NCAA Women’s D3 Final Four Preview

Back in December we looked at the current top 5 to define what a ‘good’ team looked like.  Those five were Amherst, Tufts, Thomas More, St Thomas and Scranton. At…

Introducing StatGeek Analytics!

We’re proud to announce the launch of a new website, StatGeekAnalytics.com.  As of today, it has current season basic and advanced stats on every NCAA basketball team, both men and…

Fold, Call or Raise?

I love the movie Rounders with Matt Damon and Edward Norton. It’s about a poker player who is trying to avoid the perils of playing high stakes poker in law…

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…

Our ‘Why’

I recently read a great book by Simon Sinek called ‘Start Withy Why’. The core message was around motivating your team by having everyone understand WHY you do what you…