Sports Analytics Hire!

[Red Don]

RE: the great discussion in the original thread in the Football Forum

I know that Football drives the bus but keep in mind this may impact some of the other sports more than Football. If they can add information and competitive edge in any sport that is a good thing.

Including Basketball, Big-Time!

Miles is a Big Fan of this!

Consider Nebraska officially an “early adopter” in the college realm.


Zeleny is a home-grown product, hailing from Carleton, Neb. He’s got three degrees from UNL, receiving a B.S. in mathematics in 2010, an M.S. in statistics in 2012 and Zeleny completed his Ph.D in statistics in 2015.

http://hailvarsity.com/news/tucker-zeleny-sports-analytics-data-analysis/2015/07/

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"College Basketball Data Aplenty for Those Who Can Afford It"

The next wave of technology, data-tracking camera systems that were installed this season in every N.B.A. arena, gained a foothold this season in college basketball with three programs: Duke, Louisville and Marquette. Once this season ends, it could be college basketball’s next arms race.
“I’m sure it will be,” Michigan State Coach Tom Izzo said. “It will separate the haves and the have-nots a bit more.”
The system, called SportVU, was developed by the sports analysis company Stats L.L.C. with technology whose roots are in the Israeli military. SportVU’s cameras, six in each arena, record data points for everything that moves on the floor — the players, the referees and even the ball — every thirtieth of a second.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/25/s...ll-data-for-those-who-can-afford-it.html?_r=1

 

[Red Don]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/jeffzeleny">@jeffzeleny</a> Young cuz is on the rise! Sports analytics director helps Huskers break new ground w/advanced stats <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OWH?src=hash">#OWH</a> <a href="http://t.co/c1waVIzdiP">http://t.co/c1waVIzdiP</a></p>&mdash; Tim Miles (@CoachMiles) <a href="https://twitter.com/CoachMiles/status/619120613710393344">July 9, 2015</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Great move by our administration! Nebraska aims to set trend in sport analytics w/hire of Zeleny : Latest Husker News <a href="http://t.co/aNe7uqPhZb">http://t.co/aNe7uqPhZb</a></p>&mdash; Tim Miles (@CoachMiles) <a href="https://twitter.com/CoachMiles/status/619118637639561220">July 9, 2015</a></blockquote>
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