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.@Ulti_world 's ultiworld.com/live page is definitely the place to be for those following along today.
Congrats to stat editor @sideandbeans on his new phd! Next up is his md, but now he's officially passed his coeditor in degrees+intelligence
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Non-stats but wanted to encourage everyone to read this piece. Thanks to Shane +UCF for reminding us how lucky we are ultiworld.com/2014/03/10/ucf…
(3)Ultimate is new, different; no sport analogy will be perfect. But ulti defenses preferring stoppage - counts as subtle support for Benji?
(2) Basically contra to few comments on @Ulti_world, one idea emerging from NBA analytics is fewer sets may be better grantland.com/features/nba-d…
(1) Stat spin to Benji chemistry article: "coaches too often try to control the game by calling plays + directing the ball to certain spots"
.@gwenambler @kejadlen That idea is counter to CW momentum/snowball view of Ulti breaks/breakdowns, but seems to be lesson from other sports
.@gwenambler @kejadlen Last T/O thing: regression to mean component. After a poor stretch, team likely to improve whether it takes TO or not
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.@gwenambler @kejadlen I do agree using them in 2v2/3v3 situations is prob. wrong. Experience suggests O is easier then -- assuming 10 secs
.@gwenambler @kejadlen Analytics has tackled timeouts in other sports, though. Should pull some research from those areas sometime.
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If you have ESPN insider, its a good read. 3 main lessons: Look past W-L to point diff & opponent quality. Keep incorporating preseason info
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A bit ago, I wrote on Ultimate ranking systems: ultiworld.com/2013/10/16/for… @kpelton adopts a Bayesian system 4 NBA teams: insider.espn.go.com/nba/stor…
This, but for Sandy and Surge MT @ZachLowe_NBA: Weird thing: went to look up Roy Hibbert's block rate, and my laptop just started screaming
@kdubsultimate @FullFieldHammer @ultimatepulse in otherwords, neither list equals top 14 stat lines. Women's deviates even more I believe
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@kdubsultimate @FullFieldHammer just FYI, final choices were Charlie's and Keith's. While not infallible, both saw *lots* of club this year
@kdubsultimate even in other sports..barely at the point we can say "that guy sets great picks for his guards" or "creates space w/shooting"
@kdubsultimate System is admittedly bad at valuing creating space for others; see 1st EC post. Only measures 1 type of off. creation now :\
@kdubsultimate List is plyrs that gave their teams the most in 2013. Nem. system, if they broke top 4 (IMO did), was a lock to produce a few
@kdubsultimate It gets very semantical. Anyone on Fury would put up top numbs in the nem. system. List isnt the best ultimate plyrs though