Weekly Sports Analytics News Roundup – October 13, 2015
Football: From the AP, Stats show ‘icing’ kickers has been more effective this year. FiveThirtyEight.com: On Any Given Sunday, NFL Favorites Win And Underdogs Lose. Austin Tymins at the Harvard Sports Analysis Collective tries to identify the best pass-rushers and best sacking teams from 2014 data.
College football: Football Study Hall ranks football programs, EA style. Bill Connelly, at Football Outsiders, looks at how his S&P+ ranking through week 5 compares to previous seasons.
Baseball: FanGraphs on The Best and Worst Managers at Challenging. Hardball Times reports on The 2015 Strike Zone. FanGraphs looks at Jake Arrieta’s Sweet… Sinker? FiveThirtyEight.com writes that Playoff Umps Are Screwing Up A Tenth Of Balls And Strikes. Beyond the Box Score says There are two ways to build a baseball team, and the Twins are not good at one of them. Beyond the Box Score examines 2015 playoff teams and the use of analytics. FanGraphs Year-End Update – Statcast Data Limitations. FanGraphs Baseball 2015 In Time of Possession.
Basketball: FiveThirtyEight.com unveils CARMELO, the player projection algorithm. Nylon Calculus NBA Speed Index: Team Transition Chances. Nylon Calculus: Almost Time For Tip Off – Jump Ball Stats.
College Basketball: Ken Pomeroy continues his look at whether offense or defense has more control of various aspects of a typical college basketball game with – Offense vs. Defense: Steals and Offense vs. Defense: Block percentage.
Hockey: FiveThirtyEight.com says NHL Coaches Are Pulling Goalies Earlier Than Ever.
Your moment of R: HOWTO: Use nhlscrapr to collect NHL RTSS data.
In the online classroom: Wayne Winston’s Math Behind Moneyball course is live on Coursera.
Conferences: NESSIS material now online.