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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.

9 months ago Trevor Goldstein
Introducing Cricket Simulation Models
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Introducing Cricket Simulation Models

Introducing three new cricket metrics, each designed to quantify the current match situation and predict future outcomes.

10 months ago Danny Dinsdale
Evolving Expected Goals (xG)
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Evolving Expected Goals (xG)

Expected goals (or xG) measures the quality of a chance by calculating the likelihood that it will be scored from a particular position on the pitch during a particular phase…

11 months ago Jonny Whitmore
Capturing Momentum in Tennis
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Capturing Momentum in Tennis

Two brand new metrics - leverage and momentum - allow us to quantify the swings in momentum that define any tennis match.

1 year ago Jon Manuel
What Is the Transfer Portal?
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What Is the Transfer Portal?

The Transfer Portal predicts a player's future performance if they were to transfer to new club, within the context of the teams and leagues involved.

1 year ago Jonny Whitmore, Danny Dinsdale, Joe Gallagher
Explaining Live Win Probability (LWP)
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Explaining Live Win Probability (LWP)

Live Win Probability does all the number crunching for you, simulating the likelihood of each match result.

1 year ago Jonny Whitmore
What is Match Momentum?
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What is Match Momentum?

Match momentum measures the swing of the match and which team is creating more threatening situations at certain points in time.

1 year ago Jonny Whitmore
Introducing TRACR: Our College Basketball Team Rating Adjusted for Conference and Roster
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Introducing TRACR: Our College Basketball Team Rating Adjusted for Conference and Roster

Ahead of opening night, we're announcing the start of our weekly TRACR rankings. The model measures the team strengths from last season and adjusts for the current roster.

1 year ago Evan Boyd
EVE: Our NFL Team Efficiency vs. Expected Rating
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EVE: Our NFL Team Efficiency vs. Expected Rating

Catch-all metrics that measure a team’s efficiency on both sides of the ball have gained popularity. But we've introduced a metric that takes the concept a step further.

1 year ago The Analyst
TVL Data: The Medium Through Which Every Pitch Tells a Story
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TVL Data: The Medium Through Which Every Pitch Tells a Story

One of the tools at the forefront of The Analyst’s Major League Baseball coverage is TVL data. What is TVL data? It’s the end result of a process in which…

1 year ago The Analyst
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