With player tracking installed in all of the NBA arenas, the sports analytics…
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NBA passing dynamics
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Basketball movements visualized
The NBA has been kind of gaga over data the past few years,…
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Basketball analytics
Kirk Goldsberry talks the rise of analytics usage in the NBA. With cameras…
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Shot charts show evolution of Lebron James
With the start of the NBA playoffs tomorrow, it’s worth coming back to…
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March Madness fan map
Along the same lines as their NFL fan maps, Facebook had a closer…
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Odds of a perfect NCAA March Madness bracket
Math professor Jeff Bergen explains the odds of picking a perfect bracket.…
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Statistical network of basketball →
By now, everyone’s heard of Moneyball. Applying statistics to baseball to build the…
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Growth of the basketball uniform
In the 1960s, the basketball uniform was about small, tight shorts and form-fitting…
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Geography of the basketball court, interactive edition
Remember geographer Kirk Goldsberry’s analysis of shot efficiency on the basketball court? Jeremy…
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Redefining NBA Basketball Positions
For the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference a few weeks ago, Stanford biomechanical…
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March Madness power rankings
With NCAA March Madness in full swing, the basketball graphics are out in…
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Geography of the basketball court
Kirk Goldsberry, an assistant professor of geography at Michigan State, applies his skills…
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Basketball net will rate the force of dunks during Slam Dunk Contest
Sometimes power dunks don’t get much credit, because it’s hard to see on…
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Jeremy Lin is no fluke
Nate Silver looks at past players who have scored 20 or more points,…
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Why sports statisticians should be more involved in games
Hot off the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference, Sean Gregory argues for more…
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March Madness bracketology – winners and losers
Working off last year’s bracketology graphic, Leonardo Aranda took a simpler approach in…
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History of the dunk contest complete with videos
Here’s something to chew on while you wait for the 2011 slam dunk…