SPORTS ANALYTICS IN THE CLASSROOM: HOW ONE HISTORICALLY BLACK UNIVERSITY IS CHANGING THE GAME
By 2022, the sports analytics market is expected to skyrocket to $4 billion. Yet even as top international players are duking it out for industry supremacy, an assistant professor of computer science at Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, N.C. is poised to make just as big an impact on the data-charged future of sports. […]
Basketball Analytics: Inside vs. Outside Game
Basketball Analytics: Location & Points Per Shot
Scoring Efficiency With Points Per Game
Tracking Contested vs. Uncontested Shots
WHY CARE ABOUT TRUE SHOOTING PERCENTAGE?
Basketball Analytics: Actual vs. Expected Point Value
How Teams Create Good Looks
IS Player Efficiency Rating (PER) WORTH THE HYPE
Imagine that at the conclusion of an annual wellness visit with your physician, the doc proclaimed, “There is something wrong with you,” never to continue the conversation again. That would be health care’s equivalent to presenting a coach with his guard’s poor Player Efficiency Rating (PER). PER usually refers to a specific formula created by […]
NBA FINALS PREVIEW – 2016
Why are we here again? Well, besides LeBron, Steph, KD, Klay, Dray, and CP3’s hammy, why are we here again? How did Golden State and Cleveland both prevail, each in a thrilling seven-game series – the first time we’ve seen both conference finals go seven games since 1979? I’m glad you asked. Let’s dive in. […]