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.