Scenario Trees

Background In 2024, I was the data analyst for the Indiana Fever. As the season progressed, it became increasingly clear that we were going to make the playoffs for the first time in almost a decade. We finally clinched with around 3 games remaining in the season. Naturally, our focus shifted to the playoffs and who our potential opponents were going to be. I did several magic number calculations and had it down to 2 teams, however it wasn’t until a conversation with Fever Broadcaster Pat Boylan that we realized there was a 3rd scenario where we possibly would be going to Vegas as well.

National Park Week 2024

Getting Access to the NPS Data Happy National Park Week! Right before the WNBA Season starts, I wanted to do a very short and fun project with National Park Data that I found! The article goes through me explaining my favorite parts about the National Park Service (NPS) as well as digging into the National Park API that I recently discovered. This API does require a key which can be freely requested from this website:

Should I Stay or Should I Go

Introduction With 2 outs in the bottom of the ninth, the Biloxi Shuckers (AA MIL) were batting down 1 to the Montgomery Biscuits (AA Rays) in a July game coming down the stretch for the 2nd Half Divisional Title. With runners on first and second - both with decent speed - Thomas Dillard singled to right field. The runner on second was waved home and right fielder Kameron Misner’s throw was on target to get the runner by two steps to end the game.

Beijing 2022 Biathlon Mass Start Clustering

Introduction With the warm summer making its presence felt here in many parts of the United States, it is only logical to discuss a sport that is a favorite in snowy Nordic winters: biathlon. After biathlon events, normally all we see is the final ordering of athletes based on their finish times. However, this singular time only provides one value for a sport with multiple phases. In particular, an athlete’s shooting performance has a huge effect on the outcome of their race, hence the name biathlon.

FHSTR Package

One of my goals before graduating college was to create my own R package. At times the goal has faded into the background behind new side projects and classes but the dream was always still there. One of those side projects was during the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, I did a visualization for every day of the competition. My skills improved tremendously and I knew I had to do it again for the 2022 Beijing Winter Games.

Bootstrapping 3 Point Contest

Overview Steph Curry is known for 3 Point Shooting Ability and has competed in the 3 Point Contest a total of 7 times in his career so far, winning it twice. I used bootstrap resampling of Curry’s attempted 3 Pointers during the 2021-22 Season (up to January 1st, 2022) to predict how he would have done in this year’s contest. Format of 3 Point Contest With the 3 Point Contest being littered with sponsorships by companies such as Mtn.

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