When somebody asks me what a mathematician actually does all day, I often bring up strength of schedule in sports. Strength of schedule is one…
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One of the overwhelming stories in science over the last decade is the huge breakthrough in machine learning spurred largely by neural networks and increased…
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Making money betting on sports is not easy – you either need to know more about sports, more about statistical modeling, or have access to…
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2020 NBA Power Rankings Designing ways to generate power rankings for a particular league is one of the most important problems in sports analytics. About…
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Every sports manager is tasked with making decisions. Typically, they rely on years of experience and expertise in order to make the best decisions possible.…
Everyone talks about models in sports but not nearly as many people realize that ensemble learning in sports is something we have unwittingly been doing…
From time to time I want to write articles that focus on teaching analytical methods as much as they focus on sharing the insights drawn…
Sports betting is one of the most common ways people enjoy professional sports. Some people like having more of a stake in their home team’s…
Check out this updated content in which we describe how to model the number of batters faced per inning using a mixture of negative binomial…