Sports Analytics Group at SFU

Sports Analytics Group at SFU The Sports Analytics Group (SAG) are SFU faculty, students & coaches working to create, translate & communicate data and analytics for sports and fitness.

The Sports Analytics Group (SAG) brings together SFU faculty, students,and coaches who all share a passion for sports and the analytics behind them. SAG members bring their unique perspectives from various disciplines including business, mathematics, statistics, and computer science. Beyond SFU, SAG engages coaches and practitioners in their respective fields to gain insight and apply our research

to real world situations. In professional sports, individuals and organizations use stats to help evaluate the performance of players and teams. General managers look to statistics to valuate present and future players. Agents use them to make a case for a better contract for their clients. Players use them to identify areas they need to improve their skills and understand the strengths and weaknesses of their opponents. Of course, at the end of the season the most important stat is the win-loss column. Managers and owners use them to assess how well their team performs in head to head competition with other teams as a starting point for making strategic decisions to better the franchise. However, wins and losses are only the surface of the statistics world. Underneath, lies an extensive culture of analytics where personnel such as professional analysts and scouts mine almost every conceivable part of a player’s activities on and off the court. One of the desires to create all these formulas and algorithms is to better describe the structure of a sport and what makes it work and fail. SAG is interested in analytics across various sports including basketball, soccer, golf, and cricket. Our goal is to create new knowledge about sports and the underlying analytics that drive the game, players, and the major decisions in sports organizations. Find us on Twitter

01/12/2018

Retweeted databall ():

This is how Wichita St. performed on the game vs. @ South Fla. on 01/07. Wichita St. @ East Carolina at 6pm today. https://t.co/FkEAcfjqDQ

Lol https://t.co/9JCX0oCmkg
06/23/2017

Lol https://t.co/9JCX0oCmkg

“Canada. They may have healthcare figured out, but they're still struggling with data viz.”

Excellent couldn't go to a better person and enthusiast for local stories. Becoming a rare thing these days. Congrats! ...
04/07/2017

Excellent couldn't go to a better person and enthusiast for local stories. Becoming a rare thing these days. Congrats! https://t.co/Qh4dO0cnCL

“Thrilled to receive SFU Director's Award from Theresa Hanson for lasting contributions to Clan sports at 2017 SFU athletics awards! ”

04/05/2017

Retweeted ESPN Stats & Info ():

Russell Westbrook: 41st triple-double of season, tying Oscar Robertson's single-season record (1961-62 Royals) https://t.co/0OJ79Aelts

Retweeted Howard Tsumura ():SFU Clan gives green light to 1,800-seat covered on-campus football stadium! https://t.co/Ja...
04/05/2017

Retweeted Howard Tsumura ():

SFU Clan gives green light to 1,800-seat covered on-campus football stadium! https://t.co/Jaw3BPsdmc https://t.co/X8vTDBGPds

BURNABY — It’s actually going to happen.A covered athletic field house to stage football games at Simon Fraser University first reached the stage of artist renderings in the early 1990s.

04/05/2017

Retweeted Peak Sports ():

Congratulations to on a fantastic career. Will easily go down as one of the best ever players in the NCAA era of https://t.co/2D0fArDdXB

Retweeted ESPN ():Teacher goals. https://t.co/LB0MV4FK98
04/05/2017

Retweeted ESPN ():

Teacher goals. https://t.co/LB0MV4FK98

In honor of his fourth grade teacher retiring after 41 years, J.J. Watt surprises her at school with a retirement cake and a trip for her and her husband for the Charity Classic.

Retweeted Peter Chow-White ():"The misunderstood genius of Russell Westbrook" in . Excellent article: "The No. 1… https:...
03/19/2017

Retweeted Peter Chow-White ():

"The misunderstood genius of Russell Westbrook" in . Excellent article: "The No. 1… https://t.co/bePc4tJeYY

2 Likes, 1 Comments - Peter Chow-White () on Instagram: “"The misunderstood genius of Russell Westbrook" in . Excellent article: "The No. 1 thing…”

03/12/2017

Retweeted CanBallRay ():

Ellen Kett (Melbourne,AUS) had 14 pts,2 rebs,6 asts,2 stls in 40 mins in 's win over Alaska-Anchorage.

03/12/2017

Retweeted SFU Clan ():

WBB | Huge Upset!! 80-70 snaps 25 game win streak. On to West Region final Monday. Sophie Swant with game-high 18 pts https://t.co/eJ1EcfQGZl

03/12/2017

Retweeted SFU Clan ():

WBB | defeats #2 nationally ranked & West #1 seed Alaska Anchorage 80-70. Next: in West Region Final Monday. 8PM PT https://t.co/h97MB20Gnv

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