Billy Donovan has led the Florida Gators to consecutive NCAA national championships. For awhile this week he was “the candidate” for coaching jobs at both the college and pro ranks. According to the Boston Globe, his leading suitor at the NBA level was rumored to be the Memphis Grizzlies, who …

Back in December I reviewed a published article by Justin Wolfers examining point shaving in NCAA basketball. Not all of our readers were impressed with the paper and one actually stated that I “…should be ashamed to support this research.” I am not. Economics clearly argues that incentives work, and …

If we look at the standings one team stands alone. The Dallas Mavericks are the only team to win 60 games this season and currently – despite the loss to the Phoenix Suns yesterday – are still six games better than the Suns. When we look at offensive and defensive …

This was posted by Stacey Brook at The New Republic You won’t hear a lot about it during this weekend’s Final Four coverage, but the NCAA is currently being sued by former college football and basketball players over caps on scholarship amounts. The immediate concern is over possible antitrust damages …

Yesterday I was on Bloomberg Television, discussing the NCAA Final Four (and a bit of baseball) with Rhonda Shaffler. Let me expand briefly on what I said. 1. The Final Four is a Big Business for a Small Number of Schools CBS pays the NCAA $6.2 billion – over 11 …

If we compare player performance in the basketball, baseball, and football we see that over time, NBA players are the most consistent. Football players tend to be quite inconsistent. Although NBA players tend to be relatively consistent across time, player performance can change. And each year the NBA has an …

The Wins Produced model begins with a simple idea.  Wins are a function of offensive and defensive efficiency.  This idea can be found in the work of John Hollinger and Dean Oliver.  And with a bit of math, you can show that wins are indeed a function of these efficiency …

A few days ago I made a comment about the consistency of the Minnesota Timberwolves. The point I was trying to make was that given the past productivity of the players employed by Minnesota, one should expect this team to be hovering around the average mark. This means this team …

NBA Babble and Win Score had added a couple of new features. You now have the following options in viewing the Win Score of NBA Players. Win Score stats by team Win Score stats by day Win Score stats by player Win Score stats for every game, every player Of …

On Sunday the Knicks defeated the Toronto Raptors. The hero of the game was Renaldo Balkman. In 32 minutes he captured 12 rebounds, had 3 steals, blocked 2 shots, and hit all 7 of his field goal attempts. For the game he had a Win Score of 20.5, which translates …