Dept of Stat and Data Sci at @Yale. Formerly @CMU_Stats, @ESPN, @univmiami, @FlaPanthers, @WestPoint_USMA. data science/statistics/education/sports/ice cream.
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We just posted a job advertisement for a Lecturer position in the Department of Statistics and Data Science at Yale University. If you or anyone you know is interested, please see here:
statistics.yale.edu/full-tim….
This is a teaching focused position. The ideal candidate would have a passion for teaching and experience in data analysis and/or interdisciplinary collaboration. If you have any questions about the position, please feel free to reach out!
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The pancake block - when an offensive player flattens his opponent - has long lived as an unofficial football stat
With more granular data, our NFL group has begun measuring pancakes. This weekend, we'd like your help
Introducing: Pancake Week
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The Inside The NBA crew reacts to Ernie Johnson announcing this will be his last season on the show ❤️
Abstract submissions are open for the 2027 Connecticut Sports Analytics Symposium! Deadline Dec 1
statds.org/events/csas2027/i…
Pleased to announce the 2027 Connecticut Sports Analytics Symposium (CSAS) Data Challenge! 🎉 This year the focus is on pressing using data provided by @SkillCorner from the National Women's Soccer League @NWSL and Women’s Super League (FAWSL). statds.org/events/csas2027/c… (1/n)
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I told you there was more personal news …
#MvsW is back 🍾
Four days a week on @DailyFaceoff. Your OG hockey podcasters, bringing you insight and silliness at 1 pm ET on YouTube and wherever you get your pods!
While @SunnyMehtaX is awesome and could have easily done something like this, I wrote this particular article. His article must be elsewhere.
However if Sunny wants to trade authorship of this article for his current job I'll consider it, even as a Flyers fan
For those interested, here is Sunny’s bayesian model article about goaltending from 2013
greaterthanplusminus.com/201…
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Leon Draisaitl is on pace to finish with 84 points less than Connor McDavid this year.
Leon Draisaitl is also on pace for 176 points this year.
Absolute madness.
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Pleased to announce the 2027 Connecticut Sports Analytics Symposium (CSAS) Data Challenge! 🎉 This year the focus is on pressing using data provided by @SkillCorner from the National Women's Soccer League @NWSL and Women’s Super League (FAWSL). statds.org/events/csas2027/c… (1/n)
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Whoa for once I disagree Brian.
This is very related to the article I wrote
neilball.org/p/the-downfalls…
Brian Macdonald retweeted
Three years ago, software like this cost six figures.
I built a free one.
Meet NEIL.VISION 🏀
Upload your basketball tracking data and replay the game in 3D with NBA 2K-style cameras and player perspectives.
What would you study first?
Brian Macdonald retweeted
Great paper on this subject by @RyanBrill_ & @adiwyner arxiv.org/abs/2311.03490 #analyticshavesomehumility
YES!
This is a great take on the subject!
We talked about this on the show a few weeks back.
You can't just treat it like poker or blackjack, cos you don't necessarily get the time for the math to work in your favor.
What's that line, the market can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent? Same idea.
You want the information; you don't want to go with the edge lean every single time just cos it says 51%.
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If Kyle had to bet his life on predicting whether he chooses a red ball or a blue ball from a jar, and he was informed there are 51 red balls and 49 blue, which color should he predict?
Kyle Shanahan says a 51% analytics recommendation won’t convince him to go for it because he gets one shot, not an hour at a blackjack table
“I don’t want to hear about it if it’s 51% of the time we should go for it.”
“As I always say, I’m not sitting here playing Blackjack for an hour with no one else at the table, and eventually I’ll get 51% of it. Like, I have this one try, and I have a feel for it. I’ve been doing it too long.”
“But what I want to know from him, when it’s not a feel, when it, no, this is 98%. We don’t even need to talk about it. So we don’t need to talk about it. Tell me when it’s that, and I’ll just do it.”
cool viz of what space the puck sees
Did you know that short side there is more room ? It's all geometry. Check out what the puck sees: ingoalmag.com/net-coverage/
Pleased to announce the 2027 Connecticut Sports Analytics Symposium (CSAS) Data Challenge! 🎉 This year the focus is on pressing using data provided by @SkillCorner from the National Women's Soccer League @NWSL and Women’s Super League (FAWSL). statds.org/events/csas2027/c… (1/n)
You can also share this LinkedIn post: lnkd.in/p/gKP_vsAE
Organizing committee:
@sean_ahmed
@statsinthewild0
@Jameshyman14
@laurenpoe
@JoshKOrenstein
@jyanstat