For the second consecutive fall semester, the students in the TESM-G 299 Exploratory Aspects of Esports Event Production course successfully developed and executed an eSports event on campus. After spending months recruiting students to compete and developing a script while learning the foundations of eSports, live streamed events, and how to stream live events, the… Read more »
by Dr. Liz Wanless, director of the Sports Innovation Institute My First Semester: A Thrill Ride in Indianapolis Sport Innovation Reflecting on my first semester as Director of the Sports Innovation Institute and Associate Professor at Indiana University Indianapolis, I am struck by the dynamic opportunities, inspiring connections, and the extraordinary support that have defined… Read more »
by The SII Team As part of an initiative undertaken by the IU Indianapolis Institute for Engaged Learning, the Sports Innovation Podcast developed a special episode focused on High-Impact Practices in Higher Education. Department of TESM chair Dr. David Pierce and Right Hand co-founder and CEO Bryan Kryder sat down and discussed the high-impact practice… Read more »
by Chin-yu Wu, School of Informatics graduate student As a spectator watching a basketball game, I always want to know how close my team is to winning the game when the team is having the lead. On the other hand, when the team is trailing I want to know the probability of coming back under… Read more »
by Will Emhardt, School of Informatics graduate student The dataset I decided to use for this project was the previous season of Division 1 Soccer, ending in December of 2023. Using college soccer data, I only pulled the list of contests for the 2023 season and then the play-by-play for every contest in 2023. Initially… Read more »
by Elliott Scott, School of Informatics graduate student This report analyzes football game states using college sports data to predict win probabilities for various game situations. The dataset comprises 1.6 million rows of play-by-play data from Division I FBS football games, focusing on play types like punts, field goals, passes, and rushes. Each play type… Read more »
by Mark Ronad, School of Informatics graduate student This summer, I had the unique opportunity to dive deep into the dynamic and ever-evolving world of sports analytics, with a particular focus on Division One hockey and soccer teams. My project, aptly named “Performance Metrics Analysis for Division One Teams,” was an intensive exploration of performance… Read more »
by Anurag Reddeddy, School of Informatics graduate student This project was inspired by my exploration of various ice hockey platforms. While the leaderboards on these platforms were informative, I noticed a lack of detailed player shot maps, on-ice tendencies, and shot conversion rates. IceScout Pro was created to address this gap by presenting these insights… Read more »
by Kael Ecord, School of Informatics graduate student My project was titled “The Crumbs: Examining Offensive Rebound and Forced Turnover Success Rate”. The goal of my project was to use college basketball data from all games played by Big 12 Conference teams from 2018-19 through 2023-24 to create two new metrics. The first being offensive… Read more »
by Geoff Sherman On Tuesday afternoon (June 18), before heading to Victory Field to work for Major League Baseball at the Indianapolis Indians vs. Iowa Cubs series opener, I headed downtown to the offices of High Alpha for a special event related to the USA Swimming Olympic Trials taking place right now in Lucas Oil… Read more »
