Students share their research in data analytics and projects with industry partners.
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 »
written by: Brady Kas and Garric Mathias For the first time ever, the entire Division I NCAA Tournament will be held in Indiana. To mark this momentous occasion for the state, the Sports Innovation Institute wanted to help interested Hoosiers fill out their bracket for March Madness this year…. Read more »
Written By: Kevin Feller With the beginning of the NCAA Men’s College Basketball Tournament days away, and many people preparing to fill in their brackets, the underlying question always presents itself; How good are these teams’ conferences compared to the competition they will be facing? The ranking system is flawed in many ways due… Read more »
Written by Rick Matthews For the first time ever, the entire Division I NCAA Tournament will be held in Indiana. To mark this momentous occasion for the state, the Sports Innovation Institute wanted to help interested Hoosiers fill out their bracket for March Madness this year. This post is part of a 4-part series… Read more »
The pandemic forced most people to spend more time at home. Instead of seeing this as an obstacle, I saw it as an opportunity. When else would I have a chance to spend this much time working on projects and learning new skills to add to my resumé? I joined IUPUI’s Honors College this semester,… Read more »
By Nikhil Morar During my second semester in the M.S. in Data Science specializing in Sports Analytics program at IUPUI, I was selected to participate in the ESPN Hackathon at MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference. My time working as a data analyst for the Sports Innovation Institute really prepared me for my trip to Boston…. Read more »
