A Numbers-Only Preview: Men's Basketball, Purdue v. Vermont

Explanation of format available here.

Boiler Up!

Sources:

http://kenpom.com/

http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/purdue/2017.html

http://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/vermont/2017.html

Comments

2017 Weekly Boiler Stat Summaries: Week 13, v. IU

This is the first time the Bucket has been home since I was a junior at Purdue – the first year of Darrell Hazell’s tenure in West Lafayette. I am not nearly a good enough writer to capture my happiness in this moment. Purdue spent my entire post-college life (and half of college) being a joke nationally with very little to be proud of on Saturday afternoons in the fall. In just one year the narrative has changed. The Boilers won five games against FBS competition (a winning percentage of 11.36%) and three conference games (9.09%) during the 48-game Hazell era; in a single season, Brohm has won six FBS games, including four in conference, for a 50.00% winning percentage overall and 44.44% in conference. And with 6.8 second order wins (wins expected based on per play success rate) per S&P+, one may say that Purdue underachieved in the win column compared to how the Boilers played. Jeff Brohm has done something incredible this year, and capped it off with a win against IU – finally b...

Making a Spreadsheet, Checking It Twice, Gonna Find Out When It's Socially Acceptable to Listen To Christmas Music

It’s that time of year again. And by that time, I mean the time when you aren’t sure if it’s too early to hear Christmas music yet. Is it OK to walk into a certain coffee shop chain in early November and grab a seasonal beverage that can barely call itself coffee? Is it too early to hum a carol when I’ll be waiting to get on a plane the day before Thanksgiving? While driving to your favorite Black Friday activity (the correct answer is skeet shooting or watching football), should the speakers be spreading holiday cheer? Or do you need to wait until you break out the advent calendars to put on a festive record? To answer this age old question, I’m trusting the fine Google searches of my fellow Americans. Using Google Trends data from 2012-2016, I’m going to compare each week of the years’ average searches for the term “Christmas music” as a percentage of the maximum to determine when Americans start listening to Christmas music [1]. Figure 1: Christmas Graph, Oh Christmas Graph ...

Cowboy Joe Rides Off Into The Sunset: The Legacy of Joe Tiller

Typically when a well-known figure passes, I tend not to be prone to speak words upon their passing. Me, random dude on my coach, probably isn't the person the figure had the most impact on; that would be there family, their friends, those who they encountered in their profession. I won't say what the Joe Tiller's family, friends, coaching associates, and former players have in recent days. I also didn't become a Purdue fan until matriculating in 2011; I wasn't following college football during the best days of Tiller, the initial success, the Rose Bowls, the nation aspirations. I can't speak to those emotional connections. But through the process of becoming a fan, interacting with others, and learning more of the history of the program, I came to have a appreciation for the special nature of that moment. A particular appreciation, as my experience with Purdue football has been one defined not by hope, success, and excitement; mine is that of Hope, failure, a...

Speak With Data

Search This Blog