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Author: Ahmed Cheema

College Basketball, Other

March Madness 2019: Grading Our Model’s First Round Predictions

Posted onMarch 24, 2019March 24, 2019

How does The Spax’s March Madness algorithm stack up against some of the most well-known statistical models out there? Pretty well.

College Basketball, Other

Modeling March Madness 2019: Statistical Analysis of the Big Dance

Posted onMarch 19, 2019March 20, 2019

The NCAA men’s basketball tournament has finally arrived! Our March Madness model forecasted the result of all 67 games of the Big Dance.

NFL

Teddy Bridgewater Is Not a Franchise Quarterback

Posted onMarch 16, 2019March 16, 2019

Teddy Bridgewater has signed a contract with the Saints, prompting fans to speculate that he may be the heir apparent to Drew Brees. It’s not happening.

NFL

The NFL’s Most Clutch Quarterbacks

Posted onMarch 1, 2019March 4, 2019

It’s difficult to evaluate a quarterback’s performance in clutch situations. Our current methods are very imperfect. Let’s try to change that.

NBA

What’s Wrong With the Los Angeles Lakers?

Posted onFebruary 27, 2019March 1, 2019

In the offseason, the Lakers signed LeBron James. Now they’re sitting in 10th place in the Western Conference. What went wrong?

NBA

The Dying Art of the Catch-And-Shoot Shot

Posted onFebruary 25, 2019February 27, 2019

In Part I of this series, we analyze one of the factors which impact the probability for a successful three-pointer: shooting off of a caught pass.

NFL

The Usefulness of Rookie Seasons for Evaluating Quarterbacks

Posted onFebruary 23, 2019February 23, 2019

We tend to jump to conclusions very quickly when it comes to evaluating rookie quarterbacks. Let’s prove that labeling a rookie as a “bust” isn’t logical.

NFL

Estimated Value: Isolating Quarterback Performance

Posted onFebruary 19, 2019February 20, 2019

Estimated Value takes multiple factors which impact quarterback performance into account in order to achieve an isolated evaluation.

NBA

Don’t Snub Him Again — James Harden Is the NBA’s MVP

Posted onFebruary 17, 2019February 20, 2019

There is a large contingency of NBA fans who are letting their hatred of James Harden blind them from recognizing his greatness. Don’t be one of them.

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