Does age and experence matter?

Question

I think it is interesting that the average years of experience is so young.
Of the remaining teams in the tourney, the breakdown of experience it as follows:
(1 being a freshman and 4 being a senior)

Oregon: 2.8 years of experience per team (yoe)
Florida: 2.6 yoe
Georgetown: 2.3 yoe
Ohio State: 2.3 yoe
North Carolina: 2.1 yoe
UCLA: 1.9 yoe
How do you think this will effect the outcome of the tourney?
Why?

Answer 1

I think you're forgetting that most of the players have not only played high school basketball somewhere but also have played several years of AAU basketball where every team is stockpiled with players of the same caliber as themselves. So the "lack" of experience you're talking about is merely at the collegiate level which is fast becoming less and less important.

As for the differences in age, it does not make as much difference as the level of skill does. Age is mostly a factor in high school sports where the players' bodies are still physically maturing. But once you reach 18 or 19, the rate of physical maturation slows down dramatically, and the factor that comes into play is skill.

Answer 2

I do not think it will affect teams. For instance, Oregon will be out today. Georgetown may lose to Carolina today, and UCLA could beat Florida in the Final four. That would leave Carolina, Ohio St. and UCLA, the three youngest teams.

Answer 3

I don't think it will. The gap between most experienced and least experienced is less than a year. All the players have been playing for at least 10 years I'd imagine, many of them even more than that so the extra year isn't muh more than a drop in the bucket. That won't make much of an impact.

Answer 4

I think age does not matter, its all about experiences and skill

Answer 5

No it doesn't matter...sometimes you just got it in u

Answer 6

It does not matter.

Answer 7

no