ESPN NBA analyst Jeff Van Gundy was a part of the “Analytics in Action” panel this morning as well as ESPN.com writer Kevin Arnovitz.
.@ESPNNBA analyst Jeff Van Gundy speaking candidly at #SSAC16 about balancing analytics in coaching. pic.twitter.com/kJhSbPlFyP
— Ben Cafardo (@Ben_ESPN) March 11, 2016
The MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center aims to provide a forum for industry professionals – executives and leading researchers – as well as students to discuss the raising importance of analytics in sports on a global scale. The conference, running today and Saturday, is presented by ESPN and includes a large number of analytics specialists, writers, talent and executives.
Ben Cafardo contributed to this post
FiveThirtyEight’s Editor in Chief Nate Silver appears on an ESPN panel about using analytics effectively.
#SSAC16 continues with a great panel including @NateSilver538 on how to use analytics effectively. @SloanSportsConf pic.twitter.com/FcAlUA5BcW
— Ben Cafardo (@Ben_ESPN) March 11, 2016
ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com senior writer Pablo Torre introduces a video.
.@PabloTorre tees up a @SportsCenter segment on screen at #SSAC16 as a teaser to talk about what analytics matter. pic.twitter.com/jads6fbewI
— Ben Cafardo (@Ben_ESPN) March 11, 2016
ESPN Stats & Information held a live demonstration during the conference showing students and fellow attendees how their systems track analytics.
.@ESPNStatsInfo demonstrations for attendees in @espn area of @SloanSportsConf #SSAC16. pic.twitter.com/VjPjxbAs1f
— Ben Cafardo (@Ben_ESPN) March 11, 2016
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