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The Data Jocks
1w ago
March Madness is as popular as it is because of the upsets. Nothing brings otherwise neutral fans together better than rooting for an Ivy league ..read more
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3w ago
Just like in football, the common consensus in basketball is that the ‘Big 3’ – California, Texas, and Florida – have the highest quality athletics ..read more
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1M ago
This article is contributed by Adam Carter, Director of Player Personnel for the University of San Diego Football Team, Impact% is a stat that measures ..read more
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1M ago
In a recent article we posted, we talked about how to build a baseball Elo model and the ins and out of how that worked ..read more
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1M ago
If you treat every game as a coin flip, the odds of a perfect bracket in the NCAA March Madness tournament are roughly in 1 ..read more
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1M ago
In the NFL, fans often focus of time of possession as an important indicator of how the game is going. The common consensus is that ..read more
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1M ago
We’ve discussed previously how to use Vegas data to build models for NFL games. Can we build a baseball Elo model using the same ideas ..read more
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1M ago
Sometimes the final score doesn’t tell the whole story of an NFL game. In fact, usually this is the case. The final score can change ..read more
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1M ago
It feels like no matter how hard anyone tries, nobody can beat Vegas ratings. No matter what model you look at or which year you ..read more
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1M ago
The 2024 college football playoff format is changing yet again. In this sport, it seems like no matter what you do, somebody feels like they ..read more