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Introducing Power Rankings: Your Club Ranked
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Introducing Power Rankings: Your Club Ranked

Introducing Power Rankings, the new way to tell which club is actually “by far the greatest team the world has ever seen."

6 hours ago Jonny Whitmore
Beverley Over LaVine? Frequently Asked DRIP Questions Answered
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Beverley Over LaVine? Frequently Asked DRIP Questions Answered

Quick. You’re the general manager of a new NBA expansion team. You have the choice between two players and their contracts are exactly the same one-year deal in this hypothetical.…

6 days ago Donald Kolakowski
TRACR College Football Rankings: An Inside Look at Our New Playoff Potential Rating
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TRACR College Football Rankings: An Inside Look at Our New Playoff Potential Rating

The playoff potential rating measures a team's likelihood of reaching the College Football Playoff. Check out what it says about which squads have the best chances in this year's chase.

2 months ago Evan Boyd
Why Targets Are No Longer Good Enough When It Comes to Valuing Pass Catchers
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Why Targets Are No Longer Good Enough When It Comes to Valuing Pass Catchers

Targets are out. Read percentage is in. Introducing the metric that gives a clearer indication of how often a player is potentially being given the chance to make a play.

3 months ago Trevor Goldstein
Explaining Next Ball Probability in Cricket
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Explaining Next Ball Probability in Cricket

Opta's Next Ball Predictor model forecasts the probabilities of different outcomes of the next delivery in cricket. Here's how it works.

4 months ago Danny Dinsdale
How’d You Get This Number? Explaining The Analyst’s Weekly NFL Fantasy Projections
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How’d You Get This Number? Explaining The Analyst’s Weekly NFL Fantasy Projections

Our model uses observed and projected data in four key areas: team values, player baselines, player participation and defensive matchup adjustments.

5 months ago Kevin Chroust, Kyle Cunningham-Rhoads
SmartRatings: The Model That Rates Each Game, Team and Player’s Entertainment Value
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SmartRatings: The Model That Rates Each Game, Team and Player’s Entertainment Value

Which game is the most intriguing this Sunday? Who has been the most exciting player in the league? Now we can put data behind the answers.

5 months ago The Analyst
College Football Predictions: Our New TRACR Model’s Teams and Units to Watch in 2022
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College Football Predictions: Our New TRACR Model’s Teams and Units to Watch in 2022

TRACR is a net efficiency metric that evaluates how well a team performs based on who they play. The model is trained on over 10 years of college football data.

5 months ago Evan Boyd
Measuring the Most Clutch Players in Tennis: Who Performs When It Matters Most?
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Measuring the Most Clutch Players in Tennis: Who Performs When It Matters Most?

With the help of a new metric – clutch points – we can go beyond just game or break point to truly explore the moments that matter most.

7 months ago Jon Manuel
Introducing Our NBA Draft Model: An Inside Look at How the Sliders Work
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Introducing Our NBA Draft Model: An Inside Look at How the Sliders Work

We're excited to introduce our new and improved NBA Draft model and its sliders, which enable us to highlight different assortments of players catered to certain draft traits.

7 months ago Trevor Goldstein
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