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April 17, 2022

Schadenfreude: Which NBA Teams’ Losses Drew the Most Attention?

March 15, 2022

March Madness 2022: Tournament Simulation Results

March 14, 2022

March Madness 2022: Modeling the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament

NBA

Mathematically Optimizing an NBA Player Guessing Game

Posted onMarch 2, 2022March 3, 2022

An NBA variant of the trendy game “Wordle” has become popular among fans. In this article, I find an optimal strategy for winning “Poeltl.”

NBA

The Next Great Portland Guard Has Arrived

Posted onFebruary 25, 2022March 3, 2022

With Damian Lillard injured and CJ McCollum traded away, Anfernee Simons has given Portland fans a reason to be optimistic for the future.

NFL

PRYA: Modeling NFL Punt Returns for Player Evaluation

Posted onFebruary 5, 2022February 5, 2022

What can tracking data tell us about punt returns? We introduce the evaluation metric Punt Return Yards Added (PRYA) for returners & gunners.

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Quantifying the In-Game Impact of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Players

Posted onFebruary 4, 2022February 6, 2022

We use regularization in the form of ridge regression to evaluate professional players of the game Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.

NBA

How Have the NBA’s New Foul-Baiting Rules Affected League Gameplay?

Posted onJanuary 11, 2022January 11, 2022

The NBA implemented rule changes in the 2021 offseason to mitigate foul-baiting. How has gameplay been affected by the new rules so far?

NBA

Quantifying the Streakiness of NBA Shooters

Posted onDecember 23, 2021December 23, 2021

We can easily measure three-point shooting efficiency with 3P%, but how can we quantify the separate trait of streakiness?

NBA

The Rise of Heliocentrism In NBA Offenses

Posted onNovember 11, 2021November 11, 2021

It certainly feels like more and more NBA offenses are becoming one-dimensional and centered around a single superstar. Do the numbers support this theory?

NBA

The NBA’s Most Prolific Playoff Scorers Since 1973

Posted onAugust 9, 2021August 13, 2021

The most important skill in basketball is scoring, and the best scorers come through in big games. Who are the best scorers in NBA postseason history?

NBA

Quantifying the NBA’s Greatest Five Year Peaks Since 1997

Posted onAugust 7, 2021August 9, 2021

In the last article, I calculated leaguewide RAPM over a 25 year span (1997-2021). Now, we look to assess peak impact by analyzing five year stretches.

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