Sport management is not an academic discipline or profession that many associate with the field of design. However, over the past 7 years, I have used design thinking as the set of mindsets and methods in my senior capstone class in sport management at Indiana University Indianapolis. Each semester, the class partners with a local… Read more »
Student Experiences
National Collegiate Sports Sales Championship Reflection – Bowe Brooks
Written by: Bowe Brooks At the beginning of March, I had the opportunity to compete in the National Collegiate Sports Sales Championship held in Atlanta, GA. This competition is presented by Baylor University and the Atlanta Hawks who are gracious enough to host the event in State Farm Arena. Here is a brief overview directly from… Read more »
National Collegiate Sports Sales Competition Reflection – Cody Kriner
Written by: Cody Kriner During the fall of 2022, I took Dr. Pierce’s “Selling in the Sport Industry” course. The course armed me with the tools and tactics necessary to confidently approach a sales pitch to any variety of potential sales clients. The course then gave us real world experience in the form of 200+… Read more »
Sport Sales Workshop and Job Fair
My name is Shane Mattingly and I am a senior at IUPUI studying Sport Management at IUPUI. My sport sales class sells tickets for the Indianapolis Indians and the Indy Fuel through the Sports Innovation Institute, and the commission revenue generated from this projected helped to fund my travel to Cleveland for the Teamwork Online… Read more »
My Experience & Research at the 2023 Baylor National Collegiate Sports Analytics Championship
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 in Indianapolis put forth by Dr. Pierce & Dr. Sherman… Read more »
4 Approaches to Enhancing Long-Term Program Development in High School Athletics
During the Spring semester of 2022, students in the Sports Management Consulting senior capstone class at IUPUI were tasked with reimagining the entire youth and high school sports ecosystem in a partnership with the Center for Sport Transformation and renowned coaching expert Dr. Wade Gilbert. Students set out to understand the needs and challenges faced… Read more »
Indy Eleven – An Overview of 2021 Season
By Anshuman Dixit Indy Eleven had a difficult season last year where it managed to finish 6th in their Eastern Central Division despite a good start to the season early on. Out of the 31 teams in USL championship, Indy Eleven came 25th with a record of 9-8-15 in their 32 match season. As the… Read more »
Real World Experience at Upper Hand
My name is Austin Anderson and I’m a data science intern for Upper Hand. This is my first real foray into the industry and it has already taught me so many valuable pieces of information that it’s really hard to condense them all into one coherent blog post. However, there has been a persistent thread… Read more »
Predicting NBA Post All-Star Break Wins
Authors: Dallas Hutchinson, Andrew Marion We are interested in predicting the number of wins for each NBA team after the All-Star Break. The post-All-Star stretch is arguably one of the most important parts of an NBA Season. This is the time that each team has its final roster after the NBA trade deadline. Each team… Read more »
Super Bowl LVI Preview
Written by: Aydan Koyles After an exciting few weeks of playoff football, we have two teams ready to fight for the Lombardi Trophy. The Rams and Bengals may not have been the most predictable matchup, but it should be a good one. If you had told me 5 months ago that the Cincinnati Bengals and… Read more »