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Stats Highlights, 1st Week

Related Topics: Sample size determination

*Sample size disclaimer — 3 games have been played, meaning the sample of data that we have to work with is extremely limited. However, the phrase “small sample size” in basketball is often misunderstood as “the data is useless.” The data isn’t useless — you simply can’t extrapolate with it. Statistics are still useful to describe what has happened, so long as they aren’t taken to be the final truth.*

Coming into the season, it was blatantly obvious that the defense needed work, and to date, this has been the success story.. that the defense has been okay.