It’s a fun argument, especially between fans of different teams, to determine the best college basketball conference. I love this topic of conversation for two…
All sports analytics tries to predict the true quality of a team. One of the simplest models to do this is the technique called Pythagorean…
Talking about a bad NBA Player is kind of a weird thing. Even the worst NBA player of all time is among the best basketball…
In machine learning and predictive statistics, the name of the game is maximizing prediction accuracy (true positives/negatives) while minimizing error (false positives/negatives). Both ROC Curves…
The next week contains 4 of the 6 best sports days of the year, the first 2 rounds of the NCAA tournament (the other 2…
As little as 10 years ago, as the NCAA Men’s basketball tournament approached, sports shows started to talk at length about RPI. Invariably, this would…
Possession in basketball is one of the most fundamental concepts but still does a lot of the heavy lifting in the analytics world. In this…
As summer approaches, Wembanyana mania will soon be upon us. Poised to enter the league as a 19 year old already among the tallest NBA…
Everyone loves filling out brackets. It’s a way to flex your knowledge and dunk on your friends. It gives you rooting interests in games you…
Nothing deserves more credit for the widespread popularity of the NBA than the Larry Bird vs Magic Johnson rivalry that dominated the 80s. Before this…