Avi

sports & data

[Avi @analyticsavi]

I created an AI Golf Caddy for Augusta National!

I used GPT-3.5 Turbo with Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG).

Try it here: https://t.co/Cjjg7nXNL0

Code: https://t.co/6uPRlgLNwB

[Rob Perez @WorldWideWob]

Did the Cavs just give up? What the hell was that last 30 seconds?

[Avi @analyticsavi]

Imagine being the sixth man on Siena

[Avi @analyticsavi]

@jmkettle Congrats man!

[Avi @analyticsavi]

the team that holds up four fingers first at the end of the third quarter is guaranteed to win

[Avi @analyticsavi]

Saquon Barkley the venture capitalist?

[Avi @analyticsavi]

I like how you can hear the aggressive shushing from the French crowd

[NBA @NBA]

CADE GAME-WINNER OFF THE GLASS 🚨😱

@DetroitPistons WIN ‼️

[Newcastle United @NUFC]

WE ARE NEWCASTLE UNITED

CARABAO CUP WINNERS

#wedontdoquiet

[Avi @analyticsavi]

Varun Ram walked so Ryan Agarwal could run

[Stanford Men's Basketball @StanfordMBB]

RYAN AGARWAL GAME WINNER 🚨

[Ben Wolby @BenWolby]

From the #BigDataBowl team that brought you PASTA

We’re excited to unveil CAMO—a new metric quantifying how NFL defenses disguise their coverage schemes.

🧵 Here's what we found:

[Avi @analyticsavi]

@tejfbanalytics Army navy is so fun to watch every year

[Avi @analyticsavi]

@tejfbanalytics Very promising season

[Avi @analyticsavi]

Michigan has reached the “coordinator leaves the box to coach on the field” point of a team in crisis

[Michigan Daily Sports @theblockm]

We’re so grateful to continue this tradition with @thesnews. In an 8-2 victory for @michigandaily, the streak continues.

[Jrfortgang @throwthedamball]

How often QBs have had clean pockets and their EPA on those plays

[Ben Griffis @BeGriffis]

Basketball scoring...

Penalty = 1 goal
Inside the box = 2 goals
Outside the box = 3 goals

Let's spawn football's Splash Brothers

[Ben Griffis @BeGriffis]

Are longer possessions better at generating xG? 🤔

When looking at all possessions, whether they include a shot or not, longer possessions usually lead to more xG

But when looking only at possessions that have shots, xG per poss. tops out at ~ 10-19 passes before decreasing

[Avi @analyticsavi]

@pwawrzynow 🔥🔥🔥

[Piotr Wawrzynów @pwawrzynow]

You know how with heatmaps we often compare values to the league avg to better highlight unique patterns? Recently I was working on new data viz tools & got the idea to try it for pass nets too. Still needs work but some cool results already - check out De Zerbi's before & after:

[Avi @analyticsavi]

Tested out Amazon Music's free version!
https://t.co/j3tIuN16GN