While the first round hasn’t been as exciting as I had hoped so far, there have been no shortage of great games. Sure, the Knicks…
The good thing about being a data guy is I can just write code for a few hours and deliver valuable insights like ‘The Philadelphia…
It’s the best time of the year – the 2021 NBA playoffs are upon us. In a normal year, the first round of the playoffs…
Last week I published an article in which I argued that a natural prerequisite for determining who the best shooters in the NHL are is…
In the last year of writing for this blog, I’ve largely tackled ethereal, inconsequential questions including ‘Who are the best teams in the NBA/NCAAM?’, ‘Who…
There is a surprisingly large – at least to me – online community devoted to Hockey analytics. While I am far from a Hockey expert,…
Because of the break in the action, I took the time to update my college basketball rankings in order to make my March Madness predictions…
Not a single sporting event causes more debate, excitement, talk of ‘strength of schedule’, and interest in analytics as March Madness. Every budding data scientist…
Boiling everything down, success in the NBA can be directly linked to offensive efficiency and defensive efficiency. We’ll directly study these concepts with a new…
Different NBA teams play at different paces. Many different NBA pace stats exist, but how can we predict the pace of an upcoming game? Do…