2021 March Madness Bracket

The Analytics of the Madness

March 27, 2021 R. C. Harris 0

The 2021 NCAA Tournament may turn out to be the craziest ever.  According to the NCAA, the first two rounds featured a record number of upsets (12), based on the organization’s definition of being at least five seeds apart.  In all, 16 lower seeds defeated higher seeds — 10 in the first round and six in the second, which equates to exactly one third of [ . . . ]

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The Analytics of International Players

July 26, 2019 R. C. Harris 0

International players always bring an element of intrigue to each NBA draft – relatively, they’re unknown quantities.  The average NBA fan in the United States has little-to-no exposure to prospects playing abroad.  Even more sophisticated fans, who enjoy diving into the numbers, probably don’t completely understand the context, and find interpreting international stats complicated and confusing.  However, for those who do understand metrics and analytics [ . . . ]