The Sloan Sports Analytics Conference is an annual thing for sports analytics geeks. (FYI: Sloan is MIT's business school.) As with most conferences on any topic, the majority of content is pretty useless. Occasionally, you get some great insight and learn some pretty cool things.
There has been a lot more talk of analytics in the past month or so on this board than normal. We've had debates on KenPom rankings' predictive powers, efficiency, and how Vegas uses this stuff. For anyone interested, I've linked a a panel discussion from 2014 on analytics in sports betting. Surprisingly, the Vegas bookmaker says they use extremely little statistical analysis when setting opening NFL lines.
I know it's not exactly gripping stuff for most, but I think we have at least a handful of people who might enjoy this.
The 2015 event was held three weeks ago. You can find video of all the panels from all past years on the site. They cover an extremely broad variety of topics.
This post was edited on 3/20 12:51 PM by GrowthHormone
Analytics in Sports Betting
There has been a lot more talk of analytics in the past month or so on this board than normal. We've had debates on KenPom rankings' predictive powers, efficiency, and how Vegas uses this stuff. For anyone interested, I've linked a a panel discussion from 2014 on analytics in sports betting. Surprisingly, the Vegas bookmaker says they use extremely little statistical analysis when setting opening NFL lines.
I know it's not exactly gripping stuff for most, but I think we have at least a handful of people who might enjoy this.
The 2015 event was held three weeks ago. You can find video of all the panels from all past years on the site. They cover an extremely broad variety of topics.
This post was edited on 3/20 12:51 PM by GrowthHormone
Analytics in Sports Betting
