Students share their research in data analytics and projects with industry partners.
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 The SII Team Background In college athletics, things have changed significantly over the past decade. The most notable change that has greatly altered the landscape has been the creation of the “Transfer Portal” and Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) deals for athletes. This has led to a surge in student-athletes transferring, where over 3,000… Read more »
by The SII Team During the 2024 NBA All-Star Weekend, the IU Indianapolis Sports Innovation Institute, in conjunction with the School of Informatics, presented a panel on Sports Analytics featuring recent alumni working in the sport industry. Four graduates joined us to discuss how they got their job in sports analytics, what the industry looks… Read more »
The Sports Innovation Institute has partnered with the Center for Sports Transformation since January 2022 on a wide variety of initiatives to support and build the sports leadership capacity in communities at all levels of youth sports using the long-term program development model (LTPD) framework. One of our first projects was to examine the durability… Read more »
by Rishi Chandran, IUPUI Sport Management and Analytics Undergraduate Student My name is Rishi Chandran. I’m currently finishing up my 4th year at IUPUI, where I’ll graduate with a Master’s in Applied Data Science & a Bachelor’s in Sports Management. Throughout the past 4 years, I’ve been lucky enough to take advantage of numerous opportunities… Read more »
