Students share their research in data analytics and projects with industry partners.
By: Brady Kas Welcome back to part two of my end of the season review for teams battling it out for a spot in the playoffs. In my previous article, I talked about the National League, and in this piece, I’ll focus on the American League. To begin, let me remind everyone of the setup… Read more »
By: Brady Kas As the leaves begin to change colors, and a cool breeze blows in the air, this can only mean one thing for baseball fans: postseason baseball is near. For any sports fan, the playoffs are always the best part, and baseball is no different. You can feel the intensity in the… Read more »
The Techstars Sports Accelerator Powered by Indy is a business incubator that sets out each year to find start up companies from across the globe that are pushing the limits of sports technology. The companies that the Techstars incubator brings into the Indianapolis community are encouraged to and often decide to relocate their headquarters… Read more »
By: Anshuman Dixit As we are slowly absorbing the current reality where Lionel Messi no longer plays at Barcelona, and Cristiano Ronaldo is back with the Red Devils, transfers are more important now that ever! Let’s do a deeper analysis on the few big transfers and see how they affect the 2021-2022 Season. As a… Read more »
By: Michael Black Going step-by-step using Plotly Express, Python, and Pandas to plot the NBA’s All-Time Leading Playoff Scorers. Creating visually appealing graphs is an important part of conveying your message when working with data. Graphs with easily distinguishable points/lines, helpful legends, and interactive features like zooming and hovering (to name just two) are much… Read more »
Using Python and Pandas to look at the growth of annual club wage bills in England’s top-flight since 2000-’01 By: Michael Black As somebody who grew up watching only American sports leagues, I found it surprising upon becoming a fan of the English Premier League that the idea of a salary cap did not exist…. Read more »
Written By: Jack Gray At some point this season, we overlooked a wild stat: Blake Griffin had not dunked the basketball since December 12th of 2019, a drought spanning nearly 15 months. This year’s NBA postseason has been full of many entertaining, important storylines that will determine and guide legacies… Read more »
Written By: Jack Gray In the last 11 games, the White Sox Catcher has posted an inadequate .130 Batting Average while simultaneously having the highest On-Base-Percentage in baseball. How? Nearly 35 games into the season, Major League Baseball has already presented some obscure and unlikely trends such as batting averages… Read more »
Written by Rick Matthews On April 14, I attended a panel discussion involving the impact of analytics in baseball and the next steps that the sport will be taking in this space. The panel consisted of the VP of MLB Baseball Data Greg Cain, Director of AI and Strategy at DataRobot Ari Kaplan, and Chief… Read more »
Written By: Jack Gray As we’ve seen in the first edition of this week’s March Madness blog series here at IUPUI, seeding isn’t always the best indicator of which team has the better chance to win in the tournament. Upsets happen, and our goal is to use data analysis to give meaningful… Read more »
