actuary | creator of https://xitter.cf/t.co/BTWJrSMjWY | co-creator of https://xitter.cf/t.co/HNxUmLCtpq | you can also find me at bsky under the same handle

Los Angeles
Joined July 2013
I'm so excited for this launch, and incredibly proud of the work @cwetzel31 and @basketballvalue have put into this. I'm really looking forward to how we can contribute to the sport of volleyball.
We are thrilled to announce the launch of Evollve! Our goal at Evollve is to provide the volleyball community with consistent, reliable, and easily accessible data and analysis. Check it out at evollve.net!
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4th and 6? Too risky to go for it. Let’s play it safe and send out my college kicker for a 55 yard attempt.
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Some coaching decisions can be explained by assuming they view losing a game due to a missed field goal to be preferable to losing a game on a turnover or a failed 4th down conversion.
"As soon as you are firmly in field goal range you send the kicker out, it's as simple as that!"-Mike Tomlin
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New Substack post: Midterm Model Melee Pitting 3 forecasts of the Congressional Midterms against each other in a daily betting/prediction contest. inpredictable.substack.com/p…
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Putting these two charts side by side, what jumps out is that the top shot in the NBA (+28% title probability), would rank just #6 on the WNBA list. And that the 2016 Finals shows up on both of these charts.
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Mike Evans Checking to see the name on the back of the Jersey is an all-time Gif and trash talk moment that I wish I would have thought of.
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Here's a top 25 version. Players that make this list twice: - Nneka Ogwumike (for the same game) - Maya Moore (twice in the top 10, no less) - Sabrina Ionescu (for the same game) - Tangela Smith (for the same game) - DeLisha Milton-Jones
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What it was, was football.
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*2016 Finals, not 2026. We can hope though.
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The top 10 shots in WNBA history, as measured by their impact on title probability. Half of the shots on this list come from just 2 games: - 2026 Finals G5 (#1, #4, and #5) - 2008 Conf Finals G2 (#7 and #9)
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LSU had 4th and 1 to end the game.
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I'm working on a WNBA version of this chart. Who wants to take guesses on what shots make the top 10?
Here's an alternative look at the biggest shots in modern NBA history, this time sorted by change in title probability (rather than KL divergence). Some my think this is a better list - we get Jordan twice here. But Ray Allen's shot gets downgraded.
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YOU GOTTA SEE THIS ONE TO BELIEVE IT!!!!!!!! 🤯 #SCTop10 x #GBR
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But her last 4 games have begun to reverse that trend: evollve.net/stats/ncaa/women…
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Harper Murray's hitting percentage is down this season, but it's largely due to back row attacks. Front row attacks HP%: 2025: 0.264 2026: 0.266 ↔️ Back row: 2025: 0.360 2026: 0.152 ⬇️ evollve.net/stats/ncaa/women…
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