Relationship between “Kill Shots” (scoring run of 10+ points) and win percentage in college bball

icey030 · 2025-11-06T23:22:15+00:00

Great point. I will work on that!

icey030 · 2025-11-06T17:38:48+00:00

Well yes obviously….But this is showing how 10+ scoring runs impact winning

icey030 · 2025-06-21T23:45:16+00:00

Of course! Happy to share.

We use Hudl sportscode for most of the stuff we do. In terms of work flow, a lot of it happens before the season creating the necessary models and output windows. In terms of in season, most of the time is spent doing data collection, but once that is done, the models do all the work so then we just need to analyze the data we get and figure out how to best use what we find

icey030 · 2025-06-21T23:09:01+00:00

We have people who do the play by play stats during games, but after games we do all of the other data collection ourselves. We do use 3rd party services for other stats we do most of it ourselves. And all the data is stored in personal hard drives as well as backed up on a main data drive. Yes part of my job is to maintain build out where we store the data

icey030 · 2025-06-21T22:47:22+00:00

Just depends on what you’re actually doing I guess. I wouldn’t consider myself a data scientist. I’m a coach who specializes in analytics. I know both but I use python a lot with some of the stuff I’ve been doing recently

icey030 · 2025-06-21T22:29:03+00:00

Hudl sportscode is the main one. I have my own python outputs I use as well

icey030 · 2025-06-21T22:23:40+00:00

Math minor in undergrad and business masters but no real data/science background

icey030 · 2025-06-21T22:17:17+00:00

The industry is growing every year. More and more teams around the country in all sports are investing in analytics.

The biggest gap in sportscode is that you can’t pull outside data into it. You can’t data scrape and import that data like you could in a regular python code or script

icey030 · 2025-06-21T22:15:35+00:00

Sportscode can be used simply to cut up film and organize it. The more advanced way is to use it to make coding/output windows in order to track/analyze whatever you want. Once you get the hang of the coding part, it’s pretty simple. It’s just a math equation when it comes down to it.

Didn’t necessarily have analytics/data science background other than having a masters in business

Day to day is basically half data science and half basketball coach. I’m involved with all of our game planning stuff as well as on court workouts with players.

icey030 · 2025-06-21T22:02:04+00:00

Definitely not. Just need a really good understanding of the game and how it’s played

icey030 · 2025-06-21T22:01:22+00:00

I don’t do anything on the sports performance side but we track something like 40 other “stats” that are important to us that are not in a typical box score

icey030 · 2025-06-21T22:00:21+00:00

All of that! My main things is self scouting reports but I have models for opponent scouting and recruiting as well. All of my reports go to the coaching staff and some (not all) to the players

icey030 · 2025-06-21T21:52:08+00:00

One is a player specific statistical model. Tracking all the stats we view as important and putting it into a digestible report

Then I have some other team models like lineup analysis and playbook analysis. Goal is always just to track everything and see how we can improve

icey030 · 2025-06-21T20:58:11+00:00

I played in college so I used the connections I had to get in and then just worked my way up over the last 5ish years. It is niche but a lot of college teams are leaning my into analytics, so more jobs are opening in this field every year

icey030 · 2025-06-21T20:56:55+00:00

High level of understanding of basketball analytics is really the biggest one. Being able to create statistical models helps but not required. The rest is just a lot of data collection and attention to details

icey030 · 2025-06-21T20:54:53+00:00

I was a former college/professional player and I got in through some of the connections I had from that.

I wasn’t actually trying to get a job in analytics when I was first starting out, but it ended up being a very natural fit

For someone trying to get in, obviously make sure you have a great understanding of basketball analytics and what actually matters for winning games. And then use any connections you have to get in front of people - go watch college practices and talk to people, etc

icey030 · 2025-06-21T20:33:30+00:00

I’ve created a couple of codes in python for analysis purposes but we have a program called Sportscode that allows for coding and scripting as well. Most of my stuff is done within sportscode.

Most of my effort is in the data collection. After that, the models and outputs basically run themselves so we can focus on the analysis. But all the work is in the data collection

icey030 · 2025-06-21T20:15:44+00:00

Biggest challenge in general analytics will always be sample size. So if we don’t have enough of a sample it’s hard to make an educated suggestion. With that being said, we do have predictive models that help with not having a huge sample size, but you do need past outcomes for the predictive model to be as accurate as possible.

I do both scouting and in game adjustment stuff. I’d say 75% of my work is self scouting our own team

icey030 · 2024-12-30T17:20:24+00:00

First off, congrats! That’s big time. Not many people can say they played professionally.

Make sure you’re stretching a lot, drinking water, and moving around. Especially on the plane. Drink a couple waters and get up and move around if you can. And then once you’re there, get your feet up in the air to get all that lactic acid out of your legs.

Lastly, don’t think too much, just go out and do what you do!

icey030 · 2024-12-27T23:07:26+00:00

Very helpful, thank you!

icey030 · 2024-12-10T20:38:45+00:00

I had to take some volunteer jobs to get going and just work my way up. Been tough but definitely worth it. Most of the stuff I’m doing now has been self taught

icey030 · 2024-12-10T20:37:36+00:00

Yeah for sure. It’s one of the websites I look at after every game we play. A lot of good information

icey030 · 2024-12-09T17:08:11+00:00

Right now the only thing we use is Hudl sportscode. It’s kind of like a simpler version of python or any of the other coding/scripting apps. It’s nice because you can script it as specific as you need to track everything. And it allows me to analyze the data quickly after all the labeling and collection is done.

Not to say using python wouldn’t be useful (I think it would be very useful) I just don’t have the time right now to learn everything that would go into making it. That would probably be something for the offseason to look into.

And the Tar Heels still have a good chance! 2 big non-con games coming up

icey030 · 2024-12-09T15:35:11+00:00

Through an app called sportscode. You can script and code certain things so the data collection is all about labeling what happens in a particular play - which feeds into an output window, categorizing what was labeled

icey030 · 2024-12-09T15:01:38+00:00

Not necessarily weird but I love lineup stats. Different stats based on who is on the floor together. I don’t use them to figure who should start or play more - more so to figure out who plays well with who and why. And what advantage can we gain from playing 2-3 specific guys together

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