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Members: The NFL Draft, Part 1

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Podcast: Julian Packer on modeling and betting props

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On this episode of The Football Analytics Show, I’m joined by Julian Packer, professional sports bettor and founder of Betstamp. Among other topics, we discuss:

  • How he models and bets props (4:13)
  • Whether the market for player points or three pointers is more efficient (8:14)
  • Whether sharps find more value on overs or unders (12:11)
  • The differences between basketball and football (18:11)
  • How to prevent bet limits by sportsbooks (20:53)
  • How to track your bets with Betstamp (23:52)

Professionals don’t often talk this much about their methods, so I hope you enjoy this conversation with Julian.

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Podcast: Colin Davy on analytics for The Masters and Jeopardy

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On this episode of The Football Analytics Show, I talk with Colin Davy, a data scientist at Facebook that runs his own, proprietary golf model. He has also won Jeopardy and the Sloan Sports Analytics Conference Hackathon twice.

Among other topics, we discuss:

  • How his golf model depends on Markov chains, and he incorporates the course and age in his predictions (6:03)
  • Why Colin chooses not to use Shot Link data in his model (13:32)
  • How much the course at Augusta matters (19:43)
  • Colin’s surprising favorite to win the 2021 Masters (23:25)
  • The other markets that Colin likes (24:43)
  • Colin’s unique approach to becoming a Jeopardy champion (28:51)

The Jeopardy story is one of my favorites in all time of data science. Check out his full write up here.

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Podcast: Jordan Sperber on College Basketball Analytics and Strategy

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On this episode of The Football Analytics Show, I’m joined by Jordan Sperber, college basketball analytics expert and founder of Hoop Vision. Among other topics, we discuss:

  • How a study on match ups got him a head start in the analytics world (4:07)
  • Jordan’s experience on a college basketball staff (10:50)
  • How he started Hoop Vision (14:36)
  • Houston’s unique style of play (19:37)
  • Can a team avoid regression in 3 point field defense? (24:46)
  • Can Baylor fix their defensive struggles? (29:33)
  • The one thing that makes Gonzaga great (32:32)
  • Putting Baylor in perspective (36:18)

We end with a discussion of the history of the game and how strategy has changed (39:57).

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Member: Final Four analysis

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