Game Related Statistics

In sports stats, you can’t decide the best players on a team by how they played in a shorter time |

When thinking of the National Basketball Association (NBA), the players who come to mind are usually Michael Jordan and LeBron James. Many different opinions exist between the different generations of each player, with the older generation usually liking the Jordan era and vice versa with LeBron James. While the debate about who the greatest player of all time may never end, there are a few ways that the best can be determined; through looking at the player’s childhood to adulthood, statistics, and achievements on and off of the court, one can decide for themselves.

In this project, many different statistics were used to try and predict the winners of the NCAA March Madness tournament. To do this, statistics were tested from the previous year to see if they moderately correlated to winning games. When a stat is moderately correlated, that means it relates to winning. Using a scatter plot, a graph that gives a visual of whether or not a stat is correlated, correlation coefficients were found for each stat. The correlation coefficient is a decimal that shows if a set of numbers is moderately correlated. After finding stats that were the closest to being moderately correlated, a metric was put together that used the best stats to determine which teams will win games. The stat that was the closest to being moderately correlated was the turnover ratio of the teams. Another stat that was almost moderately correlated was RPI, or Rating Percentage Index. This stat uses a team’s win percentage, their opponents’ win percentage, and their opponents’ opponents’ win percentage to rank teams. Also, missed field goal percentage was a stat that was used.

Most people in the U.S. have been to an NBA game. Whether they attend because they are diehard fans or attend strictly to have the ‘experience’ of a professional basketball game and all the exciting things that the outing entails, is a different discussion. Most

Has anyone ever asked you, “who is better Michael Jordan or LeBron James?” and you do not know what to say because, in your eyes, they are of equal talent. The statistical evidence and statements from players around the league will show who truly the better player is.

Basketball season has finally begun in my little town, which is a big deal for us. We started the season out hot with a winning streak of 11-0 for the junior high girls. We’ve dominated almost every team by 20 points or more, but the next game coming up was a big one. We played Norfork, a school that had also not lost a game. Norfork was smaller than us,

There a complete thirty teams in the NBA league. There is an Eastern Conference that consists of fifth teen teams, and a Western Conference that has the other fifth teen teams. My favorite NBA player is LeBron James on the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Cleveland Cavaliers won the NBA championship last year against the Golden State Warriors. LeBron James passed Shaquille O’Neal scoring March 30, 2017.

Name your favorite sports team. Throughout my history of watching sports, I have found an interest in going for two sports teams. The first team is in the national football league and they are the Seattle Seahawks. I first started rooting for them back in 2005, which was the year they lost in the Super Bowl to the Pittsburgh Steelers. After I watched that game, I started watching a couple more games following their Super Bowl loss, then I finally decided that this is the team that I would be dedicated to rooting for the rest of my life. My other favorite basketball team is in New York and they are the New York Knicks. I began rooting for the Knicks because I was an Amar'e Stoudemire fan and when he left Phoenix, I decided to follow him there since he was the only player I cared about. I stayed a Knicks fans because of the electric atmosphere that consumes Madison Square Garden when their team is giving their all.

When people hear anything about "probability and statistics", most people tend to zone out. They will defend themselves by stating that they will never use statistics in their life. For some people this could be the case, but for most people their future may be changed by the use of statistics. A good example of how the use of statistics has changed a group of people’s life is the movie Moneyball. Moneyball incorporates the use of probability and statistics with just a simple game of baseball. It follows the Oakland Athletics general manager,Billy Beane, as he uses the power of statistics in order to create and manage his baseball team. Beane faces a problem when he is unable to re-sign three of his best players due to a limited payroll. He

The fans of the NBA form a large community in a variety of countries. Every day, thousands of people fill stadiums, bars, and their mother’s couches to cheer on their team for the big game. This community of fans plays a bigger role in NBA than most people would think. Without people buying tickets and merchandise, the teams could not generate enough revenue, and therefore not pay their players and staff. Fans are what

The Chicago Bulls and their fans saw a great deal of success in the 1990’s. Still to this day they are considered one of the best basketball teams, aside from The Dream Team of the ’92 Olympics, in history. Fueled by the incredible talent of the Great Michael Jordan and his collaborator Scottie Pippen, the Chicago Bulls went on to win 6 NBA championships in a span of 10 years (’91, ’92, ’93, ’96, ’97, ’98). With their roster unstoppable and the intimidation they instilled within every team, their nickname “The Dynasty” was well fitting

Everyone has a specific skill set that they are good at. Some people are good with numbers, others have a gift for writing. The same is true in sports. The Buffalo Bills are very good at losing and disappointing their fans, while the Patriots are fantastic at bending the rules and winning Super Bowls. In baseball, each team is built around a specific group of players in order to create the best possible chance to win the World Series. Some of the greatest players have created seemingly unbreakable statistics. Joe DiMaggio had a hit in fifty-six consecutive games. Barry Bonds hit seven hundred and sixty-two home runs over his twenty-two-year career. Statistics like these only come about once in a generation. Teams are comprised of various talent. Some are like Miguel Cabrera. Cabrera always has a batting average over .300 with at least 25 home runs. These types of players are considered great hitters. Other’s, like Stephan Drew, get a hit less than 20% of the time they have an at bat. Players similar to Drew’s skill set have a job because they are very good at defense and their value on defense out ways their value on offense to their specific team. Baseball is sport rich with statistics. Almost anything one can come up with, has a statistic. In the last ten years alone, top executives, such as Billy Bean, have constructed teams based on advanced statistics and have been fairly successful, like the 2002 Oakland Athletics. Other teams, like the Houston Astros,

players were some of my best friends and they would ask me questions about their game or their stats. The coaches always told the players they were not to question what I said, when it came to game stats. This was important because of a point system our school used. The players lost points for fouls and turnovers and gained points for positive stats or plays. They were not to question what I said in that part of the game. The coaches and players asked my opinion on different things and they always valued what I said. They didn't always go with my view, but it was considered equally with the players' views.

In the world of the jocks, one of the big things a person is judged by how good they are at a sport. Why is this important? This is important because humans want to win, to feel successful within themselves, and the longing to be better than others. A lot of parents push their kid to be in sports because it keeps them in a healthy fit condition as well as learning how to cope with other people. People play sports for many different reasons which can change or be influenced over time. There are so many life lessons that can be learned through sports that it's no wonder so many people do them.

observers that winning is more important than the game itself, and the nature of sports, that