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BasketballTeamsasStrategicNetworks JenniferH.Fewell1,3*,DieterArmbruster2,3,JohnIngraham2,AlexanderPetersen2,JamesS.Waters1 1SchoolofLifeSciences,ArizonaStateUniversity,Tempe,Arizona,UnitedStatesofAmerica,2SchoolofMathematicalandStatisticalSciences,ArizonaStateUniversity, Tempe,Arizona,UnitedStatesofAmerica,3CenterforSocialDynamicsandComplexity,ArizonaStateUniversity,Tempe,Arizona,UnitedStatesofAmerica Abstract WeaskedhowteamdynamicscanbecapturedinrelationtofunctionbyconsideringgamesinthefirstroundoftheNBA 2010play-offsasnetworks.Definingplayersasnodesandballmovementsaslinks,weanalyzedthenetworkpropertiesof degree centrality, clustering, entropy and flow centrality across teams and positions, to characterize the game from a network perspective and to determine whether we can assess differences in team offensive strategy by their network properties. The compiled network structure across teams reflected a fundamental attribute of basketball strategy. They primarilyshowedacentralizedballdistributionpatternwiththepointguardinaleadershiprole.However,individualplay- off teams showed variation in their relative involvement of other players/positions in ball distribution, reflected quantitatively by differences in clustering and degree centrality. We also characterized two potential alternate offensive strategies by associated variation in network structure: (1) whether teams consistently moved the ball towards their shooting specialists, measured as‘‘uphill/downhill’’ flux,and(2) whethertheydistributed theball in away that reduced predictability, measured as team entropy. These network metrics quantified different aspects of team strategy, with no single metric wholly predictive of success. However, in the context of the 2010 play-offs, the values of clustering (connectedness across players) and network entropy (unpredictability of ball movement) had the most consistent association with team advancement. Our analyses demonstrate the utility of network approaches in qua