CSAM Carolinas Sports
2015 Analytics Meeting
8:30am'–'9:00am'
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9:00am'–'9:15am'
9:15am'–'10:00am'
10:00am'–'10:15am'
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10:30am'–'11:00am'
11:00am'–'11:30am'
11:30am'–'12:00pm'
12:00pm'–'1:00pm'
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1:00pm'–'1:30pm'
1:30pm'–'2:00pm'
2:00pm'–'2:15pm'
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2:15pm'–'2:45pm'
2:45pm'–'3:15pm'
3:15pm'–'4:00pm'
4:00pm'–'4:15pm'
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April'11,'2015'
Herring'Center'
Registration+(coffee+and+light+refreshments)+
Herring'Center'Lobby'
Room'111'
Welcome+and+Introductory+Remarks+
Keynote+Address+
Here$Be$Dragons:$Oddities,$Novelties,$and$Lessons$from$
$Fifteen$Years$at$Sports$Reference'
Sean'Foreman,'Sports'Reference'LLC+
Poster+Introductions+
Room'110'
Room'111'
Visualization$of$the$Impact$of$the$$
Using$Sage$for$Rating$and$Ranking$
Number$of$Players$on$the$Ice$
Tyler'Allee,'Mercer'University'
Marty'Thomas,'Georgia'Gwinnett'College'
An$Empirical$Alternative$to$the$$
Trade$Wars$
DuckworthMLewis$Method$
Jonathan'Beall,'Mercer'University'
Mohamed'Jamaloodeen,''
Georgia'Gwinnett'College'
Using$NonMScore$Statistics$to$Explore$
How$Not$to$Waste$a$Draft$Pick:$$
Basketball$Team$Performance$
An$Analysis$of$NFL$Rookie$Running$Backs$
Hope'McIlwain,'Mercer'University'
Abbey'Benzine,'Coe'College'
Poster+Presentations+and+Lunch+
Lobby'
Room'110'
Room'111'
Reducing$the$Madness$of$$
The$Offside$Call$and$Other$Illusions$
March$with$Math$
Roland'Minton,'Roanoke'College'
Sarah'Klett,'Davidson'College'
InMgame$Forecasting$in$College$Football$
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Mark'Witte,'College'of'Charleston'
Afternoon+Snack+Break+
Lobby'
Room'111'
Davidson$Basketball:$By$the$Numbers$
Tim'Chartier,'Davidson'College'
Alleviating$Competitive$Imbalance$in$NFL$Schedules:$$
An$IntegerMProgramming$Approach$
Mark'Karwan,'University'of'Buffalo'
Keynote+Address+
Giant$Killers:$Predicting$March$Madness$Upsets$by$Isolating$the$Factors$that$$
Contribute$to$EarlyMRound$Tournament$Success$and$Failure$
Peter'Keating,'ESPN'The'Magazine'
Closing+Comments+and+Giveaways+
Poster Titles and Presenters
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Breaking!the!Two/hour!Marathon!Barrier!
Jeremiah(Bartz,(Francis(Marion(University(
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Ranking!Coaches!To!Help!Predict!March!Madness!
Stephen(Gorman,(College(of(Charleston(
Coauthor:(John(Sussingham(
(
Measures!to!Predict!Success!in!NCAA!Lacrosse!
Patrick(Leddy,(Furman(University(
Coauthor:(Kirk(Karwan(
(
Predictability!of!Upsets!in!March!Madness!
Andrew(Passarello,(College(of(Charleston(
Coauthors:(Tim(Chartier(and(Amy(Langville(
(
Ranking!Methods!For!Olympic!Sports:!A!Case!Study!By!the!U.S.!Olympic!Committee!and!the!
College!of!Charleston!
Andrew(Passarello,(College(of(Charleston(
Coauthors:(Bryce(Pruitt,(Peter(Greene,(John(Sussingham,(Stephen(Gorman,(Amy(Langville,(and(
Peter(Vint(
(
Survival!in!the!NBA:!An!Analysis!of!Collegiate!Experience!and!Career!Duration!
Daniel(Smith,(New(York(University(
(
Combine,!Draft,!Running!Backs!&!Better!Analytics!
Thaddeus(Sulek,(College(of(Charleston(
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Beating!the!Odds!/!Massey!March!Madness!
John(Sussingham,(College(of(Charleston(
(
Using!Probabilities!to!Predict!March!Madness!
Liana(Valentino,(College(of(Charleston((
Coauthors:(Tim(Chartier(and(Amy(Langville(
(
College!Football!Recruiting:!Proximity!of!Military!Installations!as!a!Predictor!of!Recruit!
Propensity!to!Select!a!Service!Academy!
Matthew(Williams,(United(States(Military(Academy(
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How!to!Pick!a!Winner!in!NASCAR's!Chase!for!the!Sprint!Cup!
Joshua(Withee,(Western(Michigan(University(
(