Combining a love of sports with a love of statistics – Moneyball meets Basketball. The game of basketball is undergoing a revolution. Analytics has unveiled the inherent value of the three-point shot. This talk will explore how the spatial structure of the game has changed as a result of this discovery. In short, we will explore what constitutes a good basketball shot.

In this Science Café Olivier Chabot, a Master’s student in Statistics in the School of Mathematics and Statistics, will discuss how he learned data science via his analytics co-op under Dr. Shirley Mills with the Ravens women’s basketball team.

Olivier is the third graduate student to benefit from this Basketball Analytics internship that brings together sports and academics.