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DAWN OF THE DATA: ANALYTICS INVADE COLLEGE SPORTS

Change is coming to the NCAA and these are the people working behind the scenes to make it happen

The analytic talent exists, and now professional tools are seeping into the college market, too. TrackMan Baseball’s radar, which powers MLB’s Statcast, is now used in a number of NCAA ballparks. The Motus elbow sleeve used to monitor pro pitchers’ workload has been adapted for college quarterbacks at schools such as Oregon. Several major basketball programs use a ball with an embedded sensor chip that tracks shooting motion. And along with the technology trickling down, so too are pro-style statistically-supported strategies.

Joe Lemir – Vocativ

Forr full article: http://www.vocativ.com/falsestart/382437/dawn-of-the-data-analytics-invade-college-sports/

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