Seminar 217, Risk Management: Advances in Basketball Analytics Using Player Tracking Data

Seminar 217, Risk Management: Advances in Basketball Analytics Using Player Tracking Data

Risk Seminar
Oct 10, 2017, 11:00 AM - 01:00 PM | 639 Evans Hall | Happening As Scheduled
Speaker: Alexander D'amour, UC Berkeley (Speaker - Featured)
In the 2013-2014 season, the National Basketball League, in conjunction with STATS LLC, implemented a league-wide program to collect player-tracking data for all NBA games. The data feed now provides 25-FPS records of all players' XY coordinates on the court, as well as XYZ coordinates for the ball. This data source has opened up new lines in inquiry into the quantitative analysis of basketball...