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Welcome! Please discuss any issues related to the March Madness competition being hosted at
http://blog.smellthedata.com/
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Sander Stepanov
10/13/15
simple code to start pls
May you share link to code I just started learning machine learning for sports..
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simple code to start pls
May you share link to code I just started learning machine learning for sports..
10/13/15
Dr. Pain
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Eric Akers
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3/24/14
Machine March Madness 2014
There are a few competitors in the Machine March Madness pool that I don't think have contacted
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Machine March Madness 2014
There are a few competitors in the Machine March Madness pool that I don't think have contacted
3/24/14
Eric Akers
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Scott Turner
3
2/27/14
2014
Thanks for posting the Kaggle link, it looks like a fun competition as well. Your last years set
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2014
Thanks for posting the Kaggle link, it looks like a fun competition as well. Your last years set
2/27/14
Danny
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Scott Turner
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3/29/13
2013 Machine March Madness Competition
I stumbled across this today: http://blog.press.princeton.edu/marchmathness/ -- Scott
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2013 Machine March Madness Competition
I stumbled across this today: http://blog.press.princeton.edu/marchmathness/ -- Scott
3/29/13
Danny
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Scott Turner
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3/22/13
Data
On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 9:17 AM, Zachary Mayer <zach....@gmail.com> wrote: Do you know of a
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Data
On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 9:17 AM, Zachary Mayer <zach....@gmail.com> wrote: Do you know of a
3/22/13
Danny
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Nathan Brixius
2
3/19/13
How to Submit Your Predictions
Hi Danny, I am new to the group and I have submitted my bracket at Scott's suggestion. Looking
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How to Submit Your Predictions
Hi Danny, I am new to the group and I have submitted my bracket at Scott's suggestion. Looking
3/19/13
Scott Turner
3/31/12
The Final Game
Interesting situation in the contest. The Pain Machine has a 27 point lead going into the Final Game,
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The Final Game
Interesting situation in the contest. The Pain Machine has a 27 point lead going into the Final Game,
3/31/12
Scott Turner
3/24/12
Survive and Advance
Took a look at the group standings this morning, and the Pain Machine has eeked ahead of the Baseline
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Survive and Advance
Took a look at the group standings this morning, and the Pain Machine has eeked ahead of the Baseline
3/24/12
Danny
3/20/12
Second chance contest
Cross-posting this here, to make sure everybody in the group sees it: the "second chance"
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Second chance contest
Cross-posting this here, to make sure everybody in the group sees it: the "second chance"
3/20/12
Danny
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Scott Turner
3
3/19/12
Monte's method
On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 2:06 PM, Danny <danny...@gmail.com> wrote: Monte was kind enough to
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Monte's method
On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 2:06 PM, Danny <danny...@gmail.com> wrote: Monte was kind enough to
3/19/12
Danny
3/17/12
Post on competitors, and first round update
Here's the description of all the entries. Thanks for everybody's hard work on their
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Post on competitors, and first round update
Here's the description of all the entries. Thanks for everybody's hard work on their
3/17/12
Scott Turner
3/16/12
Upset Afternoon
http://netprophetblog.blogspot.com/2012/03/its-upsetting.html According to my predictor, the most
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Upset Afternoon
http://netprophetblog.blogspot.com/2012/03/its-upsetting.html According to my predictor, the most
3/16/12
rboe
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Scott Turner
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3/16/12
Problem Formulation
On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 5:11 PM, rboe <ryanb...@gmail.com> wrote: I think what it comes down
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Problem Formulation
On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 5:11 PM, rboe <ryanb...@gmail.com> wrote: I think what it comes down
3/16/12
Scott Turner
3/14/12
An Interesting Posting
http://harvardsportsanalysis.wordpress.com/2012/03/14/survival-of-the-fittest-a-new-model-for-ncaa-
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An Interesting Posting
http://harvardsportsanalysis.wordpress.com/2012/03/14/survival-of-the-fittest-a-new-model-for-ncaa-
3/14/12
Scott Turner
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Lee-Ming Zen
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3/13/12
Fab Mello Ineligible
On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 4:08 PM, Lee-Ming Zen <lz...@cs.stanford.edu> wrote: If your algorithm
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Fab Mello Ineligible
On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 4:08 PM, Lee-Ming Zen <lz...@cs.stanford.edu> wrote: If your algorithm
3/13/12
Danny
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Tim Jacobs
9
3/12/12
First draft of starter code released
Hi Lee, Thanks! -Tim On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 2:33 PM, Lee-Ming Zen <lz...@cs.stanford.edu> wrote
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First draft of starter code released
Hi Lee, Thanks! -Tim On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 2:33 PM, Lee-Ming Zen <lz...@cs.stanford.edu> wrote
3/12/12
Scott Turner
3/12/12
Don't Be Too Upset!
Doing well in a tournament picking contest probably comes down to picking the right upsets. Anyone
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Don't Be Too Upset!
Doing well in a tournament picking contest probably comes down to picking the right upsets. Anyone
3/12/12
Danny
3/12/12
Code in github updated to use new data
If you run learn_real.py now, it will train a basic probabilistic matrix factorization model on each
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Code in github updated to use new data
If you run learn_real.py now, it will train a basic probabilistic matrix factorization model on each
3/12/12
The Regressor
3/2/12
Interesting objective functions
Nice work on that starter code Danny! Theano is really neat that it allows you to very
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Interesting objective functions
Nice work on that starter code Danny! Theano is really neat that it allows you to very
3/2/12
Danny
2/29/12
Add probabilistic matrix factorization
I implemented probabilistic matrix factorization last night and pushed the changes to github. This
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Add probabilistic matrix factorization
I implemented probabilistic matrix factorization last night and pushed the changes to github. This
2/29/12
Danny
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Dr. Pain
2
2/25/12
How much "hand-tweaking" is allowed?
On Feb 25, 5:31 pm, Danny <dannytar...@gmail.com> wrote: > It's fine to run some other
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How much "hand-tweaking" is allowed?
On Feb 25, 5:31 pm, Danny <dannytar...@gmail.com> wrote: > It's fine to run some other
2/25/12
Danny
3
2/25/12
Data rules
Scott writes... "I think you might want to make exceptions for at least seeding -- since you
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Data rules
Scott writes... "I think you might want to make exceptions for at least seeding -- since you
2/25/12
Danny
2/25/12
Other data sources
Pomeroy: http://kenpom.com/index.php Sagarin: http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/bkt1112.htm
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Other data sources
Pomeroy: http://kenpom.com/index.php Sagarin: http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/bkt1112.htm
2/25/12
