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Research

The Research Team of BSA is dedicated to long-form statistical analyses of topics in sports. Teams of students work over the course of multiple quarters with professors as well as PhD students to publish thorough papers on sports analytics. Enjoy!

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Spicing up Spikeball

July 12 2021

This paper presents a quantification of the entertainment level of Spikeball and Roundnet and searches for rule changes to maximize the entertainment factor of the sport.

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NBA Player PER Report

Dec 15 2017

As basketball fans, we are curious how the Player Efficiency Rating, a rating of a player’s per minute productivity, is calculated since it is so popular and official to be use by fans or medias.

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NBA Team Synergy Analysis

Jun 3 2016

The purpose of the study was to discover patterns characteristic of top seeded teams in the NBA, particularly looking at the patterns in the Eastern V. Western division.

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MLB Defensive Shift Analysis

Jan 23 2021

To examine the effectiveness of the defensive shift in the MLB, we analyzed team defensive statistics over the past four seasons to see which variables were most correlated to shift usage.

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Abolishing NBA Conferences

Aug 4 2017

In this paper, we are going to point out the unfairness of the NBA conference system and outline our visions for this issue.

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What Makes an All-NBA Player?

Sep 11 2020

Why are the players who are chosen to the All-NBA teams the ones selected? Can specific stats be used to predict the set of players to make the All-NBA teams?

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Basketball on a Budget

Jun 14 2017

This paper presents a possible solution to the old of problem of creating the best possible performing sports team while at the same time minimizing the cost of the team.

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