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Basketball
A DESCRIPTIVE MODEL FOR NBA PLAYER RATINGS USING SHOT-DISTANCE-SPECIFIC EXPECTED VALUE POINTS PER POSSESSION Chris Pickard Paper | Slides | pptx (for video)
BEATING DRAFTKINGS AT DAILY FANTASY SPORTS Christoper Barry, Nicholas Canova and Kevin Capiz Paper | Slides
HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE IN NCAA DIVISION I MEN'S BASKETBALL Kyle Moroney, Christophe Auber and Alexander Liegl Paper | Slides
NBA COMEBACK CLUTCHNESS: REAL OR JUST NOISE? Sandy Huang and Toa Lohe Paper | Slides
BASKETBALL'S CINDERELLA STORIES: WHAT MAKES A SUCCESSFUL UNDERDOG IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT? Alinna Brown Paper | Slides | pptx (for video)
OUR SHINING MOMENT: HIERARCHICAL CLUSTERING TO DETERMINE NCAA TOURNAMENT SEEDING Dan Trunzo and Libby Scholz Paper | Slides
TRYING TOO HARD FOR REBOUNDS: A NUMERICAL STRATEGY Joe Summers and Jesse Strober Paper | Slides
PAIRWISE COMPARISON MODELS: A TWO-TIERED APPROACH TO PREDICTING WINS AND LOSSES FOR NBA GAMES Tony Liu Paper | Slides
EVALUATING RPI: RANKING COLLEGE BASKETBALL TEAMS Saj Sri-Kumar, Sarah Rosston Paper | Slides
ASSESSING NBA GENERAL MANAGER PERFORMANCE Walker Szurek Paper | Slides
Baseball
MLB PITCHER STRATEGY IN STOLEN BASE OPPORTUNITES Jordan Wallach, Zach Esrig and Drew Mathieson Paper | Slides
STATISTICS IN BASEBALL Thomas Kimmelman Paper | Slides | pptx (for video)
THE EFFECT OF ROOKIE AGE AND COLLEGE EXPERIENCE ON MLB CAREER PERFORMANCE Antonio Abundes, Alec Powell Paper | Slides
THE SINGLE TO RIGHT FIELD: WHY LEFT-HANDED BATTERS MAY BE UNDERVALUED Daniel Allen Paper | Slides
THE BATTING PITCHER: A STATISTICAL ANALYSIS BASED ON NL VS. AL PITCHERS BATTING STATISTICS IN THE WORLD SERIES AND THE IMPLICATIONS ON THEIR TEAM'S SUCCESS IN THE SERIES Matt Halper Paper | Slides
THE RISE IN INFIELD HITS Parker Phillips, Harry Simon Paper | Slides
WHO WINS IN THE MLB PLAYOFFS? COMPARING PYTHAGOREAN RECORD TO ACTUAL RECORD TO SEE WHICH IS A BETTER PREDICTOR OF SUCCESS IN THE PLAYOFFS Nicky Sullivan Paper | Slides
Tennis
ANALYSIS OF CLUTCH PERFORMANCE IN MEN'S PROFESSIONAL TENNIS Kevin Haugh Paper | Slides
First Server Advantage in Tennis Michelle Okereke Paper | Slides
Football
WEATHER AND THE NFL Rory Houghton-Berry, Edwin Park and Kathy Pierce Paper | Slides
EVALUATING "THE BEST": EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TOM BRADY'S TRUE AND OBSERVED TALENT Heather Glenny, Emily Clancy and Alex Monahan Paper | Slides
HOW DO INJURIES IN THE NFL AFFECT THE OUTCOME OF THE GAME? Andy Sun Paper | Slides
NFL OVERTIME -IS AN ONSIDE KICK WORTH IT? Anthony Tsodikov Paper | Slides
THE EVOLUTION OF THE PHYSICALITY IN FOOTBALL Casey Tucker Paper | Slides
POLL INERTIA: A STUDY OF THE AP POLLS, 2004-2013 Tracy Williams Paper | Slides
NFL POWER RANKINGS THROUGH BRADLEY-TERRY Tony Wu Paper | Slides
Golf
PREDICTING THE WINNER OF THE MASTERS Kelsey Schroeder and Robert Arguello Paper | Slides
STANFORD MENS VARSITY GOLF TEAM PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS: INFORMING PUTTING AND APPROACH SHOT PRACTICE AND STRATEGY ON A RISK-REWARD BASIS Lindsey Kostas, Luke Lefebure, Sam Sarpong, Chris Sebastian Paper | Slides
VALUE OF COURSE POSITION Bradley Knox, Zach Dammel, Adam Wells Paper | Slides
Soccer
VALUING GOALS, SAVES AND DUELS IN SOCCER Abdullah Alsaeed and Cam Gibson Chesnutt Paper | Slides
A NEW FIFA? Nick Powell and Seyla Ou Paper | Slides
OVERTIME RULES IN SOCCER AND THEIR EFFECT ON WINNING PERCENTAGES Elliot Chanen, Lenny Bronner, Daniel Ramos Paper | Slides
EL CLÁSICO: A MARKOV APPROACH TO REAL MADRID'S VICTORY Sean Duggan, Thomas Stephens Paper | Slides
RATING SOCCER DEFENDERS Bridge Eimon, Jason van der Merwe, Jack Craddock Paper | Slides
Swimming