The UConn Blog · Mar 18, 2021
UConn men’s basketball using new data analysis tool to gain upper hand on opponents
Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports There is a data analysis tool, ShotQuality, being used by eight NBA teams and over 40 Division I college basketball programs that was created by a 20-year-old college student.
At its core, ShotQuality is a program that automatically analyzes the quality of every shot of every college basketball game in the country. It logs each shot and gives it a score using over 90 different variables, which can then be viewed by the teams that purchase it.
Basketball is a game of skill, but there is quite a bit of luck involved as well. This tool was made to quantify how much luck is involved and find out what the likely outcomes of each shot and game are.