College basketball is in its supersized era. This season is shaping up to feature the tallest iteration of the sport with jumbo lineups in places like Florida , Michigan , Arizona , Duke and Illinois here to stay.

According to KenPom , there are 94 teams in America with an average height of 6-foot-6, measured by who is on the floor. Ninety-four! It's a whole new world compared to 2019-20, when only 35 teams had an average height north of 6-foot-6.

The reasons are obvious. To steal a football analogy, "big people move little people." Controlling the glass and the paint has become a way to extract a high-floor outcome.

The special sauce kicks in when your big men can splash treys. Illinois' top 3-point shooter this season has been 7-foot-2 center Zvonimir Ivisic (38% on 34

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