A number of stats-focused cameras inside the Barclays Center for the ongoing ACC Tournament are enhancing the way fans watch Virginia, Duke, North Carolina, Miami, and Clemson, five of the top teams in college basketball, battle it out for their conference championship and an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.
Those cameras are owned by STATS, which recently extended a partnership with ESPN, the broadcaster of the ACC Tournament, to provide optical player tracking, it was announced Thursday. The SportVU cameras will be able to send statistical info to STATS, which the company will share with ESPN to augment their broadcasts.