Ryan McShane, Ph.D. (fosstodon.org/@ryanmcshane)

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Ryan McShane, Ph.D. (fosstodon.org/@ryanmcshane)

@math_mcshane

Asst. Inst. Professor, University of Chicago Researching intransitivity in paired comparisons, (pedagogy in) sports analytics (courses). #GSG 🏀 🇩🇪 🇺🇸

Chicago, IL Inscrit le Kasım 2018

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Ryan McShane, Ph.D. (fosstodon.org/@ryanmcshane)@math_mcshane·25 Ağu

I had a great summer working with my 2 @AmherstCollege SURF students, Eric Ingram and Michael Pitts. We made progress towards replicating @neilmjohnson's work from #MITSSAC Currently, we're on object identification using 700+ custom training frames. Plan to continue soon! 1/2

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Ryan McShane, Ph.D. (fosstodon.org/@ryanmcshane)@math_mcshane·28 Mar

@carterdbryant might be the second best player on the Spurs by the end of next season! #gsg 🔥🔥🔥 Spurs fans are pretty loud in Milwaukee this afternoon! 🔥🔥🔥

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Ryan McShane, Ph.D. (fosstodon.org/@ryanmcshane)@math_mcshane·1 Şub

@BobbyMarks42 Unless Atlanta is trading something to San Antonio to get back their own 2026 pick, I'm not sure why Atlanta would trade a productive, elite shooter for a short center with a broken foot and two seconds. Why would they do that? [windhorst.gif] Is this the start of a fire sale?

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Bobby Marks@BobbyMarks42·1 Şub

Vit Krejci was on my all value team back in Dec. A good pickup for Portland espn.com/nba/story/_/id…

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Ryan McShane, Ph.D. (fosstodon.org/@ryanmcshane)@math_mcshane·25 Oca

@BobbyMarks42 Phillie draft pick shaped by the Spurs returning home to hang out with fellow former Spurs big man, Dom Barlow.

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Bobby Marks@BobbyMarks42·25 Oca

And here’s the reason why Philadelphia signed Charles Bassey to a 10 Day.

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Philadelphia has a decision to make with their roster. Their Two-Way players including Dominick Barlow and Jabari Walker are not eligible to be on the active roster starting on Monday. We explain why and the options to resolve this. espn.com/nba/story/_/id…

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Ryan McShane, Ph.D. (fosstodon.org/@ryanmcshane)@math_mcshane·24 Kas

@BobbyMarks42 That was the sound of Sam Presti breathing a sigh of relief. Next up for Presti: what to do with his currently projected 8th, 9th, 14th, 25th, and 37th picks this summer. (E.g. finding trading partners who will trade down and/or their future picks). tankathon.com/power_rankings

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Bobby Marks@BobbyMarks42·24 Kas

Jalen Williams has now missed 18 games and is ineligible for postseason honors. Williams signed a five-year $241 million rookie extension with Oklahoma City in the offseason. The extension would have increased between $250-$289 million if Williams was named All-NBA this season.

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Ryan McShane, Ph.D. (fosstodon.org/@ryanmcshane)@math_mcshane·21 Kas

@ZachLowe_NBA — I'll be at the Sloan Conference. Bring the tomatoes. I've been reading NBA box scores for 30+ years and have maybe never been as personally offended by a corporation's decision than when ESPN moved the context (minutes played) TO THE END of the box score.

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Ryan McShane, Ph.D. (fosstodon.org/@ryanmcshane)@math_mcshane·11 Kas

@wemby reaching his 95th consecutive game with at least one block (3rd longest streak of games all-time). I came prepared with a sign! #gsg @JacobRTobey @seanelliott_32

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Ryan McShane, Ph.D. (fosstodon.org/@ryanmcshane)@math_mcshane·6 Ağu

@StatsbyLopez @statsinthewild0 Congrats @statsinthewild0 ! Wish I could have been at JSM!

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Michael Lopez@StatsbyLopez·5 Ağu

Congrats to my good friend @statsinthewild0 on winning the 2025 Significant Contributor in Sports award from the American Statistical Association #JSM2025

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Ryan McShane, Ph.D. (fosstodon.org/@ryanmcshane)@math_mcshane·19 Haz

@BobbyMarks42 Can a trade be agreed to in principle using the rookie salary? E.g. agree on June 25th, sign and trade rookie on July 7th, using the rookie salary for matching purposes? This would keep the rookie out of some of SL, presumably. I think there's also a three year minimum on S&T?

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Bobby Marks@BobbyMarks42·19 Haz

Projected first round rookie scale First 2 years are guaranteed | Years 3+4 = Team Option A first traded does not count for salary purposes in a trade.

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Ryan McShane, Ph.D. (fosstodon.org/@ryanmcshane)@math_mcshane·6 Haz

@BobbyMarks42 great callback

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Bobby Marks@BobbyMarks42·6 Haz

1 game shouldn’t define a series but…

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1 game shouldn’t define a series but…..

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Ryan McShane, Ph.D. (fosstodon.org/@ryanmcshane)@math_mcshane·29 Oca

@StatsbyLopez These some of your students in the @Wisco_SAC , @skdeshpande91 ?

