Jack Weyer's Analytics Blog

SMT Data Challenge Finalist Paper

The goal of this mini project is to visualize player aging curves in college baseball. It is assumed that players improve from their...

Using data from the 2005-06 season to 2020-21, this guided tutorial analyzes conference disparity in the NBA. How strong is the...

(90-72) (45-36) road SP: Wainwright: 3.05 ERA (106-56) (58-23) home SP: Scherzer: 1.98 ERA Adam Wainwright #50: RHP 64% 1st Pitch Strike...

Building off last week's article, let's see how well NFL teams are making decisions through two weeks of the NFL season. In week 2 a...

This NFL season, I plan on using @ben_bot_baldwin 4th down decision bot to tabulate each 'incorrect' 4th down decision made by NFL teams...

Introduction In the modern NBA, the notion of ‘positionless basketball’ is making waves across the league. Players like Nikola Jokic are...

With the Cougs tipping off Pac-12 tournament play with their contest against Arizona State (7-10) this Wednesday at 1:00, we take a look...

Finding the right lineup is imperative early in the season. Players can have unlimited skill, but if they are not skilled together, the...

6’ 10” stud post Efe Abogidi has been named WSU’s first ever Pac-12 Freshman of the Week since the award was established leading up to...

by Jack Weyer and Madison Neyland Introduction Efficient and organized communication is a vital aspect of our professional and personal...

by Jack Weyer and Madison Neyland Introduction In this project we will use the ‘Boston’ data in the ‘MASS’ library containing several...

Of these two major sports American sports leagues, the National Football League has undoubtedly been the slowest to embrace analytics....

Of the two major sports that we will discuss, the National Basketball Association of today would undoubtedly look the most foreign to a...