Syracuse Sport Analytics

We have a winner. Congrats to Rex Echikson, Ayden Hagemann, Jared Weitman, and James Cummings on winning the 2026 Basketball Analytics Competition for Syracuse. Room winners: Room 1 – Carnegie Mellon Room 2 – Syracuse Room 3 – Rice Great work from all teams.

Today's our Basketball Analytics Competition! Student teams present their work to industry pros. We start at 11am, with winners announced at 12:30pm. Opening: lnkd.in/eSY4u2C6 Room 1: lnkd.in/eaD5y_KR Room 2: lnkd.in/e_xeKCFJ Room 3: lnkd.in/eJ9Sct5g

Congratulations to our 2026 #SABR Research Grant recipients: Taku Imaizumi of the National Institute of Fitness and Sports in Japan, and @hassanrafique_ and @JeremyLosak of Syracuse University. Learn more about their research projects: sabr.org/latest/2026-re…

Congrats to Dylan D’Amelio and Evan Pegorsch, with Dr. Hassan Rafique, on winning the Digital Storytelling category at #OptaForum2026! 🏆 Their work using #OptaVision data to build interactive visuals for analyzing passing performance earned top honors on a global stage. 🍊📊

BIG congratulations to @SyracuseU @SUFalkCollege @CuseAnalytics senior Daniel Baris, a sport analytics major, for being named 1 of the 12 Syracuse University Scholars for the Class of 2026 —the highest undergraduate honor the University awards! news.syr.edu/2026/03/25/202…

Only one more week to register for the 2026 Syracuse University Basketball Analytics Competition. Show off your skills to industry leaders! Register your school's team here: syracuseuniversity.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_by…

Falk College of Sport 🤝 @Cuse 🍊 Looking forward to working with incoming @SyracuseU Director of Athletics Bryan Blair to grow the partnership between Falk College and Syracuse University Athletics to ensure success for our students and student-athletes!

Just wrapped up an incredible Sport Analytics & Sport Management study abroad trip to Germany! Visits included Bundesliga HQ, Eintracht Frankfurt, Red Bull Soccer, Bayern Munich, and more — an awesome chance to see global sport operations and analytics up close. 🍊⚽

There’s a reason why no one’s ever won the first three @NASCAR Cup Series races in a row 🤯 Big thanks to Syracuse University professor @JeremyLosak for crunching the numbers for us🧮

GAME DAY @sabr Diamond Dollars Case Competition

Registration for the 2026 #SMTDataChallenge is OPEN! We want to see what you would put “On the Big Screen!” We want to see how you can tell stories like @SMTlive through a metric, visualization, or interactive fan experience that could be displayed on a MiLB scoreboard!

Recordings from our Football Analytics Blitz competition are now available on our YouTube page youtube.com/playlist?list=… Also, registration is open for our basketball competition! Use this link to register. lnkd.in/eAkmwtUc Questions? Email sportanalyticsinfo@syr.edu

Huge shoutout to Liam Roberts, Madelyn Forster, and Hunter Geise for presenting their paper (w/ Dr. Ehrlich), “Asymmetric Hot Hand Inefficiencies in Professional Golf Betting Markets,” at the 2026 Academy of Economics and Finance Annual Conference last week!

Let’s go!!! Our team of Gavin Stein and Liam Roberts, w/ SPM senior Sam Otley, won🏆the 9th Annual Tulane Professional Basketball Negotiation Competition, defeating a 56-team field that included top law schools! An incredible accomplishment. Go 🍊 @SUFalkCollege

🏈 How do all 32 @NFL teams stack up when it comes to ability to improve their rosters? Falk College Sport Analytics alumnus and Senior Researcher at @nflnetwork @zak_koeppel ranks each team based on salary cap space and draft capital in the story below. bit.ly/4bZQubU

A sweep in Nashville! What a week at the National Collegiate Sports Analytics Championship. Congrats to Austin, Jess, Dan, and Danny on the Team title, with Austin also winning the Undergraduate Championship. And Dr. Rafique for winning the Teaching Award! Go 🍊!

Congratulations to the winners of the Football Analytics Blitz! Room 1 Winner and Overall Winner Syracuse (Team Diamond) Room 2 Winner Carnegie Melon (Team Feng-Ren) Room 3 Winner Syracuse (Team Fackler) Thank you to all teams for participating!

FAB Winner Announcements and Final Remarks beginning in just a few minutes! Here's the link to join: syracuseuniversity.zoom.us/j/94842599575?…

Updated Zoom link for Room 2! We are underway in all three rooms. Good luck to all those competing. syracuseuniversity.zoom.us/j/92855246697

The Football Analytics Blitz is officially underway! Rooms 1 and 3 are a go! Slight technical difficulties with Room 2. For those in that room, please check your email and keep following updates from this account.