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Michael Lopez@StatsbyLopez·29 Oca

Congratulations to the Finalists, Semi-Finalists, and Honorable Mention finishers in the 2025 Big Data Bowl #BigDataBowl

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Ryan McShane, Ph.D. (fosstodon.org/@ryanmcshane)@math_mcshane·17 Eyl

@saberpowers @RiceSmgt This is an interesting course map! Very applied (and apropo). Mine was a little different but has a lot in common; might also overlap with your 2nd/3rd course and was an elective. x.com/math_mcshane/s…

Ryan McShane, Ph.D. (fosstodon.org/@ryanmcshane)@math_mcshane

Thanks again @slbunnell, Riley, & Lisa for putting on a great course design workshop at @AmherstCollege. I focused a competition (sports/video & tabletop game/election) data science course. It was really helpful to make a topic map in thinking about what I cover, when, and why!

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Scott Powers@saberpowers·17 Eyl

For my Introduction to Sport Analytics course at @RiceSmgt (SMGT 430/530), I drew this concept map of (in my opinion) the most important statistical models that apply broadly across many sports. What important models/concepts do you think I'm missing? saberpowers.github.io/teaching/smgt4…

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Ryan McShane, Ph.D. (fosstodon.org/@ryanmcshane)@math_mcshane·25 Tem

@SarahLotspeich @nussisthebaum and will be checking out several donut shops in the area. I'm reading Blue Star and Doe are the places to be! More people = more tasting variety?

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Sarah Lotspeich (She/Her)@SarahLotspeich·24 Tem

👋 Who wants to grab coffee or catch up in Portland??

Wake Forest Stats@WakeForestStats

📢 With #JSM2024 just around the corner, check out our Wake Forest Stats faculty and alums on the program!

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Ryan McShane, Ph.D. (fosstodon.org/@ryanmcshane)@math_mcshane·21 Tem

@rtelmore I introduced to the UC curriculum 27815 Practical R Programming (first R course here). stat.uchicago.edu/academics/cour… Hoping to make a sequel course (Advanced 27815) or two (refitted Amherst course). This book would be especially useful for the latter, but first need to make 27815 work

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Ryan@rtelmore·20 Tem

@math_mcshane Any chance you’ll teach something like this at Chicago?

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Ryan@rtelmore·18 Tem

Anybody going to be at #JSM2024 and interested in sports analytics? I have a few copies...

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Ryan McShane, Ph.D. (fosstodon.org/@ryanmcshane)@math_mcshane·20 Tem

@rtelmore Awesome!

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Ryan@rtelmore·20 Tem

@math_mcshane @SchuckersM @williams_benjam I have one for you.

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Ryan McShane, Ph.D. (fosstodon.org/@ryanmcshane)@math_mcshane·20 Tem

@rtelmore @SchuckersM I would also take one if you have more spares. I'll be at @williams_benjam 's talk (the session with Greg and Monnie, too), if that makes things easier. I wish this had existed about four years ago; before I taught this course: ryanmcshane.com/courses/amhers…

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Ryan@rtelmore·19 Tem

@SchuckersM I'll bring a copy for you

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Ryan McShane, Ph.D. (fosstodon.org/@ryanmcshane)@math_mcshane·30 Haz

@statsinthewild0 I can't confirm it's a saying, but I think Primus played on the trope of "amoral alley cat" (see especially the cartoon after 1 minute): youtu.be/r4OhIU-PmB8?si…

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statsinthewild@statsinthewild0·30 Haz

Is this a saying? Are alley cats notoriously amoral? I get what he's saying, but it's a weird saying right?

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I don’t know what you did last night, but I spent 90 minutes debating a guy with the morals of an alley cat.

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Ryan McShane, Ph.D. (fosstodon.org/@ryanmcshane)@math_mcshane·24 Haz

@recspecs730 @statsinthewild0 A group can only have a 4th-place finisher with 4 pts if all four teams go 1-1-1 (WDL). blog.ryanmcshane.com/posts/2022-12-… FWIW, the current format assumes groups are formed relatively homogeneously, so performance prior to tournament and seeding matters (being 3rd seed vs 4th in group)

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Luke Benz@recspecs730·23 Haz

@statsinthewild0 Not to mention a team getting 4 points in a group but because they didn't get 3rd place a team that got 3rd w/ 2 points could go through!

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Luke Benz@recspecs730·23 Haz

At Euro 2024, 4 of the 6 3rd place teams advance to the knockout round. Becoming increasingly likely that the last place team in Group E will have more points and/or better GD than 4th best 3rd-place. Why don't they just extend this to be 4 teams who don't finish 1st/2nd group?

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Ryan McShane, Ph.D. (fosstodon.org/@ryanmcshane)@math_mcshane·24 Haz

@statsinthewild0 @recspecs730 Only if you could extend the tournament by several days — if you didn't, several teams would have to play a game on suboptimal rest (possibly b2b).

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statsinthewild@statsinthewild0·23 Haz

@recspecs730 Now I'm thinking about 3rd place play in games. Could that work?

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Ryan McShane, Ph.D. (fosstodon.org/@ryanmcshane)@math_mcshane·13 Haz

An alternative use for ggplot2: designing a crochet pattern! In a new blog post, I detail a Chicago flag-inspired daisy blanket! #rstats #tidyverse #ravelry #chicago blog.ryanmcshane.com/posts/2024-06-…

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Ryan McShane, Ph.D. (fosstodon.org/@ryanmcshane)@math_mcshane·20 May

@johnhollinger Great outcome if it comes to pass — * neither team has a chip, * continued run of parity in the NBA post-Warriors, and * both teams led by the only 2023 World Cup players to be rostered on the 2024 US Olympic team.

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John Hollinger@johnhollinger·20 May

Perilously close to receiving an email from the NBA with the possible schedule for an Indiana-Minnesota NBA finals

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