Tag Archives: 2011

Basketball Analytics – 2011

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MIT Tech TV This panel will explore the importance of analytics in basketball. As more teams employ advanced metrics and use statistical tools, this panel will examine the changes in how players are scouted, drafted, developed, and even changes in more »

Workforce Analytics in Baseball Player Management

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Abstract: The “Sabermetric Revolution” has brought rigorous analytics to the fore in operating and managing baseball teams. In sports, Baseball is unique in the data that are available: the isolated pitcher-versus hitter moments allow the game to be effectively analyzed more »

New Player Evaluation Technique for Players of the NBA

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Abstract: I present a combination of player evaluation techniques that significantly outperforms regularized adjusted +/- in prediction accuracy. This approach models a basketball game as a finite state machine, which is a behavior model composed of a finite number of more »

The Effects of Altitude on Soccer Match Outcomes

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Abstract: Soccer teams regularly compete at altitudes above 2,000 meters (6,562 feet) with World Cup qualification or other honors on the line. Media, fans, and players often question the fairness of playing at high altitudes, and FIFA temporarily banned international more »

Paired Pitching – How to Avoid an Arms Race

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Abstract: For every successive time a pitcher faces a batter in a game, that pitcher is more likely to allow runs to that batter. An analysis of covariance confirms this observation and suggests that by limiting the number of times more »

A Major League Baseball (MLB) Swing Quality Metric

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Abstract: We propose a quantitative metric to evaluate a MLB player’s offensive ability against a given pitch. Our swing quality metric should be used in concert with scouting reports and existing metrics to provide player evaluators with a more complete more »

Performance & Injury Analytics

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MIT Tech TV An evolving area of analytics at the team and league level is data on injury and performance. In seeking to get the next competitive advantage to understand who to draft or not draft, teams are integrating new more »

Hockey Analytics

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MIT Tech TV This year’s hockey panel will look at how analytics are used by a range of industry professionals to better track player performance and shape the composition of teams. For example: what tools do teams use to identify more »

Business of Sports

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MIT Tech TV Succeeding in the business of sports requires deep industry understanding and a bold vision of the future. Meet the leaders behind the scenes who are at the forefront of league structuring, revenue sharing, and broadcast rights. In more »

The Coming War: Sports Labor Relations

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MIT Tech TV With looming lockouts in both the NBA and NFL, panelists will discuss the legal implications of reaching a deal. With the changing economics of the game, these CBAs will have to be more creative from a legal more »

Gut vs. Data: How Do Coaches Make Decisions?

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MIT Tech TV From fourth down attempts to walking a player with the bases loaded, coaches make critical decisions that are immediately scrutinized by fans and the media. Coaches are often evaluated based on the outcome and not on the more »

The Games: How Success is Measured

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MIT Tech TV Each year the world witnesses how major events such as the Olympic Games, World Cup, Super Bowl, Commonwealth Games, Pan American Games, Islamic Games, and others are played out in the world of Sport and how each more »

Athlete Branding in the New Age

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MIT Tech TV The role of superstar athletes has shifted from hometown hero to global icon. Athlete partnerships have become long-term investments for international corporations seeking a popular face for their brand. This panel will discuss companies‘ evaluations of players more »

Sports Gambling: The Source of Sports Innovation?

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MIT Tech TV Gambling has been instrumental in the evolution and direction of sports businesses. The Sports Gambling Panel will examine how sports gambling actually precedes movement in sports at various levels. Panelists will be writers, innovators, and creators in more »

Allocation and Dynamic Efficiency in NBA Decision Making

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MIT Tech TV Abstract: This paper examines the optimality of the shooting decisions of National Basketball Association (NBA) players using a rich data set of shot outcomes. The decision to shoot is a complex problem that involves weighing the continuation more »

Broadcast Experience: Viewers or Fighter Pilots?

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MIT Tech TV Over the past ten years, television networks have continually innovated and made a fan’s viewing experience much more than just watching the game. From real-time statistics to in-game polling, networks have invested time and money to bring more »

Ticketing Analytics

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MIT Tech TV Ticketing is the core driver of the sports business. Over the past decade, personalized marketing and customer data has allowed teams to better know their fans. Ticket pricing is becoming more personalized through new data sources like more »

Soccer Analytics – 2011

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MIT Tech TV This panel will focus on the increasing role that analytics is playing in soccer. In addition to data analysis generated through traditional metrics, this panel will explore on a number of interesting new technologies including: (i) locational more »

How Much Trouble is Early Foul Trouble?

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MIT Tech TV Abstract: We introduce a win probability approach to modeling basketball performance and employ it to determine the effect that early foul trouble by a team’s starters has on its future performance. We find that each of the more »

Football Analytics – 2011

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MIT Tech TV This year’s football panel will take a look at different uses of analytic tools from a broad range of perspectives including those of: NFL General Managers, the NFL Officiating Department, experts in the football statistics field, and more »

Baseball Analytics – 2011

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MIT Tech TV The idea of using advanced analytics to measure athletes’ performance originated in baseball and has probably had more impact on this sport than on any other. This panel, returning now for its fifth year, will explore how more »

Referee Analytics

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MIT Tech TV Players, coaches, fans, and commentators are never short on opinion when it comes to refereeing. Quality refereeing is a crucial element of a great game or match. This panel will explore the application of analytics to officiating. more »

New Owners: The Challenges and Opportunities

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MIT Tech TV This panel will focus on new professional team owners and the challenges associated with the process of buying and running a team. In particular, panelists will talk about the reasons to buy a team and the relationship more »