SportsThursday, November 5
Who's the Best? Ranking Methods in Sports
Thursday, November 5 · 3:45-5:15 p.m. · Morken Center for Learning & Technology
- When
- Thursday, November 5 · 3:45-5:15 p.m.
- Where
- Morken Center for Learning & Technology12180 Park Avenue South · Tacoma, WA · 98447
About this event
Dr. Meredith Shea tackles the all important question: Who's the Best?
How do sports leagues determine a champion? This question may seem straightforward at first--and is for leagues like the Premier League--but is surprisingly complicated when we take a closer look. What happens when each team in a league plays a different subset of competitors like in the NFL? How do we fairly decide at-large tournament selection in NCAA sports, which typically have 300+ teams? In this talk we will examine different sports rating systems as they increase in complexity: from Massey Ratings to souped up Elo Models. We will ask how the models work, how they differ, and what they miss, ultimately trying to answer the unanswerable question: who's the best?
All are welcome to attend this lecture.
Listed by Pacific Lutheran University (Localist), gathered by the Olympia events calendar.