http://www.metafilter.com/tags/courtvision Posts tagged with 'courtvision' at MetaFilter. Sat, 14 Apr 2012 08:23:44 -0800 Sat, 14 Apr 2012 08:23:44 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/114881/Everything%2Dwe%2Dknow%2Dabout%2Dbasketball%2Dis%2Da%2Dlot "<a href="http://www.sloansportsconference.com/?p=5431&preview=true&preview_id=5431">Ever wondered why there are only 5 positions in basketball or how a player’s position is determined?</a>" Maybe not. But <a href="http://www.sloansportsconference.com/?p=724">analytics</a> are becoming more and more important in basketball, to the <a href="http://theclassical.org/articles/about-that-map-of-positions">point</a> where <a href="http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/37909/everything-you-know-about-basketball-is-wrong">some are questioning some fundamental 'facts' about the game</a>. After the <a href="http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/sloan-sports-analytics-conference-0306.html">MIT Sloan Sports conference</a> this year <a href="http://www.sloansportsconference.com/?p=1641">specifically addressed the role of analytics in basketball</a>, there has been <a href="http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/38099/placebo-analytics">a bit</a> of <a href="http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/page/5-on-5-120302-Sloan/nba-basketball-analytics-debate">a backlash</a> against the practice among <a href="http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2012/03/why-people-still-dont-believe-best-new-ideas-sports/49511/">commentators, coaches</a> and <a href="http://worldberound.tumblr.com/post/18794688864/two-worlds-mit-sloan-analytics-conference-has-some">fans</a>. Yet the projects just keep coming, including this <a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2012/03/06/mapping_the_nba_how_geography_can_teach_players_where_to_shoot.html">recently updated</a> web project using some amazing mapping analysis: <a href="http://www.kirkgoldsberry.com/courtvision.htm">Courtvision</a> Is basketball headed for a moneyball moment? <a href="http://hoopdata.com/blogengine/post/2011/06/21/The-Mavericks-and-Pythagorean-Wins.aspx">In some ways</a> the 2011<a href="http://www.thesportsiq.com/basketball-analytics/"> Championship Mavericks prove it's already there.</a> More <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APBRmetrics">APBRmetrics</a> <a href="http://www.emptythebench.com/2009/12/11/advanced-basketball-statistics-101/">resources</a>. <a href="http://www.allbuffs.com/entry.php/139-AllBuffs-com-Intro-To-APBRmetrics">Intro to APBRmetrics</a> <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/66264287/A-Starting-Point-for-Analyzing-Basketball-Statistics-pdf">"A Starting Point for Analyzing Basketball Statistics"</a> <a href="http://www.mavsmoneyball.com/2012/2/15/2799845/basketball-references-new-play-index-is-totally-the-bees-knees">Play Index+</a> <a href="http://www.82games.com/1112/ROLRTG8.HTM">Simple Ratings from 82game.net</a> <a href="http://www.basketballprospectus.com/">Basketball Prospectus</a> <a href="http://hoopsanalyst.com/blog/?p=811">Hoop Analyst on Bad Shooting</a> <a href="http://popcornmachine.net/help.html">PopcornMachine tracks player efficiency</a> tag:metafilter.com,2012:site.114881 Sat, 14 Apr 2012 08:23:44 -0800 analytics APBRmetrics basketball courtvision grantland JeffVanGundy kirkgoldsberry MIT NBA sloan sports SPORTS! sportstheory theclassical Potomac Avenue