Evan Boyd

3 weeks ago | theanalyst.com | Evan Boyd |Ana Gonzalez |Ana González

We’ve simulated the NCAA Tournament thousands of times to find each team’s probability of advancing in March Madness. Here’s what we learned about the women’s Final Four. The 2025 NCAA women’s basketball tournament is capping off a competitive, thrilling season.

1 month ago | theanalyst.com | Evan Boyd |Ana Gonzalez |Ana González

We’ve simulated the NCAA Tournament bracket thousands of times to find each team’s probability of advancing in March Madness on the women’s side. Here’s what we learned. This is the golden era of women’s college basketball, and the recent NCAA tournaments have been historic. We saw the dominance of South Carolina, the moxie of Angel Reese and Kamilla Cardoso, and the greatness of Caitlin Clark.

1 month ago | theanalyst.com | Evan Boyd |Ana Gonzalez |Ana González

We’ve simulated the NCAA men’s basketball tournament thousands of times to find the chances of teams making it to each round in March Madness. Here’s everything we learned. From full court buzzer beaters to dominance against the No. 1 team in the country, this season has been full of drama. The NCAA men’s basketball tournament should continue that trend. We’ve simulated the NCAA Tournament thousands of times using TRACR (Team Rating Adjusted for Conference and Roster).

Jan 10, 2025 | theanalyst.com | Evan Boyd |Ana Gonzalez |Ana González |Robbie Dunne

Who should be the player of the year?  In every sport, arguments are made over who is the league’s best player, citing player statistics, team success, and how an individual plays relative to others around them. Many have attempted to combine this in an “all-in-one rating” to describe player performance or to predict future success.  Opta Analyst and our parent company Stats Perform introduced DRIP – our Daily-Updated Rating of Individual Performance – back in 2021.

Nov 4, 2024 | theanalyst.com | Evan Boyd |Peter McKeever

How our projection model works: It incorporates each team’s TRACR, win-loss record and strength of schedule throughout the season to date and our supercomputer simulates the remaining schedule to produce our season-long NBA predictions. TRACR normalizes performance from league environmental factors that can either inflate or deflate numbers.