Why Analytics Don’t Always Pay Off in the Playoffs
In today's NBA, are analytics just a regular season tool? Analytics have a major place in today’s basketball world. At some level, every team relies o...
Counterpoints: The Sports Analytics Podcast from MIT Sloan Management Review
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This is a show for sports professionals, data junkies, and fans alike. It’s a show for anyone who knows that numbers are about much more than the score. Hosts Ben Shields (MIT Sloan School of Management) and Paul Michelman (MIT Sloan Management Review) engage the world’s premier sports analytics experts in a lively, occasionally controversial, conversation about what’s really happening both on and off the field.
Front Office, Disrupted
The explosion of streaming media offers fans unlimited access to sports and entertainment. So how can teams entice their audience to the events happen...
The Running Game Is Only Mostly Dead
Recent years have seen an explosion in the NFL passing game and emerging analytics demonstrate that teams that throw the ball more win the game more. ...
Information Overload?
Counterpoints takes on two pressing questions in the sports analytics field: the issue of information overload and whether there is such a thing as to...
Talent vs. Teamwork
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: The rag-tag group of underdogs overcomes the more skilled favorite thanks to nothing more than their belief i...
Behold the Big Man
In the NBA’s modern era of pace-and-space, small ball, and chucking away from 3, it feels like there’s no more place for the lumbering 7-foot center w...
What the NBA Gets Wrong About Lottery Pick Protections
A herd mentality and a lack of good data have led teams to make some poor decisions about trading draft picks. Is there a better way?
Predicting the College Football Playoff
Which teams make it to the college football playoffs isn’t as random as it sometimes seems, says University of Wisconsin-Madison professor Laura Alber...
NFL Pass Blocking is Even More Important than You Think
Though lacking in glitz and glamour, the tackle, guard, and center positions make up the backbone of every NFL offense. Without skilled players in tho...
The Secret of My eSports Success
eSports has arrived as a major player in the sports world. Games like DOTA 2 and League of Legends have hundreds of millions of players, and the best ...