/ Recent content on Alex Kopf Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Sat, 30 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000 /2022/04/30/betting-post-mortem/ Sat, 30 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000 /2022/04/30/betting-post-mortem/ Once again, I tried to predict the future based off a model and an addition of basketball knowledge with human interference. Our group’s model stayed pretty basic, using offensive and defensive efficiency, rebounds and shooting statistics. Unlike the March Madness models, we were allowed to distrust our models. We intervened rarely, usually factoring in if a star player was returning or sitting out. As a group we would look at previous games, the series record and who was hot on both teams. /2022/03/29/why-it-s-called-march-madness/ Tue, 29 Mar 2022 00:00:00 +0000 /2022/03/29/why-it-s-called-march-madness/ My notebook and game recipe was formed off of the classic sports saying, “offense is the best defense”. I believe that the fundamental thought that constantly scoring will result in a win, will apply to March Madness. The predictors I will use are effective fg %, true shooting %, rebounds, only offensive ,three point %, free throw %, point per game true shooting % and points per possession. I added free throw % and points per possession to the recipe because I think it matters if teams can capitalize off stopping their opponent. /2021/04/20/is-ovechkin-the-0greatest-pure-goal-scorer-of-all-time/ Tue, 20 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000 /2021/04/20/is-ovechkin-the-0greatest-pure-goal-scorer-of-all-time/ As a hockey fan my entire life, and sharing the same first name, I have always been a fan of Russian superstar Alexander Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals. As he continues his career, Ovechkin is nearing Gretzky’s goal record more and more. Even if he doesn’t pass it, could he be considered right now as the best pure goal scorer of all time? Lets look at some data /about/ Fri, 02 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000 /about/ My name is Alex Kopf and I am a Sports media and communication major and statistics minor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. I am from Omaha, Nebraska and attended Millard South high school. In my free time I play for the Nebraska Hockey team. /2021/03/30/do-nhl-goalies-perform-better-in-the-postseason/ Tue, 30 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000 /2021/03/30/do-nhl-goalies-perform-better-in-the-postseason/ If you watch any team oriented sport, you will hear the phrase “Defense wins championships,”. However, I believe that in the NHL your goalie’s performance is even more enhanced compared to the regular season. If you watch the NHL playoffs most will agree there isn’t many other postseasons like it. The energy is unmatched. My belief is that if your goalie becomes “hot” in the playoffs they will win more games. /2021/03/29/cleaning-data/ Mon, 29 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0000 /2021/03/29/cleaning-data/ I am going to determine which games this college football season had the worst score differential library(tidyverse) ## ── Attaching packages ─────────────────────────────────────── tidyverse 1.3.0 ── ## ✓ ggplot2 3.3.3 ✓ purrr 0.3.4 ## ✓ tibble 3.0.3 ✓ dplyr 1.0.2 ## ✓ tidyr 1.1.2 ✓ stringr 1.4.0 ## ✓ readr 1.4.0 ✓ forcats 0.5.0 ## ── Conflicts ────────────────────────────────────────── tidyverse_conflicts() ── ## x dplyr::filter() masks stats::filter() ## x dplyr::lag() masks stats::lag() badlogs <- read.