Background As someone who grew up playing football, watching football on Saturdays and Sundays, and is a regular fantasy football participant, I’ve been only experienced football as a player and fan. I’ve never gotten the opportunity to experience what it is like to experience football from the business perspective. However, over this past summer, I… Read more »
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Turning Raw Data Into Action: Building the Datalys Injury Participation Dashboard
In collegiate athletics, the numbers matter, but not just the ones on the scoreboard. Behind the scenes, injury surveillance data plays a critical role in keeping athletes healthy and programs accountable. The Datalys Center, a national leader in sports injury research, manages an expansive injury surveillance program that tracks participation across hundreds of NCAA institutions… Read more »
How Media Presence Can Drive Sponsorship Success
by Brianna Stopher, graduate student Introduction In professional sports, success isn’t just measured on the scoreboard—it’s also built in the conversations happening off the court. For Indy Ignite Volleyball, a professional women’s team based in Indianapolis, the story of their growth is being told in local headlines, digital features, and community buzz. Over the past… Read more »
Every Second Matters: How Analytics in Motorsports Can Find Time on Pit Road
by Nathan Ensley, graduate student The green flag waves. The engines roar. And the chase begins. The difference between victory and defeat is measured in thousandths of a second, and teams do everything to close that gap. In the motorsports world, innovation is key. The innovators in this field have long been the engineers. Engineers… Read more »
Sports Innovation Podcast: Introducing the SII Director, Dr. Liz Wanless
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 »
Estimating Win Probabilities of Division I FBS Football Plays
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 »
Analyzing Division One Hockey Soccer Performance Metrics
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 »
IceScout Pro: Using Collegiate Hockey Data to Establish a Player Scouting Platform
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 »
The Crumbs: Examining Offensive Rebound and Forced Turnover Success Rate in Men’s College Basketball
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 »
NBA All-Star Weekend – Sports Analytics Alumni Panel
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 »
