
GrPoint |
Points scored in the game by Grinnell |
GrAss |
Number of assists Grinnell had in the game |
OppTO |
Number of turnovers the opposing team gave up |
GrTO |
Number of turnovers Grinnell gave up |
GrBlocks |
Number of blocks Grinnell had in the game |
GrSteal |
Number of steals Grinnell had in the game |
X40Point |
Indicator variable that is 1 if some Grinnell player scored 40 or more points |
X30Point |
Indicator variable that is 1 if some Grinnell player scored 30 or more points |
WinLoss |
1=Grinnell win or 0=Grinnell loss |
PtDiff |
Point differential for the game (Grinnell score minus Opponent's score) |
Since 1991, David Arseneault, men's basketball coach of Grinnell College, has developed a unique, fast-paced style of basketball that he calls "the system." This dataset comes from the 147 games the Grinnell team played within its athletics conference between the 1997-98 season through the 2005-06 season.