Watch My 2015 Sloan Analytics Conference Presentations Here
March 29, 2015
A few weeks back, I was lucky enough to be invited to present a research paper at the ESPN/Sloan Sports Analytics Conference. If you weren’t able to make the conference, you can check out the videos from my two presentation on Youtube. The first video is...
When March Madness Upsets Become More Likely Than Not
March 19, 2015
The men’s NCAA tournament starts this afternoon, and I’ve written an article about upsets for FiveThirtyEight. Imagine that you’re watching a game and the underdog is winning. At what point does the fact that they have the lead trump the fact that they’re the underdog? That’s the question...
More NHL overtime changes
March 18, 2015
Another year, another set of NHL overtime rule changes. Right now about 60% of overtime games end in a shootout. The NHL GMs want to see that number get closer to 40%. They’re considering a couple possible changes to how overtime is played, with the hope that the changes will...
Bracket Simulator for the Wall Street Journal
March 16, 2015
The Wall Street Journal came out with a nifty NCAA tournament bracket simulation tool today. I gave them a bit of help on the statistics for one piece of it, so it’s pretty cool to see how it turned out. I especially like how they allow you to...
Slides for my ESPN/Sloan conference presentation
February 26, 2015
If you’re going to be at the ESPN/Sloan Sports Analytics Conference this weekend be sure to check out my presentation. It’ll be tomorrow (Friday) at 10:20 in room 258. [Update: If you want to see the video from my presentations, check out this post.]
If you’re not...