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gmisra
@gmisra · El Toro Labs
LOL, you should probably ask Johnny Dawkins about that.
For the daily fantasy CBB players out there, we share your pain in watching Randle and Nastic go from strong plays to weak plays so quickly...
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Shane Walker
@shane_112 · CEO of me.me
Automatically optimized March Madness brackets by Bracket Voodoo makes betting in your office pool easy. Developed by 2 Stanford data science graduates, I used them in 2014 to make 2 optimized pools, (1 of which won), in less than a couple minutes. They're revamped for 2015, and if @gmisra can confirm he's the maker, he can shed some light on their service. … See more
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Shane Walker
@shane_112 · CEO of me.me
@gmisra @bradnull
Again, great work guys!
Common question: Are the brackets unique for every user? If unique, how do you differentiate between optimal (say return on money bet) vs popular? Are they different?
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Shane Walker
@shane_112 · CEO of me.me
@gmisra @bradnull
1 more question: What techniques from data science are you applying to sports?
gmisra
@gmisra · El Toro Labs
Probably the most important technique we use is: good data hygiene! Through our experiments, we have found that black-box modeling techniques quickly plateau in terms of their quality. Instead, we model specific attributes of player, team, and game behavior, and then run millions of simulations to generate game outcomes.
Once we have the game outcomes, we u… See more