The average height of an adult male is under 5'-10" (non Hispanic white and black males, which make up a large majority of college basketball players, are roughly 5'-9.5", while Hispanic males average around 5'-7"). The average male basketball player is over 6'-0" tall, and if you consider schools at the level that UD is at or higher, and take away the point gaurds, I'm guessing your average height is somewhere over 6'-4". So perhaps, the average male is done growing at 17 or 18, but college basketball players, at this level are anything but average when it comes to height. I think it would stand to reason that many would grow an extra inch or two into their longer than average frames over the 4 years they are in college.
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