Michael Marzec

I am back after another batch of Sloan Sports Research papers. This year I’m sticking with three that caught my eye. CoachAI+ Badminton Environment: A Realistic Badminton Game Simulator for Enhancing Player Performance As a self-proclaimed tennis nerd (and someone hoping to dig deeper into tennis analytics soon), I was...

Dating to 2017, I’ve developed a habit of reading about five papers from the Sloan Sports Analytics Conference’s research paper competition. This tradition started after I attended the 2017 conference in person–the only time I’ve attended live. I sat in on a few keynote speakers with recognizable names (e.g., Bob...

nbawp.com A basketball team’s performance is captured by the end result: whether a team wins or loses. Zooming in, analysts, fans, and curious NBA observers alike will evaluate performance through more detailed lenses, such as a team’s ‘Point Differential.’ Point Differential is the average of a team’s difference in final...

Cryptocurrency has an unexplored quality that feels lost from the stock market. There are more unknowns. We are unsure if there is inherent value to cryptocurrencies or what future regulations might look like. Cryptocurrency is in its infancy with institutional investors actively questioning whether it will ever mature. Furthermore, it...

I love the ease of adding a song to my Spotify ‘Liked Songs’, but I am admittedly too lazy to create and update playlists. This is fine until I want to shuffle my ‘Liked Songs’ and suddenly my playlist jumps from Prince to Leon Bridges to Spoon. Spotify provides its...