What’s ‘good’? – D3 Women’s Basketball Edition
I love working with coaches and showing them how statistics can impact their team. Recently, a coach I’ve worked with for a few season at the NCAA Division III level…
Category: Advanced Stats
How Can Statistics Make You Better?
As another basketball (or really any sport) season approaches, how can you use stats to improve your team? 1. Get yourself some good stats – this is the first hurdle…
Advancing (All Levels of) Basketball
Recently we made some changes to our website. We added a LOT of stats. Now you’re probably thinking, you’re called StatGeek, I would expect a lot of stats. But really…
The National Title Game is Friday Night
This weekend the NCAA Division III Women’s Championship Semi-finals will take place and in a cool twist, the winners get some time off before playing for the title on April…
Benedictine looks to complete perfect season
The Division III Men’s Basketball Championship will tip off this weekend in Salem, VA. The participants include the 2011 champs, St. Thomas, the 2013 champs (and requisite NESCAC team) Amherst…
Know Your Stats Vol. 2
Effective Field Goal Percentage is often confused with True Shooting Percentage. While true shooting percentage brings free throws into the mix in order to more accurately gauge how points are…
Know Your Stats Vol. 1
True Shooting Percentage True shooting percentage shows you how well a player is shooting when you factor in three pointers and free throws. It is calculated as follows: Points/(2*(FGA +…
Innovative shot chart comes to StatGeek!
One of my first jobs as an assistant coach was to maintain the shot chart on the sideline. I did mine using paper and pencil on the sideline. My hand…
The Story of StatGeek
When I’m talking about StatGeek, I often get asked about where the idea for the company came from. After answering it a few hundred times, I figured out that this…