In this week’s Assist Map, we take a closer look at Davidson’s run in the Atlantic 10 Tournament. On Saturday, March 10, the Wildcats defeated St. Bonaventure in Washington, D.C. by a score of 82-70 to set up a pivotal…
Last summer I received funding from a Velay Fellowship from Haverford College to do sports analytics research at Davidson College in North Carolina and my main project was developing an algorithm to predict outcomes in the NCAA Division I March…
Everyone knows that you can’t fill out a bracket without picking at least one 12 seed to upset a 5 in the first round. While this well-known phenomenon has been backed up with data showing that it truly does happen…
The 2017-18 regular season ended with a Wildcat splash! In the final week, Davidson beat Rhode Island as the Cats truly went wild on their home court. Earlier in the week, the Cats went to triple overtime with Peyton Aldridge…
Tuesday night’s much anticipated tilt with St. Bonaventure was a delightful display of basketball. The triple overtime barn burner lasted past midnight. It was the first time in five years that five players scored over 30 points in the same…
This week in Assist Map Monday, we look back at a huge showdown in the Big 12 between #6 Texas Tech and #8 Kansas. On Saturday, February 24th, the Jayhawks travelled to Lubbock and defeated the Red Raiders 74-72 to…
This week, as part of the weekly blog series analyzing assist data from notable college basketball games, we head toward the Big East for a showdown between the top two teams in the conference—#3 Villanova and #4 Xavier. On Saturday,…
In the second edition of our weekly blog series covering assist data from noteworthy games throughout the college basketball season, we examine a game from college basketball’s biggest rivalry: Duke-UNC. On Thursday, February 8th, the Tar Heels hosted the Blue…
As part of a new weekly blog series, we will be covering assist data from noteworthy games and throughout the rest of the college basketball season. This data will appear in the form of a graphic showing players who both…
We inch ever forward to the Super Bowl and the smashing of pads between the Patriots and Eagles. You flip through the channels and the hum of football analysis grows until that deafening cheer as the ball is kicked off…
