Play Style Explorer

Every D1 team classified by how they play, powered by k-means clustering on tempo, shot selection, and defensive identity.

Foul Drawers

Gunners

Inside Passers

Low-Risk Grinders

Paint Maulers

Perimeter Architects

Rim Runners

Slow Snipers

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Paint Maulers

Physical interior play with disruptive defense — crashes boards, generates steals, avoids the arc

57 teamsTempo: 67.33PT: 33%

Foul Drawers

Attacks the basket to draw contact — ISO-heavy, crashes glass, doesn't move the ball

57 teamsTempo: 67.73PT: 37%

Slow Snipers

Grinds the shot clock and relies on 3-point shooting — no transition game, minimal paint presence

54 teamsTempo: 65.53PT: 43%

Inside Passers

Pass-first interior offense — moves the ball to score inside, avoids 3s and the foul line

44 teamsTempo: 65.33PT: 37%

Gunners

Shoots 3s and draws fouls aggressively — high-risk, high-reward, turnover-prone

39 teamsTempo: 68.83PT: 44%

Low-Risk Grinders

Conservative and mistake-averse — doesn't crash boards or turn it over, minimal style identity

38 teamsTempo: 69.73PT: 44%

Perimeter Architects

Pure perimeter scheme with crisp ball movement — lives behind the arc, rarely crashes boards

38 teamsTempo: 67.03PT: 47%

Rim Runners

Pushes pace and attacks the rim in transition — fastbreak-heavy, paint-dominant offense

35 teamsTempo: 69.93PT: 34%

Matchup Matrix (Historical Win Rate)

	Paint	Foul	Slow	Inside	Gunners	Low-Risk	Perimeter	Rim
Paint Maulers	50%	56%	44%	52%	45%	48%	54%	42%
Foul Drawers	44%	50%	44%	40%	41%	34%	53%	40%
Slow Snipers	56%	56%	50%	56%	48%	47%	53%	42%
Inside Passers	48%	60%	45%	50%	45%	44%	52%	32%
Gunners	55%	59%	52%	55%	50%	55%	54%	39%
Low-Risk Grinders	52%	66%	53%	56%	46%	50%	58%	42%
Perimeter Architects	46%	47%	47%	48%	46%	42%	50%	35%
Rim Runners	58%	60%	58%	68%	61%	58%	65%	50%