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March 15, 2023

March Madness 2023: Tournament Simulation Results

March 15, 2023

March Madness 2023: Forecasting the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Tournament

April 17, 2022

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

NFL

Assessing the Value of NFL Punt Returners

Posted onFebruary 25, 2020February 26, 2020

Our current methods of evaluating return specialists fail to properly assess the value of the position. Exactly how valuable is a player like Devin Hester?

NBA

Quantifying Defensive Versatility in the NBA, Part I

Posted onFebruary 22, 2020February 22, 2020

One important trait of a defender is the ability to guard multiple positions. In this two-part series, I’ll try to create a metric to quantify versatility.

NBA

The Sudden Resurgence of Russell Westbrook

Posted onFebruary 21, 2020February 21, 2020

For years, Russell Westbrook has struggled to replicate his magical performance in his 2017 MVP season. Until now.

NBA

Expected Effective Field Goal Percentage: 2019-20 Midseason Recap

Posted onFebruary 19, 2020February 21, 2020

With the All-Star break over, now’s a good time to evaluate the performances of the league’s players using expected effective field goal percentage.

NBA

Explaining True Shooting Percentage (TS%)

Posted onFebruary 12, 2020February 22, 2020

There’s a lot of misunderstanding over the true shooting percentage (TS%) metric. Let’s clear up some common misconceptions.

NBA

The Defensive Dominance of Rudy Gobert

Posted onFebruary 5, 2020February 5, 2020

Rudy Gobert has unequivocally been the league’s best and most valuable defensive player over the past three seasons. And he’s only getting better.

NBA

Does NBA Officiating Favor the Home Team?

Posted onFebruary 2, 2020February 2, 2020

It’s common knowledge that home-court advantage is a significant factor in the NBA. But why? Could officiating be a factor?

NFL

A Better Way to Evaluate Punters

Posted onJanuary 29, 2020February 26, 2020

The punter is the most undervalued position in football. In this article, I try to properly evaluate individual punters and quantify their true value.

NFL

Modeling the NFL Field Goal

Posted onJanuary 27, 2020January 29, 2020

Placekicking analysis in football is typically limited to field goal percentage. However, the field goal is far too complex to be simplified as such.

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