Parity in the NBA
Going into this NBA season, there has been a lot of talk about how much more evenly matched the league has become. With the departure of Kevin Durant from the Warriors, the leaps and bounds made by the Clippers over…
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Long odds: What was the probability of the visiting team winning every World Series game?
For the first time ever, every World Series game was won on the road: the Astros won all three of their away games, while the Nationals came out on top winning their four away games. Although there is a positive…
NBA Preseason: Predictive or Pointless?
With the NBA preseason coming to a close, it may be time to actually start watching. At least, that’s what those of us who paid little attention to the preseason match-ups may tell ourselves. Yeah, Kawhi Leonard and Paul George…
Slow Burn or Raging Inferno: Does the hottest team at the end of the season win the World Series?
The matchup is set: the Washington Nationals, representing the National League, and the Houston Astros, representing the American League, will face off in the World Series starting Tuesday. While the Astros all but cruised to a 100-win season, the Nationals…
Usage Rates
What is the relationship among usage rating, minutes per game, and games played per season for the twenty most highly rated usage NBA players over the last five seasons? Our hypothesis was that higher usage rating will lead to higher…
JMPing into the Stanley Cup Playoffs
It’s April again, so NHL playoff season is officially upon us once again. As the field has been determined, the next logical step is to guess who will win each series and who will ultimately end the summer with a…
A March Madness Champion: Lucky or Good?
March Madness is so exciting, in part because every game can be a team’s last. Every single game is Game 7. That being said, there is not much that decides winners and losers in the NCAA Tournament. One shot, one…
Risers and Fallers in March Madness
After an exciting weekend, we are officially down to four teams left in the NCAA Tournament. Virginia, Michigan State, Texas Tech, and Auburn all took down challenging opponents in close games in the Elite Eight, securing their spots in the…
Cats Stats Visualizes the Sweet 16
This year, the NCAA Tournament has nearly been all chalk. If you picked all the favorites when filling out a bracket this year, you’re probably doing pretty well. Unbelievably, all 1,2, and 3 seeds survived the first weekend of the…
Wofford: An Underdog Story?
Wofford is a team that has experts around the country talking. There’s good reason for the chatter: The Terriers, the Southern Conference regular season and tournament champions, finished the season 29-4 at number 19 in the AP poll and number…
