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Average previous minutes for ND -- that's the proper metric by btd
The two highest values drop to 0 -- and you have four starters with 0 previous minutes and the average drops dramatically.
Then try the next best metric -- players that played college basketball the previous season. Again, 4 from ND did not play the previous season, and a 5th didn't play 75% of the previous season, and the 6th barely played while recovering from being out the previous season -- and then missed the first half of the season being evaluated.
In short -- ND is the only team that had in effect zero returning players that played college basketball the prior season and 4 of 5 starters that had zero minutes playing for ND.