Momentum and hockey

Momentum does not exist! Yes it does! No it doesn’t! Yes it does! Actually, it both exists and doesn’t exist simultaneously! … More

So we entered a Kaggle contest…

The website Kaggle sponsored a March Machine Learning Mania contest over the last few months, which involved picking probabilities for every hypothetical … More

Revisiting 2013-14 NBA projections

At the beginning of the year, we looked at how different projection systems viewed the 2013-14 NBA season. To recap, … More

What were the odds that you picked this years bracket perfectly?

Two weeks ago, I explained how most of the numbers floating around regarding the “perfect bracket” were missing several key … More

The MOOC revolution

As online courses increase in enrollment and opportunity, Johns Hopkins’ Brian Caffo came to Brown on Monday, 4/7, to give a … More

Common sense & statistics, using NFL and NBA arrest rates

In his bi-annual mailbag, ESPN’s Bill Simmons takes a sarcastic tone to the NFL, advocating that the NBA should exploit … More

On March Madness and perfection

Last week, several media outlets, and many well respected mathematicians, gave their best shot at estimating the odds of replicating … More

March Madness 2014 brackets & other notes

Here are my brackets for this year: ML1 ML2 These are meant purely for fun. Also, they are meant for … More

Value and March Madness

Picking winners for March Madness isn’t always about picking the team you think will win. Further, it’s not necessarily about … More

Are certain NHL teams good at playing for OT?

A series of tweets from @mc79hockey inspired me to write a quick post. https://twitter.com/mc79hockey/status/444354044195110912 https://twitter.com/mc79hockey/status/444353909738323969 https://twitter.com/mc79hockey/status/444353947520606208 https://twitter.com/mc79hockey/status/444353587905183744 Interesting. I’ve had … More