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EXPLORING MACHINE LEARNING with NEW YORK POWERBALL DATA
New York State Powerball Data The New York Powerball data comes from data.gov. The data has been accumulated since 2010. Three columns make up the data: Date, winning numbers and a multiplier. One powerball number is made up by six part or six numbers. According...
Unlocking Victory: How Alabama’s Sharpshooting and Analytics Clash with UConn’s Defensive Titans in the Ultimate Final Four Showdown
Nate Oats discussed the integration of analytics in his philosophy, game planning and in game adjustments in the elite eight post game conference. https://twitter.com/JoeyBurton/status/1774596152911962248 A few days later Kirk Golsberry released this image which...
EXPLORING MACHINE LEARNING with NEW YORK POWERBALL DATA
New York State Powerball Data The New York Powerball data comes from data.gov. The data has been accumulated since 2010. Three columns make up the data: Date, winning numbers and a multiplier. One powerball number is made up by six part or six numbers. According...
Turning the Tables: Unpacking the Underdog Game Plans for Today’s Sweet Sixteen Showdowns
Las Vegas has Connecticut and Arizona as heavy favorites in their match ups against San Diego State and Clemson. UNC is a 4.5 favorite over Alabama and the Iowa State vs Illinois game is a pick em’ as Vegas is giving Iowa State 1.5 spread. The...
College Hoops on the Brink: How Power Six’s Non-Conference Scheduling Exposes a Crisis of Competition
Sankey plot outlining the flow of non-conference games by Power-Six basketball conferences and their outcomes SEC commissioner Greg Sankey has put college basketball on notice of his plan to increase the number of teams from power-6 conferences and decrease the number...
2024 SUNBELT TOURNAMENT PREVIEW
The first round of the 2024 Sunbelt Basketball Championship has taken place, and the second round begins tomorrow (March 7) in Pensacola Bay Center in Pensacola, Florida from March 5-11. The tournament is sponsored by Hercules Tires and is broadcasted on...
“I’m Going to Double Down on What We Believe”: Should University of Virginia Basketball Continue Its Current Path in 2023?
Over the las six years, Virginia outright won or shared the regular season ACC conference championship. Duke and North Carolina are the blue blood brands in the conference, but Virginia is the conference standard bearer. Unlike Duke and UNC, Virginia is not...
2023 Duke Blue Devils Season Preview
The young and talented Duke Blue Devils finished the 2022-2023 season battered and bruised. Tennessee treated the Duke Blue Devils like the Detroit Pistons handled a rising Michael Jordan. Tennessee threw elbows, closed the space between Duke’s...
The Solution For The Lakers Is Obvious
SERIES RECAP At the end of Game 1, Los Angeles and the media believed they had a solution for how to stop Nikola Jokic and take care of the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference Finals. After three games, the Lakers face the possibility of getting swept and losing...
Lakers vs Warriors: styles make fights and what we will see in game 2 and beyond
The three point shot has changed basketball. The face value of the shot is greater than any other shot and because it has a greater value, you can shoot the shot at a lower percentage and out math your opponent and win. Steph Curry and Klay Thompson’s ability to hit...
Explaining The Golden State Warriors vs Sacramento Kings Series in Four Charts
The Sacramento Kings find themselves on the brink of elimination after starting out with a two games to none lead against the Golden State Warriors. Sacramento plays at Golden State tonight at 5:00 PM PT. Sacramento has to win or go home. Figure 1: Free-throw Rate for...
Managing Youth vs Experience: Lessons From NBA Playoffs Game 3 (Sixers vs Nets and Warriors vs Kings
Managing/coaching young talent requires that you taper expectations, compartmentalize highs and lows into teachable moments that create identity and push through moments of suffering. 76ers vs Nets https://twitter.com/3triple_threat/status/1649462424800735233?s=20...
Game 2 Recap: Cavs vs Knicks and Suns vs Clippers
Cavaliers vs Knicks Knicks started out the game with active hands, getting ball deflections and causing 4 first quarter turnovers. Most of the Knick steals took place in the paint as the Knicks collapsed on the Cavs offense. The defensive emphasis for both teams was...
Bank Failures and History: All is calm or the beginning of a storm?
The light peeking over the horizon at dawn used to bring days of hope. Days of anticipation. The breeze picked up the America flag. The flapping of the flag was heard intermittently over the rooster singing. Farmers sat on their porches overlooking the dust. The winds...
Game 2 Breakdowns for Nets vs Sixers and Kings vs Warriors
Sixers vs Nets The main takeaway from game 2 is that dependence on three-point shooting can shoot you out of the game. Head coach Jacque Vaughn on in game adjustments, “The only adjustment made was that the ball didn’t go in the hole for us.” Vaughn added, “We got...
Los Angeles Crime Data 2020-2022: Is The LAPD Juking The Stats?
Visualization Deck Created By Author Data.gov released crime data for Los Angeles from 2020–2022. The data has 28 variables and 637,793 observations. The analysis has three levels of focus. The first focus is a high-level view of the crime committed in Los Angeles and...
NOTORIOUS B.I.G TOP TEN ON SPOTIFY
Figure 1: Notorious B.I.G Top Ten on Spotify. Visualization by Author. Album covers: Bad Boy/Arista The advent of technology has impacted hip hop and changed the record industry for all genres. The quality of a record has gone through various alterations as the music...
Impact of Economic Sanctions on Russia
In March of 2014, the European Union and the United States imposed economic sanctions on Russia. Prior to the sanctions, Russia gave value to the Ruble through a dual currency basket that consisted of the Euro and U.S. dollar. Russian state reserves maintained gold...
College Basketball Evolution
In 2016, the NCAA changed the shot clock from 35 seconds to 30 seconds to increase the amount of possessions in a game. The shot clock change impacted college basketball in the following ways. Team 2 point shooting percentage average increased from 47.7% to 50.0% by...
Montesinho Forest Fire Data Analysis
The code and analysis for the Montesinho forest fire data is embedded in the PDF. The final analysis begins on page 30. The PDF provides the thinking process, code and visualizations for the analysis. Key findings: Forest fires increased exponentially in August and...